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Masters Swim Clinic with Olympian Cullen Jones
October 13 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$70.00
The Michigan Masters LMSC is proud to announce a Masters Swim Clinic featuring Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones.
Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 10:00 AM.
Detroit Yacht Club Natatorium
USMS Sanction #194-S009
The clinic is limited to 24 swimmers.
– SOLD OUT! –
The Michigan Masters LMSC is proud to announce a Masters Swim Clinic featuring Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Cullen Jones on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM.
Whether it’s teaching starts and turns, or any of the four stroke techniques, Cullen takes a hands-on approach both in and out of the water.
Cullen Jones
Cullen Jones is the first African American to hold a world record (4×100-meter freestyle relay) in swimming. At the 2008 United States Olympic Trials, Jones broke the American record in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.59.
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay in a world record time of 3:08.24 with Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak and Garrett Weber-Gale.
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Jones made the Olympic team for the second time by finishing first in the 50-meter freestyle and second in the 100-meter freestyle, which subsequently qualified him for the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
In the 50-meter freestyle final, Jones won with a time of 21.59, one one-hundredth (0.01) of a second ahead of second-place finisher Anthony Ervin.
Jones attended North Carolina State University, where he studied English and swam for the NC State Wolfpack swimming and diving team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2003 to 2006.