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By Phillip Whitten CLOVIS, Calif. Aug. 18. TEEN sensation Michael Phelps, late bloomer Gabrielle Rose and triple Olympic gold medalist Gary Hall, Jr. all scored impressive victories tonight, the final night of competition of the USA Swimming National Championships in Clovis, Calif. Phelps, who becam...

(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’...

By Phillip Whitten CLOVIS, Calif., Aug. 14. SOME of the biggest names in U.S. swimming have decided to opt out of this summer’s National Championships in Clovis, California, while others will be competing here but have decided not to make the long overseas trek to Brisbane, Australia, for the Goodwi...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 21. COSTA Rican national hero Claudia Poll led from start to finish to take the women's 200m freestyle tonight at the USA Swimming National Championhips, being held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Poll, 29, split 58.62 on her way to a time of 1:59.52, the...

COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. 20. USA Swimming announced its team for the Goodwill Games in Brisbane Australia, August 29 - Sept. 3. The team, composed of 19 women and 19 men, consists of a large number of rookies - swimmers making their first international trip, mainly because a number of 2000 Olympians a...

CLOVIS, Calif., Aug. 18. BELOW are up-to-date running summaries of prelims on Day 5 of the USA Swimming Nationals. These results will be updated as events are completed. Note: There have been electronic timing glitches here. One simmer in heat one of the men's 50 free was timed in 19.83 seconds;...

FEDERAL WAY, Washington, April 1. TOM Wilkens, winner of the 400 IM, and Ron Karnaugh, 33, led the way this morning in qualifying heats in the men's 200 meter individual medley at the USA Swimming Spring National Championships. Wilkens, who stunned the field--and himself--with his 4:13.84 time i...

By Kari Lydersen Photos by Michael Collins Dara Torres qualified first in the 50 free with a 25.23. Torres, 33 and swimming for Stanford, set the American record in the event with a 24.73 in June. Torres previously was second in the 100 fly, setting an American record in prelims, and second in the 1...

AUSTIN, Tx., March 10. SOME fast swimming by former Texas NCAA champ Neil Walker in the 100 free, a solid 48.6 women's 100 free by ex-Longhorn All-America Tammie Stone and a second individual medley win by former Auburn (and soon to be Longhorn) Val Oswald highlighted the final evening of compet...

BRISBANE, Aug. 30. DESPITE a heroic effort by 16 year-old Kristen Caverly, the USA women fell to Australia, 79.5 to 69.5 on the second day of competition at the Goodwill Games, being held at the Chandler Aquatic Centre in suburban Cleveland, Queensland. Caverly was nothing short of spectacular, winn...

IRVINE, CA., May 28. AGELESS Chad Carvin just keeps swimming -- and winning. The 27-year-old University of Arizona graduate, who's had more ups and downs in his career than Jack Nicholson at a Laker game, was up Up UP this weekend during the Speedo Grand Challenge Meet in Irvine's Heritage (...

By P.H. Mullen Federal Way, Wash., April 1. FOR 1,300 meters, Lake Erie's Diana Munz went toe-to-toe with 1996 Olympic gold medallist Brooke Bennett in the women's 1,500-m freestyle at the Phillips 66 National Championships before pulling away to a convincing victory and the second-fastest t...

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 3rd, 2001. AUSTRALIA swept to victory in the gold medal round of both the men's and women's team competition at the Goodwill Games, delighting a capacity crowd at the Chandler Aquatic Centre in suburban Cleveland as well as a tuned-in national televiossion audience...

By Phillip Whitten (with a little help from my friend) FUKUOKA, Japan, July 28. THIS is our preview for the events to be contested tomorrow, Sunday, July 29, the final day of the 9th FINA World Championships. MEN's 50m BREASTSTROKE This is one of the toughest events to pick. Theoretically, the U...

By Phillip Whitten OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Dec. 15. THE water was sizzling on Day Three of the Kerr-McGee Pro-Am, deep in the wintry heartland of America. Once again, the hottest swimmers were some of the oldest with Olympians Neil Walker, Scott Tucker, Chad Carvin, Ron Karnaugh and Amanda Beard leadi...

SANTA CLARA, June 29. AGELESS Gustavo Borges, a mainstay of Brazil's international team the last decade in the 50-100-200 frees and still going strong at the "ripe old age" of 31, showed his heels to the field in the 200 free here this evening on the second day of the Santa Clara International I...

AUSTIN, Tx., March 8. SWIM Atlanta's Amanda Weir must enjoy foreign travel, because she's quickly becoming an excellent prospect to tour a very prominentand very ancient European capital that begins with the first letter of the alphabet in just two more years. Athens, of course, site of the ...

By Phil Whitten OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Dec. 16. IRVINE Novaquatics' Jason Lezak set the pool ablaze on the final night of the Kerr-McGee Elite pro-Am Swim Meet in Oklahoma City, clocking a meet and pool record 42.22 for the 100 yard free. The time was a lifetime best for the 26 year-old Cal-Santa...

By Kari Lydersen Women's 50 Free: Dara Torres won her first gold of the meet, completing her stellar comeback, with a 24.90 victory in the 50 free. The time set a new Trials record, breaking her own mark of 24.93 from the semi-finals. "I'm upset with my time but I'm glad I won," said Tor...

By Kari Lydersen Men's 100 Fly Ian Crocker, just 17, won the 100 fly in a new Olympic Trials record of 52.78, breaking his own 52.82 record from the prelims. Matt Biondi previously held the mark with a 53.09 from 1988. Crocker, swimming for the Portland Porpoises, was third at the 50 in 24.81 an...