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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 2007
Page
8
The Mini Page explains how kids join local swim teams and compete in meets. USA Swimming provides guidelines on four strokes freestyle butterfly breaststroke and backstroke. Parents assist by ensuring practice and meet attendance.
The Mini Page profiles Michael Phelps, the University of Michigan swimmer born in Baltimore. He explains his competitive nature, family support, and routines. At 21, he holds recent world record marks and earned eight medals in Athens with six golds, as he outlines hard work and dedication behind his success.
Terrence Howard stars as teacher and swim coach Jim Ellis in Pride and co produced the film. He trained with the real Jim Ellis before filming and has appeared in Mr Holland's Oops and Ray. Howard, 38, was born in Chicago, grew up in Cleveland, and holds a chemical engineering degree. He taught himself guitar and piano and is working on his first CD.
A swim meet features events by stroke and distance with heats when lanes are limited. Seed times group swimmers by speed, and age groupings appear at some meets. Officials include a referee, starter, stroke judge, and turn judge to enforce rules and ensure correct starts, finishes, and turns.
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