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  His story is one that started over two decades ago at a New Jersey water park. After a near drowning experience at the age of five, Cullen Jones’ mother enrolled him in swimming lessons, and the rest is history—literally. Fast forward 23 years and Jones is returning home with silver and gold medals won […]

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Cullen Jones, a 2011 member of TheGrio’s 100, is headed back the Olympics. Jones earned the honor of ‘America’s fastest swimmer’ Sunday night in the U.S. Men’s swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Jones bested Anthony Evans by 1/100th of a second to take the top spot in men’s 50 freestyle. The Charlotte Observer has […]

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On Friday, New York’s P.S. 3 elementary school received a visit from swimming Olympian Cullen Jones (pictured), 26, the first African American to break a record in swimming in 115 years. Anyone who watched the Beijing Olympics in 2008 was sure to see the U.S. swimming team, headlined by Michael Phelps. If you did watch, […]

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On Friday, New York’s P.S. 3 elementary school received a visit from swimming Olympian Cullen Jones (pictured), 26, the first African American to break a record in swimming in 115 years. Anyone who watched the Beijing Olympics in 2008 was sure to see the U.S. swimming team, headlined by Michael Phelps. If you did watch, […]