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82-432: The complex opened on September 20, 2003 as Qwest Center Omaha , and adopted the name of CenturyLink Center Omaha on July 15, 2011, as part of a $ 22 billion buyout of Qwest by CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel). In July 2018, CHI Health bought the naming rights to the arena under a 20-year agreement worth $ 23.6 million, and the arena was renamed CHI Health Center Omaha effective September 1, that year. Just west of

164-689: A YouTube channel on September 21, 2009 where it publishes a variety of swimming-centric videos covering topics such as races, athlete reactions, and training pointers. Occasionally it features athletes providing a glimpse into their daily training and nutrition routines, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic . It also produces a series entitled "Off the Blocks", which features various high-profile swimmers and coaches opening up about different aspects of their training and racing. Each year USA Swimming honors United States swimmers and coaches and their accomplishments for

246-475: A database of all international and domestic calls . Qwest was allegedly the lone holdout, despite threats from the NSA that their refusal to cooperate may jeopardize future government contracts, a decision which has earned them praise from those who oppose the NSA program. In the case of ACLU v. NSA , U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor on August 17, 2006 ruled that the government's domestic eavesdropping program

328-584: A National Champion with the trials meet taking the place of the National Championship meet for 2008. It is unclear if this will continue for future trials. Unlike all other US Swimming meets, United States citizenship is required to compete at this meet since only United States citizens are allowed to represent the United States at the Olympics. The Olympic Trials are also under unique requirements made by

410-773: A civil lawsuit filed by the SEC. Separately, Nacchio was convicted of 19 counts of insider trading in Qwest stock on April 19, 2007. On March 31, 2011, US Federal Judge Marcia Krieger issued a summary judgement rejecting all SEC's claims against Afshin Mohebbi and ruling in his favor. In May 2006, USA Today reported that millions of telephone calling records had been handed over to the United States National Security Agency by AT&T Corp. , Verizon , and BellSouth since September 11, 2001. This data has been used to create

492-820: A couple of decades after their alleged abuses took place. In 2012, USA Swimming banned Rick Curl , and the Curl-Burke Swim Club was rebranded the Nation's Capital Swim Club, which at the time served 2,000 swimmers in the D.C. metro area. In 2013, former Olympic team coach Mitch Ivey was banned as the result of allegations dating back to the 1970s. In 2018, an investigation by the Orange County Register found hundreds of swimmers whose claims of sexual abuse had allegedly been mishandled or ignored by USA Swimming. In 2020, six swimmers sued USA Swimming, accusing former executive director Chuck Wielgus and other officials at

574-644: A crowd of 17,551. In turn, this match broke an attendance record set in 2008, when 17,340 fans watched the NCAA semifinal match between Penn State and Nebraska. Qwest Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona , Colorado , Idaho , Iowa , Minnesota , Montana , Nebraska , New Mexico , North Dakota , Oregon , South Dakota , Texas , Utah , Washington , and Wyoming . On April 22, 2010, CenturyLink announced it would acquire Qwest in

656-597: A local group of swim enthusiasts called UP Aquatics for $ 900,000). and the 2021 pool going to a group in Minneapolis , Minnesota that plans to convert an abandoned book bindery in the city's Near North neighborhood into an Olympic-caliber aquatic center. In 2016, the arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. From 2006 to 2009, the Professional Bull Riders hosted a Built Ford Tough Series event at

738-523: A private concert by Grand Funk Railroad . The first official event was the "River City Roundup Fair and Festival", held at both facilities. This hotel features 600 guest rooms, 15 meeting rooms, and two ballrooms, an on-site restaurant, and skywalk connection to the convention center. The $ 71 million property opened April 2004 and has achieved the AAA four-diamond rating for ten years. Top 10 Largest Home Crowds at CHI Health Center Omaha, Creighton History On

820-601: A stock transaction. The merger closed on April 1, 2011. Qwest began doing business as CenturyLink in August 2011. Qwest provided voice, Internet backbone data services, and digital television in some areas. It operated in three segments: Wireline Services, Wireless Services, and Other Services. The Wireline Services segment provided local voice, long-distance voice, and data and Internet ( DSL ) services to consumers, businesses, and wholesale customers, as well as access services to wholesale customers. The Wireless Services segment

902-535: A transaction of 0.1664 shares of CenturyLink common stock for each share of Qwest common stock. CenturyLink shareholders would hold a 50.5% share of ownership in the combined company, while Qwest shareholders would own the remaining 49.5%. The valuation of CenturyLink's purchase as of April 21, 2010, was $ 22.4 billion, including the assumption of $ 11.8 billion of outstanding debt held by Qwest as of December 31, 2009. Qwest started to do business as CenturyLink from August 8, 2011. Qwest Communications International, Inc.

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984-596: A truer indication of who is the fastest swimmer in the United States, the winner of each event in this meet is not officially considered a National Champion and this meet is NOT held in place of the National Championships every 4 years (although the Nationals are generally not held when the Olympic Trials occur, or other selection trials). However, for 2008, the winners of the Olympic Trials were indeed officially be

1066-404: A very high national level meet by that name each year, it was just a high level meet and not a national championship meet. This specific meet was ended in 2006 and was replaced with a reformulated Spring/Winter National Championship. Since there is no "US Open" meet of the old format, the National Championships (specifically Summer '08) have begun to be called the "US Open" to bring it in line with

1148-412: Is almost always a limit to the number of events that a certain person can swim, usually four, and to the number of swimmers that a certain team can enter. meet entries close up when the maximum number of people have entered. Generally, there is only 1 heat in each event and each team alternates lanes so that each team swims in half the pool, regardless of how fast each swimmer is. While this style of meet

1230-449: Is generally uncommon for individual USA Swimming clubs, it is by far the most common of high school ( NFHS ) swimming, YMCA swimming, college ( NCAA ) swimming, and summer league swimming. Meets of this variety are almost always a low level meet because entry time standards are almost never applied to enter the meet. It can, however, be rather high level when both teams involved are very fast and have exclusively high level swimmers, as

1312-403: Is one such meet, from which teams for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were selected, that is to be held as a stand-alone meet, separate from the year's National Championships. USA Swimming maintains a list of current records for American swimmers ages 18 years old and younger called National Age Group (NAG) records. The records are

1394-410: Is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization at the national level. The NGB is responsible for nearly all aspects of USA Swimming, and swimming in the United States in general. Its most important responsibility is to set the rules for the sport in the United States. These rules are guided by the international governing body for aquatic sports ( World Aquatics ). World Aquatics makes

1476-418: Is the busiest venue of the complex. Built in 2001, the arena was meant to replace the aging Omaha Civic Auditorium and demolished Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum . It is the largest arena in the state, seating over 18,000. It contains 32 luxury suites and over a thousand club seats. The arena hosts shows of all genres, including: concerts, family shows, sports, rodeos and circuses. The arena opened September 12, 2003, with

1558-491: Is the case with college swimming. An invitational meet is a meet with many more teams and swimmers than a dual meet. The term "Invitational" comes from the fact that for a team to attend this type of meet, a team had to be invited to attend from the host team, but now is a general catch-all term for this style of meet (although there are still occasional invitation-only meets.) Meets of this variety generally have hundreds of swimmers, many teams, and many different events. Within

1640-745: Is the only one that has more than one Zone Championship meet (Age Group swimmers), and all four zones have multiple Sectional Championships (Senior swimmers). After Zone meets for age group swimmers some may qualify for Junior Nationals. The Pro Swim Series (PSS), formally known as the Speedo Grand Prix, is a series of 7 meets held throughout the season. Held in either Short Course Yards (SCY) or long Course Meters (LCM). Swimmers race in both Olympic and non-Olympic distances, but only receive points for Olympic distances. First place receives 5 points and $ 1,000. Second place receives 3 points and $ 600. Third place receives 1 point and $ 200. The swimmer that accumulates

1722-512: Is typically responsible for an entire state; however, several bigger states (e.g. California, Texas, Pennsylvania, among others) have multiple LSCs within their boundaries. The size of the LSCs is supposed to be roughly the same and allow for easier travel between meets. The result is that while borders tend to follow state borders, this is not a rule. There are currently 59 LSCs in the country. There are several different types and levels of meets, all but

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1804-409: Is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately. The Bush Administration filed an appeal in the case, and Judge Taylor's decision was overturned by the appeals court on the basis of a lack of standing. Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio alleged in appeal documents that the NSA requested that Qwest participate in its wiretapping program more than six months before September 11, 2001. Nacchio recalled

1886-549: The Missouri River , the elevation at street level is approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level . The arena hosts basketball and hockey games, professional wrestling events, concerts , and the annual shareholders' meeting of Omaha-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway , usually held on the first Saturday of May. The arena's primary tenant is the Creighton University men's basketball team . Through

1968-600: The Southern Pacific Transportation Company at the time, established the subsidiary Southern Pacific Telecommunications Company and began installing the first all-digital, fiber-optic infrastructure along his railroad lines and connecting them into central junctions in strategic locations to serve businesses with high-speed data and T1 services. In 1997, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company merged with Union Pacific , but

2050-566: The USOC . Olympic Team members determined at the US Olympic Trials attend training camps at various locations across the United States, such as the 2016 US Olympic Training Camp at Northside Swim Center in San Antonio, Texas. In 2021, USA Swimming debuted a two wave structure for the 2020 US Olympic Trials in response to social distancing requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The event

2132-616: The United States Olympic Committee , but would not be run by the committee. Thus, United States Swimming was born. From 1978 to 1980, the official responsibilities of governing the sport were transferred from the AAU Swimming Committee to the new United States Swimming. Bill Lippman, the last head of the Swimming Committee, and Ross Wales, the first president of United States Swimming, worked together to ease

2214-622: The 2014–15 NCAA ice hockey season, the Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey team , representing the University of Nebraska Omaha , was also a primary tenant, but the Mavericks moved to the new Baxter Arena effective with the 2015–16 season. In 2000, Omaha voters approved a $ 216 million bond issue to build a new convention center and arena; the remainder of the $ 291 million project was provided by private organizations and individuals. The facility design

2296-659: The NGB, they are all members and are subject to the laws of the NGB. The NGB is made up of both staff members of USA Swimming and volunteer members of the board. The office of the President is the head of the board and is responsible for the overall direction of USA Swimming. The chief executive is the head of the staff located at the national headquarters in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center. The chief executive

2378-575: The Nasdaq and Amsterdam stock Exchanges in November 1999. KPNQwest collapsed in bankruptcy in 2002. In the US, Qwest partnered with AT&T and Verizon to form Movearoo.com. Created on July 9, 2008, the website is a program designed to help customers in the process of moving find home service providers available in their area. One of the historically significant mass complaints regarding Qwest involved allegations that

2460-540: The Spring Championships have traditionally been of a significantly lower level of competition than the Summer Championships. This is because the Spring Championships are so close to NCAA Championships and the fact that Spring Championships are rarely used as a selection meet for national teams. In many other sports, the National Championship of the sport is known as the "US Open" and while swimming did have

2542-520: The USA Swimming member swim clubs in their designated region. Over 3100 swim clubs across the US are registered with USA Swimming through their respective LSCs. The LSC gives USA Swimming sanctions to swimming meets in their area. A sanction from the LSC allows the meet to be run under USA Swimming rules. The LSC is responsible for enforcing these rules at the meet. The LSC does this by training officials for

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2624-582: The United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act . The national headquarters of USA Swimming is located at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado . USA Swimming was originally called United States Swimming (USS) upon its departure from the AAU. Thus, there are several terms used to describe

2706-590: The Year award, an award "given to the individual with the most outstanding year of swimming performances", which were both handed out at the annual business meeting starting in 2021. Prior to 2021, the awards were handed out at various organizational events including the United States Aquatic Sports Convention. The coach of the year award began in 1996 with its first winner being Murray Stephens from North Baltimore swimming. There are also awards for

2788-428: The acquisition of Icon CMT, a web hosting provider, also in 1998. This launched Qwest as not only a provider of high speed data to the niche market of corporate customers, but also a quick-growing residential and business long-distance customer base that it quickly merged into its data service. Qwest merged with " Baby Bell " US West on June 30, 2000 through an apparent hostile takeover . Philip Anschutz owned 17.5% of

2870-652: The arena, against Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBO lightweight belt in 2014, was the first championship fight in Nebraska since the Joe Frazier - Ron Stander bout in 1971. The arena hosts the Nebraska School Activities Association state wrestling championships each February. The tournament moved to what was then Qwest Center Omaha in 2006 after 30 years at Lincoln's Bob Devaney Sports Center . The center hosted

2952-518: The arena, and from 2014 to 2016 they hosted a Velocity Tour event. The PBR returned to host an Unleash the Beast Series event on May 1 and 2, 2021, for their first Premier Series event in 12 years. In 2001, construction began on the new convention center and arena, known as the "Omaha Arena and Convention Center". Architectural firm DLR Group spearheaded the design, while The Thornton-Tomasetti Group served as structural engineer. M–E Engineers, Inc.

3034-424: The borders of the United States, and such a meet would have to follow World Aquatics rules. The Local Swimming Committee (LSC) is the local level of USA Swimming. Each LSC is a separate entity, with each being an individual member of USA Swimming, although all act on behalf of USA Swimming on the local level. LSCs are the local administrative organization responsible for the registration, support and governance of

3116-530: The center. The 2008 event averaged more than 12,000 spectators each night. A storm damaged a portion of the roof known as The Hat on June 27, 2008. There was no structural damage, but the damage caused water to pour into parts of the Qwest Center, flowed down two sets of arena steps and onto the deck of the competition pool for the USA Swimming Summer Olympic Trials. The schedule for

3198-489: The city's premier indoor arena. The venerable Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2005. The arena has hosted games in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament four times: first- and second-round games in 2008 , 2012 , 2015 , and 2024 ; and Midwest Regional games (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) in 2018 . The arena was planned to host the 2020 tournament's first- and second-round games, but

3280-511: The collapse of the dot-com bubble . The resulting company was named Dex Media , when the sale was completed in 2004. Qwest Communications has partnered with other major communications companies during its history. In Europe, Qwest partnered with the Dutch national telecom operator KPN to create the pan-European data communications and hosting company KPNQwest . KPNQwest was formed in November 1998 and went on to launch an initial public offering on

3362-512: The country. While the LSC championship is a high level meet, the Zone/Sectional Championships are even higher. These meets are also of the invitational format, but the entry time standards are even higher so that only the fastest swimmers of Zones qualify. Zone and Sectional meets are of the same competition level, but serve different purposes. Zone meets are for age group swimmers and Sectional meets are for Senior swimmers. While

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3444-569: The country. The National Championships are also of the invitational meet format and offer extremely high level competition. Only a very small percentage of people who ever swim will make it to this high a level of competition. This meet is generally used to determine the US National Team for various international level meets each year, but is not used to determine the US Olympic Team. Currently, there are 2 National Championships each year, but

3526-491: The definition of an invitational meet, there are dozens of different styles of scoring and placing but the standard method is described here. All levels of swimming use invitational style meets at least once during their season (usually as a championship meet of all the clubs in a league), but the clubs of USA Swimming use this meet almost exclusively since there are very few leagues in USA Swimming and it acts as one giant league itself. Most meets of this style have no limits as to

3608-570: The developmental coach of the year and the ASCA (American Swim Coach Association) award. Eddie Reese of the University of Texas at Austin currently holds the most coach of the year awards at 19. The Coach of the year award is an award given out based on nominations from the community. As with several other U.S. sports governing bodies, USA Swimming dealt with accusations of sexual abuse, resulting in several lawsuits and prompting changes in U.S. federal law. Several high-profile coaches were banned for life

3690-751: The evening of March 8, 2014, the largest crowd to attend a Creighton University basketball game occurred when 18,964 fans witnessed the Creighton men's team defeat Providence on Doug McDermott 's career-high senior night performance of 45 points. On January 13, 2012, the largest crowd to ever watch a hockey game in Nebraska occurred when 16,138 fans attended the game between the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Minnesota-Duluth. The CHI Health Center holds several NCAA attendance records, particularly in women's college volleyball. The three largest crowds to attend NCAA tournament matches were for Nebraska Cornhuskers games at

3772-452: The fastest swims by an American swimmer for the specified age group, gender, and event. NAG records are maintained for short course yards and long course meters. For both distances the age group breakdown for individual events is the same for boys and girls: 10 & under, 11–12, 13–14, 15–16, and 17–18 year olds. NAG records for relays cover one age group, 15–18 year olds, and include girls, boys, and mixed relay records. USA Swimming started

3854-476: The intention is to have one champion for the whole Zone, this is generally not possible because to have a meet of that high of a competition level, there would be very little difference between this level and the next level, so the entry times can only be made so fast. Thus, there are sometimes too many swimmers qualifying for this meet to have only a single meet in a Zone. Currently, the Central States Zone

3936-688: The international level, by organizations such as Reuters , World Aquatics , and the International Olympic Committee (via Olympics.com ), at the national level, including by NBC Sports and Sports Illustrated , and at the local level in print newspapers such as The Seattle Times and Kitsap Sun . In addition to the Golden Goggle Awards, USA Swimming awards an annual Pettigrew Award, an award made in honor of Kenneth J. Pettigrew and awarded to various positions including officials and referees , and an annual Athlete of

4018-426: The meet. These officials are typically parents of swimmers and volunteers. The technical swimming rules for USA Swimming are the same for all LSCs as mandated by USA Swimming. This allows an official in one LSC to officiate in another LSC without having to learn a new set of rules. This is able to be done because while each LSC may have its own set of rules they are not different regarding the actual strokes. An LSC

4100-477: The meeting as occurring on February 27, 2001. Nacchio further claimed that the NSA cancelled a lucrative contract with Qwest as a result of Qwest's refusal to participate in the wiretapping program. On April 14, 2009, Nacchio surrendered to a federal prison camp in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, to begin serving a six-year sentence for an insider trading conviction. The United States Supreme Court denied bail pending appeal

4182-448: The most points by the end of the series, wins a $ 10,000 bonus. Any swimmer of any nationality can compete in the PSS but are not eligible to some of the prizes. In 2017 the title sponsor of the PSS, Arena , did not want to be the title rights holder anymore, so TYR took over as title sponsor starting in 2018. There is only 1 National Championship meet at the conclusion of each season across

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4264-449: The nationally televised USA Swimming Summer Olympics trials in 2008 , 2012 , 2016 , and 2021 . The center does not have permanent swimming facilities and a team of 200 workers with oversight by Myrtha Pools (which specializes in the construction and dismantling of large-scale temporary pools) constructed them in two weeks. The Omaha Fire Department pumped in 2 million U.S. gallons (7,600 cubic meters) of water from hydrants around

4346-474: The nomenclature of other sports The Olympic Trials are held once every 4 years. Since this meet offers such a coveted prize (a spot on the US Olympic Team) it never fails to attract the absolute fastest in the sport of swimming in the United States. Because of this, the entry time standards are even faster than the National Championships. However, even though this is a faster meet and would actually offer

4428-400: The number of swimmers that a team can enter, and only limit the number of times a swimmer can swim in order to make the flow of the meet manageable. Meets of this style can be at any level of swimming since all of the higher level meets use this style of meet with just more restrictive rules applied. Meets of this style usually do not have entry time standards, but can have them to either reduce

4510-750: The only TV service Qwest provided. Qwest Choice TV customers were moved to DirecTV. The Other Services segment primarily involved the sublease of real estate assets, such as space in office buildings, warehouses, and other properties. Qwest Communications also provided long-distance services and broadband data, as well as voice and video communications globally. The company sold its products and services to small businesses, governmental entities, and public and private educational institutions through various channels, including direct-sales marketing, telemarketing, arrangements with third-party agents, company's Web site, and partnership relations. As of September 13, 2005, Qwest had 98 retail stores in 14 states. Qwest Communications

4592-505: The organization at different times. These terms are: USA Swimming, USA-S, United States Swimming, USS, and US Swimming. Prior to the existence of USS, the AAU, or the Amateur Athletic Union , served as the governing body for swimming and other sports across the country. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) was the official organization responsible for the running of all amateur sports in the United States, established in 1888. The AAU

4674-418: The poor state of Qwest's current financial health. Among the transactions in question were a series of deals from 1999 to 2001 with Enron 's broadband division which may have helped Enron conceal losses. In 2005, former Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Joseph Nacchio , former President and chief operating officer (COO) Afshin Mohebbi and seven other former Qwest employees were accused of fraud in

4756-511: The project was $ 6 million. Construction began in May and was completed September 8, 2006. In 2009, the center saw another renovation with work enveloping the entire building. The $ 6 million project included new carpet, wallpaper, reupholstered arena seating, and a new scoreboard. The convention center has placed Omaha on the convention map since opening in 2003. The center features three exhibit halls, four ballrooms and over 15 meeting rooms. The arena

4838-623: The resulting company. Unlike prior merger transactions between the Baby Bells, US West ceased to exist when it was immediately absorbed into Qwest with all subsidiaries of US West becoming directly owned by Qwest. As a condition of the merger, Qwest was required to sell off its long-distance operations in the 14-state boundary in which it provided local telephone services. They were eventually sold to Touch America . In 2003, Qwest acquired Touch America from 360networks after Touch America filed for bankruptcy. The acquisition ended ongoing disputes between

4920-401: The rules that are to be followed at all international level meets. USA Swimming follows accordingly to make the rules of USA Swimming match the rules of World Aquatics; however, it does not have to. In theory, an NGB could make its rules whatever it wanted and have all national level meets and below follow those rules, but it would not have jurisdiction over international level meets held within

5002-580: The same day. A social media experiment and website covering the Qwest holdout, "Thank you Qwest dot Org" built by Netherlands-based webmaster Richard Kastelein and American expatriate journalist Chris Floyd, was covered by the CNN Situation Room , USA Today , New York Times , International Herald Tribune , Denver Post , News.com , and the Salt Lake Tribune . On April 22, 2010, CenturyLink announced it would acquire Qwest in

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5084-424: The size of the meet, or raise the competition level. Each Local Swimming Committee (LSC) is mandated to have a season ending championships twice a year for both Age Group (younger) and Senior (no age requirement) swimmers. Most LSC's split these up into two separate meets. The meet style is an invitational meet open only to club teams within the LSC. Almost universally, entry time standards are applied so that only

5166-425: The sport of swimming. There are several parts and levels that make up USA Swimming. There is the national governing body (national) level, the zone (regional) level, and the local swimming committee (local/state) level. The national governing body (NGB) of United States Swimming is an extension of the United States Olympic Committee . While all of the separate swim teams, LSC's, and Zones do not officially make up

5248-441: The state cited them for deceptive advertising and slamming practices. The company's settlements included a requirement that all of its sales employees sign a pledge stating that slamming was barred and a condition for dismissal from Qwest employment. The company was also involved in accounting scandals, and was fined $ 250 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be split into two $ 125 million payments due to

5330-516: The telecom assets were kept separate from the railroad merger with Union Pacific. The telecom company was renamed Qwest and became a publicly traded company in June 1997. Qwest Communications grew aggressively, acquiring internet service provider SuperNet in 1997, followed by the acquisition of LCI , a low cost long-distance carrier (located in Dublin, Ohio and McLean, Virginia ) in 1998, and followed again by

5412-540: The then-long-distance-only company switched local telephone service customers over to Qwest's long-distance service without their permission, an illegal practice known as slamming . In July 2000, Qwest paid a $ 1.5 million fine to the Federal Communications Commission to resolve slamming complaints. In April 2001, they paid a $ 350,000 fine to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection after

5494-493: The time of the 1981 move, it had four staff members. In 1997, work was completed on the official USA Swimming Headquarters, which is currently the official home of USA Swimming. Through the national headquarters, the organization provides various programs and services to its members, supporters, affiliates and the interested public. This includes educational programs, fund-raising activities, general information, publications, resources, and sports medicine programs, all relating to

5576-451: The top level swimmer of the LSC can attend; only a few of the smaller LSCs do not have a time standard. Each LSC sets their own time standards (due to LSC size differences), so the competition level of the meet is not exactly the same across the country. Normally, this style meet is a prelim/final format. Common age groups are 10 and under, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and over, also known as seniors. As stated before, there are four zones and 59 LSCs in

5658-459: The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The arena also hosted the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and was home to the WWE Judgment Day 2008 pay-per-view, as well as other events from WWE. The arena has also five championship boxing cards, all involving Omaha native Terence Crawford as he wanted to defend his titles in front of a home crowd. His first bout at

5740-528: The transition. This process was made more interesting because the United States boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics and, during this time, the leadership of the sport was in flux. The AAU still holds several aquatic events, but it is no longer the official governing body of the sport. When it was part of the AAU to 1981, USA Swimming had its headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana . In 1981, USA Swimming moved to its present-day location in Colorado Springs . At

5822-680: The trials went on as planned. The pools were dismantled after the event and moved to other cities for permanent installation with the 2008 pool going to the Poseidon Swimming facility in Richmond , Virginia , the 2012 pool going to Charles River Aquatics in Boston , Massachusetts , the 2016 pool going to the Hulbert Aquatic Facility in West Fargo, North Dakota (West Fargo bought the pool via

5904-474: The two companies in which Touch America alleged Qwest continued to illegally sell long-distance services within the former US West region. In 2002, Qwest agreed to sell its directory operations, QwestDex, to private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for $ 7 billion. The sale allowed Qwest to generate cash to fend off a bankruptcy filing to which it may have had to resort due to significant amounts of debt it had incurred since

5986-426: The venue. The highest attendance for any volleyball match in the United States, whether for men or women, occurred on December 19, 2015 when 17,561 fans watched the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship game between Nebraska and former conference rival Texas . This broke a record set two days earlier, when Nebraska defeated another former conference rival, Kansas , in the national semifinals in front of

6068-484: The very top level directed by individual clubs and the Local Swimming Committee. The following is a list of the types of meets, listed from lowest and most common level to highest and least common level. A dual meet is a meet where each individual event is ranked based on how individual swimmers on a team swim. It is generally limited to 2 teams, but different variations can have more. In a dual meet, there

6150-594: The year through a handful of awards called the Golden Goggle Awards , colloquially known as the Golden Goggles, which span categories such as male or female swimmer of the year, coach of the year, and relay performance of the year. USA Swimming commenced holding an annual awards ceremony to give the recipients their awards in November 2004 in New York City . The Golden Goggle Awards have received recognition on

6232-492: Was achieved by a partnership with Verizon Wireless . Qwest also partnered with DirecTV to provide digital television service to its customers. In Phoenix , Denver , Salt Lake City , Boise , and Omaha , Qwest offered Qwest Choice TV (later also known as Qwest Digital Television), an IPTV service over DSL . This service was retired in October 2008 (after being no longer available to new customers in May 2008), leaving DirecTV as

6314-494: Was broken into two meets, called Wave I and Wave II, which were held at different dates at the same venue in June 2021. Selected qualifiers from Wave I advanced to Wave II. The 2020 US Olympic swim team was selected from Wave II participants. Trials meets are also held for the World Championships, Pan American Games and World University Games, typically at a national championship meet. The 2022 International Team Trials

6396-837: Was headquartered in Denver, Colorado at 1801 California Street , in the second tallest building in Denver at 53 stories. The majority of Qwest occupational or non-management employees were represented by two labor unions; the Communications Workers of America and in Montana, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers . Qwest also had software development centers in Bangalore and Noida ( New Delhi ), India called Qwest Software Services. Founded in 1996 by Philip Anschutz , Qwest began in an unconventional way. Anschutz, who owned

6478-464: Was led by architectural firm DLR Group . Naming rights to the arena were purchased by Qwest. Qwest Center Omaha opened in September 2003 with an initial seating capacity of 17,000 for concerts, 15,500 for basketball , and 14,700 for hockey . In 2006, a $ 5.7-million expansion of the arena increased capacity by approximately 1,500 seats. The Qwest Center displaced the 1954 Omaha Civic Auditorium as

6560-437: Was officially charged with the organization and operation of many sports in the US. During this time, swimming was one of the committees in the organization and was not an independent governing body. The Amateur Sports Act of 1978 enabled the governance of sports in the US by organizations other than the AAU. This act made each sport set up its own national governing body (NGB). Each of these governing bodies would be part of

6642-492: Was the holding company. It was the parent company of many more entities, but those listed below were the main operating units: More than 400,000 television service subscribers. USA Swimming USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent

6724-553: Was the services engineer and a local company, Kiewit Corporation , led general construction. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 1, 2001. The venue was completed in August 2003, with an official opening on September 24, 2003. In 2006, the MCEA funded a project to expand the arena and add an additional 1,472 seats to the upper bowl. The project also included adding restroom facilities and concession stands, as well as updating aesthetics, mechanical systems, and emergency exits. The cost of

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