For an annual fee he could come right back and no one could stop him. Just as in the cases Ive uncovered at much smaller clubs in the Midwest and Alaska, and at major swim center likes FAST in Fullerton, California, USA Swimming chose to ignore the charges. We also require teams to perform additional pre-employment screenings of new coaches. There were people entrusted with safeguarding our campus and nearly every decision they made, if not every decision they made, was wrong.. Finally, on April 22, he castigated NBAC for "the generally out-of-control bully behavior by a cast of privileged preppies, whose capstone was the unprosecuted sexual assault by two of them.". Turns out this might be a lie as well. The skewers can stab if the legs are not kept straight while rehearsing routines. 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. If you are going to start using legal terms, at least have the brains to be able to follow a premise to its conclusion. 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. According to USA Swimming, the organization only checks for criminal convictions and does not include background interviews or investigations with local police. Its a very good first step in the healing of dozens of survivors.. "I think had they been minding the store had they been watching what's going on with their own children this opportunity never could have presented itself.". But McKenna, the plaintiff's lawyer, says Muchnick was "really using his website as an internet bully pulpit" and that "his goal was increasing his search-engine optimization" by using terms such as "sexual assault" together with famous names, like "Michael Phelps," "Bob Bowman," and "North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Seems to me USA Swimming did everything they could for an alleged abuse that took place 37 years ago. Thank you for your message. Im looking forward to when I can tell the whole story regarding the tragic situation at SJSU. WebProfile: How Michael Phelps put scandal behind him to become an Olympic legend. Thankfully, people such as the DOJ, the FBI and some other investigative agencies jumped into the matter and properly looked into it, Hopkins said. These allegations The club representative, John Cadigan, informed the alleged victim that the police would be contacting her and that USA Swimming would be called and an investigation would ensue from Colorado Springs. This website does not provide legal advice. Before joining the Mercury News, she worked for The Associated Press in Cheyenne, Detroit and Dallas. Now is not the time, Tuite said. WebNBAC sent just one swimmer to the U.S. Olympic trials this year, and the clubs athletes no longer train at the Meadowbrook Swim Club in Mount Washington, where Phelps and all He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. The executive director of USA Swimming, Chuck Wielgus, acknowledged the problem, but said "It's "It's not nearly as serious in USA Swimming as it might be in the rest of society.". Southern Utah University Athletic Director Doug Knuth told SFGATE that the department is aware of Tuites history at SJSU but is excited about her hire. Next, USA Swimming sends off details about the complaint, beginning with stating that there is not a current investigation involving any coach from NBAC. Congress is looking into more alleged sexual assault of Olympic athletes beyond gymnastics this time involving USA Swimming and other sports. Synchro taught me that I could never be enough, to hate my body and that my sanity was less important than my performance, she wrote. 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 Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). USA Swimming put in place a comprehensive Safe Sport program, which is among the strongest in youth sports. North Baltimore Aquatic Club head coach Paul Yetter, coach of one of the best 400 IMers in history, runs the math on his rule of thumb for event potential. They ascend to the elite level as teenagers and say they often feel powerless approaching officials, who can seem more concerned with results than with protecting athletes. In some cases, the swimming coaches found to have been sexual predators were able to move from town to town, one step ahead of police and angry victims and their parents. Year after year, Hopkins admonished his swimmers to avoid Shaw. Muchnick had named the plaintiff and the other alleged perpetrator, also a minor, in his coverage of the incident, which allegedly occurred during NBAC practice at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, calling them perpetrators of a "sexual assault.". In a series of jarring allegations from several sources, it has been discovered that a former high-level coach with close ties to the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC)home to Michael Phelps and other Olympianswas accused of molestation and other inappropriate behavior towards some of his female swimmers while he was coaching elite athletes over a period of decades. That external investigation found that the allegations of Shaws sexual misconduct were substantiated according to the investigation summary. Apr. When the investigation corroborates the complaint, USA Swimming requests a National Board of Review Hearing against the individual. If this is urgent, please call us at 408-289-1417 and ask to speak with an attorney. Summer McIntosh is the defending World Champion in the 200 fly, but hasnt swum the race in long course since winning that title last summer. ", Muchnick's lawyer, Laurie Babinski, puts a positive spin on the lawsuit's outcome, saying in an emailed statement, "We are glad to have reached a settlement that protects Mr. Muchnick's First Amendment rights to report on important matters of public concern involving USA Swimming and its most prominent local organization, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. I also recognize that backstories and their interpretation are organic; I strive for what is, at best, the second draft of history. Established in 1968, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) continues to do what it does best - provide quality instruction for swimmers and Club LSC Points. For hundreds of girls who'd worked She was first hired as the deputy athletic director, a role she occupied until May 2017, when she became athletic director. Wielgus says the local swim clubs, not the national organization, bear the responsibility to check the full backgrounds of swimming coaches they hire. Szauder also did not respond to previous attempts to reach him. Here is the story as it appeared on WBAL. 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. WBAL is an NBC affiliate. * WBAL Radio last year disappeared its own series on sex abuse in swimming by my colleague Tim Joyce, after Joyce started zeroing in on allegations against Murray Stephens, founder of Michael Phelps and Bob Bowmans North Baltimore Aquatic Club. 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. Katie Spada, 28, of the United States said that she was sometimes called a dying whale by a former coach and, at 13, was told I had boobs like Marilyn Monroe and they were getting in the way.. 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. We asked for clarification on this issue, but received no response. The Department of Justice said in its report that there are potentially many more. Shaw, who has declined to talk to the media and is under criminal investigation by the FBI, resigned in August 2020. Glez said swimmers needed to look like a model to compete at an elite level. 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. In 2019, a 300-page dossier compiled by Hopkins about Shaws alleged abuse circulated to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Mountain West Conference, raising more concerns regarding Shaw and the original 2009 investigation, according to the SJSU fact page. Madilynne Medina , SFGATE. First go to the police, then go to USA Swimming. "I don't want to be the one to sit here and say 36 is not too many, one is too many, but this is not just a problem that's isolated to one sport," said Wielgus. The most egregious actions were at WBAL radio, a historic and influential outlet in Baltimore. Im glad were not afraid to talk about problems like this in sports anymore, Siekel wrote. He gathered his women athletes next to the pool and broke the news: The athletic trainer that the swimmers had accused of sexually abusing them during physical therapy sessions, he told them, had been cleared by the university. If the rumors Ive heard were correct, the reason was pressure from both NBAC and the U.S. Olympic Committees broadcast partner, NBC. While the organization continues to work compassionately and tirelessly on our comprehensive abuse-prevention initiative, which is routinely recognized as the best in Olympic sport, we remain as frustrated as you are with inaccurate, sensational, issue-driven reporting like this. Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods? Hey big guy, do you know how those work? Concussion Inc. has reported that Hall of Fame swimming coach Murray Stephens is back as the operator of the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, home of Michael Phelps original base, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, after having disappeared as the face of the center in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct. Alison Williams, left, andMariya Koroleva at the womens duet synchronized swimming final in 2015 in Toronto. Meadowbrook Swim Club became a favorite spot for Baltimoreans to escape the summer heat. WebSan Jose State Athletic Director Reassigned Amid Sexual Assault Scandal. (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. What is USA Swimmings stance on Safe Sport? Go here to see 4,114 Swim Jobs. 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. This is an ugly situation. Background checks are not uniform across countries, officials say. 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. "My wife only had to look at one picture before she turned away in tears," he said. In April, in an attempt to generate local coverage of his findings, he emailed. I have a huge amount of respect for Coach Bowman; I am sure calling USA Swimming was not an easy thing to do when it comes to one of your mentors. In his lawsuit, Hopkins alleged that Tuite had discredited his concerns about Shaw and retaliated against him and other employees. 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. Now its a matter of accountability, Hopkins said. Do they not wonder if there are other alleged victims? Being a member of USA Swimming is a privilege, not a right. FTC Disclaimer | Terms of Use & Privacy Policy Kisss coach at the 2012 Olympics, a fellow Hungarian named Gbor Szauder, one of the few male coaches at the elite level, is now under intense scrutiny as the national coach for Canada Artistic Swimming. 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. Investigative journalism is not peer-reviewed scientific literature. It is a contact sport. 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. USA Swimming has fought back, responding to parents of the club with a list of Questions and Answers. Coaches around the world in the sport, now known as artistic swimming, are facing accusations that they bullied, harassed and psychologically abused athletes. Hindson was sentenced in 2008 to 33 years in federal prison. 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: A hundred is even more. Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. Muchnick, according to court documents, was ordered to remove the allegedly defamatory posts and to cease naming the teenager, referring to the incident as a "sexual assault" or characterizing it as involving "criminal activity," and referring to or discussing the details of any Maryland state-agency or law-enforcement investigation into the incident. On 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 and of neglecting abusive behavior by Szauder and previous coaches. 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. * Multiple sources confirm that no lifeguard was in sight at an outdoor practice pool on the morning of October 28, 2012, when 14-year-old NBAC swimmer Louis Lowenthal drowned at Meadowbrook. More than 50 responded anonymously. Scott Adams faces 'consequence culture' as U.S. newspapers drop Dilbert, Tom Cruise's 'ditching' of Suri showcased by Judd Apatow's 'co-parenting' joke, ex-Scientology exec says. Police later documented at least 15 victims among the teenage girl swimmers he coached over the years, including a woman who said she had an abortion after King got her pregnant at the age of 14. But Muchnick and I are determined to see the task through on the ugly stories behind the successes of our national swimming program. ", NBAC's attorney, Frank Morgan, declined to comment for this article or about Muchnick's allegations of unaddressed problems at NBAC. Taflinger's parents later identified Brooke for the FBI as one of the girls who was taped naked in the locker and shower area. Baltimore police have found no record of any complaint being passed on yet. 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.. Hey, do you? NBAC wouldnt comment on the case, though one will recall that there was much coaching turnover in the club in the fall of 2011. 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). Its a Fitting Capper to Wide Official Cover-Up in the Ted Agu Football Conditioning Death at Cal. If so, have you spoken to your sisters about him? 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. The federal report also supported Hopkins claims, made in a lawsuit against the university, that campus officials, especially Tuite from the athletic department, retaliated against him for his outspoken efforts. Swimmers increasingly appear less willing to subject themselves to degrading treatment from coaches, whose behavior is often described, in part, as a remnant of tactics employed in the former Eastern bloc and in China, another artistic swimming power. We strongly encourage all of our parents to participate in this convenient online training by visiting www.usaswimming.org/protect and clicking on Education.. WebThe NCAA Swimming Championship Was a National Scandal Swimmer Lia Thomas holds a trophy after finishing fifth in the 200 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Eventually, Peel wrote, she developed an acute generalized anxiety disorder that required three trips to the emergency room in an ambulance, psychotherapy and medication that she still takes. 3 talking about this. Ill put it right out there. 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. A few years after competing in synchronized swimming at the 2012 London Olympics, Szofi Kiss of Hungary began working with a coach from Russia, whom she would identify only by her first name as Natalia. Murray Stephens is a major benefactor of McDonogh and his wife is a trustee there. With the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics approaching in July, artistic swimming, as the sport is now known, finds itself awash in scandal that burst into public view recently in Canada and in a handful of other countries. Our program consists of efforts in six core areas: USA Swimming is proud of its proactive approach to abuse prevention and continually strives to be the leader in Safe Sport in the Olympic movement. "We have a system that does not encourage the reporting," said Bob Allard, a San Jose, CA lawyer representing sex abuse victims suing USA Swimming. Such remarks felt very inappropriate and yet were just normalized at practice, Spada said. Have you spoken to the members of NBAC about why hes no longer at the club? Canadian artistic swimmer Gabriella Brisson, center, said a coach suggested she move to Africa to lose weight. During that time more victims came forward, one as recently as February 2020. My vote is YES because unless there is a criminal record or somebody sends a report to the LSC or USA Swimming, USA Swimming will never know. Exactly what I needed: Los Gatos teachers move into affordable units, Christian high school basketball team forfeits tournament rather than play against transgender player, Opinion: Gov. 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. How could something be gotten so wrong? Hopkins said the young athletes asked him. Actually, NBAC is the one who did everything right, not USA Swimming. 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. The U.S. Department of Justice launched its own investigation in 2020 regarding Shaws alleged sexual misconduct and the universitys handling of it. USA Swimming offers free online education on the issue of Safe Sport and abuse prevention for parents of our 330,000 athlete members. It was a spring afternoon in 2010. It is appreciated that there are many points of view on what has happened and who should be or should have done various things.There is a need for explanation in some of the ways things should have been handled. "He was a monster," said Santa Clara County prosecutor Ray Mendoza. 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. At least NBAC handled their business. Meadowbrooks incident report to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene first released in redacted form before I pursued a state public information act appeal was filed late and included questionable representations. Jessica Long, a 12-time Paralympic gold medalist, is now training at Loyola University in Baltimore, Md. 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. 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? Web18 Years Old: Max Verheyen (EST), Lauren Poole (NBAC) 2018-19 Comeback Swimmers of the Year Nick Roberts (NAAC) Will Schmidt (HFY) 2017-18 Short Course Swimmers of the Year 9 Year Olds: Daniel Branon (LBA), Charlie Lakatta (NBAC), Angela Kadoorie (NBAC), Alaina McCoyd (FSC) 10 Year Olds: Ethan Smith (GBSA), Campbell Chandler Teresa Ixchel Alonso Garca, 24, who competed for the Mexican national team for 12 years, said that in 2019 she was hospitalized for internal bleeding related to stress from swimming, but was pressured to compete by her coach. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? ", 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. 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. With this piece, Tim Joyce regularly joins ConcussionInc.nets investigations of the sexual abuse and death scandals inside USA Swimming. That is our unwavering commitment to you. They do state, however, that they passed the complaint and information to the Baltimore County Police Department, Precinct 1. 2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. Speaking publicly for the first time, the coach and whistleblower on Saturday described thepersonal toll of his decade-long fight to protect female athletes from trainer Scott Shaw, the resistance he encountered from university officials nearly every step of the way, and the relief he felt when the U.S. Department of Justice this week commended his tireless efforts and excoriated the university for largely ignoring them for so long. Some told of being pushed into uncomfortable stretching positions, like splits, until they cried. by Alison Williams, 31, a former elite artistic swimmer, indicated that nearly two-thirds of American national team members between the 1990s and 2019 who responded to her survey had been professionally diagnosed or self-diagnosed with depression. , 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. The lawsuit which seeks class-action status and financial compensation for moral damages reflects an attempt to clean up a sport seeking to change its image after coaches were accused of mistreating athletes in Spain, Mexico, the United States and other countries. 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