CHICAGO, Ill., April 18. TYPICALLY, record-breaking swims shave hundredths of a second off the former mark. Sometimes, maybe tenths. The Illinois Masters, though, had a different philosophy over the weekend.
By John Lohn HARBIN, China, April 18. WHY wait until the championship heat when the semifinals do just fine? Popping a time of 25.53, Ouyang Kunpeng took down the Asian
By John Lohn NANCY, France, April 18. WHEN the French Nationals started last week, there was no questing that Laure Manaudou was the premier female swimmer at the competition. Yet,
By Oene Rusticus AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 17. THE fourth edition of the Amsterdam Swim Cup on April 9 and 10 was highlighted by two pool records. Ioannis Drymonakos from Greece
By John Lohn NANCY, France, April 16. LAST summer, he was somewhat of a surprise medalist at the Olympic Games in Athens. At this summer’s World Championships in Montreal, however,
By John Lohn NANCY, France, April 15. FRED Bousquet has been living a dream for the past month. Just a few weeks after making NCAA history, the sprint sensation opened
By Phillp Whitten DENVER, April 15. RICHARD Abrahams renewed his assault on the Masters record book last weekend at the Colorado Masters Short Course Championships, accounting for four of the
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 15. AFTER Georgia snapped Auburn's three-year NCAA Division I women's winning streak at Purdue last March, Coach Jack Bauerle (center) leaps for joy along with his victorious
By Wayne Goldsmith BRISBANE, Qld, Australia, April 15. ONE of the most important decisions to make about training is how fast/how hard the training needs to be. The intensity level
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 15. TWO swimmers from Alaska have become the first to sign with Alaska Fairbanks for the new women’s swimming program when it begins competition next fall. Megan
