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Though the Greenwich High School girls swimming team was disappointed that it didn't win its fifth straight Class LL championship on Thursday, it walked out of Southern Connecticut State University brimming with confidence. And for good reason. After finishing second at both the FCIAC and Class LL Championships, the Cardinals knew their their best, and last chance, to capture a title this season would come at the State Open. Behind eight first-place finishes at the Class LL finals (which also served

Some people may think this is hindsight, but at a team meeting last year I told our team how I saw our team shaping up this year   -Dick Hawks

 

The final leg of the shortcourse swimming World Cup gets under way in Singapore on Saturday with expectations high that world records will fall. Sixteen new marks were set in Berlin last weekend with the vast majority achieved by athletes wearing the high-tech swimsuits that will be banned from January 1. It means Singapore will be one of the last times the controversial suits will be worn and swimmers will want to set more records with the impact of the new regulations on global swimming times yet to  

Four Austin swimmers advanced to Saturday's round at the Class 'A' state swimming and diving meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis Friday. Austin junior Averi Splinter reached the 100-yard butterfly finals and the 200-yard medley relay team of Brooke Johnson, Kelli Bednar, Averi Splinter and Helen Heimark advanced to the consolation round. Johnson, a junior, also reached the consolation round in the 100-yard backstroke, when she finished 13th with a time of 1:03.15. Taylor  

Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima marked his return to domestic competition with victory in the 100-meter breaststroke final at a time trials meet in Tokyo on Friday. Kitajima topped the heats in 1 minute, 2.22 seconds at Tokyo Swimming Center before going on to win the final in 1:01.91, well outside his national record of 58.91. Friday's competition was his first in a long-course 50-meter pool since last year's Beijing Olympics.  

Swimming is a great aerobic workout, of course (remember swim lessons as a kid, and how hungry you felt after an hour in the pool?!). But, the experts from the Harvard Health Letter , which arrives in my mailbox every month, say it also has psychological benefits. That's right, swimming can improve your mood .  

Two City of Bradford members helped Yorkshire to second place in the National Masters Inter-County Meet last weekend in Blackpool. Chris Brown and Stuart Broadbent each competed in two individual and two team races to secure the county a runners-up spot to Cheshire in the Wilmott Dixon Trophy. Brown swam in the 55-year plus category, and posted times of 31.79sec in the 50m backstroke and 30.47 in the 50m butterfly.  

The Trident Swim team of Ladysmith/Flambeau/Bruce returned from the WIAA State Championship Swim Meet with a 14th place finish overall in the 200 Freestyle Relay. The relay team of seniors Missy Avery, Rachel Helgeson, Cassie Long and Flambeau junior Hailey Zimmer went head to head with some very fast teams in their last swim of the season. Wrapping up their 2009 season, these four ladies have had quite a ride.  

Livonia sophomore Kaitlin Sessler this afternoon became Section V's sixth qualifier at the New York State Federation Swimming and Diving Championships. Four events remained. Sessler placed 10th in the 100-yard freestyle with a swim of 54.13 seconds at the Webster Aquatic Center, strong enough to advance into the finals on Saturday.  

There's a good chance close finishes at state will never faze Niklas Brinck. The Nixa junior made it back-to-back state championships in the 100-yard freestyle, winning that race by less than 0.1 seconds for the second year in a row. Brinck touched the wall in 45.68 seconds, a whisker ahead of Rockhurst's Matthew Margritier, to win the 100 free at the 2009 MSHSAA State Swimming Championships, held Nov. 13 and 14 in St. Peter's.