Editor's note: The following introduction was offered by Dennis Pursley, Former USA Swimming’s National Team Director and current Head Coach of the BEST Swim Team in Phoenix, AZ. when USA

ST. PAUL, Minn, September 19. TINA Neill, Masters Swimming Coach at Macalester College successfully swam the English Channel on her first attempt on Saturday, July 26, 2003. Ms. Neill Swam

PHOENIX, Sept. 18. The USA Swimming Olympic Trials schedule will simulate the schedule in Athens. The schedule, posted on the USAS website, begins July 7 in Long Beach and runs

SYDNEY, September 19. PETRIA Thomas, Australian Olympic and world champion, announced today she is rehabbing successfully and will return to competition at the Qantas Skins meet in Sydney in November.

SAN DIEGO, September 18. USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus’ State of the Sport Report from the 2003 U.S. Aquatic Sports Convention in San Diego, Calif., has been posted. To

ZHANGJIAGANG, China, September 18. OUYANG Kunpeng broke his own men's 100 meters backstroke national record on the second day of the Chinese Swimming Championships on Wednesday. Ouyang led the race

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 18. SENATOR Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) agreed yesterday to release his hold on the Senate's U.S. Olympic Committee Reform Act, ending a two-month standoff that threatened to

By Pam Redding SAN DIEGO, September 18. THE U.S. Aquatic Sports Convention was held in San Diego last week. Here are the disability swimming-related highlights: Awards Congratulations to Anneliese and

LAUSANNE, September 18. THE World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has drawn up a new proposed list of banned substances, according to reports from Europe this morning. The list is all-encompassing and

Editor's Note: the 25K (16-mile) open water race at the Barcelona World Championships was the closest — and one of the most exciting — open water races in history. Here