Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in Review – 2014
PHOENIX – It was another incredible year of photography for Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in 2014. We feature some of the best as our Parting Shots of each issue of our magazine.
Plenty of amazing pictures featuring top stars like Cesar Cielo, Tyler Clary, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps were among those chosen as Parting Shots. Watch the slide show below…
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Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in Review – 2014
January 2014
The six-meet 2013-14 Arena Grand Prix series kicked off Nov. 14-16 in Minneapolis and continued through June. Swimmers had the opportunity to compete for $150,000 in overall prize money, with the highest-scoring eligible U.S. male and female swimmers (Conor Dwyer, Caitlin Leverenz) receiving a one-year lease of a BMW activehybrid 3 series.
Photo by Ichigo Takikawa
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February 2014
Swimmers warm up during the cool morning hours for the 2013 Arizona short course age group championships at the Phoenix Swim Club.
Photo by Denise Karman
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March 2014
It may look like it, but, no, Kentucky’s Greg Ferrucci is not resting on a water bed! he’s still in midair as he performs a dive during the 1-meter springboard competition at the 2013 NCAA Division I championships. He finished fourth as a junior last year in all three diving events.
Photo by Peter H. Bick
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April 2014
No matter how you look at him, Brazil’s Cesar Cielo is head-and-shoulders ahead of his competition in the 50 meter free. he became the first person in history to win three consecutive world championship titles in the event at last summer’s meet in Barcelona.
Photo by Kaitlin B. Kelly
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May 2014
Give that coach a “10”! Head diving coach Dan Laak’s celebratory dive into the pool was a perfect finish to a perfect meet for Georgia’s Lady Bulldogs, who dominated this year’s women’s NCAA Division I swimming and diving championships.
Photo by Peter H. Bick
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June 2014
Ryan Lochte (left) was reunited with long-time competitor and friend, Michael Phelps (right), at the Arena Grand Prix in April at Mesa, Ariz. It was Phelps’ first competition in the sport since he announced his retirement from swimming after the 2012 London Olympics.
Photo by Azaria Basile
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July 2014
The men’s 5K race at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships finished about as close as the Start, June 15, at Castaic Lake in Southern California. In a photo finish, 2012 Olympian Alex Meyer (Ithaca, N.Y.) touched out Jordan Wilimovsky (Malibu, Calif.) and Joey Pedraza (Broward, Fla.) for the victory.
Photo by Griffin Scott
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August 2014
Say Cheese! Eric Ress, 23, of Santa Clara Swim Club gave a big smile before the day’s competition started at the George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara, Calif., site of the sixth and final meet of the 2013-14 Arena Grand Prix series that began in November and ended in June.
Photo by Catherine Ladd
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September 2014
At the U.S. Nationals in Irvine, swimmer Tyler Clary accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that was all the rage on social media. Started by a Massachusetts resident who has lived with ALS since 2012, numerous celebrities and others dumped ice water on themselves and posted videos of it within 24 hours – all to raise money for research into ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Photo by Griffin Scott
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October 2014
Australia’s Alicia Coutts made a “big splash” at the Pan Pacific Championships in August by winning gold medals in the 100 fly and 400 medley relay and finishing runner-up in the 200 IM.
Photo by Delly Carr
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November 2014
Legendary coach Peter Daland passed away Oct. 20 at the age of 93 of Alzheimer’s disease. While coaching the men’s swimming team at the University of Southern California for 35 years (1958-92), the Trojans captured nine NCAA team titles. He also coached the U.S. Women’s Olympic team in 1964 and the men’s in 1972. Daland, shown here on the cover of Swimming World Magazine (June 1992) upon his retirement from USC, also was the Magazine’s co-founder in 1952 along with Robert J.H. Kiphuth.
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December 2014
Ain’t morning workouts grand? Masters swimmers from the Phoenix Swim Club were greeted with this sunrise over Camelback Mountain recently when they showed up at the Phoenix Country Day Aquatic Center in Arizona.
Photo by Takumi Sakamoto
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