(In the last two months, the U.S. Secretary of Education's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics has been conducting "Town Hall" Meetings at various locations in the United States to hear

GREENVILLE, N.C., Oct. 23. THE East Carolina swimming and diving teams officially kicked off the season today at Minges Aquatic Center, where the women made history beating NC State 122-121,

By P.H. Mullen SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 24. FOUNDED in 1999 by an accomplished swimmer and avid open-water fan named Robert C. Placak, the RCP Tiburon Mile is an oddity

INDIANAPOLIS, October 24. SIMILAR to track and field, collegiate swimming may adopt a regional qualifying format in the not too distant future. Starting with the 2003 season, track will have

DALLAS, Oct. 23. THE SMU women's swimming & diving team won its first meet of the year Wednesday night, as the Mustangs downed arch-rival TCU at Perkins Natatorium. The meet

BERLIN, Germany, October 22. MANFRED Ewald, who guided East German athletics to Olympic glory but was later convicted in a German court for presiding over the Communist country's doping programs,

By P.H. Mullen SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 23 COLD water and fast swims are in store for hundreds of open water swimmers at this Sunday’s RCP Tiburon Mile in picturesque

OTTAWA, Canada, Oct. 22. A new strategic plan developed to strengthen the development of Canadian competitive swimming, was ratified by Swimming Canada's Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting

BERLIN, Germany, October 22. THE German pharmaceutical group Schering-Jenapharm, which produced doping products for athletes for the former East Germany, will pay 25,000 euros ($25,000) to a fund to compensate

By Ed Gendreau New England Masters swim Club BOSTON, Oct. 22. THE New England Masters Swim Club claimed victory in the inaugural "Mythical" 2001 Short Course Meters (SCM) National Championship.