Revised Girls' Top High School Times20 December 2001CARMEL, Ind., Dec. 22. THE revised second list of the top 50 girls' high school times, compiled by Bob Klapthor, was released today. This list includes the times that were omitted from the previous listing due to file transmission problems. The new list includes the results of girls' high sc...
Read more5International Swim Coaches Association Inducts Eddie Reese, Franke Bell and Dick Jochums into ISCA Hall of Fame28 August 2015In its first Hall of Fame induction ceremony as an organization, the International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) awarded a green jacket and a golden ring to three longtime swimming coaches at its sixth annual coaches clinic. The ceremony, conducted in Clearwater, Fla., at a private venue attended ...
Read more2U.S. Boys Beat Canadian Men in UANA Pan American Junior Water Polo Semifinal15 July 2018By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor CLEARWATER, FL. In a game of contrasts between national rivals, the baby-faced boys from the U.S. put forth an inspired effort in beating their older counterparts from Canada in a UANA Pan American Junior Water Polo Championship semifinal Saturday at t...
Read moreSimone Manuel Breaks American Record in 100 Free at NASA Junior National Championship Cup29 March 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, March 29. SIMONE Manuel got after it pretty early this morning as she took down the American record in the 100-yard freestyle at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater, Fla. Manuel, just 17, clocked a 46.83 in prelims. That performance clipped Natalie Coughlin's...
Read moreVinny Marciano Wraps Up NASA Showcase Classic With Two More NAG Records; Michael Andrew Wins Three19 April 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, April 20. VINNY Marciano wrapped up an impressive week at the NASA Showcase Classic with two more national short course yards age group records today. Michael Andrew, meanwhile, closed out his 13-14 racing stint with three events. In a time trial today between prelims and finals...
Read moreMichael Andrew Erases Two National Age Group Records During Night Two At NASA Junior Nationals27 March 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, March 27. MICHAEL Andrew broke two more 13-14 National Age Group records in the 50 free and 100 fly and Santa Clara's Aiden Burns just missed out on another in the 500 free during the second night of racing at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater. Andrew now h...
NCAA Div. I: LSU Tigers Win Two05 January 2001CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 5. THE LSU men's and women's swimming teams each picked up a pair of wins in Clearwater, Fla., by handily defeating both the University of Tampa and Ouachita Baptist in a double-dual meet today. "I was extremely pleased with everyone's performance in the meet," sai...
Margalis Lowers NAG Record While Winning 400m IM07 December 1997INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Robert Margalis, a 15-year-old high school student from Clearwater, Fla., won the 400-meter individual medley here at the U.S. Open, breaking a 12-year-old age group record and beating a field that including two 1996 Olympic medalists in the event. Margalis swam the distance in 4:...
Read moreMichael Andrew Obliterates 13-14 National Age Group Mark in 200 Backstroke16 April 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, April 16. COMPETING in his final meet in the 13-14 age group, Michael Andrew kicked off the NASA Showcase Classic by lowering his 200-yard backstroke national age group record twice. In prelims, Andrew posted a 1:44.02, taking more than a second off his previous record of 1:45.1...
Read moreEmma Muzzy Wins Three on Night Two of ISCA Dolfin Jr. National Cup22 March 2017The 2017 ISCA Dolfin Jr. National Cup is off and running once again. The meet is being held in the Long Center Pool at the Doyle Aquatic Center in Clearwater, Florida. The meet will take place from March 21-March 25 and will be conducted in a 16 & Under/Open format. Full results are available on Mee...
NCAA Women: Texas Aggies Down Div. II National Champ, Truman State09 January 2002COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 8. THE Texas A&M women's swimming team captured a dual meet win over Division II national champion Truman State University during their holiday training trip held the past two weeks in Florida. The Aggies defeated the Bulldogs 112-85 at the Southwest Aquatic Center i...
Read moreClearwater's Vance Sanders, 15, Passes Away26 January 2015PINELLAS COUNTY - Vance Sanders, a promising age grouper who had gained some national attention in recent years, took his own life this weekend at the age of 15 according to WTSP. According to WTSP, "few other details are being released about [Sanders's] death," as crisis teams have been dispatched ...
Read moreEast Coast Polo Report: Azevedo in Connecticut; North Allegheny in States; Capital and Navy in Annapolis03 November 2020Coronavirus restrictions have drastically limited water polo competition throughout the country. But in the East—particularly in North Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Annapolis in Maryland and Greenwich as well as Stamford in Connecticut—polo play has endured, an encouraging sign for the sport du...
Read moreRace Footage: Simone Manuel’s Blazing American Record In 100 Free30 March 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, March 30. SIMONE Manuel got after it pretty early this morning as she took down the American record in the 100-yard freestyle at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater, Fla. She then followed that up with an American record as a relay leadoff for First Colony du...
Read moreSimone Manuel, Harrison Pierce Double On Night Three Of NASA Junior National Championship Cup 28 March 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, March 28. TIDE Swimming’s Harrison Pierce picked up his fourth and fifth individual titles of the meet, and Simone Manuel won the 50 fly and 100 back during the third night of racing at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater. Sarasota’s Vien Nguyen, who is havin...
Read moreSimone Manuel Lowers American Record, Michael Andrew Breaks Two NAGS At NASA Juniors29 March 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, March 29. SIMONE Manuel of First Colony lowered her own American record in the women’s 100 free, while phenom Michael Andrew lowered two of his own National Age Group records in the 100 breast and 100 free tonight as the NASA Junior National Championship Cup came to a close in C...
Read moreLexy Aitchison Makes Verbal Commitment to Duke University24 September 2014Photo courtesy Swimming Canada/Scott Grant CLEARWATER, Florida, September 24. THE Duke Blue Devils earned a verbal commitment from a rising star this week, gaining Canadian Lexy Aitchison for next year’s freshman class. Aitchison earned a bronze medal last month at the junior Pan Pacific championshi...
Latest Rankings: The Top High School Boys' Times in the USA19 December 2001Dec. 18. THE second list of the top 50 boys' high school times, compiled by Bob Klapthor, was released today. The list includes the results of boys' high school state championship meets in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TIMES 2001/2002 TOP N...
Read moreMichael Andrew Drops 13-14 50 Free National Age Group Record Again27 March 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, March 27. AT the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater, Fla., 14-year-old professional swimmer Michael Andrew clipped his own 13-14 National Age Group record in the 50-yard free with a 19.76. Andrew's time beat his previous record of 19.85 set earlier this year, wh...
Read moreMichael Andrew, Aiden Burns Bring Down The House At NASA Junior National Championship Cup26 March 2014CLEARWATER, Florida, March 26. MICHAEL Andrew took down yet another National Age Group record, this time in the 200 IM, while 16-year-old Aiden Burns put on a show in the 1000 free and then gave Andrew all he could handle in the 200 IM during the first night of racing at the NASA Junior National Cha...