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Monday, February 18, 2013

Swim: USA Swimming Bans Loudoun-Based Swim Coach Michael Pliuskaitis

(Feb. 18, 2013) - The Washington Post reported over the weekend that Michael Pliuskaitis, formerly the head coach at Loudoun County-based SNOW Swimming, has been placed on USA Swimming's permanently banned list resulting from rules violations relating to improper conduct with athletes.

The official date of the ban is Aug. 6, 2012, though it only became official last week. There is more on this story from the SwimmingWorld.

3 comments:

  1. I would check out Reach For the Wall or Swimmingworld.com for more accurate information. Swimswam is like the National Inquirer of swim blogs.

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  2. It appears that Reach for the Wall is a reprint of Liz Clarke's article from the WashPost (http://reachforthewall.com/2013/02/17/usa-swimming-bans-loudoun-county-swim-coach-for-sexual-misconduct/) and I don't see any stories on Swimmingworld (the New York Times of swim coverage?!?) about it ... If we see any good links we will keep everybody posted ... Rough last 12 months for DC area swim coaches and misconduct ...

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  3. Spoke too soon .. just saw an in-depth article from Swimming World! Thanks for the tip ... Replacing our link for Swim Swam with this article

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