Sneak Peak of 1996 U.S. Open28 November 19963-time 1996 Olympic gold medalist Josh Davis will be one of many big-name swimmers competing at the 1996 U.S. Open Championships on December 5-7 in San Antonio, Texas. Other prominent swimmers featured: 1996 Olympic gold medalists: Brooke Bennett, Brad Bridgewater, Kristine Quance, Tom Dolan, and Cr...
Schwenk Knots in Typical Fashion01 October 1996Olympic gold and silver medalist, Tripp Schwenk, 25, married former UNLV swimmer, Heather Chapple, 24, on Sept. 28. True to Schwenk's reputation for being "quick with a quip," rumor has it that when the reverend asked Schwenk whether there were any reservations leading into the marriage, Schwenk hum...
Day 7: 1997 Phillips 66 National Championships31 July 1997Men's 1500m freestyle: Chad Carvin, who missed the 1996 Olympic Trials with cardiomyopathy -- a virus that attacks the heart muscle -- won the 1500m freestyle in 15:15.63. Carvin added the 1500m title to the 400m title he won earlier in the week. Women's 200m butterfly: Misty Hyman won the women's 2...
Read moreCatching Up With U.S. Transplant Games Medalist Asa Keimig15 August 2014BALTIMORE, Maryland, August 15. EARLIER this summer, Asa Keimig participated in the U.S. Transplant Games in Houston, featuring athletes whose lives were changed thanks to a stranger’s organ donation. Keimig, a former lacrosse player at Liberty University, took up swimming after receiving a kidney t...
Olympic Swimmers Highlight Kerr-McGee Pro Am Swim Meet10 December 1997Oklahoma City, OK - Four-time 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Amy Van Dyken and 1996 double Gold Medalist Gary Hall, Jr., and 1992 and 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Jenny Thompson top off a field of over 570 competing December 18-21, 1997, at the 6th Annual Kerr-McGee Corporation Elite Pro-Am swim meet at O...
Another World Record!25 December 1996Adrian Radley, Ryan Mitchell, Geoff Huegill and Michael Klim of Australia set a world record in the 400m medley relay with a time of 3:30.91 at Australian Short Course Swimming Championships. They smashed the previous standard of 3:32.57 set by an American quartet of Tripp Schwenk, Eric Wunderlich, ...