Joe Polyak News Today

This year's camp for Iowa Swimming Inc. was unique as it was the first 'out-of-LSC' camp/training trip for the Iowa swimmers and coaches.

IOWA CITY -- Fort Madison High School senior John Cottrell and Keokuk senior Brendan Worster finished out their prep careers in style on Saturday.

Keokuk High School’s Brendan Worster and Fort Madison’s John Cottrell, who swims for Burlington via a sharing agreement, are both planning a busy weekend, two days very familiar to them.

Joe Polyak of the Iowa Flyers Swim Club will bring near Big Ten final times in the breaststroke and IM events to Minnesota in the fall of 2024.

A breaststroke and IM specialist, Von Weihe will be joining a program that has seen great success in those two events in the fall of 2024.

Brennan has dropped in all four of of his best events this past season, including over 15 seconds in the 1000 freestyle.

Miriam Sheehan dominated the senior age group at the meet, while Hudson Huberg and Caite Schaffel did big damage in the age group races.

For nearly two decades, members of the Bay Area Russian Jewish community have been gathering in rented hotel ballrooms and school auditoriums for services and celebrations organized by Rabbi Shimon Margolin, himself a native of Kyiv. Longing for a center of their own, they bid on three different properties in San Francisco, only to be outbid or have their offers rejected. Now, thanks to pandemic-induced upheaval in the real estate market and generous donors, they will have a permanent home. Rus...