Month

May 2006

Trial of Aussie Coach Begins

MELBOURNE, May 2. THE long-delayed trial of highly-rated Australian swim coach Mark Thompson finally got underway yesterday at a preliminary hearing before Judge Felicity Broughton in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court.

University of Rhode Island Pleads for Help

KINGSTON, Rhode Island. May 2. COACHES and swimmers are pleading for support as the swimming world faces the potential loss of yet another college swimming program. Swimmingworldmagazine.com has received a

Roger Smith Passes Away

IT is with great sadness that FINA announces the sudden death on April 29, 2006 of its Honorary Member Roger Smith (AUS). Mr. Smith, 73 years old, dedicated most of

Flash! Coach George Haines Passes Away

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 1. GEORGE Haines, famed coach of the Santa Clara Swim Club, died this morning at a convalescent home in Sacramento, where he had been living ever since