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Swimming World Magazine November 1984 Issue
FEATURES
“The Next Mark Spitz”: AKA Pablo by Russ Ewald
Pablo Morales, just entering his sophomore year at Stanford after winning
three Olympic medals, may be America’s next swimming superstar . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Nutritional Ergogenic Aids by Linda Houtkooper, M.S., R.D.
An expert investigates the potential for improved performance
from sports drinks, carbohydrate loading, caffeine and the like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Net[son Gets A Second Wind by Mark Muckenfuss
Sandy Neilson begins a comeback at age 28
and hopes to break new ground for older swimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Australia’s Model Swimmer by Karen Crouse
Backstroker Mark Kerry put his modeling career
on hold to compete in his third Olympics in Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Aussies Shoot for Gold by Mark Muckenfuss
And they get it, too, taking the top honors at
the recent Women’s V F]NA Cup tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
When Dreams Became Nightmares by Mark Muckenfuss
For those swimmers who did not make the Olympic team,
it was like waking up to a bad dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
DEPARTMENTS
The Editorial Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Newswave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
U.S. Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Age Group Swimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mental Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
International Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Synchronized Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Off the Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
For the Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Vox Pop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76