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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 22. Olympians Aaron Peirsol, Diana Munz, Megan Quann and Scott Goldblatt all were winners tonight, on the fourth day of competition at the USA Swimming Spring National Championships, being held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Peirsol, who set a world record i...

MINNEAPOLIS, March 19. OLYMPIAN Diana Munz showed no signs of rust in her first major competition in more than six months, as she stroked to victory in the women's 800m freestyle this evening, the first day of competition of the USA Swimming Spring National Championships, being held at the Unive...

By Phillip Whitten AUSTIN, April 1. OLYMPIANS Diana Munz and Ian Crocker both won their signature events on the final night of competition at the US National Swimming Championships in Austin, Texas. In winning, the two 18 year-olds earned berths on the US team that will compete at the World champion...

Brooke Bennett and Tim Siciliano win their respective 800m freestyles. Brooke Bennett squeaked by up-and-comer Diana Munz with a time of 8:38.41. Tim Siciliano won his 800 rather easily with a time of 8:09.96.

By Craig Lord FUKUOKA, Japan, July 23. IT was a night of celebration in Fukuoka, courtesy of a world record of 59.94 seconds by Roman Sloudnov, of Russia, in the second semi-final of the 100m breaststroke, and two European records in the 200m butterfly. The first of those went to Germany's Annik...

By Kari Lydersen Men's 100 Fly Ian Crocker, just 17, won the 100 fly in a new Olympic Trials record of 52.78, breaking his own 52.82 record from the prelims. Matt Biondi previously held the mark with a 53.09 from 1988. Crocker, swimming for the Portland Porpoises, was third at the 50 in 24.81 an...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 20. On the fifth night of competition, America decided to spoil the Aussie party. In perhaps the biggest upset in a meet with more than its share of upsets, Misty Hyman defeated both Australians: world record holder Susie O'Neill and Petria ...

VALETTA, Malta, July 9. THE kids have arrived! On the third day of the 2001 European Junior Championships here today, Greece's Ioannis Drymonakos and Hungary's Viktor Bodrogi were the stars of the show on the boys' side. Among the ladies Ukraine's Aliaksandra Herasimenia was a double...

CHAMALIERES, FRANCE, May 1. A PAIR of national records in the women's 400 meter freestyle and the men's 400 meter individual medley were the highlights of Day 2 of the French Spring Championships-World Championship Trials here today. On the women's side, 17-year-old Alicia Bozon, who had...

By Craig Lord HELSINKI, July 6. It was an historical day at the European Championships in Helsinki as Flavia Rigamonti provided Switzerland with its first continental long-course title, Yana Klochkova and Beatrice Coada-Caslaru dead-heated in the final of the 200m medley to provide the first occasio...

By Emma Gresser, Swimming World College Intern Five short years ago, my teammates and I were huddled around the computer awaiting the state meet psych sheet to confirm we had made the cut to swim at the “Greatest High School Swim Meet in the USA.” If you are an Ohio swimmer, from a beginning level t...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 17. THREE world records were washed away beneath the waves of the Homebush Aquatic Centre in Sydney on the second night of competition at the 2000 Olympic Games. In all, eight world marks have fallen victim to the unprecedented aquatic assault w...

By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 20. Women's 100 Free Prelims Top 16 advance to semi-finals: 1. De Bruijn NED 54.77 2. Torres USA 55.12 3. Thompson USA 55.22 4. Moravcova SVK 55.42 5. Muller RSA 55.45 South African Record 6. Alshammar SWE 55.49 7. Voelker GER 55.54 8. Rol...

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...

By Kari Lydersen Photos by Michael Collins The 800 free promises to be an exciting race, with 400 IM champion Kaitlin Sandeno, 400 free champion Diana Munz and 1996 Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett battling it out. All three won their prelim heats in smooth, controlled, easy victories. Bennett, ...

How Will The US Swim Team Fare in Sydney? The U.S. Olympic Trials are over and the US team has made the long trans-Pacific trek. How will the Americans fare at the Olympic Games in Sydney against the world's best? Swimming World has a pretty good idea and offers its predictions for gold, silver...

March 29. FEDERAL STORY. They're baaaack! Diana Munz and Tom Dolan, that is. Munz and Dolan, who both were sidelined with injuries last year, came up big winners on the first night of competition of USA Swimming's Spring Nationals. Munz took the women's 800m freestyle in a very strong 8:...

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 29, THE University of Texas men's and women's swimming and diving teams will host the 2000 Texas Invitational on Friday-Sunday, December 3-5 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. On Friday and Saturday, preliminaries will be held at 10 a.m. with finals set for ...

By Craig Lord with Takahisa Ide FUKUOKA, Japan, July 22. THORPEMANIA spilled over on to the poolside at the World Championships in Fukuoka tonight as Ian Thorpe was greeted by hundreds of screaming Japanese girls after lowering the world record in the 400 meter freestyle to 3:40.17 and going on to b...

By Phillip Whitten NOVEMBER 30. THE University of Texas' men's swim team maintained its number one position in the CSCAA/Speedo NCAA Swimming Coaches Poll, with a light lead over Stanford. Meanwhile, double defending NCAA champion, Georgia, held on to the top spot in the women's poll. Te...