Crocker Breaks U.S. Losing Streak With Meet Record in 100 Fly
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 19. IT took a world-record holder to do it, but Ian Crocker finally broke the losing skein for the Americans in the 2006 Mutual of Omaha
Schipper Sweeps Fly Events With Championship Standard in 100 Fly
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 19. AUSTRALIA’S Jessicah Schipper continued her incredible run at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships by dominating the 100-meter butterfly on Saturday. The newly-minted
Park Claims Korea’s First Gold of Meet with 400 Free Triumph
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 19. KOREAN Tae Hwan Park claimed his country’s initial gold medal of the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday with a conquest of
Japan Pulls Another Upset, Shibata Touches Out Hoff in 400 Free
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 19. ANOTHER Japanese swimmer shocked an American female at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships, this time it was Ai Shibata overcoming Katie Hoff
Meet-Record Twosome Erased in Day Three Prelims at Pan Pacs
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 19. DURING the first weekend competition at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships, a pair of championship standards fell throughout third-day preliminary swims in
Former Penn State Standout Haupt Named Assistant Swimming Coach at Shippensburg
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa., Aug. 19 SHIPPENSBURG head swimming coach Tim Verge announced that former Penn State standout Sarah Haupt has been named assistant swimming coach. The Trinity High School graduate will
Pan Pacific Championships: Day Three Psych Sheets
VICTORIA, British Columbia, August 17. HERE are the psych sheets for the third day of competition at the Pan Pacific Championships. The meet is scheduled to run through Sunday. Event
American Men Miss World Record in 800 Free Relay by Whisker
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 18. THE American contingent of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Klete Keller came within .62 seconds of downing the five-year-old global standard of 7:04.66
Meet Records Keep on Falling as United States Women Thrash 800 Free Relay Field
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 18. THE United States quartet of Natalie Coughlin, Lacey Nymeyer, Dana Vollmer and Katie Hoff surpassed the meet standard of 7:56.96 previously set by the Americans
Phelps Downs Meet Standard in 400 IM
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 18. AFTER an amazing world-record run in the 200-meter butterfly last night, Michael Phelps returned with a meet-standard time in the 400-meter IM at the 2006