Swim With The Stars

2006 Integrated Disability Swim Camp with Swim With The Stars

Ian Crocker demonstrates
his championship strokes

Integra Sports, in Partnership with Swim With The Stars, is thrilled to announce the second annual 2006 Swim With The Stars Camp, where 6-time Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, 4-time Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, 2-time Gold Medalist Ian Crocker and Paralympic Medalist Erin Popovich; with their Coaches and additional Swimming Stars, will be spreading their passion for swimming by sharing with all young campers, the cutting-edge techniques that propelled them to greatness.

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» Register for swim camp today!

This year, the SWTS Swim Camp takes place only at Emory University, in the beautiful northeast corner of Atlanta, Georgia - so book your travel and register soon!

Integra Sports is very excited to offer this second annual Disability Swim Camp in conjunction with Swim With The Stars. Please visit the Swim With The Stars website for news and events with these Stars, and stay up-to-date on this year's Swim With The Stars Swim Camps!

Inaugural Swim With The Stars Swim Camps

Integra Sports, in Partnership with Swim With The Stars, is thrilled to announce the second annual 2006 Swim With The Stars Camp, where 6-time Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, 4-time Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, 2-time Gold Medalist Ian Crocker and Paralympic Medalist Erin Popovich; with their Coaches and additional Swimming Stars, will be spreading their passion for swimming by sharing with all young campers, the cutting-edge techniques that propelled them to greatness. This year, the SWTS Swim Camp takes place only at Emory University, in the beautiful northeast corner of Atlanta, Georgia - so book your travel and register soon!

Integra Sports has been very excited to offer this Disability Swim Camp in conjunction with Swim With The Stars. Please visit the Swim With The Stars website for news and events with these Stars, and stay up-to-date on future Swim With The Stars Swim Camps!

"The entire program was a very positive experience and I thought the swimmers with disabilities were included unusually well. I was impressed with the level of involvement of the Olympic and Paralympic stars."

Kathryn L. Combs, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of St. Thomas Minneapolis, MN and Mother to Krista Pylkki, who attended the San Jose camp

Swim With The Stars in USA Today

Erin is impressed but
not intimidated
by Michael

Erin Popovich
with an eager camper

Campers learned from
Swimming's Stars

Phelps spent time
with young swimmers

Phelps, Paralympics star give kids golden treat

By Vicki Michaelis
USA TODAY
June 23, 2005

> Read the full article on USAToday.com

DENVER ‹ Practice lanes were at a premium during the noon hour Wednesday at the University of Denver's El Pomar Natatorium, so Michael Phelps had to share.

His lane partner was impressed but not intimidated. She's one of the few to outdo Phelps in the pool.

Erin Popovich won seven gold medals in the Paralympics last summer in Athens, to Phelps' six in the Olympics. They met last June at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, but their participation in a "Swim with the Stars" camp Wednesday marked the first time they have seen each other since Athens.

Ian Crocker, another U.S. swimmer at the camp, pointed out to Phelps that Popovich one-upped him, but Popovich didn't use the opportunity to trash talk.

"She should have," Phelps said.

Phelps came up one short of matching Mark Spitz's 1972 gold medal haul. But Popovich, a dwarf, went 7-for-7 in five individual events and two relays.

"It's definitely something that goes through my mind a lot, but at the same time, it's like all right, I did that in 2004. Let's see what I can do the next go-round," said Popovich, who, like Phelps, plans to compete in the 2008 Games.

In 2003, Popovich swam with the varsity team at Colorado State University, where she is majoring in health and exercise science. She gave up her NCAA eligibility to cash in on her Paralympics feats, but she still trains with Colorado State.

She shared a message Wednesday she learned long ago with the more than 100 kids at the camp, which was organized by Octagon, the agency that represents Phelps.

"Who cares if you're in a wheelchair, who cares if you're shorter than everybody else, who cares if you don't have an arm? You're still just as functional and just as able as the person next to you," she said.

She and Phelps found out Wednesday they share more than golden success in the pool. Popovich turns 20 next Wednesday; Phelps turns 20 a day later.

After she won her third gold in Athens, Popovich started seeing references to her as "the Paralympic Phelps."

If Phelps wins seven in Beijing, she could pin a moniker on him: "the Olympic Popovich."

"Seven gold medals," Phelps said, "is pretty special."

A Camp for Swimmers with Disabilities

Erin Popovich is one
of the camp's Stars

Integra Sports, in a partnership with Swim With The Stars, has been tremendously pleased to offer a uniquely integrated Disability Swimming Camp at each of our 2005 Swim Camp locations.

Our Disability Swim Camp brought together Erin Popovich, 7-time Athens gold medalist and a Star of US Paralympic swimming, with Paralympic and Olympic coaches and trainers, to inspire and instruct the next generation of swimmers with disabilities. This two-day program has helped youngsters with disabilities draw on the passion of all of our Stars, who were eager to bring practical training and lessons to future Paralympic athletes.

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The Swim With The Stars Team includes:

More About Swim With The Stars

Continuing their pledge to spread a passion for swimming throughout the U.S., 6-time Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, 4-time Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, and 2-time Gold Medalist Ian Crocker, with their coaches and other stars, have been reaching out to young swimmers across the country to share the cutting-edge techniques and training methods that have propelled them to greatness.

At Swim With The Stars Camp 2005, the greatest swimmers and coaches in the world helped develop tomorrow's stars through a technical, interactive, and comprehensive program.

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