Here are just a few questions the beholden media should ask Mr. Phelps, who also happens to be the co-owner of NBAC: Are you aware of why founder Murray Stephens resigned form NBAC? 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An argument could be made that the rape and escape dodge should not work. So if a coach has sexual relations with a swimmer (regardless of age) as a high school or NCAA level coach, he or she can later join USA Swimming since he or she was not registered with USA Swimming at the time? Michael Phelps is the face of the sport and in addition, several other Olympic medalists have trained at the club, among themTheresa Andrews, Anita Nall, Beth Botsford, Katie Hoff and Allison Schmitt. "Congratulations," read the letter. Rather, this is entirely about accountability and the sinister, arrogant and dangerous disregard for victims that is displayed by USA Swimming. Every time I look at it, it just brings unpleasant memories, Zhang said. I am pleased to be joining Irv Muchnick in reporting and commentary on the multitudinous USA Swimming scandals. And year after year, he documented his emailed pleas to former Athletic Director Marie Tuite and others, asking them to do something about Shaw, to no avail. "I think Mr. King bears enormous responsibility here, But I think the parents were not minding the store," she said. Additionally, when the complaint involves abuse of a minor, USA Swimming reports that information to the appropriate law enforcement authorities. For USA Swimming not to investigate such a serious charge, especially since it involved a coach associated with this most famed club, is staggeringand made even more astounding considering that NBAC acted in such swift fashion. According to other sources with direct knowledge of this story, the police were in fact called and that USA Swimming was indeed made aware of this complaint. What's clear from court documents in the case against Muchnick is that something happened between three young NBAC swimmers at Meadowbrook Aquatic Center in February 2012. Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. This website may constitute Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions under the applicable law and ethical rules. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Yet following the conclusion of that investigation, Hopkins and other athletes continued to report incidents of sexual misconduct involving Shaw for almost a decade. USA Swimming does extensive background checks (covering federal, state and county records) on coaches and has added a background check requirement for all non-athlete members. Otherwise this person can sue for infringing upon his rights. Hes a father figure and made sure to look out for us.. Editor's note: Due to the serious nature of this story, WBAL news removed Tim Joyce's story from the website earlier Wednesday to allow us to do our 'due diligence.' All the athletes have experienced some level of emotional abuse, Williams wrote. "That's really disturbing to me, not knowing where those videos are.". Before joining the Mercury News, she worked for The Associated Press in Cheyenne, Detroit and Dallas. Five former swimmers have suedCanada Artistic Swimming, saying it failed to provide a safe environment and neglected abusive behavior by coaches. "He may have been a good coach, but his goal with these girls ultimately was to molest them," said prosecutor Mendoza. Muchnick's post reprints the apologies written by the two alleged perpetrators of the incident and, citing unnamed "swimming sources," says it is still the subject of a USA Swimming probe. The first investigation and its conclusion were largely kept quiet by campus leaders and Shaw continued treating female athletes unfettered as the Department of Justice put it for the next decade. Former San Jose State University Athletic Director Marie Tuite began a new role at Southern Utah University on Wednesday, two years after she was named in multiple lawsuits and investigations at SJSU. She held that position until she stepped down in May 2021 after a string of investigations into sexual abuse by one of the universitys athletics trainers. (The letter, addressed to parents and friends of NBAC, went into some detail about how complaints within the program are handled, as it was originally geared toward that audience, as compared to the audience that has been closely following the story through the news and would already be familiar with many of the concepts. Get more information about Safe Sport here (http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1955&Alias=rainbow&Lang=en). Only then, the federal report said, did the university then under the leadership of President Mary Papazian reopen the investigation. Madilynne Medina , SFGATE. WebNorth Baltimore Aquatic Club: MA YY 2021 YORK-NBAC Spring SC Challenge Meet: 200 IM: 2:00.77: Dec. 15, 2018: Maggie Belbot: North Baltimore Aquatic Club: MD NBAC 44th Annual Christmas invitational: 400 IM: 4:18.90: March 1, 2019: Maggie Belbot: North Baltimore Aquatic Club: Maryland Swimming 14 & Under Championships: All Rights Reserved. WebIt has come to our attention that a local AM radio station has been broadcasting unfounded accusations about USA Swimming's handling of a complaint to our Safe Sport team Ill spell it out for you. And if you have, what are you feelings about Stephens? Alice Ciobanu, a 19-year-old sophomore swimmer, agreed. She was part of the team that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of Oaklands Ghost Ship fire and has been a Pulitzer finalist in feature writing. WebOn Thursday, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club swam their last practice at Meadowbrook Swim Club, ending a relationship that dates back to the mid-80s. Anastasia Gloushkov Leventhal, 35, competed in four Olympics for Israel. He adds that, "I don't mind people characterizing me as edgy, aggressive, or unorthodox as I report on the creepy world of coaches who have a certain type of power relationship over very young athletes. NBAC is the literal and symbolic home of United States Swimming athletes. Seems to me USA Swimming did everything they could for an alleged abuse that took place 37 years ago. Analysis of the autopsy report aligns with accounts that Lowenthal was not pulled from the water until many minutes after he was stricken. She said Szauder was a father figure who elevated her career to Olympic status and described his coaching style as completely normal.. For hundreds of girls who'd worked She announced her resignation from SJSU altogether in an email to some staff members in the athletic department Aug. 29, 2021, but the university did not make an announcement, the Mercury News previously reported. * Jill Chasson, chair of the USA Swimming National Board of Review, which hears sexual misconduct allegations, recently resigned after I reported that, as NBAC Olympic swimmer Jill Johnson, she had had an underage relationship with her coach John Cadigan, now Bowmans chief assistant. Year after year, Hopkins admonished his swimmers to avoid Shaw. Not true. Michael Phelps swam his final race at his longtime Baltimore pool, Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, winning a 100m freestyle at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club Mid-Summer Classic on Monday. Shaw was first accused in December 2009 of touching female athletes breasts and their bikini line when treating injuries, the university said on a fact page about the controversy. 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King previously worked as a swim coach in the San Francisco Bay area and in Oak Harbor, WA, where he was regarded as an excellent coach for aspiring Olympic team swimmers. The investigator conducts a thorough review to determine if the complaint has merit. In 2008, USA Swimming gave King a clean bill of health, saying his background screening had been approved. Established in 1968, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) continues to do what it does best - provide quality instruction for swimmers and Do they not wonder if there are other alleged victims? As I noted in a guest column for this site back in December, this is a cautionary tale, an object lesson if you will, in how utterly negligent the media have been in holding USA Swimming and its clubs accountable for what has transpired. And USA Swimming I cant defend them any more. More than 50 artistic swimmers from 16 countries were interviewed by The Times. Spada, of the United States, said that at age 13, she was once pushed down so hard by a coach that she needed hip surgery. Sooner or later one has to take sides if one is to remain human. Graham Greene, The Quiet American. WebOn Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed in Montreal by five former elite swimmers, accusing Canada Artistic Swimming, the national governing body, of failing to provide a safe environment Background checks are not uniform across countries, officials say. "I don't think we're perfect. Five hundred is even more," he told correspondent Brian Ross. The attorney for the club, Steve Allen, spoke for Cadigan and the club, stating, for privacy reasons we do not make any comment about former and present employees and coaches, period.. King's lawyer, Jamie Harley, said some of the responsibility belongs to the swimmers' parents whose ambition for their children blinded them to the problem. That is our unwavering commitment to you. Calls made to Cadigan for comment on this article were not returned. A San Jose swimming coach, Andy King, 62, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in January after authorities discovered a pattern of sexual abuse that stretched over three decades up and down the West Coast and involved more than a dozen teen female victims. Days after the interview, on July 28, Muchnick resumed his reporting on the incident with a post entitled "February 2012 incident at Bob Bowman and Michael Phelps' North Baltimore Aquatic Club remains under investigation by USA Swimming," the country's national governing body for competitive swimming. The lawsuit was filed by "John Doe" because the plaintiff-one of the team members, who Muchnick cast as one of the two perpetrators of the alleged assault-was a minor. Last September, Canada temporarily closed its national artistic swimming training center in Montreal after athletes and some club coaches complained about a toxic practice environment there. Additionally, this same victim approached USA Swimming months prior but was told nothing could be done because she wished to remain anonymous (USA Swimming has apparently changed that policy and now accepts anonymous reporting). Ted S. Warren/AP. As to USAS, ugh. 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USA Swimming takes all complaints regarding violations of the Code of Conduct, and especially those involving alleged abuse, very seriously. I trust him with everything.. If you are going to start using legal terms, at least have the brains to be able to follow a premise to its conclusion. But even that investigation was pilloried by the Department of Justice, especially when it was revealed that Shaw continued to treat female athletes while the second investigation was underway, despite yet another admonition not to do so. Within 24 hours of this story breaking, Joyce and all of his stories were removed from WBAL with no explanation. On July 19, after a settlement agreement between the parties had been reached, the lawsuit was dismissed. "In the course of rooting out systematic sexual abuse," Muchnick explains, "there is a possibility that, somewhere along the way, there's going to be a false positive in the allegations, but that doesn't mean to me that you just sit back." As the swimmers left, there was one more thing. Ormond said in an interview with The Times that Szauder, unhappy with a warm-up at a 2019 competition in China, told the swimmers if we kept swimming like that, he would hit us so hard, we wouldnt know what happened. It was later suggested that Szauder meant he would hit the swimmers with difficult practices, but Ormond said she felt physically threatened. In a statement on Sept. 21, 2021, announcing its findings, the DOJ stated it had concluded that SJSU failed to respond adequately for more than a decade to reports of sexual harassment and that the university retaliated against two employees who had alerted officials. The fear shared by many in our community is that if this were to happen today and was brought to USA Swimmings attention they wouldnt bring it to the police. USA Swimming said they had no ability to investigate a former NBAC coach for allegations of sexual abuse, because the offense happened in 1975. WebMeadowbrook Aquatic Center, one of three facilities NBAC uses. He has since faced similar criticism from swimmers and officials in Slovakia, where he coached from 2013 to 2018, before leaving to coach in Canada. Still, another one of Hindson's victims, Sarah Rutkowski, now 21, said there are many questions left unanswered. The only thing USA Swimming has a legal right to do is not allow this person to be a USA Swimming member if and only if he is convicted. This is not true. "I certainly violated common corporate journalistic convention by deciding to publish names of minors," Muchnick says in an interview after the settlement, "and I have dialed that back" since he was ordered to do so by the court. Will it finally trigger the kind of federal investigation that has long been warranted? After complaints by the mother of the swimmer who'd been bumped, the two other swimmers wrote "apology notes" that were "accepted," and "at no time" did anyone involved say there had been "any conduct of a sexual nature"-until 10 months later, after Muchnick started writing about the incident. An investigation conducted by a human resources officer on campus cleared Shaw, saying that his pressure point therapy was legitimate a finding that led to the emotional poolside meeting. However, due to USA Swimmings commitment to Safe Sport and the safety of our swimmers, we reported the complaint and information received to the Baltimore County Police Department, Precinct 1. The students were two of several who also swim, or used to swim, at NBAC and were at the center of the clique of bullies and harassers of the alleged victim in the February 2012 incident underlying the lawsuit against me. After personally interviewing unimpeachable sources who corroborated the information Tim wrote, the decision was made to return the story to the web with absolutely no changes. I give USA Swimming credit for not discriminating between a large or small clubthe organization seems to ignore complaints from all concerned. Canada Artistic Swimming and Szauder have denied wrongdoing. FTC Disclaimer | Terms of Use & Privacy Policy 9, 2010 — -- In a sex abuse scandal that some victims compare to what happened in the Catholic Church, at least 36 swimming coaches have been banned for life by the The new investigation reversed the outcome of the first, concluding that Shaws pressure point therapy was bogus and that he had, indeed, sexually abused 10 female athletes. , a California blogger whose posts on his concussioninc.net website regularly level broadsides at alleged abuses in the world of swimming, last year started honing in on what he reported was foul play at North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC), famous for training world-class swimmers like Olympic gold-medal winners Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt. Tim Joyce of WBAL in Baltimore has broken another big story on the front of sexual abuse in swimming, as he claims he has been in contact with a victim who claims to have been sexually abused while at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, home to Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman. There was previously a complaint filed regarding an incident alleged to have occurred in 1975, back when swimming was governed by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). How could something be gotten so wrong? Hopkins said the young athletes asked him. There is no charge for the consultation. The letter begins by referring to the claims as unfounded,in stark contrast to the statement made by the editors at WBAL who claim tohave verified Joyces sources. To again focus on NBAC for a moment, the refusal of the local media in Baltimore to ask the tough questions of Murray Stephens, Bob Bowman, John Cadigan, and, yes, Michael Phelps about what has occurred at their lauded club has been an abject abdication of journalistic responsibility. | Privacy Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Katie Grimes Swims 15:56.27 LCM 1500 Free, #5 for 17-18 Age Group All-Time, Weekend Windup: Age Group Stars Head To Sectionals, VA Senior Champs & Southern Premier, SPIRE Academy Swim Team Makes Huge Impact at the 36th Annual Black History Invitational, Boulder Swim Team Hires Jordan Brown as New Head Coach, Reina Liu, New WAVE Boys Lower LSC Records At North Carolina Age Group Championships, LIACs Gormsen, Howley & Baldwin Shine At 2023 Senior Mets Championships, Do You Love Swimming? "My wife only had to look at one picture before she turned away in tears," he said. Look for a formal announcement and some format changes here shortly. 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All Non-athlete members of USA Swimming are also required to complete athlete protection training. But elite synchronized swimmers who are mostly women, with few men at the elite level routinely endure bullying, harassment and psychological abuse from male and female coaches, more than 100 current and former athletes from more than a dozen countries have said in recent interviews with The New York Times and other news organizations, and in social media postings and blogs. ", Chicago police officer fatally shot on Southwest Side in exchange of gunfire: officials, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown to exit CPD this month in the wake of mayoral election, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. You dont want to give up on this golden dream, Gloushkov Leventhal said, but at what cost?. Natalia Tarasova, the head national team coach during that period and the only coach named Natalia listed in the Hungarian artistic swimming federations meeting minutes for those years, did not respond to requests for comment. "A simple phone call to Oak Harbor, his prior stop, or to the East Bay would have revealed much about this man's propensity to abuse and molest kids.". Now is not the time, Tuite said. Competitive swimming in the U.S. has been scandal-ridden in recent years, with sexual-abuse prosecutions of coaches and civil lawsuits against USA Swimming prompting widespread media coverage, including of the recent Maryland conviction of well-known coach Rick Curl, who pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse suffered by one of his swimmers 30 years ago. After I broke the story of past sexual impropriety, involving multiple victims at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC), Irv proceeded to uncover other episodes of abuse and negligence at NBAC the countrys most famous swim club that will surely become even more disturbing as more details emerge. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. After all, were talking about sports here a trivial pursuit in relation to the societal issue of child sex abuse. Education | To read all about the SafeSport program, click here, or read the full letter below). An initial investigation conducted by SJSU, which began in December 2009 and concluded in May 2010, cleared Shaw of any wrongdoing and deemed his therapy method as a bona fide, per the university fact page. About a month later, he was sued for defamation in Maryland federal court in Baltimore for some of what he'd been publishing and pushing other media to cover-allegations that a February 2012 incident involving NBAC team members amounted to a "sexual assault," even though a law-enforcement investigation concluded without charges. The operative questionwhen is enough enough? He was one of the only adults who stood up for us when there were a lot of other adults that should have been standing up as well, but were not and enabled this to happen, said Shelby Mullendore, a 21-year-old senior swimmer. Many times then, I could have collapsed, but I could tell from the look on her face that it didnt matter to her at all, Alonso Garca said of her coach. USA Swimming states: Because USA Swimming (and therefore its Code of Conduct) was not in existence in 1975, the organization legally had no recourse in the matter. Fourteen different LSCs are represented in the Gold Medal level. A former student ofa high-level coach with ties to the North Baltimore Aquatic Club recently came forward with sexual abuse allegations against that coach. Marie Tuite, former San Jose State athletic director and The National Board of Review has the authority to rule on the membership status of the accused individual. WebNot everyone at last weekend's NCAA women's swimming championship raced against Lia Thomas -- but they were all overshadowed by him. Greensboro YMCAsReina Liu stole the show by resetting three LSC records and launching up the all-time rankings in the girls 11-12 age group. It is the onlyRead more . There was outrage, disbelief, tears, and fear, said Hopkins, the fear of just what could happen next, what possibly could happen next.. The report is attached to this email for your review. Moving forward, here are some topics from Concussion Inc. on which the alternative City Paper and its Van Smith might consider shining some light in the Charm City or, alternatively, explaining why they cant. Thomas Heilman will race the 50 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 breast and 400 IM at the Virginia LSC Senior Champs this weekend in Richmond. Tuite will serve as the schools deputy athletic director of external relations. What are the latest updates on the investigation into the death of Louis Lowenthal? Hindson is one of the 36 coaches banned for life for sexual misconduct over the last 10 years by USA Swimming, the governing body for the sport up to and including the U.S. Olympic team. According to USA Swimming, that they had no legal recourse because they didnt exist in 1975. Investigative journalism is not peer-reviewed scientific literature. It is a contact sport. 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