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Swimming World Magazine March 1986 Issue
FEATURES
The USA is Back! by Russ Ewald
Betsy Mitchell is the first American woman to complete the year
top-ranked worldwide’in a backstroke event since 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1986 Camp Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Now This Was Super by Karen Crouse
It wasn’t the Super Bowl of collegiate swimming, but the fourth Dallas
Morning News Classic proved more exciting than football’s showpiece . . . . . . . . . . 43
“The River” Floweth by Eric Rasmussen
Indian River’s men will by trying for their 12th straight NJCAA
national title, while the Lady Pioneers go after their fourth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Getting Their Feet Wet by Mary-Lane Kamberg
Suburban Kansas City area swimmers ages 5 and up prepare
for the meet that turns beginners into competitive swimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Swimming In Colombia by Dan Tripps, Ph.D.
Colombia is not a prominent country in the international sporting
scene, but swimming in this developing country is changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Land of the Rising Swim by Mark Muckenfuss
Japanese coaches are hoping eventually to reestablish
their country as a world swimming power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
DEPARTMENTS
Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Editorial Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
U.S. Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Age Group Swimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The AquaZoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Self-coached Swimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ask the Olympians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Synchronized Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Newswave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
International Review . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 61
Men’s College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Women’s College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . 66
NISCA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
For the Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Vox Pop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
