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NCAA Div. I Women: Coughlin, Becks Lead Cal Over ASU

BERKELEY, CA., Jan. 25. WHOEVER thought up the "sophomore jinx" never met Cal's Natalie Coughlin. The Golden Bear second-year superstar, last season's NCAA Division 1 Swimmer of the Year for her wins and American/NCAA records in both backstrokes and her collegiate standard in the 100 fly, ha...

NCAA Div. I Women: Cal Beats UCLA By 19

WESTWOOD, Feb. 2. UCLA's defending Pac-10 Champion women's swim team suffered its second-consecutive conference loss here this afternoon, bowing to Cal, 159.5-140.5, at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Pool. Coach Cyndi Gallagher's Bruins are now 9-4 overall, 2-4 in Pac-10 competition...

Neethling, Teuscher Win Tiburon Mile, Earn $10,000 Each

By Phillip Whitten TIBURON, Calif., Oct. 6. OLYMPIANS Ryk Neethling and Cristina Teuscher emerged victorious in the Third Annual RCP Tiburon Mile today, earning $10,000 each. The event attracted some 730 competitors, including what meet organizer Bob Placak called "the strongest open water field in ...

Day 2: 1997 Pan Pacific Championships

FUKUOKA, Japan - Jenny Thompson collected her 14th and 15th career Pan Pacific gold medals as American swimmers won 5 of 8 events Monday. Australia added 3 more to the 5 golds it won on Sunday, tying the U.S. team at 8 gold medals overall after 2 days of competition. Thompson touched out world recor...

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Americans Sweep Races at 2017 Barbados Open Water Festival

The American pair of David Heron and Taylor Abbott dominated the Men’s 1.5K and 5K swims while American Pan Am Medalist Chelsea Colwill was in a league of her own in the 1.5K and 10K races and US Olympic medallist Ashley Whitney won the 5K at the 6th Barbados Open Water Festival last weekend. Trinid...

Bolles School Crowned Team Champion

The Bolles School girls made it four years in a row on top of Swimming World's national high school championships. The Jacksonville, FL school, coached by Gregg Troy, also won the boys team title - its first ever. The girls scored 240 points in the championship meet format based on best times swum t...

NCAA Div. I Women: #6 Cal To Meet #10 USC and #11 UCLA

BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 31. THE No. 6 ranked Cal women's swim team (5-1) will travel to No. 10 ranked USC, Friday, Feb. 1 and No. 11 ranked UCLA, Saturday, Feb. 2 for a pair of Pac-10 dual meets. The USC meet takes place Feb. 1 at 1:00 pm at the McDonald's Swim Stadium. The UCLA meet is sched...