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Swimming World Magazine November 1985 Issue
FEATURES
Going for No. 1 by Russ Ewald
Olympic silver medalist Michele Mitchell dedicated this year
to becoming the world’s top platform diver and reached her goal . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A World Record in the Distance by Mark Muckenfuss
After a season of off-event swimming, Tiffany Cohen is
pointing toward the distance events at the World Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Canada Takes Flight
Carolyn Waldo led the girls of the Maple Leaf to a sweep of
the gold at the II FINA Synchro World Cup in Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Double Vision by Karen Crouse
Twins Mark and Matt Rankin may prove to be double
trouble for University of Arizona individual medley foes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The Records Keep Tumbling by Richard Guido & Phillip Whitten
It was supposed to be anti-climactic after the Masters Games, but,
nevertheless, 41 national marks were set at the U.S. Masters Nationals . . . . . . . . . 40
Stroke Mechanics by Dr. John Troup
No. 2 in a series, the USS sports medicine director offers
a few stroke tips in his swimming-for-fitness program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
We are the World by Dr. Dan Tripps
An international experience awaits those involved in Swim International . . . . . . . . 60
DEPARTMENTS
McDonald’s Age Group Swimmers. . . . . . . 8
Newswave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Holiday Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
U.S. Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Off the Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ask the Olympians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mental Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Masters Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
CSCAA Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Athletes Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
NISCA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Coaches’ Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
The AquaZoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Synchronized Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SwimMart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Water Polo Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
International Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
For the Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Vox Pop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86