Aussies Ready for East Asian Games

By Ian Hanson OSAKA, may 20. RISING Australian swimming star Leigh McBean will take another major step towards realising his sporting dreams when he dives into the Osaka Pool tomorrow

Carolyn Boak Wins Ransom Arthur Award

By Phillip Whitten SANTA CLARA, May 19. CAROLYN Ferris Boak, 56, was named the winner of the 2001 Ransom Arthur award today at the USMS Short Course Nationals. the announcement

Big Juan Nominates Little Juan for IOC Membership

By Stephen Wilson LAUSANNE, Switzerland. May 18. IN a move certain to open the organization to charges of nepotism, outgoing IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has nominated his son for

Hoogie Shines in Athens: A Preview of 2004?

ATHENS, Greece, May 17. IN what he hopes will be a preview of the 2004 Olympic Games, Holland's Pieter van den Hoogenband won three events at the 15th annual Akropolis

Masters Nationals Begins Thursday May 17th

by Michael Collins SANTA CLARA, CA – The USMS Short Course Nationals will begin on Thursday with the distance events being contested (1,000 Free & 1,650 Free). Over 1,800 swimmers