By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, April 10. IT might have been just a small AUSSI Masters (short course) meet in Gosford, an hour north of Sydney last Saturday, but 45-year-old

By Robert Seltzer CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 9. SOME 725 swimmers ranging in age from 20 to 80 participated in the 2003 New England Short Course Yards Championships held this year

By Josh Jeffrey ORLANDO, April 8. THE second night of competition in Orlando at the National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior Nationals culminated in several Junior National records, the destruction

By Josh Jeffrey ORLANDO, April 7. THE National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior National Championships got under way in sunny Orlando, Florida, this evening with outstanding swims in the women's

By Phillip Whitten INDIANAPOLIS, April 6. SEVENTEEN year-old Michael Phelps turned in a historic performance as the United States crushed Australia 196-74 in the Mutual of Omaha "Duel in the

By Phillip Whitten INDIANAPOLIS, April 6. TEEN sensation Michael Phelps lowered his own world record tonight in the 400 meter individual medley at the USA vs. Australia "Duel in the

By Phillip Whitten INDIANAPOLIS, April 6. WHEN the Mutual of Omaha "Duel in the Pool" was first conceived, it was meant to pit the world's two greatest aquatic powers –

By Frank Litsky INDIANAPOLIS, April 5. AT the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Michael Phelps of Baltimore did what few 15-year-olds do (swim in an Olympic final) and what many 15-year-olds do