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Swimming coach fired after arrest in prostitution sting at Olympic trials

A coach for Club Wolverine, the decorated swimming program that trains at the University of Michigan, was fired Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of soliciting a prostitute while in Omaha, Neb., for the U.S. Olympic trials.

Kelton Graham, who took over as the club's coach in 2011, was one of 11 people arrested in a prostitution sting by Omaha police, according to the Omaha World-Herald. A police report for the incident said Graham was arrested about 11:40 p.m. ET at the AmericInn Hotel and Suites near the CenturyLink Center, site of the Olympic trials.

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Graham pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to one day in jail.