NCAA Men’s Swimming: #1 Texas Defeats TCU

Fort Worth, TX – University of Texas senior John Eisler (Aloha, Ore. / Westview) captured his first two titles of the 1999-2000 season, winning both the one- and three-meter springboard

Ultra Marathon Swim Record Attempt

Coconut Creek, FL – Today, Event Coordinator Joe Pignatiello announced that on March 1st, South African attorney, Hulme Scholes, will attempt to break the Ultra-Marathon world record for longest nonstop

NCAA Eligibility Rules For Freshmen Athletes Are Repealed

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has redefined what constitutes an acceptable high school course for incoming college athletes, ending more than four years of battle with parents and school officials

Carlile Undergoes Heart Surgery

Famed Australian swim coach and anti-drugs crusader Forbes Carlile underwent heart bypass surgery Wednesday. According to a statement from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Carlile “is stable and

Gathercole Issues Statement

Australian Swimming Incorporated President Terry Gathercole issued the following statement regarding world champion swimmer Ian Thorpe. Ian Thorpe, the Young Australian of the Year and Australian Swimmer of the Year

Thorpe Rejects German Allegations of Drug Use

By Craig Lord Sheffield, England – Perhaps it was inevitable that, with another two victories at the European round of the World Cup in Sheffield under his belt, Ian Thorpe,

Forbes Carlile Hospitalized

By Phillip Whitten Sydney, Australia – Famed Australian swim coach and drug crusader Forbes Carlile is lying comfortably in Concord Hospital in Sydney after learning of a two-grade auricular-ventricular heart