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SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL, Dec. 23. A half-dozen of South American short-course meters records highlighted the Jose Finkel Invitational here this weekend. The meet was held Dec. 19-23 and also served as the selection trials for the Brazilian team which will compete at next spring/s World sc Championships in...

WINNIPEG, Canada, January 25. THE hundreds of swimmers and fans in the Pan Am Pool yesterday in Winnipeg were treated to a major moment in Masters swimming history, a moment not likely to be repeated or bettered for many years. Jaring Timmerman became the first person --- man or woman – to compete i...

Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Winnipeg, Canada - Chris Humbert's five goals in just 13 minutes of play paired with solid goal-tending by Dan Hackett led Team USA to an 11-7 victory over Cuba in the gold-medal match of the 1999 Pan American Games. More importantly, though, the victory secured an Olym...

THOMPSON, TANER WIN SECOND GOLD By Phillip Whitten Minneapolis, MN - The unstoppable Jenny Thompson rolled to her second gold medal on Day Three at the USA Swimming National Championships yesterday. Thompson, who earlier had won the 100m freestyle in a world-leading time of 54.66, took the 200m in 2...

Palermo, Sicily (April 30) Russia's Elena Tokoun scored on a power play goal with a minute to play to power Russia to a 6-5 win over the USA in the final game of the World Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament. The game had no effect on qualification for Sydney as the issue was settled in...

Aquatics athletes definitely put a hurting on the rest of the field when it came to claiming spots on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's teams this year. Nearly 80 female student-athletes from across all divisions made their way onto the district teams as shown below. District 1 Winners NCAA D...

By 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...

Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Winnipeg, Canada - Brad Schumacher, Chi Kredell and Chris Humbert scored four goals apiece, and the United States defense held Mexico scoreless in the second half en route to a 20-2 shellacking of Mexico in preliminary play Sunday at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winni...

By 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 ...

VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada, Feb. 3. A LIMITED roster of men and women from Arizona State's swimming teams captured first and second place, respectively, at the University of British Columbia Colleges' Cup at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver, B.C., Canada Saturday. The ASU men completed the t...

Daktronics, Inc., announced it has signed a contract with Swiss Timing to provide scoreboards, matrix displays and technical support at the 1999 Pan American Games, which begin July 23 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daktronics' ProStar VideoPlus display, which stands 11'8" high by 20'9" wide will di...

Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Winnipeg, Canada - The physical play of Brazil kept the United States scorers silent, but Team USA picked up the slack on the perimeter, blowing by Brazil 7-3 to advance to the gold-medal game at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Team USA defeated Brazil ...

AUG. 13. ALESSIO Boggiatto was in a quandry. The Italian medley specialist, who struck gold in the 400 IM at last month's World Championships in Fukuoka for his first major international title, so loved his precious bauble he decided he needed a matching medal. But where to get it? The next Worl...

Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Winnipeg, Canada - Team USA's aggressive defense stymied Cuba on Saturday, leading to a 6-4 victory in preliminary play at the 1999 Pan American Games. Strong pressure on the outside gave Cuba limited chances early as the United States built a 3-0 lead in the first peri...

Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Winnipeg, Canada - Coralie Simmons extra-man goal with 1:33 remaining in sudden-death overtime gave the United States a 6-5 victory over Brazil on Wednesday and a berth in the gold-medal match at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. An exclusion foul on Cris...

VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 6. AFTER four exciting days of competition at the Canadian Swimming Trials, Swimming Canada named its national team for the Pan Pacific Championships and nominated athletes for the Commonwealth Games. The meet wrapped up in style at Victoria’s Saanich Commonwealth P...

La Romana, Dominican Republic. March 24. THE draw is set and the USA Men's National Water Polo Team will play Canada in the opening game of the round-robin qualification tournament in the coastal resort of La Romana in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. USA officials view this game as a "must win...

News provided by www.uswp.org - Australian women water polo players cheered and wept yesterday after they won a 20-year battle to compete in the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee announced it had approved a competition of six teams of 11 members. "It's great, we had no idea it was going ...

From www.uswp.org - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - United States Water Polo, Inc. announced the appointment of Guy Baker as the head coach of the USA Women's National Water Polo Team. His appointment is effective immediately and will run through December of 2000. Baker, 37, is currently the head men's and w...

PHOENIX, Arizona, January 27. WE'RE counting down the five biggest swimming-related storylines that took place in the past seven days, including news from college swimming in the United States and a Canadian Masters swimmer making history. Let's get started with the number five story of the week. At...