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LOS ANGELES, CA - Two-time backstroke world champion Lenny Krayzelburg, the reigning king in the specialty, easily defeated a strong field to win the 200m backstroke to highlight the second day of the sixth annual Janet Evans Invitational on Friday (July 16) at the USC McDonald’s Swim Stadium in the...

Florida senior, Matt Cole, the pre-meet favorite, leads all qualifiers in the 200m backstroke, qualifying first in 1:55.51. Only .01 of a second back is Minnesota's Alex Massura, as a mere eight-tenths of a second separates the top eight qualifiers. Joey Faltraco, So. Carolina, is third (1:55.69...

Texas A&M sophomore Riley Janes qualified first in the 100 back with a 52.22. The next fastest time - 52.35 - was posted by Southern Cal sophomore Leonardo Costa in a swim-off with Stanford freshman Randall Bal. Bal's swim-off time of 52.39 was also faster than second qualifier Tom Hannan's ...

Bolstered by confidence from his 23.96 split on the winning 200 medley relay, Texas junior Matt Ulrickson came from lane 2 to win the 100 back in a 52.05. Ulrickson was in fifth at the 50, but finished strong to beat out Texas A&M sophomore Riley Janes (52.18) and Minnesota junior Alex Massura (52.2...

MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA. Brazil's Rogerio Romero and Venezuela's Oswaldo Quevedo were the top swimmers at the South American Swimming Championships, held April 12-15 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, site of the 1995 Pan American Games. In the absence of teammate Leonardo Costa, Romero, 30, bree...

By Phillip Whitten Federal Way, WA - Stanford University swam to its 18th straight Pac-10 Championship yesterday, as the conference meet ended at the Kings County Aquatic Center. Cal was second, USC third. While Stanford was wrapping up team honors yesterday, individual honors were spread among four...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 18. SWEDEN'S Johanna Sjoberg added two more victories to the pair she won yesterday to become the winningest swimmer on the first stop of the 2001-2002 FINA World Cup tour. Sjoberg took the 100m free (54.26) and 50 meter fly (26.68) to go with her wins yesterday in the 50 fre...

Florida senior Matt Cole won the 100 back in a 1:53.68, ahead of Southern Cal sophomore Leonardo Costa (1:54.79) and Minnesota junior Alex Massura (1:54.99). Fourth at the 50, Cole took control by the 100 and continued to pull ahead. He was second in this event at last year’s NCAAs. “This was my fir...

Los Angeles, CA - The USC men's and women's swim teams, ranked No. 6 and 4, respectively, won all but one individual race as they easily defeated state rivals Pacific and UC Irvine in dual-meet action at the USC McDonald's Swim Stadium on Saturday (Jan. 22). The men (4-1) defeated Irvine, 212-49, an...

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...