By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. UNLIKE Tuesday night at the Duel in the Pool, when the 200 fly was Michael Phelps’ third event of the evening, tonight it

By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. THE women’s 200 fly figured to be a tight, four woman race. And that’s the way it turned out, though on the final

By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. IN the prelims of the men’s 200-meter backstroke this morning, only Club Wolverine’s Christian DeJong could manage a sub-two minute performance. And that

By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. IN one day, in the space of just nine hours Leah Retrum of Donner Swim Club in Indiana, vaulted herself from the category

By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. THE men’s 200 breast was an enigma wrapped in a riddle. With Brendan Hansen and Scott Usher taking a breather, and Ed Moses

By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. LANE 4. Rebecca Soni’s been there before at big meets after the prelims. The top seed. But somehow the 18-year-old from Scarlet Aquatics

IRVINE, Calif., August 4. THE men's 100 free boasted a very fast field but Tucson Ford's Roland Schoeman was the odds-on favorite. After all, the South African was the silver

IRVINE, Calif., August 4. AMANDA Weir still holds national age group records in the 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 and 17-18 age groups. She was a 2004 Olympian. Tonight, for the first

By Phillip Whitten IRVINE, Calif., August 4. WITH a number of the U.S. National Team members taking a breather, a new generation of hungry, young American swimmers is being given