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By Phil Whitten AUSTIN, Texas, March 21. ON each of the three days of Women's NCAAs, SwimInfo.com will be providing event-by-event coverage of prelims and finals as they occur. We're about to get under way here, on a sunny first-day-of Spring morning. Stanford is the pre-meet favorite, but t...

SANTA CLARA, June 24. COMEBACK queen Dara Torres and ebullient B.J. Bedford posted big wins on the third day of competition at the Cadillac Challenge Swim Series in Santa Clara. Torres vaulted to more than a second's lead on the first 50 of the 200 free and never looked back, finishing in 2:00.5...

Evanston, IL - The Auburn women's swim team improved to 4-0 as the Tigers edged out #11 Northwestern 190-157 and picked up their second conference dual win of the season, defeating #19 Tennessee 194-151 on January 15. For the third consecutive year, AU has beaten both teams at this double-dual meet....

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...

JACKSON, Miss. ¯ Auburn junior swimmer Maggie Bowen has been named the Clarion-Ledger 2001 Sports Person of the Year for the state of Mississippi as announced Dec. 25 by the newspaper. Bowen, a Jackson, Miss., native had an astounding year in 2001 with victories at all levels including not only coll...

Jan 13, 2001 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ¯ The Auburn University women's swimming and diving team improved its record to 7-0 overall and 3-0 SEC Saturday evening defeating Tennessee (187-163) and No. 20 Northwestern (197-153) in a double-dual meet hosted by the Lady Vols. In the morning session, the Tigers...

IRVINE, CA., May 28. AGELESS Chad Carvin just keeps swimming -- and winning. The 27-year-old University of Arizona graduate, who's had more ups and downs in his career than Jack Nicholson at a Laker game, was up Up UP this weekend during the Speedo Grand Challenge Meet in Irvine's Heritage (...

By Craig Lord with Takahisa Ide FUKUOKA, July 27. THE faulty electronic timing pads at the center of a storm that ended in happy news for Great Britain's women yesterday, caused mayhem at the end of the men's 100m freestyle final tonight. It was clear that Anthony Ervin, of the US, having cl...

After a year's absence from short course yards competition at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships for Division I swimmers, 16 American, U.S. Open and NCAA short course yards records were set between the women's meet in Long Island and the men's contest in College Station, Texas. I...

Event 11: Women's 200 Free Prelims Samantha Arsenault, 18 and swimming for Greenwood, qualified first for the semi-finals in the 200 free with a 2:00.08, just ahead of Lindsay Benko, 23, at 2:00.11. At 27.47, Arsenault had the fastest first 50 of the event. Ellen Stonebraker, 21, qualified third...

by Phillip Whitten AUSTIN, Texas, March 22. NATALIE Coughlin was crowned Queen of American swimming tonight, after an unprecedented display of awesome speed and unparalleled dominance. The University of California sophomore swam the fastest 50 yard backstroke split in history, twice broke the Americ...

By Phillip Whitten EAST MEADOW, N.Y. March 16. COACH DAVD MARSH'S Auburn Tigers held on to a tiny margin of four points at the end of the second day of competition at the Women's NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, being held at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, New Yo...

AUSTIN, April 1. FORTY-FOUR swimmers--20 women and 24 men--were named to the US team that will compete at the World Swimming championships in Fukuoka, Japan in July. The members of the team are listed below, along with their hometown, swim club, and the events in which they will compete: WOMEN Linds...

By Phillip Whitten EAST MEADOW, N.Y. March 15. EIGHTEEN year-old University of California freshman, Natalie Coughlin, rocketed to an American record leading off Cal's 400 yard medley relay in the final event of this morning's prelims on Day One of the Women's NCAA Div. I Swimming and Div...

By Phillip Whitten The team title is still very much up for grabs after prelims of the second day at the Women's NCAA Div. I Swimming and Diving Championships, being held at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, N.Y. Six teams are still battling for the crown, with none, apparently able to s...

(from the August issue of SWIMMING WORLD Magazine) By Phillip Whitten Arguably the most anxiety- and tension-ridden meet in all of swimming, the U.S. Olympic Trials is the one and only opportunity to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. Do it here, at this quadrennial test of body and spirit, and you’...

By Phillip Whitten EAST MEADOW, N.Y., March 15. SIX teams are very much in the hunt for a national title after the first day of competition at the Women's Division I NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, being held at the Nassau Aquatic Center on Long Island, New York. The surprise leader afte...

AUBURN, Ala. Both the Auburn men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated the Southwest Missouri State Bears here Saturday afternoon living up to the Tigers' No. 3 national ranking. The men's team defeated SMS 174-113 while the women took the meet by a score of 164.50-114-50....

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:...

By Phillip Whitten AUSTIN, Texas, March 30. FIFTEEN year-old Michael Phelps became the youngest American man ever to set a world swimming record, when he blasted the global standard in the 200 meter butterfly, defeating former world record-holder and 2000 Olympic champion, Tom Malchow, in the proces...