Evans finishes 6th in 800 at Olympic tuneup meet

Source: HeraldOnline.com

Janet Evans finished sixth in the 800-meter freestyle at the Speedo Grand Challenge in the former Olympic champion's final tuneup meet before the Olympic trials next month when she'll try to make the U.S. team at 40. Haley Anderson, wh ...
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Tropical Storm Beryl threatens U.S

Source: NationNews - Barbados

Tropical Storm Beryl was gaining strength as it closed in on the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane s ...
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Search for missing 14-year-old swimmer in Long Branch

Source: WABC

LONG BRANCH (WABC) -- Rescue crews are searching for a swimmer who went missing off Melrose Beach in Long Branch. The victim, a 14-year-old male, was swimming in the water off Ocean Avenue and Melrose Terrace ...
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Tropical Storm Beryl nears southeastern US coast

Source: Deseret News

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows shows clouds off the Carolina Coast associated with Subtropical Storm Beryl. The storm is expected to move slowly southwestward over the ne ...
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Coast Guard searching for missing 14-year-old swimmer near Long Branch, N.J.

Source: US Coast Guard

View in a larger map NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is searching for a 14-year-old boy in the waters near Long Branch, N.J., Sunday. At 5:55 p.m., the Long Branch Police Department requested a Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Coast G ...
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Dara Torres Uses Ambien to Sleep Before a Big Race

Source: People

Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has no trouble focusing in the moments before a big race, but the athlete admits she's turned to medication to help her get a good night's sleep. Asked how she gets shut-eye before an important competition, she tells Heal ...
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Fairfax native Matt Bondurant’s book is now the movie ‘Lawless’

Source: The Washington Post

For a long time, Matt Bondurant didn’t really consider a career as a writer. Not when he was growing up in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, not as an undergraduate or even as a graduate English student at James Madison University ...
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Safety Officials Advise Caution, After Hot Summer Turns Deadly for One Swimmer

Source: WTTE Fox 28 News Columbus

COLUMBUS--A hot weekend turned deadly for one swimmer. Now, search and rescue crews want people to know the dangers of what could be under the water. 20-year-old Devon Clark was swimming with friends at the Qu ...
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Gold for Cseh as Hungary top medals table

Source: Bangkok Post

Laszlo Cseh lifted Hungary to the top of the medals table at the European swimming championships with success in the 400m medley on the closing day of competition here on Sunday. Gold medallist, Laszlo Cseh (C), silver medallist, Hung ...
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