CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virg., Aug 4. UNIVERSITY of Virginia head swimming coach Mark Bernardino has announced the hiring of Sharon Krueger as assistant swimming coach. Krueger, who started at UVa on July

BREWSTER, Mass., August 4. THE fourth annual Against the Tide one-mile swim and fitness walk, benefitting the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition, will be held at Nickerson State Park at the

(This is the second entry in Ben Michaelson's diary of his Pan American Games experience.) By Ben Michaelson TAMPA, August 4. CHECK-IN Day. WELL, yesterday proved to be quite an

By Josh Jeffrey OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., August 4. THE state of Kansas lies in the region of America's heartland commonly referred to by meteorologists as "Tornado Alley." Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes

By Josh Jeffrey BALTIMORE, August 4. BEN Michaelson and Michael Raab, both headed for the upcoming Pan American Games, put in some very impressive performances at the Speedo Mid-Atlantic Sectional

By Josh Jeffrey August 4. JUST before an Olympic year, young swimmers appear, seemingly from out of nowhere, to challenge the established hierarchy of elite level swimmers. In 1996, it

By Stephen J. Thomas: HOBART, Australia, August 4. DYNAMIC 17-year-old Alice Mills won the 100 IM in a new Aussie record of 1:01.02, breaking the record of 1:01.30 set by

GLASGOW, Scotland, August 3. HOST Britain and Russia dominated the victory podium, but Hungary's Laszlo Cseh emerged as the top individual performer as rge European Junior Championships drew to a