By Phillip Whitten<\/p>\n
TEMPE, AZ. Shrugging off 107-degree temperatures. and in the midst of hard training, former teammates Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson sparkled in the desert heat, exchanging victories in four events.<\/p>\n
Torres registered wins in the 50 meter freestyle (25.42), beating Keiko Price (26.04) and Thompson (26.05), and came from behind to overtake Thompson in the 200m free, 2:03.12 to 2:03.20.<\/p>\n
Thompson roared back with wins in the 100 fly, clocking 59.97 to Torres' 1:01.35, and in the 100 free, edging her older rival, 55.44 to 55.70.<\/p>\n
Shelly Ripple out-touched Torres in the 100 back 1:04.84 to 1:04.94 in Torres' dorsal debut. The heat included Catherine Fox, Misty Hyman, Jenny Thompson, Olympic champion Beth Botsford and Denali Knapp.<\/p>\n
Hyman won the 200 fly (2:15.00) while 14-year-old Kalyn Keller took the 400 free (4:20.83).<\/p>\n
Amanda Beard took both breaststrokes in 1:14.11 and 2:35.74.<\/p>\n
South Africa's Ryk Neethling took three events in the men's competition: 400 free (3:59.28), 800 free (8:14.88–splitting 4:11 – 4:03), and 1500 free (15:44.96).<\/p>\n
Kyle Salyards swept both breaststroke races, clocking 1:06.27 for the 100 and 2:21.27 for the 200. Germany's Michael Kiedel won the 200 free in 1:52.26, handily defeating Neethling, and the 200 IM in 2:10.49.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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