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World University Games Begin; US Men's 800 Free Relay Second to Italy

BEIJING, CHINA, Aug. 23. IN Sydney at the 2000 Olympics, the USA's men's team started out with a disappointing silver medal in the 400m free relay. Thursday night, the Americans saw the same thing happen as they took second in the 800m free relay to an Italian team that hadn't won a rela...

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US Olympic Trials - Day 2 Prelim Highlights

Event 5: Women's 100 Back Prelims Courtney Shealy, 22, of Athens Bulldogs qualified first for the semi-finals with a 1:02.13. In second is veteran B.J. Bedford, 27, with a 1:02.19. Bedford, swimming for the National Resident Team, was third in this event at the 1996 Trials and has won seven nati...

Lim Lowers His Own National High School Mark

Swimming in his final meet for the Bolles School, Alex Lim lowered his own national high school record last Thursday, November 18. Lim, who will represent Malaysia in the 2000 Olympic Games, stroked the 100 yard backstroke in a phenomenal 46.82 seconds, slashing 15-hundredths of a second off the rec...

Kristy, Angel Sparkle at Southern Regional Champs

Kristy Kowal, the American record-holder in the short course 100 and 200 breaststroke, turned in some impressive times at the Southern Regional (Region III) Senior Long Course Championships in Athens, Georgia, July 13-16. Kowal turned in a lifetime best--swimming unrested--in the 200 IM, clocking 2:...

US Men Take Two More Gold on Final Day of WUG

BEIJING, Aug 29. THE US men won two gold while Japan won all three women's events on the final day of competition at the World University Games in Beijing. The US men took the medley relay in a Games record 3:39.49. Peter Marshall led off the relay with a 54.84, followed by breaststroker David D...

Prep Roundup: Kaitlin Takes Aim

LOS ANGELES, May 7. EL TORO High senior Kaitlin Sandeno has done it all in her rather abbreviated but highly productive swimming career. She's been an Olympian, finaled in the "Big Show" and won Olympic bronze, set innumerable records and won innumerable races. But the future Trojan has yet to s...

NCAA Div. I Men: #3 Auburn Upsets #2 Texas

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11. LED by James Galloway and Ryan Wochomurka, the No. 3-ranked Auburn Tiger men's swimming and diving team defeated the No. 2 Texas Longhorns here Friday afternoon bringing Auburn's record to 4-0 on the season. Texas drops to 2-1. Not only are both teams consistently ran...

NO. 3 Auburn Men's Swimming and Diving Defeat No. 19 Texas A&M 164-124

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Auburn men's swimming and diving team continued its impressive weekend defeating the No. 19 Texas A&M Aggies 164-124 here Saturday afternoon bringing the Tigers' season record to 5-0. The meet format was not the typical style as the teams swam 50, 150 and 300 yar...