By Hideki Mochizuki SAGAMIHARA, JAPAN. March 4. JAPAN'S Mai Nakamura, silver medalist in the 100 meter backstroke at the Olympic Games in Sydney last September, broke the world short course
By Phillip Whitten FEDERAL WAY, Wash. March 5. A LAPSE in communication among officials at the Federal Way Invitational meet on February 25–the "last chance" meet held the day after
By Phillip Whitten LOS ANGELES, March 5. CYNDI GALLAGHER: where were you when Al Gore needed you? If the UCLA head coach had been on the Gore team down in
By Phillip Whitten March 5. THE CYNICAL, disingenuous announcement by Bob Frederick, Athletic Director at the University of Kansas, that KU is axing its swim program, may set off a
By Phillip Whitten LOS ANGELES, March 5. NOTHING is official yet, but rumors are swirling around the UCLA campus as well as at other schools in the Pac-10 Conference, that
By Steve Thomas CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA. March 5. RUSSIA's Alex Popov, who lost his crown as the king of sprint swimming at the Sydney Olympics, believes he is capable of winning
By Phillip Whitten LAWRENCE, Kan., Mar. 4. UNIVERSITY of Kansas athletics director Dr. Bob Frederick announced today that men's men's swimming and diving and men's tennis would be discontinued as
OXFORD, OHIO. March 3. EVEN though Miami University won the most individual titles–ten–at the men's Mid-American Conference Swimming and Diving Championship, which ended this evening, it was Eastern Michigan which
WEST POINT, NY., March 3. HARVARD extended its dominance of Eastern swimming to a record six consecutive championships here this evening as the Crimson splashed to a 1560-1300.5 victory over
AUSTIN, TX., March 3. SKIP KENNEY has nothing on Eddie Reese. Reese, the veteran Texas coach whose Longhorns are defending national champs, took a step closer to a second-consecutive NCAA