Competitive swimming isn’t accorded much time in the national sports spotlight, but the sport has never been as close to the forefront of the American consciousness as during the Beijing Olympics. The man responsible for that transformation is American phenom Michael Phelps. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
The way the Maine Masters swim team has been going the last two years, you have to wonder how much more impressive they could be without all the obstacles they have to swim around, over, and through. The coed team made up of 24 swimmers,… Read More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Maine Masters swimming team won its second straight indoor short-course yard title in a row with a first-place finish at the New Englands last weekend. The Maine squad scored 4,580 points, first among all the non-Massachusetts club teams, to beat out… Read More
ORONO – Coastal Maine Aquatics was crowned the top team in this weekend’s Maine Swimming Inc. Winter Combined Championships, while Molly Foley of the Piscataquis Region YMCA scored the most points in the girls ages 10-and-under group. CMA, which is based in Cape Elizabeth, scored… Read More
ORONO – Hard work and long hours in the pool during the last few months paid off for both Molly Foley and Ian Carbone on Thursday night. They swam different races and finished in different places, but the two age-group standouts both got fine results… Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Ian Crocker’s chance to beat Michael Phelps was gone in a flash. The anticipated renewal of their rivalry in the 100 butterfly Thursday was upstaged by an inadvertent strobe light that went off just before the start, causing Crocker to flinch and eventually… Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – After messing up Michael Phelps’ bid for eight gold medals at the world championships, Ian Crocker headed for a place that always gives him comfort. The Big Easy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
IRVINE, Calif. – Michael Phelps beat world-record holder Ian Crocker in the 100-meter butterfly, and newcomer Cullen Jones outsprinted a talented field to win the 50 freestyle in the U.S. Summer Nationals swimming championships Thursday night. Phelps is 4-for-4 this week, with two days remaining… Read More
Most of Maine’s top swimmers will again head to Canada for Maine Swimming Inc.’s Summer Combined Championship meet. The meet, which starts today and wraps up Sunday, is held at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre in Saint John, New Brunswick. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Imagine a morning swim in an indoor pool while watching the sun rise or the snow fall. That’s what draws at least four regulars to the Old Town community pool three days a week. They have to wake up early, and three of them… Read More
IRVINE, Calif. – It wasn’t a world record, but Ian Crocker’s first-place finish in the 100-meter butterfly Tuesday evening helped Team USA beat Australia’s Telstra Dolphins in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool at the Woollett Aquatic Center. Crocker, a Portland native, recorded… Read More
MONTREAL – For the last two years, everyone at the pool was chasing Michael Phelps. Now, he’s the one playing catch-up. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
One of the most memorable moments of the 2004 Summer Olympics came when swimming star Michael Phelps relinquished his spot in the 400-meter medley relay final to Portland native Ian Crocker. Crocker, who had struggled earlier in the Athens games, then helped the U.S set… Read More
Bruce Crock and Lenny DeMuro, two names that are linked with Mount Desert Island swimming, were inducted into Maine’s Swimming Hall of Fame recently. Longtime MDI YMCA Sharks coach DeMuro and former MDI High School and Princeton University standout Crock were recognized at a Maine… Read More
The Bangor-based Hurricane Swim Club doesn’t train or have meets at a YWCA anymore. But the Hurricanes are still heading down to the YWCA Junior/Senior Swimming Championships this week thanks to an unexpected partnership. The Hurricanes will compete at the national meet in North Carolina… Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Michael Phelps wasn’t as generous this time around. Phelps, who yielded his spot on the U.S. gold medal 400-meter medley relay to Ian Crocker at the Olympic Games last summer, caught his longtime friend and rival at the finish and won the 100… Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Ian Crocker set a world record in the 50-meter butterfly and the United States avenged an earlier loss to Australia with a victory in the women’s 400 freestyle relay at the Short Course World Championships on Sunday night. The Americans won two of… Read More
Betty Solorzano of Bangor, a longtime swimming official, Red Cross water safety instructor and instructor at YMCA, YWCA and Girl Scout camps, was inducted into the Maine Swimming Hall of Fame Sunday. Solorzano joined Maureen Berube and Pete Foley in this year’s induction class. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – The Hurricane Swim Club’s practice was as boisterous as ever on a recent afternoon, with young swimmers stretching, giggling and chatting before getting their warm-up assignments and jumping into the water. The only difference for this practice? It was being held at the… Read More
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The Hurricane Swim Club of the Bangor-Brewer YWCA had a tough time overcoming some of southern Maine’s top club teams, but its overall fourth-place finish was tops among local squads at last weekend’s Maine Swimming 2003 Winter Combined Championships in Brunswick. The Hurricanes scored 1,949… Read More
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Portland, Maine, native Ian Crocker touched out one of the top butterfly swimmers in the world, winning a gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly during the final day of the Pan Pacific swimming championships Thursday. Crocker’s gold was one of five first-place… Read More
ORONO – For age-group swimmers, this time of year is either heaven or something like torture. It’s constant competition – high school states were a month ago, last weekend swimmers were at the YMCA state championship meet or a U.S. Swimming Eastern Sectional meet. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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FUKUOKA, Japan – American teen-ager Brendan Hansen upstaged the Olympic gold and silver medalists Thursday, winning the men’s 200-meter breaststroke at the world swimming championships. Hansen won in 2 minutes, 10.69 seconds, breaking the meet record of 2:11.23 set by fellow American Mike Barrowman at… Read More
MONTREAL – The Hurricane Swim Club of Bangor had several swimmers reach the finals of the Quebec Cup, a Canadian World Cup qualifying meet that attracts Canadian Olympians and club teams from the U.S. The meet was held from June 29-July 1 at the Olympic Park. Read More
AUSTIN, Texas – An adjustment from yards to meters didn’t prevent Portland swimmer Ian Crocker from winning the 100-meter butterfly in 52.46 seconds at the USA Swimming National Championships Sunday. Crocker, who won an Olympic gold medal last fall as a member of the 400… Read More