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By Jorge Aguado SANTA FE, Argentina, Sept. 27. FLORENCIA Szigeti (rhymes with "spaghetti") from Mendoza (Argentina), who is training and studying at Arizona State University, set a new South American record for the 200 meter free (short course) during the first night of the Argentinian Short Course ...

By Jorge Aguado SANTA FE, Argentina, Sept. 30. THE Argentinian Short Course National Championships ended today just as they began last Thursday: with convincing win by Florencia Szigeti and Jose Meolans, though neither set national records. Szigeti stroked to victory in the women's 400 meter fre...

By Jorge Aguado SANTA FE, Argentina, Sept. 28. RECORDS continued to fall in the second night of competition at the Argentina National Short Course Championships in Santa Fe. The meet is also serving as the Trials for the 2002 World Championships in Moscow. José Martín Meolans from Academia de Nataci...

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, DEC. 28. WHILE his country is mired in financial insolvency and teters on the brink of economic ruin, one Argentine is definitely on the 40-karat gold standard. He's 22-year-old sprinter Jose Martin Meolans, who at last week's Brazilian Nationals -- which also double...

By Craig Lord FUKUOKA, Japan. July 24. THERE were only two major casualty of the third morning of racing at the Messe Marine pool in Fukuoka: Therese Alshammar and Massimiliano Rosolino, neither because they failed to qualify. Therese Alshammar, the Swede who finished second behind Inge de Bruijn ov...

FUKUOKA, Japan. July 27. THE following are the results of this morning's prelims at the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships: Men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay (Top 8 teams qualify for tonight's final) 1. USA 7:15.20 2. Great Britain 7:19.50 3. Australia 7:19.85 4. Canada 7:20.69 5. Ita...

By Mary Wagner (Courtesy of USA Swimming, with additional comments by Phil Whitten) EAST MEADOW, N.Y., Nov. 29. THE final night of the 2001 FINA World Cup in East Meadow, N.Y., was a night of encores for a number of U.S. swimmers. And Natalie Coughlin led the way by setting a world record in the 100...

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 ...

By Jorge Aguado SANTA FE, Argentina, Sept. 29. FLORENCIA Szigeti, Jose Meolans and Pablo Abal continued to dominate competition on the third day of the Argentinian National Short Course Championships, being held in the picturesque riverfront city of Santa Fe. The meet also serves as the Trials for n...