Quick for President
Richard Quick, the 1996 Olympic women’s team coach and women’s coach at Stanford University, announced today that he will run for president of United States Swimming. Quick will oppose incumbent
Richard Quick, the 1996 Olympic women’s team coach and women’s coach at Stanford University, announced today that he will run for president of United States Swimming. Quick will oppose incumbent
Ron Chlasta, formerly head coach at Peninsula Covenant Community Center in Redwood City, Calif., has purchased the Academy Center Aquatics swim school and is now located in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Congratulations to Tom and Becky Jager on the birth of their son, Wyatt Hendrick Jager. The young sprinter weighed in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces, and is 21 inches tall.
A very happy birthday to the “queen of distance swimming,” Janet Evans. She turns 25 today. Congratulations!
Olympic silver medlaist, Gary Hall Jr., is contemplating a visit to recovering Olympic champion, Alexander Popov. Popov, who reportedly is doing well recovering from stab wounds, and Hall have become
On August 17, 42-year-old Scott Coleman, of Boca Raton, Fla., became the first male diabetic to swim the English Channel. Coleman, a Masters swimmer who in his college days was
Mike Bottom, 40, a member of the ill-fated 1980 U.S. Olympic Team and Allison Bock, 25, a top collegiate sprinter at Auburn University and the University of Southern California tied
Double gold medalist in Atlanta, in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle, Alexander Popov of Russia, was stabbed on a Moscow street Saturday by watermelon vendors. Doctors on Monday listed Popov
Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungary’s five-time Olympic gold medalist, announced her retirement from world-class competition. She said she would continue swimming for another year to allow her body to taper down, but
Vodacom, cellular phone and telecommunications giant, recently awarded South African gold medalist and world record holder, Penny Heyns, “the richest single sponsorship yet concluded by an individual South African sports-person,”