Cullen Jones

Olympic swimmer to open Wildwater Kingdom

2013-05-20 16:24:03

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Olympian Jones pushes teammate Ervin in UltraSwim's 50 freestyle

2013-05-12 00:00:00

It was a splash-and-dash of the highest quality, the men's 50-meter freestyle Saturday night at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center that included six former Olympians. When those six had surfaced, SwimMAC Carolina's Cullen Jones -- who had won the...

Olympian swimmers in city

2013-05-09 02:04:02

Most of the biggest names in American swimming will return to Charlotte for the UltraSwim meet at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center beginning Thursday, but there will be a couple of significant absences, too. Casual swim fans may have forgotten that...

Require Swimming Lessons For Every Child

2012-12-06 14:02:48

I didn't learn to swim until my early teens. I had a deep fear about the deep end of the swimming pool. I didn't understand how people could stay afloat when they dove into water over their heads. To this aspiring journalist, the concept of "treading...

Grevers lives to swim another day

2012-07-29 19:55:00

LONDON -- U.S. swimming coaches didn't want to gamble on Matt Grevers' powers of recovery. They took the safe bet, the one Grevers would have made, the one he supported. It didn't pay off. The numbers say the long shot probably wouldn't have, either....

4-time Olympic Medalist Cullen Jones

2012-09-10 10:35:00

Cullen Jones is a 4-time Olympic medalist and the second African American male to ever make the U.S. Swim Team. Gold in 4x100m Medley Relay , Silver in 50m Freestyle, Silver in 4x100m Freestyle Relay Twitter: @Cullen_Jones The USA Swimming Foundation&...

'Lawless' rules with violence ... 'Sparkle' bedazzles with Carmen Ejogo

2012-08-17 21:55:08

"THE MOST delightful pleasures cloy without variety," said Publilius Syrus, back in the 1st century B.C. ATTENDING SCREENINGS in Manhattan, several nights in a row, can be exhausting -- especially during a sultry heat wave. But these events can also play...

Olympic 'Sparkle': TriStar pic preems at Gotham's Tribeca Grand Hotel

2012-08-16 21:55:08

Tuesday's world preem of TriStar's "Sparkle" belonged to Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston. During Houston's last on-screen perf, she sings "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," which caused the aud at Gotham's Tribeca Grand Hotel to burst into applause. Debra...

The Olympics aren’t over until NBC says they’re over!

2012-08-13 16:32:48

US Olympic Swimmer Cullen Jones Teaches Kids How To Swim

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Local Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones and his mom share the story of Cullen's near drowning during a family vacation and the importance of learning to swim especially in the black and hispanic communities....

Phelps looks to put stamp on perhaps the greatest Olympic career ever

2012-07-21 06:53:00

In Michael Phelps' telling, one of the greatest Olympic careers almost began with a skinny dip. It was the first trip out of the country for the kid from Rodgers Forge, and he gawked like a tourist — not at monuments or museums — but at the...

Fast split, but no free relay for Grevers

2012-07-29 11:03:00

LONDON -- Despite having the fastest 400-meter relay split of any U.S. swimmer in the heats, Matt Grevers of Lake Forest did not think it was fast enough to get him onto the team for Sunday night's final. He was right. �The U.S. relay lineup is Nathan...

Cullen Jones swam in the preliminaries and the semifinals of the Men's 4 x 100m medley, helping the team to win gold on August 4. Jones won silver in the Men's 50m freestyle and the Men's 4 x 100m freestyle. Cullen competed and won the 4 x 100m freestyle relay in 2008.

2012-08-04 13:51:23

Florent Manaudou of France celebrates his gold medal-winning performance in the men's 50m freestyle. American Cullen Jones won the silver.

2012-08-03 00:00:00

Cullen Jones of the United States watches the clock after competing the Men's 50m Freestyle heat 7 on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre. Jones qualified for the semi-finals.

2012-08-02 00:00:00