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Stanford, CA., Jan. 5. THE number-two ranked Stanford men's swimming team defeated No. 9 Michigan today, 135-100, in a dual meet held at the Avery Aquatics Complex on the Stanford campus. Stanford is now 2-0 on the year, while Michigan falls to 1-3. The Cardinal was led by seniors Adam Messner a...

The Speedo/CSCAA Top 25 list has changed over the past two weeks, as home seasons started to close and seniors said good-bye to the home pools they had swum in for four years. In fact, one entire team said good-bye to its pool-Purdue retired 61-year-old Lambert Pool. Indiana University’s women’s tea...

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By Bill Bell TUCSON, Jan. 20. STANFORD's second-ranked men's squad cruised to a 147-96 win over Arizona here today while the Wildcat women -- ranked third -- splashed past the Cardinal, 135.5-107.5 -- despite the heroics of Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman. Arizona was led by Olympian Amand...

Event 19: Women's 200 Breast Kristy Kowal qualified first for the semi-finals of the 200 breast with a 2:26.32. In the 100 breast, Kowal missed making the Olympic team by .01 of a second. Second qualifier was Megan Quann, the 100 breast champion, in 2:28.12. Third was Amanda Beard, the 1996 Olym...

STANFORD, Cal., Jan. 30. THE POWERHOUSE Stanford University men's swim team had little trouble dispensing with University of Pacific today, scoring a 115-78 victory in a dual meet at Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford University. The Cardinal mixed up its lineup but still managed to win every even...

By Kari Lydersen Tom Dolan won the 200 IM final in 2:00.81, adding to his win in the 400 IM. Tom Wilkens, who was third in the 400 IM, filled the second Olympic slot with his 2:01.38. Kevin Clements was third in 2:02.55, and Ron Karnaugh was fourth in 2:02.91. Karnaugh, 34 and a medical doctor, had ...

Arizona State's Attila Czene, the 1996 Olympic champion, qualified first in the 200m individual medley during prelims at the men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Minneapolis. Czene, a Hungarian, clocked 1:57.03, half a second ahead of the University of Texas's Nate Dusing at 1...

STANFORD, Calif., Jan. 12. The Stanford University Cardinal romped over Cal State University, Bakersfield, 138-83, in NCAA Division I men's action this afternoon at the Avery Aquatic Center on the campus of Stanford University. Stanford's Markus Rogan and Michael O'Neil each won two even...

By Bill Bell BERKELEY, CA., Feb. 17. DESPITE the heroics of Cal Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin, who set Spieker Aquatics Complex records in both the 50-100 frees (19.69-43.30), the third-ranked Stanford men's swimming and diving team ended the dual season with a 180-103 win over No. 6 Calif...

The American record in the 200m breaststroke fell in two successive heats this afternoon, during prelims of the men's NCAA Swimming Championships. In heat 4, the defending champion, Dave Denniston, of Auburn, stroked 2:08.16, to lower Eric Wunderlich's 1993 standard of 2:08.49. In the follow...

Fresh from shattering the world record in the 100 breast yesterday, Virginia sophomore Ed Moses set a world record in the 200m breast, well under Russian Andrei Korneev’s 1998 mark of 2:07.79. Swimming with a long, smooth stroke, Moses took only six to seven strokes per lap. Moses had broken the Ame...

KRAYZELBURG BREAKS AMERICAN RECORD!! By Phillip Whitten Minneapolis, MN - Lenny Krayzelburg lowered his own American record for the fifth time in two years, clocking the second fastest time in history and coming agonizingly close to the world record set by Martin Lopez-Zubero in 1991. What made Kray...

Event 14: Men's 100 Free Prelims Neil Walker, 24 and swimming for Texas Aquatics, qualified first in a blazing 48.75; he was ahead of world record pace at the 50 with a 23.06. Gary Hall Jr. qualified second in 49.10, Scott Tucker was third in 49.34, Jason Lezak fourth in 49.60, 200 free champion...

By Bill Bell LONG BEACH, CA., March 1. HIS first swim was just an easy, get-to-know-the-pool qualifier in the final heat of the morning, and resulted "only" in a Pac-10 meet record 19.30 and the fastest time in the country. Then, at night, Cal's Olympic gold medalist, Anthony Ervin, began to get...

STANFORD, Calif., Feb. 23. THE top-ranked Stanford men's swimming team remained perfect in dual competition with a 195.5-104.5 win over No. 4 California this afternoon in the Avery Aquatic Complex. The Cardinal improve to 8-0 overall, 4-0 in the Pac-10 while the Golden Bears drop to 6-2, 3-1 Pac...

Stanford, CA - Junior Adam Messner (Ann Arbor, MI/Dexter HS) won the 200 and 500 freestyles to lead No. 2 Stanford to a 126-116 victory over No. 12 Arizona State Friday afternoon at deGuerre Pool. Stanford improves to 3-2 on the season by winning its first Pac-10 meet of the year. The Sun Devils fal...

Stanford, CA - Senior Ryk Neethling (Bloemfontein, South Africa/Grey HS) won three events and No. 3 Arizona pulled out the 400 freestyle relay to defeat No. 2 Stanford 124-119 Saturday afternoon at deGuerre Pool. Stanford falls to 3-3 overall on the season and 1-1 in the Pac-10. The Wildcats improve...

Los Angeles, CA - Stanford won the 400-meter freestyle relay to end the meet, clinching a 128-115 victory over sixth-ranked USC at the USC McDonald's Swim Stadium Saturday afternoon. The fifth-ranked Cardinal improved to 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the Pac-10, while the Trojans fell to 5-2, 2-2. Freshman...