By Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., July 13. PRE-MEET favorites Erik Vendt and Larsen Jensen qualified easily this morning for tomorrow’s final of the 1500 meters. But in a major
By Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., July 13. JUST when you've counted her out, Jenny Thompson comes storming back. Thompson, America's premier sprint queen for more than a decade, was
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By Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., July 12. HALF an hour after winning the 200 IM, and a handful of minutes after accepting his award for the 200m backstroke and
By PHillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., July 12. GOING into the 100 meter freestyle final, Natalie Coughlin was the overwhelming favorite — especially after her impressive victory in the 100m
By Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., July 12. SO Michael Phelps, beaten by Aaron Peirsol in the 200 meter backstroke, is not really Superman. But he may be Superman's cousin.
BY Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., July 12. AUBURN Aquatics' Margaret Hoelzer swam the fastest semifinal time in the women's 200-meters backstroke to earn the number one seed for tomorrow's
By Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, California, July 12. COMING into today’s events, teen phenom Michael Phelps was halfway to his immediate goal: to win six individual events at the US
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 12. THE water was still churning and the capacity crowd of 10,000 still buzzing at the US Olympic Trials in Long Beach, California, when Michael Phelps
By John Lohn LONG BEACH, Calif., July 12. SO much for the life of Leisel Jones' freshly-minted world record in the 200-meter breaststroke. Amanda Beard, headed for her third Olympic
