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Michael Phelps to Throw Out First Pitch of Game 5 of NLCS Michael Phelps will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 of the National League Championships Series in Arizona. Phelps will be on the mound ahead of Saturday’s Game 5. He will have time to check out an Arizona State meet, coach...

In what the Associated Press called "one of the more improbable upsets in U.S. political history," former age group and high school swimmer, Ventura defeated St. Paul's mayor and the state's Attorney General to become the Governor of Minnesota. Ventura swam for Minneapolis Roosevelt High School and ...

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 10. SUPPORT for Olympic champion Amy Van Dyken has been overwhelmingly high since she severed her spine in an accident on Friday. But how well do people know her? We're happy to give you five facts you might not have known about her. If you already know these, count yourselves...

(from the August issue of SWIMMING WORLD Magazine) By Phillip Whitten Arguably the most anxiety- and tension-ridden meet in all of swimming, the U.S. Olympic Trials is the one and only opportunity to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. Do it here, at this quadrennial test of body and spirit, and you’...

By Phillip Whitten TWO weeks after Holland’s Inge De Bruijn streaked to four barrier-breaking world swimming records in three days at the Speedo Grand Prix in Sheffield, England, the waters of world swimming are still churning with controversy over whether the flying Dutchwoman achieved her marks le...

Colorado State’s Lexie Trietley Takes Down Amy Van Dyken Pool Record Colorado State’s Lexie Trietley earned a piece of history Friday, taking down a Moby Pool record belonging to Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken. Trietley went 23.21 in the women’s 50 freestyle, taking down Van Dyken’s long-standi...

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 12. THIS week's Throwback Thursday video wasn't an easy pick, considering each of Amy Van Dyken's four gold medal races in the 1996 Olympics were exciting to experience. But we'll pick the 100 butterfly for Throwback Thursday, as it was the gold medal she was least likely to w...

By Phillip Whitten 1996 U.S. Olympic hero Amy Van Dyken underwent successful shoulder surgery today in Denver to remove excess scar tissue around her right rotator cuff. The surgery was performed by Drs. Ted Schlegel and Richard Hawkins. Van Dyken, who had undergone successful surgery more than a ye...

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 18. OLYMPIC legend Amy Van Dyken spoke to the press at the Scottsdale Airport today before boarding a private plane to Colorado to begin rehabilitation from an accident on June 6 that rendered her paralyzed. It was the first time she spoke publicly since entering the hospital,...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, Sept. 23. The final night of swimming at the Sydney Aquatic Centre. A total of 14 world records were set during the meet including 2 on the final day - both by American relays. Australia, too, had plenty to cheer about on the final night. In the most anti...

PHOENIX, Dec. 12. AUSTRALIA'S Ian Thorpe and Holland’s Inge De Bruijn were named male and female "World Swimmers of the Year" by Swimming World magazine, in the December issue on newsstands today. Swimming World is the magazine of record in the sport of swimming. It was the third time the 19 yea...

By Phillip Whitten FUKUOKA, Japan, July 22. THIS is our preview of the events to be contested tomorrow, July 23, at the World Championships in Fukuoka. For more information on the meet, take advantage of Swimming World and Jr. Swimmer Magazine's Special Subscription Offer Women’s 200 meter butte...

2022 WAC Championships: Northern Arizona Wins 9th, UNLV Repeats It was strength in numbers for Northern Arizona’s women’s team at the 2022 WAC Championships. Despite not winning a relay, and placing as low as seventh in one, the Lumberjacks had enough on the final day to repel a challenge by Grand C...

Coach John Mattos was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame earlier this month in Dallas, Texas. Two-time Olympian Amy Van Dyken introduced him. John Mattos graduated from Colorado State University in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in English. He was an All-American s.....

AUSTIN, TX. March 9. FORMER University of Texas Longhorn, Tammie Spatz-Stone, swam a blistering 50 yard freestyle to highlight action on the second day of competition at the American Short Course Championships in Austin, Texas. Stone clocked 21.86 seconds for the two-lapper, setting a pool record an...

Event 17: Women's 100 Free Dara Torres qualified first for semi-finals in the 100 free in 54.62. Torres, who set an American record in the 100 fly earlier in this meet, was out under American record pace in 26.07. The 33-year-old Stanford swimmer came back from a disappointing 200 free two days ...

American Mark Spitz and Australian Dawn Fraser were named the greatest male and female swimmers, respectively, of the twentieth century by Swimming World Magazine, the sport's magazine of record. The results of a selection by an international panel of experts, are published in the December issue of ...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, Sept. 22. The seventh, and next to last day of swimming in the Olympics produced one world record and three Olympic marks. Meanwhile, Team USA continued to dominate the medal count, winning three of five events. Women's 200 Backstroke Final Gold - Moc...

By Kari Lydersen Event 16: Men's 200 Breast Final In perhaps the most exciting race of the meet, Kyle Salyards came from third at the 150 to win the 200 breast in a breathtaking race with only .32 separating first from fourth. Salyards, 19 and representing Tempe Rio, touched in 2:13.21, ahead of...

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - USA's Jenny Thompson earned her first individual gold medal at a World Championships or Olympic Games by winning the 100m freestyle, the first event at the VIII World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia. The 24-year-old Thompson, who won five Olympic gold medals - all in re...