SM-VolXV-6-NovDec-1999

SWIM Magazine November 1999

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Editor’s Note

 

Just Add Water

 

Minding Masters

 

Health Waves

 

Swim for Fitness

 

Holiday Gift Guide

 

Technique Tips

 

Working Out

 

1 -Hour Postal Championship Entry Form

 

Check Off Challenge

 

Calendar

 

On the Market

 

Reflections

 

USMS Long Course Nationals 

By Susan Ludwig. Sixty-five world records and 89 USMS records were shattered at this year’s USMS Long Course National Championships, held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

 

Swimming at the Bottom of the World

By Lynne Cox. Lynne Cox is the most celebrated open- water swimmer of our time. Her 1988 swim from Little Diomede Island (USA) to Big Diomede (USSR) across the Bering Sea was unprecedented. What’s more, her swim improved relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Here, Cox recounts another of her epochal swims—and her successful effort at swimming diplomacy.

 

The Short, the Long and the Almost Ugly

Br Philip Whitten, September is a great time for ocean swimming. This year, September saw dozens of outstanding ocean racing among them were the La Jolla Rough Water Swim, the Tiburon Mile Swim and the Maui Channel Relay.

 

Poughkeepsie Pianist Making Waves

By Michael J. Stott. Middle-aged, concert pianist. Peter Krauss has made an inspirational transformation from non-swimmer to lifeguard in just five years.

 

.. . N o  B u t t s  A b o u t  I t !

By Phillip Whitten. Americans have long viewed the swimmer’s body as a cultural ideal. But a great body is not just about arms, legs, chest and torso. Butts count too.

 

USMS History Project

By Susan Ludwig. An ambitious effort has been initiat- ed to identify every swimmer who has ever been named a USMS All-American or earned Top Ten recognition.

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