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LITTLE ABOUT THE TITANS...
Club
History
The Town of Tonawanda Swim Club was founded in August 1971 as an AAU
Club. In 1980 United States Swimming replaced the Amateur Athletic Union
(AAU) as the national governing body for competitive swimming. USA
Swimming is the official name for this national governing body today.
In 1988 the Town of Tonawanda Swim Club merged with the Western Empire
State Titans Swim Club, the U.S. Swim club associated with the Sweet
Home School District. That’s when the Town of Tonawanda Swim Club
became known as the Titans.
One constant in the club’s more than 30 year history of competitive
swimming is the Town of Tonawanda Youth, Parks, & Recreation Department
which has supported the team from the beginning.
The Club’s Name
In Greek mythology the Titans were a race of elder gods that were in
power before the Olympian gods replaced them. The Titan Oceanos – the
elder god of the Ocean – was never pictured in Greek art but is often
confused with Poseidon, or Neptune, who is pictured in art, holding the
trident. Today, members of the Titan Swim Club hold the trident – the
scepter carried by the god of the sea.
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