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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, July 11. SOME thoughts from the deck as the summer shifts into high gear with the Janet Evans Invitational, Pan American Games, U.S. Summer Nationals, World University Games and Japanese International Meet. En...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, June 4. ALTHOUGH the summer won't feature any major international competitions, we've reached a point on the calendar in which several events will feature some of the top names in the sport. The Mare N...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, May 21. LET's make this clear right off the start. When the International Olympic Committee decided to go with morning finals for the 2008 Games in Beijing, it certainly bowed down to the power of NBC Tele...
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By Brian Savard
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15. RECENTLY, Swimming World Magazine sat down with Peter Daland, former head coach of the University of Southern California men's team, to talk about dual meet strategies since current active co...
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By John Lohn
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 14. TOO often, good people are taken from the earth prematurely. In January of last year, the swimming community sadly experienced that scenario when Eric Namesnik, a two-time Olympian, passed away days aft...
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By John Lohn and Dana Lawrence Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, May 4. TODAY marks the first installment of a He Said/She Said feature that will periodically appear on SwimmingWorldMagazine.com. Since we met through swimming, leading to a Janu...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, April 1. WELL, we've come to the end, and what a great week it was for the sport – with the exception of the doping allegations surrounding Ian Thorpe. The 12th edition of the World Championships produced ...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. WHEN will the record-breaking assault end? Hopefully, it won't. The wrecking ball that has been taken to the sport's record book continues to swing with force, as another global standard was ...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 30. WE'RE getting close to the end of the 12th edition of the FINA World Championships. Just two days remain in the competition, a blazing-hot affair that has produced 12 world records over the past ...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 28. WHAT was going on those first two days, nothing more than sub-par action? Just kidding. But, in light of the 10 world records that have been set over the past three nights, the first 48 hours of the ...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 28. THE first two days here at the 12th edition of the FINA World Championships were solid, paced by quality performances. But, what's unfolded the last two nights has been downright unbelievable, th...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 27. THE 12th edition of the FINA World Championships at Rod Laver Arena entered its third day of pool competition, and the performances continued to be superb as four world records were set. Be sure to c...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 25. THE second day of the FINA World Championships wrapped up not long ago and the spectators at Rod Laver Arena were once again treated to quality action. Here's the second installment of the World ...
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By John Lohn
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 24. THE 12th edition of the FINA World Championships kicked off today with a jam-packed schedule of eight events. Each day during the competition, we'll produce a World Championships Notebook that ta...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, March 22. MY plane leaves late tonight and the excitement level is rising by the second. Soon, the World Championships will begin and the best athletes in the sport will make major statements they hope will s...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, March 19. THE collegiate season officially went into the books over the weekend, with the University of Minnesota serving as the host to a competition that generated some serious speed. Such were the times pro...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, March 11. IN a simi...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, N.J., March 9. WHEN David Marsh announced in October that he was walking away from his coaching duties at Auburn University, the speculation immediately started. Who would take the reins from the longtime coach, who is se...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, March 4. FOR al...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, March 1. STARTING today, we'll be referring to the upcoming World Championships in Melbourne as later this month. Yes, the biggest event before the next Olympiad is only a few short weeks away and the exci...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, February 26. ANOTHER weekend of quality swimming just wrapped up, and there was something for everyone. The national scene featured several impressive performances at the American Short Course Championships. M...
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By Rick Whittlesey, Head Coach Cleure Stampede in San Antonio, Texas
This article is for that immense number of swimmers across our country who could be so much better! Unbelievable things can happen in the pool with a commitment to train...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, February 8. IT'S a good time to be a fan of the sport. Starting this weekend, the college scene moves into the postseason with several conference-championship events. Consequently, some lightning-quick sho...
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By Erin Greene
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 7. HEADING into conference and national championship season, swimmers across the country are enjoying practices with minimal yardage, packing razors and trying on fast suits in preparation for the best sw...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, February 3. OH, Shane. You couldn't have kept quiet? Couldn't have bit your bottom lip? Couldn't have kept yourself from sounding foolish? Instead, you had to use your experiences to make an absurd...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, January 3. STILL welcoming in the New Year, it seemed an appropriate time to take a glance at the world-record ledger and make a call as to which five records seemed to be at the greatest risk in 2007. With th...
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By Chuck Kroll
The swimming and diving pools at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida were officially dedicated and the first class of ISHOF inductees were honored on Monday, December 27, 1965.
The Dedi...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, December 22. YESTERDAY, we took a look at some of the leading developments in our sport over the past year. Today, we'll go through a few more of the top storylines from 2006 and will glance ahead to 2007,...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, December 21. THE year is winding down and we'll soon flip the calendar to 2007 and begin taking note of standout achievements for the next 12-month period. But, before we move forward, why not take a look ...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, December 14. WHAT a joke. There's no other way to say it.
During last week's Australian World Championship Trials in Brisbane, one of the main stories that emerged from the competition was specul...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, December 13. ONE of the great things about sports is debate, the chance to argue a point with documented support and passion. Rarely is there ever a consensus opinion, which allows the merry-go-round of disput...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, December 6. CAN the news get much worse for the Australian male contingent? First, the Aussie women have excelled to such a degree that the men have become an afterthought in a swimming-crazed country. Second,...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, December 5. LAST week, just before the Asian Games started in Qatar, Norimasa Hirai made a bold prediction. Speaking of his Japanese pupil, Kosuke Kitajima, the veteran coach suggested that the two-time Olympi...
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By Tito Morales
No swimmer in history has ever won it.
Since Sports Illustrated introduced its "Sportsman of the Year" award back in 1954, the roster of honorees who have earned the coveted title represents a virtual "Who'...
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By Stephen J. Thomas
BRISBANE, Australia, December 2. WITH the Australian World Championships selection trials due to get underway Sunday evening U.S. time at the Chandler pool in Brisbane, it's an ideal opportunity to take stock of the Aus...
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By Chuck Slaght
NAPLES, Florida, November 24. SWIM coaches are a different breed: a tough breed. Of course there are some bad coaches, many good coaches, and less than 10 percent of great coaches. Swimmers have a job description and an expectat...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, November 23. ANOTHER of the recent crop of distance freestylers making an impact in open water swimming, Leah Gingrich of West Shore YMCA Swimming will b...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, November 21. IN essence, he retired a little more than two years ago, when the Athens Olympics came to a close. It was in Greece in 2004 that Australia's Ian Thorpe won gold in the 200 and 400 freestyles, ...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, November 16. HEADING into what could probably be her final run at an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, USA water polo veteran Ericka Lorenz talks about her d...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, November 9. WHEN USA Swimming announced its international team coaching staffs in late September, an unprecedented move occurred. For the first time in m...
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By Stephen J. Thomas
SYDNEY, Australia, October 30. BACK in 2004, one of the most publicized false starts in men's swimming history was that of Ian Thorpe in the 400-meter freestyle prelims at the Aussie Olympic Trials. It has been well doc...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, October 23. SOME random thoughts covering the international and collegiate scenes, along with the Red Carpet.
**When Amanda Weir established an American record in the 100-meter freestyle at the United Stat...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 19. 2004 Olympic Diver Cassandra Cardinell sat down with SwimmingWorldMagazine.com to discuss what brought her into the dangerous, but awe-inspiri...
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By Erin Greene
COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 12. ADJUSTING to college is often a difficult transition for swimmers. It is generally the first time students have lived away from home, trained under a new coach and discovered new-found freedom. These n...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 11. AFTER a breakout summer that included three medals at the FINA World Youth Championships in Brazil, Caitlin Leverenz proved herself to be one of the brightest future stars in the breaststroke an...
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By Erin Greene
COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 4. BEING a great swimmer requires intense training, overcoming obstacles, and a mastery of skills while balancing personal lives. These same requisites are the very foundation for this weekend’s No. 2 box ...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 3. COMING off a solid performance at the initial FINA World Youth Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ian Rowe has a solid future ahead of him. Earlier this month, Rowe earned a spot on the U...
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By Stephen J. Thomas
SYDNEY, Australia. October 2. NEWS broke late last week that five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe had not maintained the consistent training program under men’s head coach Dave Salo at the University of Southern Cal...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, September 26. TOSSING about some thoughts concerning the swimming world – international and collegiate.
**Taking a glance at the Auburn University roster suggests that Auburn could claim a fifth consecutive...
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By Jason Marsteller
Most newcomers to the elite level of swimming tend to be on the younger side as evidenced by fresh-faced stars like 13-year-old Elizabeth Beisel and 14-year-old Chloe Sutton. For Leila Vaziri, this year’s 100 backstroke win...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, September 19. AMID the excellence of the Australian women and the top-notch performances of the German women during the summer, much discussion arose as to the status of the American ladies. Where do they rank...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, September 12. EVEN without much in the way of major competition, last week was filled with excitement for our sport, as the United States Olympic Team began to take shape for the 2008 Games in Beijing. Here ar...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, September 5. ANYONE yearning for some big-time competition? After a hot summer of action, the lull we are now experiencing is somewhat difficult to accept. Then again, the college season is creeping closer and...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, August 31. THE two-year countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing began earlier this month, quietly and without fanfare from the majority of the world. The Chinese proclaimed a smooth preparation process,...
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By Takahisa Ide
VICTORIA, British Columbia, August 24. Swimming World Magazine’s Takahisa Ide had the chance to interview Japan’s Takao Tanaka, who coaches Ai Shibata, Takami Igarashi and Ken Takakuwa. All three of his athletes medaled ...
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By Chuck Kroll
On August 23, 1956, 50 years ago today, 18-year old Marilyn Bell of Toronto, Ontario became the first female and first Canadian to swim across the Strait of Juan de Fuca US/Juan de Fuca Strait CA between Port Angeles, Washington ...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 23. WITH both the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships and the Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships put to bed, Swimming World Magazine and SwimmingWorldMagazine.com can now pr...
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By John Lohn
ASTON, Pennsylvania, August 22. NOW that the Pan Pacific Championships have concluded, the countdown to next year’s World Championships in Melbourne will begin. So, it seems fitting to take a moment and dissect some of the storylin...
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By Takahisa Ide
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 21. NOT too long ago, Kosuke Kitajima was the world's premier breaststroker. Not only did the Japanese star hold world records in the 100 and 200 distances, he was the world champ in 2003 in ...
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By Takahisa Ide
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 18. TAKAHISA Ide of Swimming World Magazine caught up with Japan’s National Swim Team head coach Yoji Suzuki at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia.
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By John Lohn
ASTON, Pennsylvania, August 18. THE first night of the Pan Pacific Championships went into the books Thursday night, but not before a flurry of fireworks went off at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. Of course, the evening was highli...
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By Stephen J. Thomas
SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 16. AT the previous three Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the Aussies and Yanks have played out some great battles in the pool.
Way back in 1997 in Fukuoka, the USA took 18 gold to the Aussie...
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By Tito Morales
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 14. IN this unprecedented age of versatility, it is refreshing to see that the swimmer who made the biggest impact at the recent 2006 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships was a specialist...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, August 8. HE stands out in a crowd – at least in the swimming world. Not just because he’s one of the fastest freestylers on the planet, a distinction he earned with sensational showings in the 50 and 100 events...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, August 5. WELL, the final day of the United States National Championships has arrived. Through the first four days, the action has been nothing short of sensational and the American unit shaping up for the Pan P...
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 4 SWIMMINGWORLD.TV scored an exclusive interview with multiple Olympic medalist Gary Hall Jr. at the 2006 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine, Calif., on Friday.
SwimmingWorld.TV also spoke with Hal...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, August 4. THE fast times keep rolling in from the United States Nationals, being held at the William Woollett Aquatic Center. Here’s another look at some of the developments that have come out of Southern Califo...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, August 3. AFTER two days of competition at the National Championships, the team the United States will send to the Pan Pacific Championships is taking shape. For now, only the winners of each event are guarantee...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, August 2. WELL, the first night of the United States Summer Nationals is in the books, and the second-day preliminaries are being conducted as this piece is being written. If the remainder of the meet resembles ...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, August 1. SHE knows about the history. It’s the type of knowledge that easily filters into the mind when you train on a daily basis at a club that has produced numerous Olympians in your prime event. But, rather...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, July 31. AS a veteran member of Team USA, Brendan Hansen has established an identity as a good-natured and humorous individual. Over the years, he has been an enthusiastic cheerleader of his teammates, a guy big...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, July 31. THIS is the final part of a series that looks at the individual races at the United States Nationals. The meet will be held at the William Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, California.
Women’s 8...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, July 30. THIS is the second part in a series that takes a look at the individual races at the United States Nationals, which begin Tuesday at the William Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, California. The meet w...
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By John Lohn
IRVINE, California, July 29. JUST days remain before the United States Nationals begin at the William Woollett Aquatic Center in California. With the meet determining the U.S. qualifiers for next month’s Pan Pacific Championships a...
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By John Lohn
ASTON, Pennsylvania, June 29. IT'S human nature to hope for certain outcomes in life. So, why not do the same with our sport. Here's a swimming wish list with a handful requests that could be fulfilled this summer.
5. ...
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By John Lohn
ASTON, Pennsylvania, June 28. PASSING along some thoughts concerning the Swimming World.
**Better than ever? Is that really possible? If Michael Phelps walked away from the sport today, an argument could be made proclaiming him...
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By John Lohn
ASTON, Pennsylvania, June 21. THE wiring of a world-class athlete isn’t something always understood by Joe Everyday. The small percentage who compete at the highest level in their chosen sport arrive at that point, in part, because...
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By John Lohn
ASTON, Pennsylvania, JUNE 1. WITH the Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix already in the bag and the summer season in full swing, it won’t be long before the clock begins to dazzle. Around the globe, we’re hitting that point of the y...
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By Dave Denniston
LOVELAND, Colo. May 22. Everyone knows her as the superstar sprinter who would stare down her competition or spit in their lane before a race. When the cap and goggles were on, Amy Van Dyken had no friends, and was focused on...
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By Tito Morales
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 19. A dear friend moved away last week.
She’d lived with us for a long, long time. There were hints over the years that she might one day leave, this devoted companion. But at the end of each summer...
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By Rick Whittlesey
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 18. IF you want to do the time, you have to do the time.
The requirements to compete at the elite level are intense, and they are much more difficult than most people think. Everything, positive or ...
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By Dave Denniston
IRVINE, California. May 13. "WHO is that kid?" several people asked throughout the day. "He doesn't stop!" They would continue on. "He's just incredible!"
There were many highlights fro...
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By Dave Denniston
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