By Phillip Whitten BOCA RATON, Florida, Aug. 5. THE first National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior National Long Course Swimming Championships got underway tonight in Boca Raton. The meet, which

ARVADA, Colo., Aug. 5. A little more than a year ago, Masters sprint star Rich Abrahams, Rocky Mountain Masters, underwent shoulder surgery. It kept him from swimming his best when

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif., Aug. 4. FANS turned out en masse at Corona del Mar High School to take in the championship round of one of USA Water Polo's most

PATRAS, Greece, Aug. 4. IN a controversial conclusion to the 1st FINA Water Polo World League, Russia scored a 10-8 victory over reigning World Champion Spain. The final game wasn't

By Phillip Whitten MANCHESTER, August 4. AS expected, Ian Thorpe swam to his sixth gold medal and Petria Thomas bagged her fourth and fifth as the Commonwealth Games came to

By Phillip Whitten and Norbert Agh BERLIN, August 4. EIGHT events were swum on this, the final night of competition at the European Championships in Berlin, with swimmers from seven

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif., Aug. 3. WITH one day left to play, the favored New York Athletic Club and Newport Water Polo "A" teams remain undefeated with identical 5-0 records.

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif., Aug. 2. SIXTEEN of the nation's top men's water polo clubs are competing for the national crown this wweekend at Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor

By Phillip Whitten BERLIN, August 4. POLAND'S Otylia Jedrejczak broke the world record this evening in a stunning performance that brought her native land its first-ever women's world record in