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Swimming World Magazine October 1985 Issue
FEATURES
Slow Start, but a Fast Finish by Mark Muckenfuss
The inaugural Pan Pacific meet waited until its final day to:show its speed . . . . . 23
Stunned by Stardom by Mark Muckenfuss
American athletes were pressed for autographs everywhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Getting in Shape by Dr. John Troup
The USS sports medicine director offers a swimming-for-fitness program . . . . . . 32
Coaching with a Loaded Deck by Karen Crouse
Vic Hecker has been dealt quite a hand at the Las Vegas YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Outdoors: A Summer Rerun
Top divers starred again in repeat performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Masterful! by Phillip Whitten
Toronto’s Masters Games was the greatest masters meet ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Swimming up a Storm by Karen Crouse
Thirteen NJO marks were bettered at the East meet in Tuscaloosa . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Natural Highs by Ann Ingram
Swimmers peaked to record heights at NJO West in nine events . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Kobe or Not to Kobe? by Mark Muckenfuss
Many student-athletes decided not to attend the World University Games . . . . . . 89
Europe Blitzkrieged
The Michael Gross-led West German men are now supreme; the
GDR reign over the women isn’t absolute again–but almost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
DEPARTMENTS
Newswave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
U.S. Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Holiday Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Age Group Swimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The AquaZoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Ask the Olympians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Athletes Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Mental Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Masters Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
NISCA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Coaches’ Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CSCA Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
For the Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
SwimMart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122