Bret Harte Swimmer Case Study

It was a moment that will be remembered in our country’s history for years to come. Oleksiak reached the halfway mark of the race in 7th place; it seemed all hope was lost for the 16-year-old. However, she then defied all odds, working her way up in the last 50m to tie American Simone Manuel for first place. She managed to defeat women of up to 28 years

I was an active member of the Varsity Swim team this year at School. I was swam 50 free, 50 back and in two relays. I personally came 8th in 50 back at the CISAA finals and our team was awarded CISAA Coed Champions

Derek Drew placed third at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 400-meter dash in February. Within a week, doctors diagnosed him with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slow moving cancer.

By the age of nineteen he beat the reigning AAU endurance champion herbert brennan in the one mile race then the next year he beat him again in the ten mile race by one mile during one of of his ten miles races he dislocated his arm and still swam beating an olympic gold medal winner but he ended up not winning. From ages twenty four through thirty four he won every race held in the Gulf Of Mexico.

On Thursday, June 22, the Blythe Desert Dolphins hosted their second home swim meet, where they competed against the Brawley Sunstrokers and the Holtville Stingrays at the Palo Verde High School pool.

Continuing his winning streak, he went and won fifty-two National Championship titles and broke over fifty records in swimming. He continued winning all the way to the Olympic Trials for Paris 1924 and swept past his rivals. He was on his way to the Olympics where he won 3 gold medals in the 100 and 400 free and in the 4x200 freestyle relay. He also took home a bronze alongside the mens' water polo team. He was an astounding athlete and all of his rivals feared

Senior Caitlyn Faulhaber was the top Centenary finisher in 1:11:56.7 to place 22nd. Sophomore Tori Boyle finished 29th with a time of 1:15:15.6. Sophomore Jessi Jordan rounded out the Ladies contingent, finishing 32nd with a time of

The 17-year-old Australian first set a new world record in the 400 m freestyle final before competing in a rough 4 x 100 m freestyle final. Swimming the last leg, Thorpe passed the leading Americans and arrived in a new world record time, two tenths of a second ahead of the Americans.

10th place finish in the 100m at the World University Game in Gwangju, South Korea

Dawn Fraser was a brilliant swimmer, one of the most dominant in the world during the 1950s and 60s. She was the first ever to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics. She was the first female to swim 100m freestyle in less than a minute, and later set an astounding world record of 58.9secs – a time that remained the world's best for 14 years.

After another great year of running and training, Chino Hill’s Cross-Country team ended with an amazing season. Throughout all the hard-core training and rigorous races, both the boy's and girl's teams had successful results. Injuries had been a recurring problem, as some runners didn't train during the summer. Despite struggles and injuries that had occurred throughout the season, there were many improvements and achievements in the team. In League the Girl’s Varsity Team won first, and the Boy's Varsity Team achieved second. The Boy’s JV, Frosh/Sophomore, as well as the Girl's JV placed second. In Boy's Varsity the top runners were, Andrew Arvizu, Jake Bergmann, and Noah Rehfeldt, and the Girl's Varsity the top runners were, Rachele Sunagawa,

Ayoub placed 1st, running a 19:19, breaking her own school record by 1 second. McDaniel ran a 20:42, finishing in 4th. The two join Malone and Frick as Alder’s four First Team All MOAC. Freshman Jenna Keiffer finished next, running a 24:39. Keiffer ran a second away from a PR. Sophomore Lauryn Saxour and Freshman Jordan Gall finished next finishing only a second within each other. Saxour finished running a 25:59 and Gall finished running a 26:00. The girls placed 5th out of 6 teams, placing only 10 points out of 3rd. The program now looks ahead to its District meet next week at Watkins Memorial where many of the runners look forward to a regional qualifying

This was Person’s second appearance at state in a row, only now taking first place with his classmate and teammate Ronald Stewart-Gipson standing on the second place podium next to him.

He won 4 gold medals in the common wealth games. Ian Broke world record for the 200m freestyle twice in two consecutive days (Topend Sports Network, 1997-2014 ). Unfortunately Ian’s courier ended with a damaged shoulder. He was a determined swimmer who never gave up. Exceedingly Ian also bettered own 400m freestyle mark, lowered the 200m freestyle world record twice again, he quoted that freestyle is my favourite.

In the semifinals Allyson Felix just barely beat Shaunae Miller with a time of 49.67 seconds with Shaunae Miller just milliseconds behind. In the finals it was the other way around. You can obviously tell that these two women are similar in speed.