By John Lohn INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 1. A few months ago at the World Championships, Michael Phelps was a wrecking machine, setting five world records while mining gold on seven

By John Lohn INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 1. ANOTHER day, another stellar swim for Katie Hoff. Ranging into the 200 backstroke, hardly a regular part of her schedule, Hoff bested the

By John Lohn and Dana Lawrence Lohn INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 1. IN two days of action at these Nationals, David Walters (Longhorn Aquatics) can make a strong case for the

By John Lohn and Dana Lawrence Lohn INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 1. IS there anything this woman can't do? She's already been to four Olympic Games, in 1994, 1988, 1992 and

By John Lohn INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 1. DURING the morning prelims, en route to the top seed, Ryan Lochte uncorked a sterling split in the breaststroke leg. During the evening

By John Lohn INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 1. RELYING on her strength, the breaststroke, Caitlin Leverenz (El Dorado) vaulted from fifth at the midpoint to first and walked away with the

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 1. THE second day of the United States Nationals got under way Wednesday morning with preliminaries of the 400 individual medley, 100 freestyle and 200 backstroke. The