Read moreSouth Australian State Championships: Serious Paris Medal Contender Matt Temple Lays Down A 50.60 To Claim 100m Butterfly Final20 January 2024South Australian State Championships: Serious Paris Medal Contender Matt Temple Lays Down Sizzling 50.60 To Claim 100m Butterfly Final South Australia’s emerging Olympic medal hopeful Matt Temple has tonight continued his world class attack on the 100m butterfly – stopping the clock in 50.60 at h.....
Read moreThe Week That Was: Virginia, Kentucky Claim Conference Titles; Iowa Women Reinstated22 February 2021The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The first round of Division I conference championships concluded this weekend in the southeast as Kentucky won its first ever SEC women's swimming and diving title, and Virginia won its 12th ACC title in 14 seasons. The Cavaliers also broke an American record...
Aussie Update: Who's Walking Down the Aisle, Who's Under the Knife?04 December 2001By Stephen Thomas SYDNEY, December 4. IN the hiatus that has followed the pressure and tension associated with the World Championships and Goodwill Games, many of Australia's leading swimmers have been using the opportunity to take some important 'dry land' matters in hand. Several have ...
Thorpe Wins His First-Ever 150024 January 2000By Stephen J. Thomas Sydney, Australia - Ian Thorpe, Swimming World's Male Swimmer of the Year in 1998 and 1999, won the 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle over the three days of the New South Wales Open (Long Course) Championships at Homebush, January 19-21, which followed immediately after the F...
Aussie Trials Day 7: Huegill Upsets Klim in 100 Fly18 May 2000By Stephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, May 19 – In front of a crowd of over 11,000, the much-heralded clash between world record-holder, Michael Klim and second ranked Aussie, Geoff Huegill, proved to be a thrilling battle. As the swimmers mounted the blocks for the final, Klim had already qualified for the O...
Read moreAussie Olympic Medalist Scott Miller Arrested on Drug Charges15 February 2021Australian two-time Olympic medalist Scott Miller was arrested Monday in Sydney in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring. According to reports, Miller was arrested after the discovery of up to $2 million of methylamphetamine, or "ice," in what are reported as “commercial quantities” hidd...
Gary Hall Jr. Tests Positive For Marijuana: The Full Story!!09 July 1998by Phillip Whitten On July 1, FINA, swimming's international governing body confirmed that America's premier sprint star, Gary Hall, Jr., 23, tested positive for marijuana in an out-of-competition drug test on May 15. Hall has been provisionally suspended from competition until a hearing can be held...
Aussie Trials Day 6: Four Men Under 53 Seconds in 100 Fly Semi-Finals; Riley Fails to Make Olympic Squad17 May 2000By Thephen J. Thomas SYDNEY, May 18 – The final of the women’s 200m breaststroke saw a quality field battle for only two places on the Olympic team. Former world record-holder, Rebecca Brown, was the fastest qualifier. In the finals, she led the field for the first half of the race with dual Olympia...
Read moreThorpe, De Bruijn Named World Swimmers of the Year11 December 2001PHOENIX, Dec. 12. AUSTRALIA'S Ian Thorpe and Holland’s Inge De Bruijn were named male and female "World Swimmers of the Year" by Swimming World magazine, in the December issue on newsstands today. Swimming World is the magazine of record in the sport of swimming. It was the third time the 19 yea...
Shootout At The Alamo04 December 1999by Phillip Whitten San Antonio, TX - There were several upsets, four meet records and some very fast swimming on the final day of the three-day U.S. Open Swimming Championships, held at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. The very first event of the evening saw the meet's biggest upset when Japan's Sa...
Miller Dismissed From AIS15 June 1997Scott Miller, the 1996 Olympic silver medalist in the 100m butterfly, has been dismissed from the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) in Canberra, for fighting at a night club.
Miller Contests Allegation of Drug-Taking27 November 1997SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Australian swimmer Scott Miller, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics, is contesting an allegation of drug-taking, his lawyer said. Australian media said Miller had failed a drug test for marijuana. ``It was a test made some months ago when he was out of training with a sh...
Welsh Defeats Thorpe in 100m Back, Huegill Goes Fast 100m Fly at Aussi Nationals22 March 2002By David Mason BRISBANE, QLD., Autralia. March 22. MATT Welsh showed Australia's freestyle king, Ian Thorpe, he has a lot of work to do if he wants to wrestle the backstroke crown from his head with a devastating performance in claiming the 100m backstroke title at the Australian Championships t...
More Drug Testing!12 January 1998Yuan Yuan was also suspended from competing in any national or international competition for a period of four years. Coach Zhou Zhewen was suspended from coaching both nationally and internationally for a period of 15 years. Australia's Scott Miller was suspended from competing in any national or in...
Preview: 1999 Pan Pacific Championships - Men's Events18 August 1999By Phillip Whitten The Pan Pacific Championships, to be held August 22-29 at next year's Olympic pool in Sydney, is the pre-eminent swimming competition in the world this year, surpassing the European Championships held last month in Istanbul, and the Pan American Games held earlier in August in Win...
Hot Times Down Under at World Cup VII16 January 2000By Stephen J. Thomas Sydney, Australia - The Olympic pool has not gotten any slower since the Pan Pacs last August with seven new championship records and numerous national records established on the first night of the World Cup meet. The Aussies set three new championship marks: Susie O'Neill broke...
Miller To Miss World Championship Trials01 October 1997SYDNEY, Australia - 1996 Olympic silver medalist Scott Miller suffered another setback in his roller coaster swimming career when he withdrew from the Australian World Championship Trials. Miller hasn't competed in a major competition since his 100m butterfly silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. ...
Thorpe Named Australian Swimmer of the Year16 January 2000By Stephen J. Thomas On the eve of the FINA World Cup in Sydney, Ian Thorpe added another accolade to his already overflowing awards cabinet - the 1999 Australian Swimmer of the Year. The 17-year-old Thorpe, who has already been named Swimming World's male swimmer of the year for the past 2 years, b...
Read moreAustralian Olympic Medalist Scott Miller Sentenced to Five Years In Prison For Drug-Ring Role11 November 2022Australian Olympic Medalist Scott Miller Sentenced to Five Years In Prison For Drug-Ring Role Australian Olympic medalist Scott Miller has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for his role as the ringleader of a drug operation in New South Wales. Arrested in February 2021 and behind...
AUSSIE FLYER SETS FOUR COMMONWEALTH RECORDS25 April 2000By Stephen J. Thomas CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA. April 25. THERE is little doubt that butterfly specialist Petria Thomas has fully recovered from her second major shoulder operation just twelve months ago. The dual '98 World Championships butterfly medalist and Atlanta 200m silver medalist left no doub...