Photo & Story By Stephen J. Thomas MELBOURNE, Australia, August 7. IT was a couple of familiar names from the successful Aussie World Champs team that battled the weariness of
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. WE knew they could swim middle distance and distance events like no other team. Tonight Club Wolverine showed they can sprint with the
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. CALIFORNIA Aquatics, which won the women’s 800 free relay yesterday, added the 400 free relay today, defeating Tucson Ford Aquatics by over three-and-a
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. ROLAND Schoeman unleashed his devastating sprinting ability for the second time in Irvine tonight, and the result was the same as the first
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. WINNING can be addictive. Do it once and you crave the sensation again and again. Just ask 16 year-old Elaine Breeden, who was
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. OKAY, class… Here’s our question of the day: What happens when a guy from the University of Texas – a guy who just
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. ONE was coming off a long, hot summer of pressure-packed meets, meets in which she came of age with a world record and
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. SWEET Klete beats his feet, takes his third gold, of the meet. KLETE Keller had already had a fine meet: a PR in
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. IT looked like it would be a four, or maybe even a five-woman race, but the 400 free quickly resolved itself into a
By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 6. MORE than one observer has noted that Randall Bal may well be the fastest backstroker in the world… if only he would swim