MINNEAPOLIS, MN, September 15. UNIVERSITY of Minnesota men¹s swimming diving staff announced last week that the program will embark on a historic season in 2004-05. They announced their season schedule,
By M. Duncan Scott SACRAMENTO, Calif., September 15. WHAT a joy the 4 x 200 freestyle relay was in the Olympics. The U.S. wins a nail biter at the wall,
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA, September 14. PENN State reports the “Disney Swim with the Stars” stop in Happy Valley was a great success. Michael Phelps, the 2004 Summer Olympics most successful
BUDAPEST, Hungary, September 14. TAMAS Szechy was one of the most productive coaches of his generation on the Olympic level. From the tiny country of Hungary he coached swimmers, primarily
By Phillip Whitten COLORADO SPRINGS, September 13. AS part of our coverage of the aupcoming Paralympic games in Athens, Swiminfo will post regular diary entries written by two US Paralympians,
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 13. SUNDAY, the 15th of August, will always be etched in my memory because on this day Gastão Maris e Figueiredo, passed away at the age
By Guy Gargan ATLANTIC CITY, September 13. ALAN Bircher of England wasn't one of the most well-known swimmers in the Speedo 10K For The USA FINA World Cup race on
By Nicole Leffer ATLANTA, Georgia. September 12. CALL it the world’s coolest stroke clinic. Call it amazing motivation for America’s young swimmers. Call it Disney’s Swim with the Stars. The
By Ron Judd SEATTLE, September 13. I won’t waste a lot of time responding to this screed, except to say this: The writer (Duncan Scott) has no clue about me,
MANCHESTER, Great Britain, September 12. BILL Sweetenham coached Aussies to Olympic heights, and seems to have remembered how to get there, per press notes from the British ASA at the