Read moreThe Golden Years of High School Swimming: Santa Clara and Mission Viejo (Full Story)18 September 2020The Golden Years of High School Swimming: Santa Clara and Mission Viejo (from September's Swimming World Magazine) Public schools Santa Clara and Mission Viejo built high school swimming dynasties from the 1960s through the early 1980s. Not only did they dominate high school swimming, but unlike tod...
Read moreDonna De Varona Looks Back On 1964 Olympics In Throwback Thursday Video16 October 2014TOKYO, Japan, October 16. FIFTY years ago this week, the women's 400 individual medley made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Heavily favored was American Donna De Varona, the current world record holder. Though she was unable to lower the record of 5:14.90 she set at the Olympic Trials ...
Read more1976 Olympic Team Manager Carolyn 'Cee' Evans Finneran Passes Away21 February 2018On February 5, 2018, 1976 U.S. Olympic Swim Team Manager Carolyn 'Cee' Evans Finneran passed away in her home in Gig Harbor, Washington. She was 96 years old. Her contributions to United States and amateur swimming did not stop at managing the 1976 swim team, as her daughter Sharon Rittenhouse earne...