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The North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) is a swim club based in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1968, [ 1 ] it continues to offer training for young swimmers. It is best known for developing a dozen Olympic swimmers, six of whom earned gold medals.
Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury and death worldwide, and the highest rates are among children. Overall, drowning is the most common fatal injury among children aged 1–4 years in the USA, [8] and is the second highest cause of death altogether in that age range, after congenital defects.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends swimming lessons for children from 1–4, along with other precautionary measures to prevent drowning. [4] In 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its previous position in which it had disapproved of lessons before age 4, indicating that the evidence no longer supported an advisory against early swimming lessons.
The Iowa State College pool in Ames, Iowa was used for children's swim classes in the summer of 1939, noting that boys do not wear suits for their morning classes. At men's general swimming sessions in the evenings for students and faculty, suit were not worn. [108] In the summers of 1944 and 1945, the Chicago Parks offered a summer swimming ...
Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to enter and leave the city’s port starting on Thursday — a significant step toward reopening the major maritime ...
She moved with her family to Towson, Maryland in 2003, in part so she could practice with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, also the home team of Michael Phelps. [18] In 2008, she purchased a condominium in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Baltimore. [18] Her mother, Jeanne Ruark Hoff, played basketball for Stanford University from 1979 to ...
A California teenager is being hailed as a hero after performing CPR on her 3-year-old relative who almost drowned in the family’s pool on Thanksgiving.
Traditionally, children were considered not able to swim independently until 4 years of age, [30] although now infant swimming lessons are recommended to prevent drowning. [ 31 ] In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland, the curriculum for the fifth grade (fourth grade in Estonia) states that all children should learn to swim as well as ...