The Cycle

by Jayson on February 3, 2010

Gabby Melendres and Miguel Martinez discuss the benefits of having the Ted Watkins Aquatic Center as a community resource. Plus, they mention how many of the kids come back to be involved in a variety of ways.

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Diversity Select Camp Application Now Available

by Jayson on February 1, 2010

From USASwimming.com:

The 2010 Diversity Select Camp will be held in Colorado Springs from April 29-May 1. Application Deadline for the Camp is March 1, 2010.

The Diversity Select Camp aims to instill a vision of success and inspire athletes from ethnically under-represented populations to become leaders in the sport of swimming.

The goals of the camp are to empower athletes from ethnically under-represented populations and their coaches to:

1. Demonstrate the viability of multicultural success in swimming.
2. Achieve performance excellence at every level of the sport.
3. Expound the benefits and value of participating in the sport of swimming.
4. Assist in recruiting more swimmers and coaches from diverse ethnicities to the sport of swimming.
5. Be positive leaders and role models that others from multicultural backgrounds can emulate.

Camp information and the application can be found at the USA Swimming Camps Page.

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Taking Care of Business

January 27, 2010

Listen as DAP Member Stan Lee talks about the Ted Watkins Aquatics Center being neutral turf, the progression of the kids through the program, and targeting the local schools so they include swimming as an intramural sport.

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Make A Splash Swim Clinics

January 25, 2010

From D.C. Parks and Recreation:
Make a Splash, the national, child-focused water safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation, began in 2007. In two years, more than 37,000 kids have gone through Make a Splash swimming lessons. Make a Splash works by aligning the nation’s top learn-to-swim providers in an effort to save lives. [...]

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The Blueprint

January 21, 2010

Stan Lee and Gabby Melendres discuss their program and the partnerships which help to make it a huge success. The Aquatic Foundation of Metropolitan Los Angeles has been going strong for 15 years and it is only getting better.

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Changing the Tide: Rowing Outreach to Urban Youth

January 13, 2010

From USRowing:
Changing the Tide: Rowing Outreach to Urban Youth” was the theme of this year’s third annual diversity workshop cohosted by the USRowing Task Force on Access, Affordability and Diversity and Georgetown University.
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24th Annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet

January 11, 2010

The Black History Invitational Swim Meet is hailed by USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming, as the “premier minority swim competition in the United States and in the World.” The Invitational was founded with the goals of providing urban youth nationwide with a positive outlet for expression, exposure to strong [...]

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2008 Olympian David Banks

January 6, 2010

From USRowing:
2008 Olympian David Banks reflects on his experience in Beijing and his current outreach work with the Trenton YMCA Crew at this year’s USRowing diversity workshop.
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David Banks, 2009 USRowing Male Athlete of the Year

January 5, 2010

From RowingNews.com:

David Banks
Age: 26
Crew: U.S. National Team
Coach: Kris Korzeniowski
Accomplishments: fifth, men’s pair, 2009 world championships; ninth, men’s four, Beijing Olympics, USRowing’s 2009 Male Athlete of the Year
THE REAL THING
Banks, a two-time U.S. national team member ended a strong first season in the man’s pair with partner Charlie Cole by finishing fifth at the 2009 world [...]

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New AFMLA/Ted Watkins Aquatic Training Center to open in 2010 in Watts

January 4, 2010
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