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...achieving an equal balance of marital responsibilities is akin to one that promises speedy weight loss. You quickly discover that there is no magic--just discipline and eating your vegetables. For the couple who wants to split family life even-steven, it takes love, commitment and the ability to swim upstream, societally speaking...
...Blame the debauchery on those hedonistic ancient Greeks and Romans. The arrival of spring, the season of fertility and awakening, was historically celebrated in tandem with the veneration of Dionysus or Bacchus - the Greek and Roman gods of wine. More immediate responsibility, however, lies with a swimming coach at Colgate University, Sam Ingram, who brought his team down to Fort Lauderdale in 1936 to train at the Casino Pool - the first Olympic-size swimming pool in Florida. In 1938, sensing a marketing opportunity, the city hosted the first College Coaches' Swim Forum at the Casino Pool; according to one source...
...League, the NCAA Championship is a big deal. Such a big deal, that this year only three female swimmers from all eight Ivy League schools attended.Two came from Harvard.Finishing the year off on a high note, junior Ali Clarke and sophomore Kate Mills received invites to the 2009 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Texas A&M after solid performances at this year’s Ivy League championships.Invited after placing first at Ivies, Mills was tapped to race in her signature event, the 200-yard freestyle. She also competed in the 200-yard butterfly event and the 500-yard...
...enjoyed more than his share of success prior to this winter. Raised in a family that included four male swimmers, Bill and Dan showed a drive to dominate the pool from the moment they hit the water.“We always had a good family dynamic for swimming,” Bill recalls. “Dan and I were the more competitive of the four and were always swimming together...especially in high school when we were the only two on our team at our level. If it wasn’t for Dan, I wouldn?...
...have improved. “It was nice [to break records],” Mills remarked. “But for me it was all about seeing many of my teammates break personal records and becoming better swimmers.”The Sacramento, Calif. native knows that even though swimming can be about personal achievement, at the end of day victories rely on the cumulative success of each member of the team. If one falls, the others need to step up, so it’s no coincidence that Mills enjoys competing in relays.“Kate...