Topic: Cullen Jones

China's Wu Peng out-duels Phelps once again

China's Wu Peng surged past US Olympic star Michael Phelps in the final 50 meters to win the 200m butterfly at the Charlotte UltraSwim long course meeting.Wu on Saturday won in 1:56.83, while Phelps settled for second in ...
Cullen Jones makes a splash teaching others to swim as he trains for more gold in the poolCullen Jones was about to race in his biggest meet of the year when he heard that six teenagers had drowned in Shreveport, La.Just ...

Cullen Jones

American Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones competed with the U.S. Olympic swimming team in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . NBC Olympics: Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay -- Final Cullen Jones saw success as a swimmer while at North Carolina State ...

Swimming Year In Review 2006

Despite the absence of a Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) world swimming championship in 2006, there was no letup in the water, as an amazing 25 world records were posted (on top of 5 world marks set at the end of 2005 ...

Ladies setting the agenda

The article offers news briefs related to the entertainment industry. The organization called "The Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network" (WEEN) has been formed to talk about the music industry's ill treatment of women of color. Cullen Jones, the first African-American male ...
Like Hollywood's red carpet, the pool-deck question at swim nationals is, Who are you wearing?It's suit madness at the U.S. national championships.Swimmers are experimenting with and sometimes tearing various models at $500 a pop. "This is a ...

Jones promotes water safety

Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones launches program to prevent youth drowningCullen Jones sternly barked orders to the nearly half a dozen children wading in the pool. "On Wednesday, Jones spent more than half an hour teaching the 8-to-10-year-olds swimming basics including how ...

Cullen Jones An Olympic Swimmer

August 11, 2008, Cullen Jones and teammates Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, and Jason Lezak, of the U.S. Olympic Swim team, won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Cullen Jones was born on February 29, 1984, in the Bronx, New ...
Weber-Gale shows he's the fastest American sprinter, Hall denied spot on fourth Olympic teamGarrett Weber-Gale completed a sprint double at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Saturday, winning the 50-meter freestyle with an American record, while Gary Hall Jr. failed to ...