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Soichi Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 正一, [1] January 23, 1906 – August 2, 1997) was a Hall-of-Fame American swimming coach for the Hawaii Swim Club from 1946 through 1981, [2] the University of Hawaii from 1946 through 1961 and the U.S. Olympic team in 1952 and 1956. He pioneered the use of interval and resistance training for competitive ...
At the team's annual meet at the University of Hawaii in February 1952, Kawamoto won the 440 and 100-yard freestyle events, with her primary competition coming from her Hawaii Swim Club teammate Joel Leeman. [9] Kawamoto qualified for the 1948 Olympic trials as a 15-year old at McKinney High, but did not win a berth in the final competition. [3]
This is a list of college swimming and diving teams that compete in the NCAA or NAIA men's and/or ... University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Hawaii: Rainbow Warriors ...
Feb. 22—The Hawaii men's and women's swimming teams are both in first place, with the Rainbow Warriors breaking two event records, after the first day of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ...
University of Hawaii at Hilo: Hilo: PacWest: Hawaii Pacific Sharks: Hawaii Pacific University: Honolulu: PacWest: Defunct. Team School City Conference Division Defunct
He became a strong advocate of teaching children to swim, particularly in his home state of Hawaii, and later California, and created a ten lesson swim program, known as the Ho’au learn-to-swim method. Woolsey had other businesses, but he continued to teach swimming into his 70s. [2] Woolsey died in California on June 25, 2022, at the age of 87.
The showroom continued to be known as Duke Kahanamoku's until Hawaii showman Jack Cione bought it in the mid-1970s and renamed it Le Boom Boom. The Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex (DKAC) serves as the home for the University of Hawai‘i's swimming and diving and women's water polo teams. The facility, located on the university's lower campus ...
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are the athletic teams that represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH), in Honolulu, Hawaii. The UH athletics program is a member of the Big West Conference in most sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. It comprises seven men's, 12 women's, and two coed athletic teams. [3]