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Collaboration is Vital to Regional and Community Pool Projects
By
Michael Popke,
October 2012
For about three years, the 50-meter stainless steel competition pool used at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials sat disassembled in an Omaha, Neb., storage facility, not far from where 16,000 swimming fans had jammed the Qwest Center and witnessed the setting of nine world and 21 American records.
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Communities Find Alternatives to Eliminating Learn-to-Swim Programs
By
Michael Popke,
May 2011
Five years ago, KNIK Aquatics, a USA Swimming club based in Anchorage, Alaska, took over the city's learn-to-swim program at Bartlett Pool, the state's only 50-meter facility.
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