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FEATURES
012 WORLD RECORD FLASHBACK: DAVID WILKIE—ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL
by John Lohn
“World Record Flashback” travels back nearly 50 years to the 1976 Olympic Games. It was in Montreal where the United States unveiled the greatest men’s team in history, a squad that won 12 of the 13 events contested. In the event not captured by Team USA, Great Britain’s David Wilkie put on a spectacular show.
014 WOMEN’S NCAAs: V = VICTORY!
by Dan D’Addona, Matthew De George, David Rieder and Ashleigh Shay
Last year, the University of Virginia won its first-ever NCAA women’s swimming and diving championship not only for the school, but for the ACC conference. A year later, the Cavaliers are now back-to-back champions.
- IT WOULDN’T BE BACKSTROKE WITHOUT A BERKOFF
- TEXAS SURGE
- DIFFERENT PATHS WITH SIMILAR DESTINATIONS
019 WOMEN’S & MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I PHOTO GALLERY
photos by Peter H. Bick
022 MEN’S NCAAs: NEVER GIVE UP!
by Matthew De George, John Lohn and David Rieder
After trailing for most of the meet and still behind after the final day’s first event, Cal outscored Texas 167 to 108.5 in the final six events to upset last year’s champions by 51 points, 487.5 to 436.5.
- FRENCHMAN FRESHMAN SENSATION
- GATORS KEEP CHOMPING AT THE HEELS OF CAL AND TEXAS
- A SPLASH OF PURPLE
027 3 SWEEPS, 1 NEAR MISS
by Dan D’Addona and David Rieder
The women’s and men’s teams from Queens (NCAA II), Keiser (NAIA) and Indian River (NJCAA) swept their respective national championships. Emory’s men won NCAA III, but their women came up seven points short of catching Kenyon College.
032 ISHOF FEATURE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DIVING IN THE USA (Part 2)
by Bruce Wigo
“The City of Fort Lauderdale and the Future of Diving”—After 30 years of declining numbers and ratings, the sport of diving has a bright future ahead of it.
038 NUTRITION: COLLAGEN—MORE THAN JUST SKIN
by Dawn Weatherwax
Collagen has become a very popular topic for skin health, but most athletes and active people do not realize its extreme importance on other parts of the body!
COACHING
036 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION
by Rod Havriluk
There are three laws developed by Sir Isaac Newton that are fundamental to human movement. The laws describe the motion of an object and the forces that act on it. All three laws apply to different aspects of swimming and help explain performance concepts to swimmers.
040 SPECIAL SETS: KATE DOUGLASS—BUILDING ON BASICS
by Michael J. Stott
Oftentimes, the best gift a coach can give an athlete is the skills to succeed later on. And when the athlete builds on those basics through a work ethic of application, grit, talent and determination, the results can be affirming—for coach and athlete—and even life changing, as is the case with Coach Carle Fierro and swimmer Kate Douglass.
043 Q&A WITH COACH CARLE FIERRO, WESTCHESTER AQUATIC CLUB
by Michael J. Stott
044 HOW THEY TRAIN CLAIRE WEINSTEIN
by Michael J. Stott
Claire Weinstein used her physical attributes, mental strength and swimming technique to vault to the top of the table in the 13-14 age group, and now the just-turned-15-year-old is continuing her swimming journey from Westchester Aquatic Club in New York to the Sandpipers in Las Vegas.
TRAINING
035 DRYSIDE TRAINING: THE DUMBBELL WORKOUT
by J.R. Rosania
If you had limited resources and were looking for just one piece of exercise equipment to perform strengthening movements, you should choose the dumbbell. With a pair of dumbbells at a few different weights, you can perform several strengthening-specific exercises.
JUNIOR SWIMMER
046 UP & COMERS: MAKAYLA HILL
by Shoshanna Rutemiller
COLUMNS
008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT
011 DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT THE ROUGHEST GAME IN THE WORLD?
042 THE OFFICIAL WORD
047 GUTTERTALK
048 MAKING WAVES (Best of Social Media)
049 PARTING SHOT
