Read more1Mark Schubert Steps Down as Head Coach at Mission Viejo Nadadores23 September 2021Mark Schubert Steps Down as Head Coach at Mission Viejo Nadadores Mark Schubert has been through the drill nearly a dozen times, perhaps more than any coach in swimming history. When an Olympic cycle culminates, there’s a rest and a re-evaluation before committing to the next four years. There’s a r...
Read moreWhose Start Drew Controversy And Eventual Gold At the 1984 Olympics?31 July 2014Each day through August 4, Jeff Commings will take you back 30 years to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, highlighting one of that day’s swimming events that continues to be a benchmark for the current culture of the sport. A full list of medalists from that day’s competition follows at the end of t...
Read more1Jon Sieben's 200 Fly Upset, Tracy Caulkins' Final Races Highlighted '84 Olympics 30 Years Ago Today03 August 2014Each day through August 4, Jeff Commings will take you back 30 years to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, highlighting one of that day’s swimming events that continues to be a benchmark for the current culture of the sport. A full list of medalists from that day’s competition follows at the end of t...
Read more800 Days to Rio: Looking Back at the Olympic History of the Women's 800 Freestyle28 May 2014By Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, May 28. THE Olympic Games begins in 800 days in Rio de Janeiro. It seems like a lifetime from now, but as every athlete knows, the Opening Ceremony will be here in the blink of an eye. In swimming, we still have this summer's international meets and next year's wor...
Read more5Mark Schubert Returns to Mission Viejo as Associate Head Coach03 October 2016Mark Schubert has accepted the position as the Associate Head Coach of the Mission Viejo Nadadores. For Schubert, his career will be coming full-circle as he returns to the post he thrived in for 13 years in the 1970s and 1980s. "My job description will be running the club. Bill and I have a great r...
Read moreTiffany Cohen - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist - To Be ISHOF Master of Induction Ceremonies03 May 2018ISHOF is proud to announce that this year's Master of Ceremonies for the 2018 Induction Class of Honorees is Tiffany Cohen Lalonde. Tiffany Cohen was a competitor, a racer and a winner. She was the greatest distance swimmer of her generation. Swimming for the Mission Viejo Nadadores, under coach Mar...
NCAA Div. I Women: Florida Edges Michigan26 October 2001GAINESVILLE, Florida., Oct. 19. THE Lady Gator swimming and diving team kicked off the weekend with a defeat of Michigan 156-142 Friday, October 19, at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natorium. Michigan becomes the third opponent in two weeks to lose to Florida in a dual meet. UF took an early l...
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...
1999 Pan Am Games Swimming: Day 505 August 1999By Norm Frauenheim Winnipeg, Canada - Kaitlin Sandeno got to sing an encore Friday night. Her second trip to the medal stand's step was as good as the first. Maybe even better. Sandeno celebrated her Pan American Games gold medal in the women's 800m freestyle with a chorus. After her record-setting ...
Read moreNISCA All-American Showcase: Sippy Woodhead, Joe Hudepohl Were Ahead of Their Time in 200 Free09 July 2014PHOENIX, Arizona, July 9. AS part of our 11-day series highlighting the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s release of the 2013-14 All-America lists, Swimming World will also be looking at the history of each event that is part of the high school schedule. Today, we take a look back ...