Ray Taft, Masters Swimming Giant, Passes Away at 82
By Carl House and Phillip Whitten SAN MATEO, Calif., July 21. MASTERS Swimming giant, Ray Taft, 82, passed away yesterday. The cause of death is not yet known, but Ray
By Carl House and Phillip Whitten SAN MATEO, Calif., July 21. MASTERS Swimming giant, Ray Taft, 82, passed away yesterday. The cause of death is not yet known, but Ray
AUSTIN, TEXAS, July 20. SLOVAKIAN Olympian Martina Moravcova has won just about everything there is to win, including the European Championship 100 fly title two years ago in Helsinki. She
LONG ISLAND, NY, July 20. DO'T tell "Dr." Jenny Thompson she should be hitting the books instead of the water. The Columbia Medical School student, America's most decorated female Olympian
LOS ANGELES, July 20. ERIK Vendt won a silver medal in the 400 IM at the Sydney Olympics in 4:14.23 to winner Tom Dolan's world-record 4:11.76. But when he returned
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 20. TEN Masters world records were set at the Pacific Masters Long Course Championships, held in Santa Cruz, California, July 12-14. Laura Val, 52 and representing
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 20. LESS than a week after declaring her candidacy for the presidency of the United States Olypic Committee, Olympic gold medalist Donna de Varona has withdrawn from
BUDAPEST, July 19. THE U.S men's water polo team definitely has its work cut out over the next two weekends. But they already knew that heading into today's game against
LONG ISLAND, NY, July 19. IF U.S.A. Swimming's Grand Prix Series is viewed as a stepping-stone to this summer's Phillips 66 Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale next month, then Badger's Kim
LOS ANGELES, July 19. OFFICIALLY the meet is known as the "Janet Evans Invitational," but unofficially it might as well be called the Trojan Swim Club Championship. For it was
PHOENIX, July 18. ELEVEN year-old Angela Duckworth, Scottsdale Aquatic Club, won the 400 meter freestyle for girls 11-12 in 4:42.25 to highlight the first day of competition at the Arizona