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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...

HOUSTON, Nov. 11. UNIVERSITY of California freshman Natalie Coughlin rewrote a significant chunk of the Rice Pool record book this weekend by breaking two more records Saturday at the Rice Invitational. Coughlin set a new mark in the 500 yard freestyle at 4:51.44 and the 100 butterfly at 54.22. The ...

Lindsay Benko, 23 and representing Trojan, won the 200 free with a 2:00.45, followed by Rada Owen, 21 and swimming for Auburn, in 2:00.54. Samantha Arsenault, the top qualifier, blasted out under world record pace the first 50 (26.97), a full .68 ahead of the field. She was still only .01 off record...

By Bill Bell BLOOMINGTON, IN, Feb. 16. BIDDING for its first Big 10 women's title since joining the conference nearly a decade ago, Penn State's Lady Nittany Lions hold a slim 413-403 lead over defending champ Michigan after the second day of competition. Bolstered by a record-breaking perfo...

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, May 28. American record-holder Tom Malchow showed he's all business, recording the third fastest 200 meter butterfly time in history--unshaved and untapered--on the final night of competition of the Cadillac Challenge Series meet, held at the Canham Natatorium at the Univers...

By Brie Harnden, Swimming World College Intern. Every four years, the finest athletes from 206 countries compete at the Olympic Games. They are celebrated for their abilities on the world’s largest stage. The focus is usually on the current experience: the thrill of Olympic village, the pride of rep...

(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’...

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, May 27. Samantha Arsenault is a name to watch at the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials. The 18 year-old, who swims for the Greenwood (MA) Swim Club and trains in "the oldest pool in New England," handily defeated several top-notch swimmers in the 200m freestyle during Day 2 of compet...

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 ...

Americans Lenny Krayzelburg, Neil Walker and Jenny Thompson each set a short course world record on the second, and final day of competition of the FINA World Cup meet in College Park, Maryland. Krayzelburg blasted the 200m backstroke in 1:52.47, just squeaking by the old mark of 1:52.51 set by Spai...

LONG ISLAND, July 15. Veteran Cristina Teuscher and newcomer Michael Phelps both turned in impressive performances on the third day of competition of the Long Island Open Swim Meet yesterday. Teuscher won her second and third events of the Cadillac Challenge Series meet, taking the 200 free in 2:00....

THOMPSON, TANER WIN SECOND GOLD By Phillip Whitten Minneapolis, MN - The unstoppable Jenny Thompson rolled to her second gold medal on Day Three at the USA Swimming National Championships yesterday. Thompson, who earlier had won the 100m freestyle in a world-leading time of 54.66, took the 200m in 2...

Passages: Don Lemieux, Coach of Olympic Champion Samantha Arsenault, 65 Longtime club and high school coach Don Lemieux, whose pupils include Olympic gold medalist Samantha Arsenault, died on Saturday, Jan. 29. He was 65 years old. Lemieux was a much-respected coach in Massachusetts. He coached Gard...

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Feb. 15. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN led in the team scoring and Indiana won its first Big Ten relay title in 16 years to highlight the first day of competition at the 2001 Big 10 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Here are the event-by-event highlights: 500 Yard Fre...

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...

July 14. CRISTINA Teuscher had no trouble in winning the 400 meter freestyle on Day Two of the Long Island Open, one of two Cadillac Challenge Series swim meets being contested this weekend. Teuscher clocked 4:12.46, almost four seconds ahead of Kim Black at 4:16.19. In other women's action, Sam...

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 17: Women's 100 Free Dara Torres qualified first for semi-finals in the 100 free in 54.62. Torres, who set an American record in the 100 fly earlier in this meet, was out under American record pace in 26.07. The 33-year-old Stanford swimmer came back from a disappointing 200 free two days ...

By Bill Bell STANFORD, Calif., Jan. 27. NUMBER 4-ranked Stanford (3-1, 3-1 Pac-10) splashed past No.8 USC (3-3, 1-3 Pac-10), 167-131, in a conference women's swimming and diving dual meet on Saturday at the Avery Aquatics Center in Palo Alto. Coach Richard Quick's Cardinal won 11 of the 16 e...