CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Fran Crippen has been remembered as a swimmer whose “passion and dream” was to represent the United States in the Olympics.

A week after the 26-year-old Crippen died during a World Cup race in the Middle East, he was described by a former coach as a swimmer whose only speed was “all out.” Crippen was praised for his love of swimming, his friendship and his sense of humor.

The Rev. William Kelly spoke at Saturday’s service in suburban Philadelphia and used the words of one of Crippen’s sisters when describing the swimmer’s legacy. They wanted the tragic way Crippen died to “never happen to anyone else.”

Crippen was competing in the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup in Fujairah, south of Dubai last Saturday when he failed to finish and was found in the water two hours later.