By Phillip Whitten At the 1992 Olympic Trials, Roque Santos pulled off one of the great upsets in US Olympic Trials history, upsetting Curl-Burke teammate Mike Barrowman, the world record-holder.
By Phillip Whitten LONDON, July 20. FOUR more years! No, that's not the chant you hear from the upcoming US Republican Convention. It's a summary of the contract Aussie import
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 20. USA Water Polo announced its men’s Olympic roster recently at the Charter All Digital Aquatic Centre in Long Beach (Calif.). Driver Wolf Wigo was named
Editor's Note: In this summer of Southern California water events, not all world class events have been held in a Long Beach parking lot. The final round of FINA World
By Nicole Leffer IT has been four years since Dara Torres made a high profile comeback to the sport of swimming after taking seven years of retirement. It has been
By Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., July 19. IN an article we posted on July 8, we asked the question: How much do swimsuits really matter? Do the new hi-tech
PACIFIC LSC, Calif. July 18 — SWIMMING in the Pacific Age Group Championships this weekend, Terrapin athlete Sean Mahoney, only 15, was a record breaker. Mahoney moved through the preliminaries
Denver. July 18 – THE UNIVERSITY of Denver men and women’s swimming and diving program named Mike Laitala, of Richardson, Texas, the new assistant men and women’s swimming and diving
By M. Duncan Scott MESA, Ariz. July 18 – WITH understandable pride, Auburn earlier this week announced from Long Beach, Calif., the site of the U.S. Olympic Trials, that Tiger
By Phillip Whitten PHOENIX, Ariz., July 18. CAROL "Penny" Taylor smashed a six year-old US Masters Swimming (USMS) national record today, the second day of the Arizona Masters Long Course