By Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen CLEVELAND, August 18. THE fourth and final day of competition did not disappoint as over 26 world and national records fell to an interesting mixture of old
By Phil Whitten CLEVELAND, August 17. SEVEN Masters world records — including two by Honza Vitazka — and 11 US Masters national records bit the dust on Day 3 of
By Phillip Whitten FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. August 17. THE 52-member US National Swim Team left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tonight, brimming with confidence, as it heads for a showdown with Australia
By Phillip Whitten FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 17. USA Swimming named its 26-man, 26-woman National Team that will compete at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships, to be held in Yokoahama,
By Phillip Whitten FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Aug. 17. LAUREN Costella successfully defended her national title in the women's 1500 meters, while John Cole won his first-ever national championship on the
BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 16. FOR five days now, the U.S. junior national water polo teams have played to near perfection, the lone blemish being a tie on the men's
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 17. AL VandeWeghe, 86, a silver medalist behind the USA's Adolf Kiefer in the 100 meter backstroke at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, died last Tuesday
By Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen CLEVELAND, August 16. DAY Two of the USMS Long Course Masters National Championships got underway at the Cleveland State University Natatorium promptly at eight a.m. today (that’s
By Phillip Whitten FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, August 16. TWO brilliant American records and two dogfights in distance events highlighted Day Five of the USA Swimming National Championships in Fort Lauderdale.
By Phil Whitten FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 16. NATALIE Coughlin did it again. The 19 year-old phenom won her fifth title here — a feat accomplished previously only by Tracy