LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4. TWO top high school players signed letters-of-intent to play women's water polo at USC for the 2004 season, head coach Jovan Vavic announced. Erika Figge (Dove

By Phillip Whitten GOSLAR, Germany, December 3. IN the absence of Franzi van Almsick, Thomas Rupprath stole the show at the German Short Course National Championships in Goslar, November 29-31.

PULLMAN, Wash., Dec. 3, 2002. THREE outstanding women swimmers — ANDRIA Giovanni (Bremerton, Wash.), Laurie Gregg (Los Altos, Calif.), and Katie Van Horne (Healdsburg, Calif.) — have signed National Letters

By Mary Wagner (USA Swimming) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., December 3. USA Swimming has announced the coaching staffs for the 2003 international competitions, as well as the managers' list for the

HANOVER, N.H., Dec. 3. IT seems Dartmouth swimming, which faces elimination at the end of this season due to budget cuts, may have a new life — for the right

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, December 3. OLD Domunion University Head Coach Carol Withus announced today that Beatrice Szilard has signed a National Letter of Intent during the early signing period to

HOUSTON, December 3. THREE female high school seniors have signed national letters of intent to swim at Rice University next season, head coach Seth Huston announced Tuesday. Rice abolished its

By P.H. Mullen (P.H. Mullen has been contributing to Swimming World since he was in college at Dartmouth. Last week, Dartmouth eliminated its men’s and women’s teams.) I’ve spent the

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Dec. 2. NOTRE Dame head women's swimming coach Bailey Weathers announced the signing of nine student-athletes to national letters of intent for the 2003-04 academic year. Signing

By Greg Earhart (Courtesy collegeswimming.com) COLORADO SPRINGS, December 2. MICHIGAN took over the top spot in the semimonthly CSCAA swimming poll, achieving a #1 ranking for the first time in