By Glen Byrom MUTARE, Zimbabwe, October 15. ZIMBABWE'S latest swimming sensation, 11-year-old Samantha Welch of Harare, was hoisted shoulder-high by her jubilant Spartans Club teammates after she cracked a second
CHIAPAS, Mexico, October 15. OVER the weekend, Bulgarian Petar Stoychev secured his seventh consecutive title in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix series when he placed third in the
SYDNEY, Australia, October 15. DON Talbot, the famed Australian coach, has suggested that steroids be legalized because sports cannot keep up with the use of performance-enhancing drugs. His newest stance
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 14.THE Old Dominion swimming and diving teams captured several first place finishes in their first appearance of the 2007-08 season. Hanna Kress paced the Lady Monarch with
By Lindsay Hock PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania. October 16. ANYONE who has competed for an East Coast swim team most likely has seen their time flash on the mammoth scoreboard at one
CHARLESTON, Illinois, October 13. THE UIC swimming and diving team opened their 2007-2008 season with a strong statement from newcomers this Saturday at Eastern Illinois University. The Flames youth movement
ESSEN, Germany, October 14. CLOSING out an amazing in-season short course meter meet, Kate Ziegler chopped nearly two seconds from her 800 free world record with a time of 8:08.00
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, October 14. RUSSIA won the second FINA Synchronized Swimming World Trophy, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from Oct. 12-14, revalidating the title obtained in the
SAN JOSE, California, October 13. THE San Jose State University women's swimming and diving team posted five individual wins and and swept the two relay events in splitting a home-opening
ESSEN, Germany, October 14. AFTER first breaking Laure Manaudou's world record in the 800 freestyle (8:11.25) over the short course on Friday en route to her 1500 free global standard,