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By Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 24. FOR Hayley McGregory, 2008 has been an epic year. After making a comeback at the 2007 Summer Nationals and winning the 100 backstroke, Hayley continued improving all the way to a world record i...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 23. A coach with knowledge of the situation, but not on the Olympic staff, has confirmed ...
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Updated July 20, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 16. FROM time-to-time, when enough strong meets are going on during the same weekend across the world or country, Swimming World likes to lump them together as if they were in the same...
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BAKERSFIELD, California, July 20. A total of four meet records met their end during the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Bakersfield today.
Presley Bard of Terrapins demolished the meet record in the women's 100 back. Bard, who swims for In...
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BROWN DEER, Wisconsin, July 20. THE final night of swimming took place during the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Brown Deer this weekend.
Stephanie Sarandos of Waukesha Express started the session with a triumph in the women's 200 IM when ...
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 20. THE last night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectional held on the campus of Penn State came to a close.
Joanna Thomas of GCIT Swimming cruised in the women's 800 free with a time of 8:55.97. Linds...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, July 20. IT isn't every day that a Tracy Caulkins' record from 1983 is tied or broken, but today was just such a day thanks to Alex Forrester. Also, Vlad Polyakov took down one of his meet records during the last...
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BAKERSFIELD, California, July 19. A variety of photo finishes were on offer tonight at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Bakersfield.
Meghan Hawthorne, 16, touched out Kirstie Chen, 16, of La Mirada, 2:19.05 to 2:19.15, in the women's 200...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 19. SEVERAL close finished were featured during the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Mount Hood tonight.
The night began with an incredibly close finish in the women's 200 IM. Elena Karpeeva of King surfaced triumph...
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BROWN DEER, Wisconsin, July 19. A pair of meet records took a fall during the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Brown Deer tonight.
Katharine Anton, 14, of Cedar Rapids began the night by smashing the meet record in the women's 200 back. She...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 19. THE pool record board took some amazing shots on the final night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectional held in Oklahoma City.
Justine Mueller of Select began the evening with a meet and pool record in the w...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 19. THE best in Texas was on display during the last session of action at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Austin.
Longhorn went 1-2 to open the final night of swimming at the meet. Kirsty Coventry blitzed the field with...
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19. PATRICK Schirk took a serious chunk out of the meet record in the men's 100 back in front of his hometown crowd at the USA Swimming Sectionals held on the campus of Penn State.
Schirk dropped a time o...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, July 19. GIDEON Louw of Indian River edged the meet record in the men's 50 free at the USA Swimming Sectional held in Fort Lauderdale.
Louw clocked a time of 22.49 in the splash-and-dash to erase the 22.58 set by B...
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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, July 19. THE meet record book kept being rewritten at the USA Swimming Sectional held in Bloomington.
Cody Weik of Indiana University clocked a time of 2:05.92 in the men's 200 IM to eclipse the 2:07.25 set by Honza Vi...
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BAKERSFIELD, California, July 18. THE Terrapins Swim Club wound up having a particularly strong night at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Bakersfield.
Kate Dwelley of Terrapins snared the women's 200 free with a time of 2:00.42. Samanth...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 18. KOHEI Kawamoto won't be able to use the time as a Masters world record, but the 28-year-old from Brophy East Swim Team blasted the men's 100 fly in a tight contest with Tucson Ford's Lyndon Ferns.
Kawamo...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 18. LONGHORN kept on rolling at its home pool during the third night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Austin.
Kirsty Coventry opened the evening with a Longhorn 1-2 in the women's 100 back. Coventry wo...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 18. BOBBY Bollier is riding the momentum of a strong showing at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Already having doubled last night, Bollier came back with a triple at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Oklahoma City.
He...
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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, July 18. THE assembled swimmers at the USA Swimming Sectional held on the campus of Indiana University took dead aim at the meet record book.
Jenny Connolly of Boilermaker broke the women's 100 back title with a time ...
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BROWN DEER, Wisconsin, July 18. YOUNGSTER Rachel Bootsma, 14, of Aquajets downed a meet record in the women's 100 back at the USA Swimming Sectionals in Brown Deer.
Bootsma clocked a time of 1:03.06 to clear the 1:03.91 set by Melissa Marik...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, July 18. RECORDS from 1988 don't fall every day, but that's exactly what happened during the second night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Fort Lauderdale.
Katie Wyld opened the evening with a...
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18. A variety of clubs wound up with gold medals at the end of the night of the USA Swimming Sectional held on the campus of Penn State.
Kelly Nelson of Penn State won the women's 200 free in 2:04.25, whi...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 17. TUCSON Ford's team, featuring some of the top South African Olympians, smashed the meet record in the men's 400 freestyle relay at the USA Swimming Sectional held in Mount Hood.
The contingent of Roland Scho...
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BAKERSFIELD, California, July 17. THE second night of close swims came to a close at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Bakersfield.
Yumi So, 17, of Swim Pasadena touched out Rachael Wahl of Santa Maria, 2:16.06 to 2:16.11, in the women's ...
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BROWN DEER, Wisconsin, July 17. THERE were several close finishes during the first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectional held in Brown Deer.
Rachel Bootsma, 14, of Aquajets claimed the first title on offer with a time of 57.68 in the ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 17. BOBBY Bollier of the Kansas City Blazers picked up an impressive double at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Oklahoma City.
Bollier set the men's 200 free in 1:50.88 to smash the meet record of 1:52.62 se...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 17. OUT of the four individual titles up for grabs during the second night of swimming, Longhorn Aquatics claimed three of them at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Austin.
Rebecca Orr topped the women's 200 free in 2:...
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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, July 17. A quartet of meet records went by the wayside in the second night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held on the campus of Indiana University.
Jacy Dyer of Greater Toledo opened the second night of swimmin...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, July 17. THE distance freestyles and sprint relays were on offer during the first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Fort Lauderdale.
Madison Parker of Gator Swim Club won the women's 1500 fre...
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 17. ABBY Hoisington downed the first meet record of the weekend at the USA Swimming Sectional held at Penn State University.
Hoisington clocked a time of 1:11.79 in the women's 100 breast to dip under the...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 17. THE first couple of nights at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Mount Hood featured several meet records falling.
During the first night of action, Amber McDermott, 15, of Salmon Bay Aquatics copped the women'...
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BAKERSFIELD, California, July 16. THE first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Bakersfield featured the 800 freestyle events.
Class Aquatics Aislinn Smalling snatched the women's 800 free title in 9:01.18 to start the ...
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By Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 16. MOST people in the swimming world have heard of Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Aaron Peirsol, and Brendan Hansen.
It seems that every four years, however, names show up on the Olympic roster t...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 16. KIRSTY Coventry had some fun in the B final of the women's 100 free as she claimed the Zimbabwe national record at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Austin.
Coventry clocked a time of 55.73 to break her previous re...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 16. BOBBY Bollier closed the curtains on the first night of swimming at the Oklahoma City USA Swimming Sectionals with a meet standard in the men's 200 back.
Samantha Woodward (56.27) joined Shannon Vreeland (5...
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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, July 16. THE first night of USA Swimming Sectional action came to a close at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington.
Greater Toledo's Jacy Dyer opened the night w...
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SIMI VALLEY, California, July 14. CONEJO Simi Aquatics (CSA), a premier aquatics club serving the Simi and Conejo Valley areas, today announced that Gardner Howland has been appointed Head Coach and Director of Swimming for the team.
Howland j...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, July 14. WHILE Fred Bousquet and Cesar Cielo provided the top-end fireworks with some scintillating 50 frees, Lakeside's Abbie Fish authored one of the most dominant meets of her life at the USA Swimming Sectional held in Atl...
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By Sarah Eckersley
LAKE OSWEGO, Oregon, July 11. GRACE Carlson, who has been training with Lake Oswego Swim Club for merely two years, swam the 50 free (26.72) this past weekend at the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Although Carlson did n...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 11. ERIC Shanteau wasn't just battling Scott Spann and Brendan Hansen in the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials as he helped pull off the biggest upset of the meet with former world-record holder Hansen takin...
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LOS ANGELES, California, July 10. TODAY, Erik Vendt fired back at TYR with a countersuit claiming TYR lawyer Larry Hilton slandered him, according to a report by the Associated Press.
As reported by Paul Newberry, "Vendt made his ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 9. JUST in case you missed anything related to the U.S. Olympic Trials, or in case you just want to relive the experience one more time – check out the Swimming World U.S. Olympic Trials Landing Page.
On top of th...
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Updated July 8, 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 7. ACCORDING to several unnamed sources close to the situation, Kara Lynn Joyce had to make some quick turnaround plans to head back to the West Coast as she was added to the U.S. Olympic Roste...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 7. KRISTEN Heiss, a rising senior at Texas A&M University, has been gracious enough to blog for Swimming World from time-to-time during the U.S. Olympic Trials as she competes at the meet. Today, she says goodbye to Om...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 7. USA Swimming has announced that Dara Torres will not swim the 100 freestyle in Beijing. Torres, who won the event at the Olympic Trials, has passed on the event and will focus on the 50 freestyle, where she set an American...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 6. FOLLOWING the conclusion of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming in Omaha, Neb., USA Swimming today named the complete roster for the 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team. In addition to the 43 athletes named to the team, t...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 6. IT was a role reversal of the 400 freestyle. Making a move at the 800-meter mark and taking the lead around 1250 meters, Peter Vanderkaay punched a ticket to Beijing in the 1500 freestyle as he became the f...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 6. THAT'S a double-dip for Dara Torres, the comeback queen. Already the winner of the 100 freestyle earlier in the week, a victory that was somewhat surprising, the 41-year-old shocked no one by winning he...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 6. DURING a press conference today with USA Swimming's Mark Schubert, Texas' Eddie Reese and Georgia's Jack Bauerle, an injury to Emily Silver's hand during 50 free qualifying races became public knowledge.
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. MOTHER time never seems to fail to amaze. A night after she took top honors in the 100 freestyle to qualify for her fifth Olympic Team, Torres set an American record in her semifinal of the 50 freestyle, cl...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. THE finest meet of Garrett Weber-Gale's career continued Saturday night, with the Longhorn Aquatics sprinter becoming the fastest man in American history. The 100 freestyle title already in his pocket, ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. WELL, Janet Evans' 19-year-old world record in the 800 freestyle has survived another major challenge. Nonetheless, Katie Hoff delivered another in what has been a long line of exceptional performances ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. HE'S perfect. Racing his fifth final of the week, Michael Phelps made it 5-for-5 by winning the latest round in his rivalry with Ian Crocker in the 100 butterfly. Phelps clocked a time of 50.89 and will...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. WHAT a way to start the penultimate night of the Olympic Trials. A world record for Margaret Hoelzer. Already qualified for the Beijing Games in the 100 backstroke, Hoelzer captured top honors in her pet ev...
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KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 5. PILOT Aquatic Club of Knoxville is pleased to announce that Larry Shofe of the Sarasota YMCA Sharks has signed a four-year contract to become the new head coach of the club. He and his wife Rosemary will be moving to...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. BEN Hesen shaved a hundredth from his American record in the 50 back during time trials at the U.S. Olympic Trials today.
After going 24.71 yesterday during trials, Hesen clocked a 24.70 during a 50-meter back split tod...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. AT 2:30 p.m. Central, Misty Hyman joins SwimmingWorld.TV Live from the Aquazone.
Along with Hyman, host Brent Rutemiller has the usual guest on with Phil Whitten offering analysis and Bruce Wigo touring another part of ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. WHEN they met on the first day of the meet, they delivered a sensational battle, one that wasn't decided until the finish. It looks like Larsen Jensen, Erik Vendt and Peter Vanderkaay are ready to produ...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. FOR all of the press conferences from last night, along with the most comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials on the web, check out the Swimming World ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. WITH Dara Torres indicating that she was going to take it easy during the preliminaries of the 50 freestyle, the door was open for someone to make some early noise. Lara Jackson stepped through that opening...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. ANYONE interested in another round of Michael Phelps vs. Ian Crocker in the 100 butterfly? Thought so. The latest chapter of their sterling rivalry will unfold tomorrow night, and that world record of 50.40...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. THERE might not be a better story in sports tonight than that of Dara Torres, the 41-year-old sensation defying age and, now, a five-time Olympian. Oh yeah, it's a fairytale for sure. There's no oth...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. MAKE it 4-for-4 for Michael Phelps, and this one in his second world record of the week. Leading from start to finish and fending off a late charge by Ryan Lochte, Phelps won his fourth event of the Olympic...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. WILL it be Margaret Hoelzer? Will it be Elizabeth Beisel. Or, will Hayley McGregory finally see her bad luck at the Olympic Trials come to an end? The answer will be delivered tomorrow night when the aforem...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. AARON Peirsol is back on top of the 200 backstroke.
About 15 months after losing his world record in the event to teammate Ryan Lochte, and watching his seven-year winning streak come to an end at the Wo...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. HEADING into the final of the 100 breaststroke, Rebecca Soni was expected to nail down a slot to Beijing. It didn't happen. Soni didn't find the same heartbreak in the 200 breast. Swimming her favor...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. THE Fourth of July Fireworks didn't wait until after sundown. They were ignited during the semifinals of the 50 freestyle. Five of the eight qualifiers for tomorrow's championship final cracked the ...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. BEN Hesen pulled a surprise American record during time trials at the U.S. Olympic Trials today with a 50 back American record as part of a 100 back swim.
Hesen, who checked in with a time of 1:04.79 during the 100 back...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. IF the 100 backstroke is any indication, Margaret Hoelzer is set to uncork a sensational effort in the 200 back, her primary event and the discipline in which she is the reigning world champion. Hoelzer str...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. THEY'VE traded some pretty good blows over the years. Ian Crocker won the 2003 world title and defended that crown two years later. Michael Phelps won Olympic gold in 2004, then secured the world champi...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. FOR nearly 19 years, Janet Evans has held the world record in the 800 freestyle, her time of 8:16.22 standing the test of time. That standard might be on life support, particularly with the way Katie Hoff h...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. SWIMMINGWORLD.TV brings you a press conference with the top four finishers in the men's 100 free, as well as a special press conference with Coach Eddie Reese in the wake of Brendan Hansen's fourth-place finish in ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. TWO years ago, he emerged as the next great 50 freestyler from the United States. Now, Cullen Jones is the American-record holder. Jones scorched the field during the preliminaries of the spash-and-dash, cl...
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By Sarah Eckersley
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. TODAY, Eddis Singleton (SwimMac-NC), 26, will attempt to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. At the Charlotte UltraSwim, Singleton qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50 free (23.16).
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. THEY'VE already delivered a splendid showdown in the 400 individual medley. Now, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will try to do the same in the 200 IM. The fastest men in event history, Lochte and Phelps...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. LIKELY motivated by her Olympic-berth miss in the 100 breaststroke, where she was favored to qualify for Beijing, Rebecca Soni sent a statement in the semifinals of the 200 breaststroke. Producing a time of...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. WHAT the United States will do in the 400 freestyle relay is one of the big questions for the Olympics. With the French having a loaded arsenal, some have wondered if the U.S. can challenge for the gold. Af...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. ELAINE Breeden picked one heck of a time to deliver the finest meet of her career. Already qualified for the Olympic Games in the 100 butterfly, Breeden stormed away from the field in the 200 fly, taking to...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. THE former world-record holder wants his standard back. The current holder wants to keep the mark in his pocket. When Aaron Peirsol and Ryan Lochte lock horns tomorrow night, the men's 200 backstroke co...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. A big-time show is on the horizon for the final of the women's 100 freestyle. That much is for certain after the semifinal duel that Natalie Coughlin and Dara Torres waged. The American-record holder, C...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. THE men's 200 breaststroke figured to feature a one-two finish by Brendan Hansen and Eric Shanteau. What unfolded was a shocker. While Shanteau placed in his expected spot, Scott Spann grabbed victory. ...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. KRISTEN Heiss, a rising senior at Texas A&M University, has been gracious enough to blog for Swimming World from time-to-time during the U.S. Olympic Trials as she competes at the meet. Today, she writes about the heartbr...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. AT 3:30 p.m. Central, SwimmingWorld.TV will stream its post-prelim analysis report live from the Aquazone at the Qwest Center.
Host Brent Rutemiller welcomes Phil Whitten, Bruce Wigo and Hideki Mochizuki to the program ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. FOUR years ago in Athens, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte led the United States to a gold-silver sweep in the 200 individual medley. The first step toward a repeat has been taken. The two-fastest men in the ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. CAN she qualify for a fourth Olympics? That's the question surrounding Amanda Beard in the 200 breaststroke, and if her preliminary swim is any indication, the veteran will be in the mix when the final ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Neb., July 3. WHEN they met at last year's World Championships in Melbourne, they provided one of the best races of the meet. Expect a similar outcome in the 200 backstroke from Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol at these Tri...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Neb., July 3. AS the fifth day of Olympic Trials competition got rolling, Natalie Coughlin delivered a preliminary statement in the 100 freestyle. The American-record holder, racing in the last of 13 heats, turned in a meet-...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. THIS girl is something else. It& |
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