By Stephen. J. Thomas MELBOURNE, December 10. IT was hardly a surprise last night when freestyle ace Ian Thorpe was announced as Australian "Swimmer of the Year" for a record

LONG BEACH, Calif, December 9. MASTERS swimmer Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 40, created quite a stir this past weekend when she swam just one day of UC Irvine’s Speedo Cup, a predominantly

NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Dec. 9. COACH Barry Schreifels announced today that the Cal State Northridge women's swimming team has signed Lauren Andrews (Palo Cedro, CA/Shasta Secondary Home School) to a national

GREENSBORO, N.C., Dec. 9. VIRGINIA senior All-American swimmer Mirjana Bosevska (Skopje, Macedonia/ Trinity Prep) and Florida State senior Joey Mashburn have been selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Swimmers of

ATHENS, GA., December 8. IT'Sa 'Dawgs' life, at least here in Athens. Perhaps inspired by the performance of their football team, which pummeled Arkansas in the Southeastern Conference Championship game

By P.H. Mullen and Phillip Whitten HANOVER, N.H., December 9. EVEN as the Dartmouth College administration hardens its position against saving the school's men's and women's swim team — summarily

By Phillip Whitten NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., December 8. WHAT do you do after you've just set four Masters world records? Go out and celebrate? Chug down a few brewskis? Call

WESTCHESTER, CA., December 8. WHEN it was all over, when the clock ran down to zero and Stanford was crowned as the 2002 NCAA men's water polo champions — repeating

YPSILANTI, Mich., December 7. THE No. 1-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team finished runner-up at the Eastern Michigan Golden Eagle Invitational here this weekend,Invitational, The Michigan women's

FEDERAL WAY, Wash., December 7. UCLA's women and Washington's men continue to be the talk of the deck at the 54th Husky Invitational here tonight, but a prelim by an