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  • Germantown Academy grad Arthur Frayler: ‘There was no hazing’

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    Read The Intelligencer On any team, there’s always going to be horsing around in the locker room, on the field or whatever it is,” said Frayler, whose time of 4:17.96 in winning the 500-yard freestyle at the 2012 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships broke the school and meet record formerly held by the late…

  • Germantown Academy coach Dick Shoulberg to return as coach emeritus

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    Read for instance philly.com Longtime swimming coach Dick Shoulberg, who has been on administrative leave from Germantown Academy in Fort Washington since October, will return as coach emeritus for the remainder of the school year, according to a letter Monday night from the head of school, Jim Connor. Shoulberg, who cofounded the Germantown Academy Aquatic…

  • No public explanation why swim coach Dick Shoulberg out at GA

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    Read Philly.com Over four decades as a coach at Germantown Academy, Dick Shoulberg sent 16 swimmers to the Olympics, coached U.S. teams, entered two halls of fame, and won five national coaching awards. On Wednesday, his voice cracked as he struggled to explain why he was abruptly removed from not just a job, but a…

  • Shoulberg: “I know I’m old. But I’m efficient and old”

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    Read SwimmingWorld, backstory that Germantown Academy has apparently fully or partly retired legendary head coach Dick Shoulberg: Shoulberg finally talked tonight after having ignored media inquiries regarding his leave of absence from the deck. However, there is little doubt that Shoulberg would desire to return to the deck as soon as possible. “I know I’m…

  • GA swimming coach Dick Shoulberg takes leave of absence

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    Read Philly.com Germantown Academy’s revered swimming coach, Dick Shoulberg, is on leave because of “a personnel issue,” a school administrator said Monday. In an e-mail to parents last month, the school announced that assistant coach Claire Crippen would serve as acting director and acting head coach of the girls’ team in Shoulberg’s absence. Assistant coach…

  • Crippen’s coach: Cancel OW in Shanghai

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    FINA has admitted lack of safety measure in Fran Crippen’s death, shortly after coming under heavy fire from U.S. Open Water Review Commission Chair Dick Pound for lack of cooperation. They have release the Task Force Report with recommendations that there should be minimum and maximum limits for air temperature, air humidity, visibility, air quality,…