Former Auburn University swimming standout, Cesar Cielo, shattered Eamon Sullivan’s official world record time of 47.05 to become just the second man in history to break the 47-second barrier. Cielo completed the 100m freestyle in 46.91 after finishing the final 50m with a 24.74 split. His time surpassed Alain Bernard’s recorded time of 46.94 at the 2009 French Trials.
Cielo’s teamate, Fred Bousquet, finished the 100m in 3rd place with a time of 47.25. Bousquet is the current world record holder in the 50m freestyle with a time of 20.94. Cielo & Bousquet are both featured demonstrators in Richard Quick’s Faster Fast Sprint Freestyle Series. The DVD series was produced by Brett Hawke and Richard Quick.
Want to improve your basketball knowledge over the summer? We have just released three new basketball DVDs featuring Mark Few and Tom Pecora. The DVD titles are:
Mark Few: The 4-Out 1-In Motion Offense
Tom Pecora: The Great Equalizer – The 2-3 Match-up Zone
Tom Pecora: Game Speed Practice Drills
Sporting News Magazine has released the 50 greatest coaches of all time in a recent article. The 50 coaches were selected by a panel of 118 Hall of Famers, championship coaches, and other experts. Below is a sampling of the coaches who Championship Productions have worked with:
#8 - Dean Smith
#11 – Pat Summitt
#16 – Bob Knight
#19 – Mike Krzyzewski
#31 – Pete Newell
#42 – Geno Auriemma
#49 – Gregg Popovich
The entire list of coaches can be seen in the article at: http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2009-07-29/sporting-news-50-greatest-coaches-all-time
The Bob Knight Basketball DVD Series was featured in Sports Illustrated by writer, Luke Winn. Winn was reminded of Coach Knight’s pursuit of perfection and teaching the game “the right way.” The article titled “Newly released DVDs reminder of Knight’s brilliance as a teacher,” offer insight into the DVDs. The article can be read on the SI website: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/luke_winn/07/28/knight/
Ben Askren, one of the elite collegiate competitors in the nation at Missouri (2003-07) where his exciting style of wrestling led him to the NCAA Championship match at 174-lbs. four straight years. A three-time Big 12 champion, Askren won the national title in each of his last two season by winning 87 matches in a row, with a career record of 153-7. For his dominance, he was a two-time winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy in 2006 and 2007.
A four-time NWCA All-Academic and four-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree, Askren spent the past two years as a volunteer assistant coach with the Tigers while training for and competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where the member of Team USA went 1-1 in the 74kg freestyle competition.
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