By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, Australia, May 26. TWO of Australia’s top Olympic medal prospects — the three-time Olympian Petria Thomas and Brooke Hanson — have dropped individual swims in
By Nicole Leffer COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 25. THE last day of the College Station Grand Prix, held at the Student Rec Center Natatorium on the Texas A&M University campus,
By Nicole Leffer MISSION VIEJO, CA., May 24. THE TYR Swim Meet of Champions has always been a fast meet. May 20-23 marked the 35th year of the meet, and
MOSCOW, May 24. ANDREI Kapralov overthrew the Czar, Alex Popov, in the 100 meter freestyle today at the Russian National Championships and Olympic Trials in Moscow. Both men had already
TOKYO, May 24. DOLPHINS are among the fastest swimmers in the ocean, capable of swimming over 30 miles per hour. Now Japanese scientists at the Kyoto Institute of Technology believe
By Phillip Whitten SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 23. MICHAEL Phelps, ignoring the rising crescendo of hype surrounding his bid to equal or surpass Mark Spitz’s 1972 performance of seven gold
By Phillip Whitten SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 22. WORLD record-holders Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, Natalie Coughlin and Tara Kirk all set outstanding meet records on the third day of the
COLLEGE STATION, Tex, May 22. SEVERAL high-school-age teens ran rampant over the competition on Day Two of the College Station Grand Prix being held at the Student Rec Center Natatorium
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 22. TEXAS A&M senior Matt Rose (Lindsay, Ontario) and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett were among the top performers on the first of three days
By Phillip Whitten SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 21. NATALIE Coughlin, Brendan Hansen and Michael Phelps all set meet records to highlight the action on the second day of the 37th