ATLANTA, GA - Nov. 30, 2007 - Natalie Coughlin set an American record on opening night of the U.S. short-course swimming championships Thursday in Atlanta. The former Carondelet High School and Cal star won the women’s 50-yard freestyle in 21.46 seconds, bettering the mark of 21.63 set in 2006 by Kara Lynn Joyce, who finished second in 21.81.
“For the longest time, I was at 22.0 and 22.1. That’s so exciting, to break it by a half-second,” said Coughlin, who won five medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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San Antonio, TX (November 27, 2007) – Team Green Kawasaki’s Katherine Prumm won both pro motos at the 2007 AMA /WMA Drill Tech Cup held this past Saturday at the Cycle Ranch MX Park, in Floresville Texas.
The 5th Annual WMA Drill Tech Cup, sponsored by Drill Tech Drilling and Shoring, VP Fuels, Polisport, Powermadd, Dunlop Tires, Kawasaki, Honda Rider’s Club of America, Alpinestars, and Thor MX Gear took place under wet and muddy conditions following two days of action packed women’s amateur racing that boasted upwards of 180 women entries. (more…)
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Rules of the Game: Anyone who has ever seen a Robin Hood movie has at one time or another dreamed of being an archer. Archery is a truly great sport that is growing in popularity. Anyone can participate but to be successful an athlete must train and develop both mental and physical skills.
The sport of Archery is first listed in Homer’s “The Iliad and the Odyssey.” It has been traced to all parts of the world in many different time periods and may well be the longest use of a weapon in the history of man.
Equipment: So first you need a bow and arrow. The two kinds of bows are the Olympic, or Recurve Bow and the Compound Bow. Mastery of the Olympic bow results in better muscle tone and overall archery habits; once that is accomplished the Compound bow represents a leap forward in accuracy and force.
Scoring: Once you have your equipment you’re ready to toss a few arrows into targets. The target has ten concentric circles and the score of each arrow depends upon where it lands on the target. The highest score, a ten, is achieved by shooting an arrow into the center, or bullseye. Scores go down from nine for the next circle out to one for the outermost circle. Missing the target results in a score of zero for that arrow.
Archers develop techniques to fully control their body movement, their endurance and their mental steadiness, when preparing to meet the challenge of match days.
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