Van Dyken USOC SportsWoman of the Year
From USA Today – Amy Van Dyken, after winning Olympic gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 400m freestyle relay and 400m medley relay, has been named the U.S.
From USA Today – Amy Van Dyken, after winning Olympic gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 400m freestyle relay and 400m medley relay, has been named the U.S.
From USA Today – Michael Johnson, who won 2 Olympic gold medals, which included a world record in the 200m, was selected sportsman of the year by the U.S. Olympic
From Reuter’s News Service – German swimmer Sandra Voelker dominated the European Sprint Championships this past weekend. Voelker won gold in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 200m freestyle
At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the Soviet Union awarded its athletes $19,000 for winning a gold medal.
This is the only professional swim meet in the U.S. $28,000 in cash will be awarded; $3,300 in prizes will also be up for grabs. The meet starts on December
Olympians Michael Johnson, Amy Van Dyken and golfer Tiger Woods are among 42 nominees for the 67th Sullivan Award, given annually to the top American amateur athlete. Ten finalists will
In 1991, Las Vegas Gold Swim Club offered a $100,000 bonus for anyone American setting a world record on U.S. soil.
UCLA exploded for 6 1st-quarter goals and held off a late USC rally to defend its national title at the 1996 NCAA Water Polo Championships, hosted by UC San Diego.
Annette Salmeen, a senior chemistry major at UCLA and a member of the 1996 US Olympic Team, was one of 32 American college students named as Rhodes Scholars for 1997.
From Reuter’s News Service – Viktor Avdiyenko, who coached the “human torpedo” Denis Pankratov to 2 Olympic gold medals in Atlanta, has been appointed senior trainer of the Russian swim