ABOUT THIS ISSUE

The focus in this issue is the World Championships (swimming events July 20- 27 in Barcelona, Spain). Nikki Dryden attended the Canadian Trials in Victoria in late June and wrote about what happened, and the new swimmers who broke into the international level.

She will be in Barcelona to cover the Canadians and the championships in our next issue.

Teams were finalized in Victoria for the Worlds, Pan Ams, and FISU (Universiade) Games. With 15 swimmers pre-selected, 8 additions were made to the World team (7 qualified with their performances) and one (Yannick Lupien) was added for the 4x100 free relay .

Four swimmers were chosen to compete in the Open Water World events. Actually five were originally selected but Elise Dudar, 16, (TO) withdrew.

A comparison of the top competitions in North America and Europe shows that faster in-season swimming gives the advantage to Europe.

The 30-year history of the Worlds is included with an honour roll of Canadian medallists.

The final TOP listing includes for the first time ever pictures of the winners and their progression through the year.

Simple is how Stephen Widmer, Queensland coach likes his training plans, as told to Justin Finney, a Pointe Claire assistant coach who visited with him during May.

Wayne Goldsmith writes aboutwhat parents want from swimming for their children.

There are several descriptions of Jack Kelso's monumental work on The History of Canadian Competitive Swimming 1867-2002, including how to order your copy. We urge you to do so.

The History of Competitive Swimming in Canada (1867-2002)

By John (Jack) G. Kelso

"Traced from the very beginnings of organized swimming in Canada, this work follows the establishment of organized competitions, the developers of the sport, the great coaches, and the athletes who have dominated the nationals and , in some cases, the international scene. In particular, there is a complete record of the Canadian championships and Canadian participation in the major international Games, a review of Canadian records and an analysis of the major factors influencing the sport at eqach stage of its development.

The book will serve as the standard reference for all serious studies of swimming, as a stand-alone subject, or as part of the evolution of sport in Canada."

Richard W. Pound, O.C., O.Q., Q.C., RCA.

I960 Canadian Olympic Swimming Team Past President, Canadian Olympic Asociation Member, International Olympic Committee

100 Limited Editions signed by the Author Cost $119.95 + GST (Total 128.35 Cdn)

To Order DB Perks & Associates Ltd.

Commercial Aquatic Supplies Head Office

Unit 201-1305 Welch Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7P 1B3 Phone 604-980-8950 • Fax 604-980-0196 e-mail: doug@comm-aquatic.com

RECORD SETTERS (LONG COURSE)

WORLD

• Men's 200 breaststroke:

2:09.52 Dimitri Komornikov, RUS, Barcelona, June 14

30.11 1:03.35 1:36.65 2:09-52 Betters old record of 2:09-97 Kosuke Kitajima, JPN, Busan, Oct 2, 2002

29.72 1:02.61 1:36.05 2:09-97

• Men's 200 individual medley:

1:57.94 Michael Phelps, USA, Santa Clara, Jun 29

25.72 55.14 1:30.00 1:57.94 Betters old record of 1:58.16 Jani Sievinen, FIN, Rome, Sep 11, 1994

26.17 56.61 1:30.03 1:58.16 CANADIAN

• Men's 800 freestyle:

7:58,63 Kurtis MacGillivary, ROW, Victoria, Jun 28

Betters old record of 8:00.22 Chris Bowie, EKSC, Etobicoke, Aug 2, 1992

• Men's 50 breaststroke:

28.22 Morgan Knabe, UCSC, Victoria, Jun 27

Betters his own record of 28.33, Fukuoka, Jul 28, 2001

• Men's 100 breaststroke:

1:00.70 Morgan Knabe, UCSC, Victoria, Jun 30, (time trial) Betters hiw own record of 1:00.95 from Winnipeg, Mar 21, 2003

• Men's 200 breaststroke:

2:12.74 Morgan Knabe, UCSC, Victoria, Jun 28

Betters old record of 2: 12.87 Michael Brown, PERTH, Yokohama, Aug 27, 2002

• Women's 400 freestyle:

4:12.00 Brittany Reimer, SKSC, Victoria, Jun 26

Betters old record of 4: 12.64 Joanne Malar, UCSC, Winnipeg, Aug 4, 1999

• Women's 1500 freestyle:

16:24.39 Brittany Reimer, SKSC, Victoria, Jun 27

Betters own record of 16:33-28 in Indianapolis, Apr 5, 2003

• Women's 50 backstroke:

28.90 Jennifer Carroll, MEGO, Victoria, Jun 28 Betters own record of 28.94 in Winnieg. Mar 20, 2002

SWIMNEWS JUNE-JULY 2003

CALENDAI

HOW IT WAS DONE

CANADIAN

July

4-6 East Coast Championships, Saint John, NB

4-6	Alberta SR Championships
10-13	TAS BC Championships, Kamloops
11-13	Quebec Age Groups, Montreal
11-13	Alberta AG Championships
17-20	Canadian SWAD Nationals, Edmonton
24-27	Eastern Cup Montreal
24-27	Club Nationals, Calgary
27	SNC 5km Nationals, Thetis Lake, BC
November
27-30	Canadian SC Nationals, Ste-Foy, QC
December
12-14	Ontario SR Championships
2004
January
23-25	Ontario Cup
February
19-22	Eastern Canadians, Halifax, NS
19-22	Western Canadians, Vancouver, BC
20-22	CIS Interuniversity Champs, Toronto
March
5-7	Ontario JR Provincials
12-14	Canada Cup, TBA
April
23-25	Ontario Team Championships
May
28-30	Mel Zajac International, Vancouver
June
25-27	Ontario JR Provincials
July
6-10	Olympic/Paralympic Trials, Etobicoke
28-31	Club Nationals

UNITED STATES July

10- 13 Grand Prix 4, Los Angeles, CA August

5-9 Summer Nationals, College Park, MD December

4-6 US Open, Federal Way, WA

2004

February

11- 15 National Championships, TBA July

7-14 US Olympic Trials, Long Beach, CA December

2-4 US Open, San Antonio, TX

INTERNATIONAL

July

I- 4 Moscow Cup, RUS

I I- 13 Schwimmfest, Darmstadt, GER

17- 20 ASA Championships, GBR

13- 27 World Championships, Barcelona, ESP

27- 30 ASA Age Group Nationals, Sheffield, GBR August

31-3 ASA National Youths, GBR 31-3 European Juniors, Glasgow, SCO

6- 10 National Championships, Athens, GRE

I- 17 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo

14- 17 British SC Championships, GBR 21-31 World University Games, Daegu, KOR 24-29 Asian AG Championships, TPE October

4- 18 All Africa Games, Abuja, NGR

18- 19 Grand Prix 3, Stockholm, SWE November

21-23 Grand Prix 4, Goteborg, SWE 24-25 World Cup 1, Daejeon, KOR

28- 30 World Cup 2, Melbourne, AUS December

5- 6 World Cup 3, Durban RSA

I I- 14 European SC Championships, Dublin, IRL

2004 January

9-10 World Cup 4 13-14 World Cup 5 17-18 World Cup 6

Three European cities to be chosen from the following: Berlin, Moscow, Paris, Stockholm 30-3 1 World Cup 7, New York USA February

3-4 World Cup 8, Mexico City, MEX

7- 9 World Cup 9, Rio de Janeiro, BRA May

6- 16 European Championships, Madrid, ESP August

13-29 Olympic Games, Athens, GRE October

1-7 Asian Championships, Doha, QAT

7- 10 World SC Championships, Indianapolis, IN December

9-12 European SC Championships, Vienna, AUT

2005 June

24-3 Mediterranean Games, Almeria, ESP July

1 7-3 1 World Championships, Montreal, CAN

Researching and writing

"The History of Competitive Swimming In Canada - 1867-2002"

John G. (Jack) Kelso, Ph.D.

This book was written primarily to fill a void in the annals of Canadian sports history. It provides a comprehensive record of competitive swimming at the national and international level, from the initial efforts of racing in rivers and lakes in pioneer Canada, to contemporary competition.

The research for the early information involved extensive review of materials obtained from newspaper archives, sports halls of fame, and sports museums. From the 1950's onward, the primary sources were national team booklets, magazine articles, and personal accounts. The major contributor to the more recent information was Swim Canada Magazine, changed to SwimNews Magazine. Without the statistical information and articles from this magazine the book would have been most difficult to write. The book took eight years to research and write.

There are over three thousand swimmer's named in the book, with every international team member and every national medallist recorded. The book is written in chronological order, with each chapter designated to a decade in history. The comprehensive Table of Contents is designed to replace the normal Index, thus eliminating a further 40 pages of print. With over 600 pages, including almost 50 pages of important Appendices, and 98 black and white photographs, it is a complete record of our great sport. There is not a comparative record available on any other Canadian sport.

The expectation is that this compendium will play an important role in a better understanding and appreciation of how competitive swimming has contributed postitively to Canadian sporting history. Hopefully, it will provide each new swimming generation with a sense of pride and honor resulting in a renewed sense of optimism and success in the future.

The author wishes to convey his sincere hope that the material presented in this book is accurate, of positive resource value, and interesting enough to be educational and entertaining. My heartiest congratulations to all those named in this treatise.

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

2003 CANADIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRIALS

KNABE AND WARDEN TOP PERFORMERS

Reimer Sweeps Freestyle Distance Events

Nikki Dryden

Canada's swimmers finally stood up en masse and took back their sport, refusing to let controversies of the past continue to hold them down. The pool erupted into dozens of cheers as seven swimmers added themselves to the World Championship team at the World Trials in Victoria. The crowd too, seemed bigger and better than years past adding to the excitement.

Led by 15-year-old Brittany Reimer (SKSC), who became the first woman to win the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle in one Canadian Nationals as well as breaking the 400 and 1 500 Canadian records, Canada's swimmers came to the World Trials ready to do what it takes to earn a trip to Barcelona in July for the World Championships. It won't be easy when they get there, but for a few swimmers their times were world class. "There's still work to do if we're going to step on the podium at the worlds," said head coach Dave Johnson. "But we performed much better here than I anticipated so the signs are positive."

Liz Warden (Toronto All Stars) and Morgan Knabe (UCSC) were the top swimmers of the meet. Warden won the 200 IM in the second fastest time in the world this year and j ust 1 6/ 1 OOths off the Canadian record. Warden also defeated two of Canada's best IM'ers, Marianne Limpert (CAMO) and Joanne Malar (UCSC). "I can't believe it, it's amazing," said Liz. "I was really nervous about swimming in between two great Olympians but I stuck with it." Warden also won

the 400IM in 4:46. 1 1 and placed second to Jen Fratesi (ROW) in the 200 back. Both women were under the time standard in the 200 back with Fratesi touching in 2:13.15 and Warden in 2:13.42.

Knabe continued to add national titles and national records with three more each in the 50, 100, and 200 breast. His 100 breast was the top swim of the meet, at 1:01. 12 from the first day of the meet. Knabe decided to then time-trial the race on the last night of the meet. The result: he broke his own Canadian record with a 1:00.70, a swim worth 993 IPS points. His 200 was also Canadian record, regaining that honor taken from him last year by Mike Brown (PERTH), who wasn't fully rested for the Trials, having pre-qualified last summer. He also added a Canadian record in 50 breast, unfortunately his time still wasn't fast enough to qualify for Worlds. "My performances in the past week are the product of all the good training I've been doing," said Knabe. "This is a very positive way to head to the World Championships, to know I'm at this point right now and things will only get better."

Mike Brown was not the only pre-qualified swimmer who decided to race unshaved, untapered, or both. Brian Johns, Mike Mintenko, Brent Hayden, and Mark Johnston all from (UBCD) used the meet as a tune up for Worlds. BJ still won the 200IM in 2:02.15, the 200 fly in 2:01.08, and was second in the 400IM. The Tank won the 50 and 100 fly event, but his 50 wasn't fast enough to qualify for Worlds. Johnston was second in the 200 free in 1 :49:89 to Rick

Barcelona bound Rick Say, UCSC, Kurtis MacGillivary, ROW, Jarrod Ballem. UCSC

Nikki Dryden

Say (UCSC) 1:49.15 who was also pre-qualified. Say had solid swims in the 400 and 800 free as well, just missing his own Canadian record in the 400 free. Keith Beavers (ROW) and Brent Hayden won the 200 back and 100 free respectively, events they both had pre-qualified in.

On the women's side Jen Button (TO) one of the women's team veterans, also added wins in the 50 and 100 fly, and asecondplace finish in the 200 fly. Herwins were not fast enough to make the World's qualifying time after she missed the 100 fly last year by l/100th of a second. The only other pre-qualified woman to win her event was Fratesi in the 200 back.

However, the real story was perhaps that of our distance freestylers: four swims were under Canadian records with Reimer breaking the 400 and 1500, Kurtis MacGillivary (ROW) breaking the 800, and Taryn Lencoe (UBCD) under the 1500 but coming second to Reimer. Kurtis is a training partner of Grant Hackett and Stephen Penfold down on Australia's Gold Coast, where they are all coached by Denis Cotterell. Rick Say swam the 800 free in the heats 8:00.26 and was 2 tenths off the Canadian record before MacGillivary smashed it in the final becoming the first Canadian man under 8 minutes with his 7:58.63. (An almost 13 second drop). MacGillivary then kept the crowd on its feet again with his personal best 1500 free. His time of 1 5: 19-69 was just over 5 seconds off the cut for Worlds, but over an 18 second drop off his best time. After the 800 Kurtis just kept saying, "I can't believe it, I can't believe I'm a Canadian record holder." He complimented the fans for his win. "I saw the crowd going crazy and I thought I was going an 8:05, it was just crazy."

Lencoe gave Reimer a good fight in the 1500, never letting the younger swimmer break free. Lencoe blasted home in the final hundred to get in under the qualifying time for Barcelona. Reimer's record in the 1500 added to her record in the 400 on day one of the meet but she just missed the record in the 800 free, swimming an 8:36.38. Her 400 was a 4:12.00 and her win in the 200 free was a 2:01.31. Both women were excited by the cheering from the packed house. "I was so happy to hear the crowd," said Reimer. Lencoe added, "The way people were cheering I thought I must have been a second over [the time standard]."

Lauren van Oosten (UCSC) had her comeback meet, winning the 100 and 200 breast events. Only the 100 was under the qualifying time for Worlds, but van Oosten is just happy to be heading back to the international level after a bronze from the 1998 Worlds. "There was part of me that thought maybe I would never do it again, I mean '99, 2000. 2001,

SWIMNEWS JUNE-JULY 2003

2003 WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
15 swimmers Pre Selected * additions at Trials
Men
Beavers, Keith,20,ROW	200 back
Brown, Michael, 19, PERTH	200 breast
Hayden, Brent,19,UBCD	100 free
Hurd, Andrew,20,TO*	1500 free
Janes, Riley,22,NRST	50 back, 100 back
Johns, Brian.20 UBCD	200 IM. 400 IM
Johnston, Mark,23,UBCD*	400 free
Knabe, Morgan,22,UCSC	100 breast, 200 breast
Lupien Yannick,23,CNCB*	free relay
MacGillivary, Kurtis,19,R0W*	800 free
Mintenko, Michael,27,UBCD	100 fly
Say, Rick,24,UCSC	200 free, 400 free
Sayao Chuck,20,TO*	400 IM
Women
Button, Jennifer,25,TO	200 fly
Carroll, Jennifer,22,MEGO*	50 back
Fratesi, Jennifer,19, ROW	200 back
Gammel, Erin,23,UCSC	100 back
Leier, Rhiannon,26,MM	100 breast
Lencoe, Taryn,17,UBCD*	1500 free
Limpert. Marianne,30,CAMO	200 im
Reimer, Brittany,15,SKSC*	400 free 800 free, 1500 free
van Oosten, Lauren,24,UCSC*	100 breast
Warden, Eizabeth,25,T0	400 im, 200 im. 200 back
OPEN WATER
Men
Jarrod Ballem,23,UCSC	5K-10K
David Creel,22,PCS	5K-10K
Women
Karel Stutzel.21 .PCS	5K-10K
Tanya Hunks,22,HYACK	5K-10K

Pan Am selection for Maya Beaudry, 15, UBCD

those years were the pits, just the worst," says Lauren now able to smile about it. "But still there was always this part of me that said I know I have it in me. It just took a lot of determination, hard work, and time. I was positive that if I wanted it bad enough, it would come. " Her time of 1 :09. 1 2 was her second fastest of all time, second only to her medal performance when she clocked a 1 :08.66 in 1 998. Lauren knows that while she is trying to get back to past form the rest of the world has gotten faster, but more importantly to her, she is happy. "This swim is ten times better, even if its not a Canadian record or a bronze medal from Worlds. It means so much more now that it did then."

Lauren hopes to be able to back up her swim at worlds, and a "best time would be amazing!" She is also much more thoughtful about her swimming than she was five years ago. "I had no idea back then, I was so naive. Swimming fast just happened. Now I am only doing it because I am having fun. I

PAN AMERICAN TEAM Men

Dickens, Scott,18,UBCD Edey, Brian,23,UASC Mains, Matthew,21,R0W Murray, Chad,21,UCSC Oriwol,Tobias,18,ESWIM Rose, Matthew,22,TRENT Russell, Colin, 18.BTSC Sepulis, Sean,26,IS Women

Beaudry, Maya,15,UBCD Blackburn, Lisa,31,R0W Coliins. Elizabeth,20,ROD Doody, Kelly,23,UBCD Gravelle, Julie,23,T0 Lacroix, Audrey,19,CAM0 Malar, Joanne,27,UCSC Stoody, Kathleen,20,SFA

100 breast, 200 breast 200 free 200 breast 200 fly

100 back, 200 back 50 free, 100 free 100 free, 200 free 100 back

200 free, 400 free 100 breast, 200 breast 200 free, 100 fly 200 IM, 400 IM 400 free, 800 free 100 fly, 200 fly 200 IM, 400 IM 100 breast, 200 breast

enjoy the process now more than the outcome. A good outcome today is just icing on the cake."

Chuck Sayao (TO) swam his heart out in the men's 400 IM, defeating the short course World Record holder, Brian Johns, en route to a 4: 19.66, which was fast enough for a ticket to Spain. "My last two years have been frustrating," said Chuck. "Itwas great relief to put in that kind of swim tonight and I feel I'm back. It was a bit confusing to see myself that far ahead of someone like Brian Johns but this was a great meet for me. On the final freestyle leg, I went all out and prayed that I'd see a 4:19 on the board."

Ten women and 12 men qualified for the World Championship team to Barcelona, Spain. No relay swimmers were picked unless they qualified as a group. That meant no free trips like there was at the Olympics. As a result, no women's free relays qualified, while the men qualified the 4x200. Dave Johnson did say that Canada will enter relays at the meet, using swimmers who are already on the team, which means Canada will probably enter all six relays. The same goes for individual events. While the time standards were derived from the FINA 'A Olympic standards, FINA itself does not have qualifying times for the competition. Canada set the standards for qualifying only, and will most likely allow top swimmers and Canadian record holders like Knabe, Button, and Reimer to still swim even though they didn't qualify in one of their record events.

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This meet was also the qualifier for the Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo. Canada will send eight men and eight women, made up from the swimmer's with the highest point swims not going to Worlds. The World Student Games in Korea was also picked off this meet, but Canada's university students who qualified will have to pay their own way if they want to compete.

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This was possibly one of the more exciting Canadian Nationals in recent memory, despite the top swimmers swimming through the competition. That means the young guns were carrying the meet with their energy and positive attitudes, a good sign for the future of Canadian Swimming. There were no more semi-finals and the pool decked was also dressed up for the competition like it used to be in years past. Despite the lack of TV cameras, the pool was donned with banners in every corner, curtains, and posters. The professionalism was surprising, but welcomed.

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Another sign of good times was the announcement by Speedo of a four-year $1 million cash and product deal. The biggest draw of the agreement between Speedo and Swimming Canada is a medal bonus program. Canadian swimmers who win Olympic medals in 2004 and 2008 will receive $50,000 for a gold, $10,000 for silver, and $5,000 for bronze. The program also includes money for the 2005 World Long Course Championship in Montreal. Gold medallists earn $20,000, while silver and bronze medallists will earn $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. Additionally, Speedo will give $20,000 a year to be distributed among Canada's top swimmers.

Keith Beavers, ROW, 200 back hopeful at Worlds

FISU TEAM Men

Bartoch, Joe,20,LAC Boulianne, Michel,24,CAM0 Hankewich, Chad.21 .GOLD Pichette, Alexandre,26,CAM0 Women

Landry, Michelle.1 8.UBCD Laprade, Michelle22,CAM0 Meredith, Caitlin,19,UBCD Petelski,Christin,25,PCS Porenta, Jennifer,18,T0 Spooner, Emma,20,UCSC Stefanyshyn, Kelly,20,UBCD

100 fly

100 breast, 200 breast 100 fly 100 back

200 IM, 400 IM

100 breast

100 back, 200 back

100 breast, 200 breast

50 free, 100 free

100 breast

100 back, 200 back

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

PERSONALITIES: KURTIS MACGILLIVARY AND TARYN LENCOE

SHOCK, AWE, AND LOTS OF FUN

Canada's Newest Distance Stars

Nikki Dryden

Just when you thought one new rising star was enough (Surrey's Brittany Reimer), two more swimmers decided to show Canada there's room for more. Kurtis MacGillivary (ROW) became the first Canadian man to swim the 800 free under 8 minutes with his recent national win and qualifying time for the World Championship Team. Taryn Lencoe (UBCD) also qualified for the World Champ team, and while her time was under the previous Canadian record in the 1500, she was second to Reimer, but only just.

That however, is where the similarities between this new distance duo end. Taryn Lencoe is a happy go lucky, spunky ball of energy. She trains in Vancouver with a team she loves and has always raced for. She never runs out of hilarious things to say or do that remind you she's a high school teen. Kurtis MacGillivary is also a fun and happy guy. But with the maturity of someone much wiser, he decided that if he was going to be a great swimmer one day, he was going to have to make a drastic change to his life. That's when he decided to move thousands of miles from home to Australia's Gold Coast to swim with the fastest miler and arguably the best distance coach in the world.

That's kind of why it is so surprising that Kurtis was so utterly shocked when he not only made the Canadian team, but broke the Canadian record too. You would think someone who knew what he had to do and then did it, would also be confident of his accomplishments, but it couldn't be farther from reality.

The night before the 800 free, Kurtis almost scratched the race thinking it would be better to save himself for the 1 500 since he believed he had no shot at the sub-eight minute time standard. That is quite understandable since his best time previously was an 8:11.32. But he did make the time standard as well as break the record as well as crack 8 minutes with his 7:58.63. And afterwards he just kept muttering, "This is totally unexpected, it's unbelievable, I didn't think I'd be that fast."

Two years ago Kurtis packed up his bags and moved to Australia to train with his friend from the Sydney Youth Festival Stephen Penfold, and the world's best, Grant Hackett. He was and is coached by Denis Cotterell, the only man to have coached two men under the elusive 15 minute barrier. "He's going to be pretty shocked," says Kurtis of Denis. "He'll never expect this, he said I would go an 8:05. Grant and Stephen will be shocked too, but they'll be happy for me also. I can't wait to see them in Barcelona."

800 free record for Kurtis MacGillivary Nikki Dryden

Last year Denis said that if he didn't get Kurtis's stroke any better he would never improve much farther. But in looking at Kurtis's stroke it is clear that the two have put in many hours of technical work. "He just yells at me until I get it right. He makes you work hard and gets everything out of you. We've been drilling at that for a while and getting my legs to assist my pull. In the last two months everything has been coming together. I am training a lot faster and much more consistently, holding 58's all the time and always finishing sets even faster." Despite his recent success, he's still in awe of his Aussie legend training partner. "Grant really motivates me. He is very positive and you just want to prove to him that you deserve to be there, training with him. He is a great training partner and a great friend."

Kurtis's family decided to follow him down south last year, leaving the snow of Canada for the beaches of Australia. It's true Kurtis misses his homeland sometimes, but he is very nonchalant about leaving for a chance at glory. "It was a big move, but you know, you only have one shot a it, so why not really go for it. You're only young once!"

Young like Taryn Lencoe? Well Taryn has the kind of youthful spirit that won't send her flying to Australia but will fill a room or a pool-deck with

screams, hugs, tears, and certainly laughter. She told one teammate who ran up and down the pool cheering for her during her 1 500, I could see you the whole time, and I thought, hey I really like the dress your wearing!" But Taryn was also very aware of her great swim. When her teammate Brian Johns appeared to congratulate her she gave him at giant bear hug and struggled through tears of joy to tell him, "I'm coming with you!"

Taryn 's carefree attitude is refreshingly upbeat but not so serious that you can't see the person behind the swimmer. But that doesn't mean she isn't one. In reference to her main competition Brittany Reimer, Taryn is all business. "She is definitely making me swim better. She's a little younger than me and right now she's faster than me, but I think it helps her too to have me to race."

Taryn is also a big fan of being on such a large and successful team. "I really look up to the older distance swimmers on my team. Brent Sallee and Tim Peterson really inspired me to train distance. This team is awesome, we are like one huge family, like the Brady Bunch. It makes it such a great environment to train in and of course it was so great the way everyone was cheering for me in the 1 500, it made me so happy that I cried." Those same teammates passed down to her the best advice she's ever received, "Kelly Doody passed this quote down to me, 'Have fun!' she said, and I do."

Taryn pleaded with me not to write silly things about her like how she once watched a Friday the 13th movie marathon or likes any movie with "hot guys in it". "You're going to make me sound like a ditz!" But Taryn Lencoe is anything but a ditz. In fact she chose to skip the 400 free at Nationals in order to take one of her final exams. She also wants to be a psychologist one day because she likes to think she's good at helping people. "I've had some good advice and I'd like to pass it on."

But the bottom line is Taryn, like many swimmers Kurtis included, dream of swimming in the Olympic Games. The only thing is that unlike Kurtis, Taryn also wants to go to Athens so she can march in opening ceremonies with her latest crush, basketball star, Steve Nash. "Do you think he should cut his hair? I don't, I mean it's his signature."

The fun, the awe, and the shock just never seem to end.

Taryn Lencoe, 17, UBCD and Brittany Reimer. 15, SKSC

Nikki Dryden

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HOW TO SWIM FAST IN TORONTO

Better Program Design Is the Key to Success

Nikki Dryden

According to Liz Warden's coach, Byron MacDonald, her win in the 200 IM at the World Championship Trials defined the state of swimming today: a young kid knocked off the two veterans, the only difference is now the young kid is 25.

So why is a swimmer like Liz Warden able to improve so much at age 25? "There is no question that confidence is a big issue with Liz," says MacDonald. "But there was also a lot of stress on her (in the past) to get carded. That often became a bigger goal than making teams. It became a real burden and once we passed that in the summer of 2001 , it allowed Liz to focus again." The third factor in Liz's progression was physical. "In her teen years she had a really bad shoulder where she'd miss weeks of training at a time. Our weight training has been a four year transition where only until last year could we really go full board."

MacDonald has also modified the entire team's trainingschedule resulting in fast times, not j ust by Liz, but also by Jen Button and Julie Gravelle. "Our plan is more cyclical now. I have tried to design it so that we have a 3-5 week cycle. An average week includes 8 swims, 2 severe two-hour weight workouts, and 1-2 small Pilate's or yoga sessions. Then every third or fourth week we have a boost week of 10 swims. Then we drop to one week of just singles."

The scheme seems to be working. "I think that breaks are really important. With Julie Gravelle I changed the way she trains. We go 4-6 weeks on, and then I give her 1-week off. I couldn't do that with everyone, but withjulie it works." Anotherchangehas been away from doing a "whole whack of stuff at 160 heart rate." Now, they go harder and swim faster. "We used to do a set of 15x200 free's descend 1-8, then hold 7 under 2:10. Now there's more rest and they'll descend in sets of five so they hold 2:15's, 2:10's and 5 at 2:05 or faster. We are mixing it up because if you keep doing the same thing at the same level you aren't stressing the body anymore."

But the shape of training isn't the only thing that gets mixed up. MacDonald has always had the welcome mat out for swimmers from different clubs to come and train. "Carrie Burgoyne (UCSC) came and trained with Liz this year for about two weeks. They bashed each other's brains out-in a good way of course! It was really great for both of them, they were out to race each other, but they didn't have

anything to prove. The same way we worked with Carrie was really how the whole Toronto All-Stars thing got started."

For swimmers from small Toronto clubs, the All-Stars have given them a chance to believe that they are a player, that they belong somewhere. "For someone like Jen Porenta it has really helped because instead of going to Nationals alone, she gets to be part of a team."

The big difference between the All-Stars and a National Centre however is apparent. "The downside of our magnanimous approach to helping whoever, whenever, without building amega-center and forcing swimmers to race for us, has meant we have missed out

Jennifer Porenta, 18, will go to FISU Games

on the publicity and credit forcertain swimmers. We've done well and been able to keep our program alive and we have great athletes, but it might hurt us in the long run in terms of recruiting other swimmers." As many of MacDonald's swimmers arrive for university, his philosophy is that a swimmer should keep swimming for their home club until their legacy to that club is gone, meaning swimmers like Liz Warden or Craig Hutchinson raced for Scarborough and Pointe Claire respectively until their coaches from those programs moved elsewhere.

The varsity team at the University of Toronto is integral to the success of Toronto All-Stars. Both MacDonald and Linda Kiefer are paid by the university and have no vested interest in summer swimming and having a big club except for the fact that they love it.

Along the same lines, they did explore the possibility of having a National Centre based in Toronto back in 1999- However, when the fiasco of appointing a woman coach to the 2000 Olympic team occurred, they and the University of Toronto decided not to pursue that type of liaison any longer. "Has the landscape changed to revisit it?" asks MacDonald. "Perhaps." MacDonald believes that they could play a role as a supplemental centre to the one based out of the University of Waterloo. "But some may think that is selfish because we've done so well without it so what more do we really need?"

One way that Toronto has been able to stay a "Non-Centre" as they call it, is because he has worked extremely hard raisingmoney to keep it going. "I spend 10% of my life raising money to fund these kids to do what they need to do. I raised $10 million over the last 1 0 years for our University based endowment. That helps, but it killed me. I don't particularly like doing it, but it's the modern reality in university sport and in clubs too. The trouble is the club coaches don't see that the old days of serious funding are gone."

But MacDonald is not sure if he is missing out on anything from not having acentre. "Travel funding is all I really need, I don't need the money for coaching or sports science as we have access to that through the U of T. So what is the benefit of having a centre?"

Good question, one MacDonald has a simple answer to. "The centres are the way we've been able to get better coaches into Canada, and it has worked; we now have a couple of very excellent coaches in this country. In the short term having centres has also focused the provinces to get more involved in elite sport. But I think we should be weary of the long term effects."

MacDonald likens the centres to baseball. "If your pitcher is having a no-hitter, you don't need to switch pitchers. But if he isn't, then maybe you need to bring in a closer."

MacDonald is a firm believer in having a single National Centre. (There are seven accross the country with various funding levels.) "If a coach has taken a swimmer to the highest level he can, either through high school or there's no 50 metre pool nearbye, then maybe you need to bring in acloser, but there shouldn't be a whole lot of people who need that."

Right now, MacDonald and hiscadre of swimmers seem to be doing well without the Centre-label. And with Liz Warden ranked second in the world so far this year, that's something he and his swimmers feel quite comfortable with keeping.

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

2003 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW

HACKETT, THORPE, COUGHLIN, AND PHELPS

Are Sure to Dominate Swimming in Barcelona

Nick Thierry

The battle for world swimming supremacy will be between the United States and Australia. Other countries will figure prominently such as the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Sweden, and the Ukraine.

Men's events:

Australia will be hard to beat after Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett sweep top spots in the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle events, giving them the edge in both freestyle relays.

The Americans will be strong in all events especially where Michael Phelps will be action: 100 and 200 fly, 200 and 400 IM, and has to be rated as virtually unbeatable in all.

Other challengers;

Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED), 100 and 200 freestyle. Alexander Popov (RUS) in the 50 freestyle.

Matt Welsh (AUS) will be the favourite in the 50- 100 backstrokes, and Aaron Peirsol (USA) will defend his 200 backstroke title from 200 1 .Other podium spots are wide open.

Men's breaststroke will have a very competitive field including Oleg Lisogor (UKR) in the 50, James Gibson (GBR) in the 50 and 100, Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 100 and 200, Roman Sloudnov (RUS) 100, and Ed Moses (USA) 100-200. Dimitri Komornikov (RUS) bettered the 200 breast world record in early June and will be favoured.

Men's butterfly sprints has Roland Schoeman (RSA) with the fastest time this year in the 50 (2375) , with other challengers like Thomas Rupprath (GER) 50 and 100, Geoff Huegill (AUS) 50 and 100. In the 100 Michael Phelps (USA) has two sub 52.00 swims already this year and he is capable of lowering the current world record of 5 1.81 and put it out of reach if he improves his turn and the finish. Andriy Serdinov (UKR) is much improved in the 100, Lars Frolander (SWE) has the most experience in the 100.

Franck Esposito (FRA) has the fastest time of the year in the 200 fly (1:54.70) but missed medals in 2000 and 2001 . Phelps and Tom Malchow (USA) give the Americans a lock on the gold. Wu Peng (CHN) born in 1987 is the youngest challenger.

Men's 200 individual medley will have an exciting showdown between Michael Phelps (USA) and Ian

Thorpe (AUS) but Olympic and 200 1 World Champion Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) has the second fastest time of the year (1:59-94). Itwill take a sub two minute swim to get on the podium. Phelps shattered the world record with a 1:57.94 in late June.

Men's 400 individual medley is locked up by Michael Phelps, but its on the final and 8th day; after three rounds in earlier events he could be tired. His world record of 4: 10.73 from April is four seconds faster than any other challenger this year. Erik Vendt (USA), Alessio Boggiatto (ITA), Justin Norris (AUS), should contest the remaining podium spots.

USA and AUS will race in all three relays for the gold, ITA could challenge in the 4x200 free.

Women's events

Inge de Bruijn (NED) will contest the 50 free and 50 fly and has to be favoured with fastest times in 2003 in both. Alison Sheppard (GBR) could be the upset winner if she improves like in previous seasons.

The 100 freestyle is wide open, with veteran Jenny Thompson (USA) the most experienced, Hana-Maria seppala (FIN) with 54. 50 and Elena Popchenko (BLR) with (54.64) are the world leaders.Much improved Lisbeth Lenton (AUS) a newcomer could surprise in both 50 and 100.

Yu Yang (CHN) and Yanwei Xu (CHN) lead 2003 with fastest times in the 200 free, but Elka Graham (AUS) and Lindsay Benko (USA) are strong challengers. Elena Pochenko (BLR) could be a surprise contender. World record holder Franziska van Almsick (GER) will not be in Barcelona.

In the 400 freestyle Sachiko Yamada (JPN) and HuaChen (CHN) have the only sub 4:09 performances this year. Expect Hannah Stockbauer (GER and Lindsay Benko (USA) to make it a race for the gold. Eva Risztov (HUN) and Yana Klochkova (UKR) will swim the 400 IM the day before and may opt to skip th is one, but could be winners if they chose to swim.

In the 800 and 1 500 freestyle Hanah Stockbauer (GER) has the fastest time of the year with Sachiko Yamada (JPN) close behind. Diana Munz (USA), and Jana Henke (GER) will also be contenders. 2001 medallist Flavia Rigamonti (SLID broke her arm in early June and will not be in Barcelona.

In backstroke the races will be forsecond as Natalie Coughlin (USA) will be favoured in the 100 and 200. Katy Sexton (GBR) and Sarah Price (GBR) will fight for the remaining medals in the 100 and 200. The

50 backstroke will have Sandra Volker (GER), Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP), and Mai Nakamura (JPN) racing for the podium. Diana Mocanu (ROM) the Olympic and 2001 World Champion has been off form.

Leisel Jones (AUS) leads the world in 2003 in the 100 and 200breaststroke. Hui Qi (CHN) will challenge in both and is the world record holder in the 200. Amanda Beard (USA) and Mirnajukic (AUT) will be contenders. Zoe Baker (GBR) and Emma Igelstrom (SWE) will be the ones to beat in the 50 breast.

Inge de Bruin (NED) and world record holder Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) will battle for the gold in the 50 fly. Natalie Coughlin (USA) has best chance to upset Martina Moravcova (SVK), Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL) in the 100.

Yuko Nakanishi (JPN) has the fastest 200 fly time for the year (2:08.39) with Jedrzejczak (POL) and Georgina hee (GBR) under 2:10. Eva Risztov (HUN) is always dangereous. Olympic and World medallist Petria Thomas (AUS) will not be in Barcelona as she underwent surgery in April.

Yana Klochkova (UKR) has been dominant since 1999 in both IMs and has to be favoured in the 200 with has fastest time of the year in 2:13-37. Breaststroker Leisel Jones (AUS) moved into this event and has third best time this year with 2:14.21. Liz Warden (CAN) has the second best time this year with 2:13.60 could be a surprise but has no previous international history.

In the 400 IM Klochkova and Eva Risztov (HUN) will battle to the last stroke. Other contenders will be battling for the bronze: Jennifer Reilly (AUS), Kaitlin Sandeno (USA), Beatrice Caslaru (ROM).

The United States should prevail in both 4x100 relays; the 4x200 is up for grabs with Australia and Great Britain challenging the USA and China could surprise everyone.

Canada's prospects

Most Canadians will be aiming for a spot in the finals. No males are ranked in the top three, a few among the top 10. Women have second ranked Liz Warden in the 200 IM with the best medal chance, but man) of the other international medal prospects have not posted fast times during the year in this event.

All Canadian relays should reach the finals but will be only chasing the national record. In anycase, like always expect the unexpected.

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Victoria, Jun 26-30 (50 M) MEN'S EVENTS

50 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 29

2 3 4 5 6 7

22.96 Rose Matthew,22,TRENT 23.06 Lupien Yannick,23,CNCB 23.11 Hayden Brent,19,UBCD 23.35 Janes Riley,22,NRST 23.43 Kindler Thomas,22,CAMO 23.49 Hutchison Craig,28,T0 23.58 Monid Daniel,20,UNB 23.77 Wilkins Paul,21,SFA

B Final

1 23.94 Tisdall Justin,21,UBCD

2 23.95 Zochowski Thomas,23,NYAC

3 24.00 Heroux Mathieu,21.CAM0

4 24.07 Russell Colin, 18.BTSC

5 24.13 TozerGraeme,18,MM

6 24.18 Strelzow Jason,21 ,UBCD

7 24.26 Miller Kurtis.1 8.SCAR

8 24.29 MacDonald Simon,24,NKB 100 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 28

1 49.90 Hayden Brent,19,UBCD

2 50.51 Lupien Yannick,23,CNCB

3 50.92 Hutchison Craig,28,T0

4 50.93 Rose Matthew,22,TRENT

5 51.19 Janes Riley,22,NRST

6 51.44 Kindler Thomas,22,CAMO

7 51.50 Russell Colin.1 8.BTSC

8 51.66 Johnston Mark,23,UBCD B Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

51.45 Pichette Alexandre,26,CAM0

51.46 Hankewich Chad,21,G0LD 52.04 Rudolf Darryl.18.UBCD 52.25 Tisdall Justin.21.UBCD 52.30 Edey Brian,23,UASC 52.55 TozerGraeme,18,MM 52.67 Zochowski Thomas,23,NYAC

8 52.69 MacDonald Simon,24,NKB 200 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 27

1.49.15 Say Rick,24,UCSC 49.89 Johnston Mark,23,UBCD 50.97 Hayden Brent,19,UBCD 51.12 Mintenko Michael,27,UBCD 51.24 Johns Brian,20,UBCD 51.62 Edey Brian,23,UASC 52.07 Russell Colin,18,BTSC 52.94 Hankewich Chad,21, GOLD

B Final

1 1:54.59 Tisdall Justin,21,UBCD

2 1:55.74 Hyder Cameron,20.UCSC

3 1:56.16 Kim Borrey,21,UASC

4 1:56.17 Tozer Graeme,18.MM

5 1:56.35 MacDonald Elliot,20,MANTA

6 1:56.41 Hortness Richard, 17.RSA

7 1:56.67 Benoit Mikael.1 9.CNUS

8 1:56.73 Savo Frederic.23,CAMO 400 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 26

1 3:50.03 Say Rick,24,UCSC

2 3:51.79 Johnston Mark,23,UBCD

3 3:57.61 Russell Colin, 18.BTSC

4 3:59.76 Oriwol Tobias.1 8.ESWIM

5 4:00.28 O'Connor Brent,19,UBCD

6 4:02.26 Lavoie Malcolm,17,UASC

7 4:03.55 Ballem Jarrod,23,UCSC

8 4:06.89 Benoit Mikael,19,CNUS B Final

1 3:56.54 MacGillivary Kurtis,19,R0W

2 4:05.50 Rudolf Darryl.1 8.UBCD

3 4:05.97 Cormack Richard,21 ,UCSC

4 4:06.27 Samson Maxime, 18, ELITE

5 4:07.04 MacDonald Elliot, 20, MANTA

6 4:08.36 Derban Willie.1 7.UCSC

7 4:09.67 Derban Michael,19,UCSC

8 4:12.43 Ling David,23,T0 800 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 28

1 7:58.63 MacGillivary Kurtis,19,R0W

2 8:00.26 Say Rick,24,UCSC

3 8:18.76 Ballem Jarrod,23,UCSC

4 8:26.98 Lavoie Malcolm,17,UASC

5 8:29.50 Cowan Tim,25,UCSC

6 8:31.26 Ling David.23.T0

7 8:31.75 Long Jonathan, 17.LAC

8 8:34.69 Betuzzi Ray,15,UCSC 1500 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 30

1 15:19.69 MacGillivary Kurtis,19,R0W

2 15:40.00 Say Rick,24,UCSC

3 15:48.91 Hurd Andrew,20,MSSAC-TO

4 15:54.95 Ballem Josh,26,UCSC

5 16:05.18 Lavoie Malcolm, 17.UASC

6 16:09.97 Creel David,22,PCS

7 16:16.15 Cowan Tim.25.UCSC

8 16:18.60 O'Connor Brent,19,UBCD 50 METRES BACKSTROKE, Jun 30

1 26.26 Sepulis Sean,26,IS

2 26.40 Janes Riley,22,NRST

3 26.55 Veldman Gord,23,EBSC

4 26.64 Pichette Alexandre.26.CAM0

5 26.69 Rose Matthew,22,TRENT

6 26.89 NgCallum,18.CASC

7 27.14 Caprara Stefano,20,NEW

8 27.20 Miller Kurtis.1 8.SCAR B Final

1 27.25 Langlais Jean-F.,24,UL

2 27.50 Banville-Auger Benoit,20,MEGO

3 27.64 Atkison Ryan, 18.LAC

4 27.64 Bonner Marshall, 18.R0C

5 27.70 Ballem Josh,26,UCSC

6 28.03 Zielnik Maciek,18,UASC

7 28.05 Lachapelle Remi,23,CAMO

8 28.30 Preston Stephen.21.UL 100 METRES BACKSTROKE, Jun 27 1 56.07 Sepulis Sean,26,IS

56.52 Rose Matthew,22,TRENT 56.75 Oriwol Tobias,18,ESWIM 56.87 Janes Riley,22,NRST 57.22 Pichette Alexandre,26,CAMO 57.34 Beavers Keith,20,ROW 57.49 Caprara Stefano,20.NEW

8 58.03 Banville-Auger Benoit,20,MEGO B Final

1 57.64 Veldman Gord,23,EBSC 58.43 Hawes Matt,17,ROW 58.47 Martinson Adam,19,CASC

58.80 Preston Stephen.21.UL 58.95 Miller Kurtis,18,SCAR 58.97 Ackroyd Colin, 16.AAC 58.97 Atkison Ryan,18,LAC

8 59.26 Diehl Graham,20,UCSC 200 METRES BACKSTROKE, Jun 29

1 2:00.58 Beavers Keith,20,ROW

2 2:01.99 Oriwol Tobias.1 8.ESWIM

3 2:04.08 Martinson Adam,1 9.CASC

4 2:04.18 Hawes Matt,17,R0W

5 2:04.47 Strelzow Desmond,17,UBCD

6 2:05.47 Caprara Stelano,20,NEW

7 2:06.26 Banville-Auger Benoit,20,MEGO

8 2:07.58 Diehl Graham,20,UCSC B Final

2:06.97 MacDonald Elliot,20,MANTA 2:08.14 Ackroyd Colin, 16.AAC 2:08.39 Thauvette Mark,18,CAMO 2:08.45 Atkison Ryan,18,LAC 2:08.66 Schmitt Erich, 17.PCS 2:08.89 Preston Stephen.21.UL 2:11.02 Lachapelle Christian.21.CAM0 8 2:11.03 Aach Conrad.18.ESWIM 50 METRES BREASTSTROKE, Jun 27 1 28.22 Knabe Morgan,22,UCSA

28.81 Dickens Scott,18,UBCD 28.84 Brekke Trevor,26.SFA 29.22 Mori Brad,25,EXST 29.27 Hunter Jason,23,SFA 29.37 Thomsen Chad,20,UASC

29.53 Huang Matthew,19,UBCD 8 29.86 Hunter Gerard,21,RSA

B Final

1 29.75 Mains Matthew,21, ROW

2 30 02 Lee Aaron,23,UNB

3 30.07 Thiessen Chad.17,SPART

4 30.12 McKechnie David.17.BTSC

5 30.26 Wylie Michael,25,SFA

6 30.39 Delaney Clayton,22,ROW

7 30.65 Margulis Roman,19.NYAC

8 30.71 Parker Nathan,19,R0D

100 METRES BREASTSTROKE, Jun 26

01.12 Knabe Morgan,22,UCSA 02.67 Brown Michael, 19, PERTH 02.78 Dickens Scott,18,UBCD 03.60 Boulianne Michel.24.CAM0 03.87 Mains Matthew,21,R0W 03.99 Thomsen Chad,20,UASC 04.24 Brekke Trevor,26,SFA 04.62 Stamhuis John.24,PCS

B Final

04.01 Huang Matthew,19,UBCD 04.33 Hunter Jason,23,SFA 04 49 McKechnie David,17,BTSC

05.02 Barnes Warren, 18.SCAR 05.20 Thiessen Chad.1 7.SPART 05.31 Gleason Gregg,22,BROCK 06.01 Delaney Clayton,22,ROW 06.79 Charlton Cameron,21. TAT

200 METRES BREASTSTROKE, Jun 28

1 2:12.74 Knabe Morgan,22,UCSA

2 2:14.94 Brown Michael, 19.PERTH

3 2:16.15 Mains Matthew,21,R0W

4 2:16.35 Dickens Scott.1 8.UBCD

5 2:16.55 Boulianne Michel,24,CAM0

6 2:18.27 Huang Matthew,19.UBCD

7 2:20.17 Stamhuis John,24,PCS

8 2:20.40 Gleason Gregg,22,BR0CK B Final

1 2:22.10 Thomsen Chad.20,UASC

2 2:22.34 McKechnie David.1 7.BTSC

3 2:22.44 Charlton Cameron,21 JAT

4 2:23.21 Delaney Clayton,22, ROW

5 2:23.80 Barnes Warren, 18.SCAR

6 2:24.55 Monaco Marco,16,OAK-TO

7 2:25.31 Bartlet John,21 .NEW

8 2:25.34 Boulanger Alex.21.CAM0 50 METRES BUTTERFLY, Jun 26

1 24.22 Mintenko Michael,27.UBCD

2 24.59 Kindler Thomas,22,CAM0

3 24.86 Hankewich Chad,21, GOLD

4 25.19 Lupien Yannick.23.CNCB

5 25.24 Janes Riley,22,NRST

6 25.27 Langlais Jean-F.,24.UL

7 25.29 Ballem Josh,26,UCSC

8 25.55 Bartoch Joe,20,LAC B Final

1 25.57 Jacks Jesse,21, PCS

2 25.59 Vanderkam Bradley,20,LAC

3 25.62 Bourdages Dominique.21 .CAMO

4 25.63 Caprara Stefano,19,NEW

5 25.73 Henderson Sandy,23,SFA

6 25.75 Lachapelle Remi,23.CAMO

7 25.78 Poulin Sebastien,23,CAMO

8 26.03 Babaris Alex.21. TRENT 100 METRES BUTTERFLY, Jun 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

53.44 Mintenko Michael,27,UBCD 54.83 Bartoch Joe,20,LAC

54 85 Hankewich Chad.21 .GOLD 55.44 Jacks Jesse.21.PCS 55.51 Rudolf Darryl.18,UBCD

55 56 Ballem Josh,26,UCSC 55.74 Langlais Jean-F.,24,UL

8 56.80 Schjott Jonathan.21 .UCSC B Final

1 56.21 Hartel Klaus.23.SFA

2 56.43 Poulin Sebastien,23,CAM0

3 56.53 Henderson Sandy,23,SFA

4 56.87 Russell Colin, 18.BTSC

5 57.06 Terauds Mike.22,EAST

6 57.10 Pelechytik Jan,22,R0D

7 57.40 Vanderkam Bradley.20.LAC

8 57.78 Babaris Alex.21 . TRENT 200 METRES BUTTERFLY, Jun 27

1 2:01.08 Johns Brian,20,UBCD

2 2:02 24 Murray Chad.21 .UCSC

3 2:02.44 Jacks Jesse,21, PCS

4 2:03.21 Rudolf Darryl.1 8.UBCD

5 2:03.31 Schjott Jonathan.21 .UCSC

6 2:04.97 Poulin Sebastien,23.CAMO

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7 2:05.65 Castonguay Francois,20,CAMO

8 2:06.05 Pelechytik Jan,22,ROD B Final

1 2:05.15 Cowan Tim,25,UCSC

2 2:05.82 Medaglia Steven.18.NKB

3 2:05.92 Hartel Klaus.23.SFA

4 2:06.44 NgCallum,18,CASC

5 2:06.59 Ruse Timothy,18,PCSC

6 2:06.62 Dragunas Andrew.21,PCSC

7 2:06.62 Terauds Mike,22,EAST

8 2:07.03 Bannon Thierry,20.SAMAK 200 METRES IND. MEDLEY, Jun 28

1 2:02.15 Johns Brian.20,UBCD

2 2:03.95 Oriwol Tobias,18,ESWIM

3 2:04.50 Beavers Keith,20,ROW

4 2:04.61 Murray Chad,21. UCSC

5 2:04.86 Sayao Chuck,20,T0

6 2:08.21 Medaglia Steven,18,NKB

7 2:08.48 Samson Maxime.1 8, ELITE

disq Castonguay Francois.20,CAMO

B Final

1 2:09.10 NgCallum,18,CASC

2 2:09.27 Aach Conrad,18,ESWIM

3 2:09.81 Ruse Timothy,18,PCSC

4 2:11.53 Graham Taylor,18,RSA

5 2:12.05 Smith Donald,19,0AK-TO

6 2:12.57 Hyder Cameron,20.UCSC

7 2:13.07 Diehl Graham,20,UCSC

8 2:13.25 AubryJonathan.17.CNB 400 METRES IND. MEDLEY, Jun 30

1 4:19.66 Sayao Chuck,20.T0

2 4:24.87 Johns Brian,20.UBCD

3 4:27.85 Brown Michael. 19, PERTH

4 4:28.86 Oriwol Tobias,18,ESWIM

5 4:31 .39 Castonguay Francois.20,CAMO

6 4:33.94 Samson Maxime, 18.ELITE

7 4:34.33 MacDonald Elliot,20,MANTA

8 4:34.40 Aach Conrad, 18.ESWIM B Final

1 4:33.60 Dickens Scott,18,UBCD

2 4:33.75 Medaglia Steven, 18.NKB

3 4:38.45 Ruse Timothy,18,PCSC

4 4:40.67 Hyder Cameron.20,UCSC

5 4:40.72 AubryJonathan.17.CNB

6 4:41 .30 Tremblay Michel.22.CNCB

7 4:43.54 Boulanger Alex.21 .CAMO

8 4:43 71 Schmitt Erich.1 7.PCS

WOMEN'S EVENTS

50 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 30

1 26.21 Nicholls Laura.24.R0W

2 26.44 Limpert Marianne.30.CAMO

3 26.47 Beckberger Jennifer.1 7.AAC

4 26 48 Lydall Anna,23,TO

5 26.52 Porenta Jennifer,18.MMST-TO

6 26.72 Clapham Caroline.22.UBCD

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7 26.88 Dykes Amber,19,HYACK

8 26.90 Gillespie Emily.1 6.NKB B Final

1 26.56 Pomeroy Laura,19,0AK-T0

2 26.58 Ng Jennifer.1 7.UBCD

3 26.78 Gault Sarah.18.DDO

4 26.89 Carroll Jennifer.22,MEGO

5 26.91 KardashErin.17.MM

6 27.00 Saumur Genevieve,15,CAM0

7 27.09 Beaton Erica.15.HYACK

8 27 11 Rolland Nadine,28.SAMAK 100 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 29

1 56.72 Nicholls Laura.24,R0W

2 56.86 PorentaJennifer,18,MMST-TO

3 56.96 Beckberger Jenniter.1 7.AAC

4 57.01 Button Jenniter,25,T0

5 57.22 Limpert Mananne.30,CAMO

6 57 67 De Blois Marieve.1 9.CAMO

7 57.72 Kardash Erin,17,MM

8 57.73 Simard Sophie,24,UL B Final

1 57.89 Beaudry Maya.15.UBCD

2 57.91 Collins Elizabeth,20,R0D

4 58.12 Gresdal Jenna.1 8.ESWIM

5 58.28 Grant Laura,19,UCSC

6 58.45 Rolland Nadine,28,SAMAK

7 58.62 Clapham Caroline,22,UBCD

8 58.63 Lacroix Audrey,19.CAMO 200 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 28

1 2:01.31 Reimer Brittany.15.SKSC

2 2:01.73 Collins Elizabeth.20,ROD

3 2:01 .97 Beaudry Maya,15,UBCD

4 2:02.28 Doody Kelly,23,UBCD

5 2:02.77 Simard Sophie,24,UL

6 2:02.91 Charron-Watson Chanelle,19.UL

7 2:03.09 Porenta Jennifer,18,MMST-T0

8 2:06.04 Button Jenniler,25,T0 B Final

1 2:02.87 Limpert Marianne,30,CAMO

2 2:03.83 Bussiere Melania,30,CNB

3 2:03.84 Hacked Shannon, 16.UBCD

4 2:04.34 De Blois Marieve,19,CAMO

5 2:04.70 Fratesi Jenniler,19,R0W

6 2:04.88 Beckberger Jennifer.1 7.AAC

7 2:05.09 Gillespie Emily,16,NKB

8 2:05.41 Quirk Sienna,20.UNB 400 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 26

1 4:12.00 Reimer Brittany,15,SKSC

2 4:15.42 Gravelle Julie,23,T0

3 4:17.58 Hacked Shannon,16,UBCD

4 4:18.76 Charron-Watson Chanelle.1 9,UL

5 4:19.63 Hunks Tanya,22.HYACK

6 4:19.76 Beaudry Maya,15,UBCD

7 4:21 .00 Simard Sophie,24,UL

8 4:26.20 Sweny Loren,21.NKB B Final

1 4:24.90 Dudar Elyse.16,MSSAC-TO

2 4:25.82 Stefanyshyn Deanna,18,UBCD

3 4:26.41 Quirk Sienna,20,UNB

4 4:26.79 Doody Hayley.1 7.UCSC

5 4:27.21 Schmuck Anne,15,SKSC

6 4:28.83 Bell Amanda,15,UCSC

7 4:28.85 Telfer Katherine.1 8.ESWIM

8 4:30.63 Haley Bevan,16,WTSC 800 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 29

1 8:36.38 Reimer Brittany,15,SKSC

2 8:44.87 Lencoe Taryn.1 7.UBCD

3 8:50.50 Hunks Tanya,22,HYACK

4 8:50.78 Gravelle Julie,23,T0

5 8:54 00 Hackett Shannon,16,UBCD

6 9:02.10 Dudar Elyse,16,MSSAC-T0

7 9:04.73 Haley Bevan,16,WTSC

8 9:05.84 Schmuck Anne,15,SKSC 1500 METRES FREESTYLE, Jun 27

1 16:24.39 Reimer Brittany.1 5.SKSC

2 16:25.64 Lencoe Taryn.1 7.UBCD

3 16:58.49 Hunks Tanya,22,HYACK

4 17:05.54 Stutzel Karley,21 , PCS

5 17:12.15 Dudar Elyse,16,MSSAC-TO

6 17:19.23 Haley Bevan,16,WTSC

7 17:21.04 Bell Amanda,15,UCSC

8 17:34.97 Mayzes Sarah.15,IS

50 METRES BACKSTROKE, Jun 28

1 28.90 Carroll Jennifer,22,MEGO

2 29.28 Gammel Erin,23,UCSC

3 29.94 KubasHanna,17,UASC

4 30.06 Buckland Brooke,14,EAST

5 30.31 Meredith Caitlin,1 9.UBCD

6 30.39 Yestrau Landice,16,MM

7 30.41 Menard Marielle,23,UL

8 30.55 Saumur Genevieve.1 5.CAM0 B Final

1 30.50 Leroy Andree-Ann.21 ,HAC

2 30 77 Beckberger Jennifer.1 7.AAC

3 30.88 Schneider Kristen.22.ROD

4 30.94 Clapham Caroline.22.UBCD

5 30.97 Gresdal Jenna,18,ESWIM

6 31.12 Aspinall Jessica.1 6.RAC

7 31.13 Mcintosh Heather.20.UASC

8 31 17 Pomerleau Kirsten,15,UCSC 100 METRES BACKSTROKE, Jun 27

02.53 Carroll Jennifer,22,MEG0 02.64 Gammel Erin,23.UCSC 02.92 Fratesi Jennifer,19,R0W 03.75 Wyclifle Elizabeth,20,EBSC 03.78 Kubas Hanna,17,UASC 03.89 Meredith Caitlin.1 9.UBCD 04.11 Stefanyshyn Kelly,20.UBCD 05.84 Buckland Brooke,14,EAST

B Final

1 1:04 60 Yestrau Landice,16,MM

2 1:04.79 Gresdal Jenna,18.ESWIM

3 1:05.16 Mcintosh Heather,20,UASC

4 1:05.16 Bouchard Melanie.21.UL

5 1:05 16 Saumur Genevieve,15,CAM0

6 1:05.25 Kardash Erin.17.MM

7 1:05.55 Schneider Kristen,22,R0D

8 1:05.71 Leroy Andree-Ann,21,HAC 200 METRES BACKSTROKE Jun 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

2:13.15 Fratesi Jennifer,19,ROW 2:13.42 Warden Elizabeth,25,T0 17,02 Stefanyshyn Kelly,20,UBCD 17.23 Meredith Caitlin,19,UBCD 18.76 Leroy Andree-Ann,21,HAC 18.85 Bouchard Melanie.21.UL 19.85 Stefanyshyn Deanna,18,UBCD 22.29 Wyclifle Elizabeth,20,EBSC

2 2 2 2 2

8 2: B Final

1 2:19.38 Bayliss Lynette,1 7.UCSC

2 2:19.53 Carroll Jennifer.22.MEGO

3 2:21.40 Koskinas lfiyenia,21.0SC

4 2:21.66 Yestrau Landice,16,MM

5 2:21.95 Mcintosh Heather.20.UASC

6 2:22.14 Kubas Hanna.17,UASC

7 2:22.26 Kasuya Jennifer.1 9.HYACK

8 2:25.15 McQueen Shannon, 15, NKB 50 METRES BREASTSTROKE Jun 30

1 32.52 Leier Rhiannon,26,MM

2 32.87 Blackburn Lisa,31, ROW

3 32.96 Stoody Kathleen,20,SFA

4 33.39 van Oosten Lauren,24,UCSC

5 33.54 Pomeroy Julia,23,0AK-T0

6 33.77 Spooner Emma,20,UCSC

7 34.01 Hughes Stephanie,24,EAST

8 34.07 HoberRenee,18,R0W B Final

1 33.80 Wagner Tamara,18.R0W

2 33.89 Mange Michelle,16,UBCD

3 33.98 Craft Jacquelyn,17,TRENT

4 34.12 Gault Sarah, 18.DDO

5 34.28 Laprade Michelle.22.CAM0

6 34.30 Beaurivage Marie-E .22.UL

7 34.32 Burns Shayna,19,TO

8 34.41 Ratelle Marie-P.,17,MEGO 100 METRES BREASTSTROKE. Jun 27

7 1

09 12 van Oosten Lauren,24,UCSC 10.02 Leier Rhiannon,26,MM 10.76 Blackburn Lisa.31,R0W 10.89 Stoody Kathleen.20.SFA 11.16 Petelski Christin,25,PCS 11.80 Pierse Annamay,19,UBCD 12.54 Pomeroy Julia,23,OAK-TO 12 57 Mange Michelle.1 6.UBCD

B Final

1 1:12.61 Spooner Emma,20,UCSC

2 1:13.53 Burns Shayna,19,T0

3 1:13.59 Labbett Kim,16.0AK-T0

4 1.13.60 HoberRenee,18,ROW

5 1:13 77 Craft Jacquelyn.1 7.TRENT

6 1:13.99 Wagner Tamara,18,R0W

7 1:14.06 Hughes Stephanie,24,EAST

8 1:14.31 Sceli Michaela.1 7.WEST 200 METRES BREASTSTROKE, Jun 29

1 2:30 96 van Oosten Lauren,24,UCSC

2 2:31.41 Stoody Kathleen.20.SFA

3 2:32.46 Leier Rhiannon,26,MM

4 2:32.56 Petelski Christin,25,PCS

5 2:32.90 Pierse Annamay,19,UBCD

6 2:33.40 Blackburn Lisa,31, ROW

7 2:34.54 Mange Michelle,16,UBCD

8 2:45.16 Sceli Michaela.1 7.WEST B Final

1 2:36.29 Pierse Hanna.14,EKSC

2 2:38.13 Craft Jacquelyn.1 7.TRENT

3 2:38.19 Rich Whitney,15, LAC

4 2:38.48 Edgecumbe Marcy,19,UASC

5 2:38.82 Hughes Stephanie,24,EAST

6 2:39.21 Hober Renee,18,R0W

7 2:39 26 Labbett Kim,1 6.0AK-T0

8 2:40.76 Pomeroy Julia,23,0AK-T0 50 METRES BUTTERFLY, Jun 30

1 27.75 Button Jennifer,25,T0

2 28.04 Carroll Jennifer,22,MEG0

3 28.04 Downing MacKenzie,16,WGB

4 28.30 Rolland Nadine,28,SAMAK

5 28.36 Saumur Genevieve,15,CAM0

6 28 43 Gault Sarah,18,DD0

7 28.68 Lacroix Audrey.1 9.CAM0

8 28.68 Collins Elizabeth.20,ROD B Final

1 28 84 Martin Stephame,21,CASC

2 28.85 Alroubaie Sara,21 .MM

3 29.04 Beaulieu Randi.1 7.MSSAC-TO

4 29.07 Tcholkayan Valerie.1 8.DD0

5 29.31 Kumentas Nadia.15,T0

6 29.31 Hughes Stephanie,24,EAST

7 29 48 Bennett Allison,15,NYAC

8 29.63 Rawlings Kayla.15.L0SC 100 METRES BUTTERFLY, Jun 26

2 1

3 1

4 1

5 1

6 1

7 1

B Final

1 1

2 1

3 1

4 1

59 80 Button Jennifer,25,TO 00.86 Lacroix Audrey,19,CAM0

01.56 Fratesi Jennifer.1 9.R0W 02.21 Downing MacKenzie,16,WGB 02.26 Alroubaie Sara,21,MM

02.57 Gillespie Amanda,18,NKB 02.79 Collins Elizabeth,20,ROD

02.86 Hubley Melissa.21 .EAST

02.87 Guay-Racine Julia,17,CAMO 03.21 Hughes Stephanie,24,EAST

03.58 Gajos Nancy,18,ESWIM 03.93 Bernier Joan,19.CNCB

Rating Summary of Top Performances

1)	983	1:01.12	100 breast M	Knabe Morgan, UCSA
2)	975	2:13.60	200 im W	Warden Elizabeth, TO
3)	975	28.90	50 back W	Carroll Jennifer.MEGO
4)	967	7:58.63	800 free M	MacGillivary Kurtis.ROW
5)	966	2:02.15	200 im M	Johns Brian, UBCD
6)	964	16:24.39	1500 free W	Reimer Brittany.SKSC
7)	962	16:25.64	1500 freeW	Lencoe Taryn.UBCD
962	3:50.03	400 free M	Say Rick.UCSC
9)	961	53.44	100 fly M	Mintenko Michael.UBCD
10)	960	4:19.66	400 im M	Sayao Chuck.TO

Regina's Elizabeth Collins, 20, selected to Pan Am Team in 200 free

5 1:03.97 Rawlings Kayla,15,L0SC

6 1:04.10 Gillespie Emily,16.NKB

7 1:04.24 O'Kelly 0rlagh,17,UASC

8 1:04.96 Schneider Kristen,22,R0D 200 METRES BUTTERFLY, Jun 28

1 2:11.80 Lacroix Audrey,19,CAMO

2 2:12.03 Button Jennifer,25,TO

3 2:13.91 Gravelle Julie,23,T0

4 2:17.02 Hunks Tanya,22,HYACK

5 2:18.24 Gillespie Amanda,18,NKB

6 2:18.31 Lachance-Fortin Alex.18.UL

7 2:19.59 Bernier Joan,19,CNCB

8 2:19.73 Hubley Melissa.21, EAST B Final

1 2:17.15 Downing MacKenzie,16,WGB

2 2:19.25 Hughes Stephanie,24,EAST

3 2:20.01 Guay-Racine Julia.1 7.CAM0

4 2:20.78 Rawlings Kayla.1 5.L0SC

5 2:20.96 O'Kelly Orlagh.1 7.UASC

6 2:21.05 Alroubaie Sara,21, MM

7 2:21.16 Beland Danielle.18,G0

8 2:21.52 Gajos Nancy,18,ESWIM 200 METRES IND. MEDLEY, Jun 26

1 2:13.60 Warden Elizabeth,25,T0

2 2:16.25 Doody Kelly,23,UBCD

3 2:16.55 Limpert Marianne,30,CAMO

4 2:17.67 Malar Joanne,27,UCSC

5 2:17.89 Landry Michelle,18,UBCD

6 2:19.19 Leroy Andree-Ann,21,HAC

7 2:19.57 Leier Rhiannon,26,MM

8 2:21.24 Bradley Kristen,19,NEW B Final

1 2:19 88 Ourand Dena,22,UCSC

2 2:19.97 Pierse Annamay,19,UBCD

3 2:20.41 Burgoyne Carrie,21,UCSC

4 2:21.49 Kardash Erin,17,MM

5 2:22.15 Gillespie Emily,16,NKB

6 2:22.47 Gillespie Amanda.1 8.NKB

7 2:22.47 Bouchard Melanie,21,UL

8 2:22.74 De Blois Marieve,19,CAM0 400 METRES IND. MEDLEY, Jun 30

1 4:46.11 Warden Elizabeth,25,T0

2 4:51 .55 Doody Kelly,23,UBCD

3 4:52.72 Burgoyne Carrie,21,UCSC

4 4:54.47 Hunks Tanya,22,HYACK

5 4:55.01 Pierse Annamay.1 9.UBCD

6 4:55.84 Malar Joanne,27,UCSC

7 4:57.00 Landry Michelle,18,UBCD

8 4:57.90 Durand Dena,22,UCSC B Final

1 4:59.75 Bradley Kristen,19,NEW

2 5:01.92 Gillespie Amanda.1 8.NKB

3 5:02.09 Bouchard Melanie,21,UL

4 5:02.32 Schmuck Anne,15,SKSC

5 5:03.03 Stefanyshyn Deanna,18,UBCD

6 5:05.97 Johnson Haylee.1 7.UBCD

7 5:07.53 Bernier Joan, 19.CNCB

8 5:08.69 Osterer Elizabeth, 17.NKB

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUIT

MEN S EVENTS 50 METRES FREESTYLE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

100 METRES FREESTYLE

23 21 Ricardo Busquets.PUR

22 74 Roland Schoeman.RSA

23 62 Brent Hayden.CAN

23 35 Ricardo Busquets.PUR 22.48 Jason Lezak.USA 22 87 Jason Lezak.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

200 METRES FREESTYLE

51.17 Neil Walker.USA

49 81 Anthony Ervin.USA

50 83 Brent Hayden.CAN 50.94 Neil Walker.USA 49.58 Jason Lezak.USA 49.90 Neil Walker.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

1:49.29 Michael Phelps.USA 1:51 52 Tamas Kerekjarto.HUN 1:51 74 Michael Mintenko.CAN 1:51.15 Klete Keller.USA 1:51.11 Ryk Neethling.RSA 1:50.34 Klete Keller.USA

400 METRES FREESTYLE

3 49 93 Michael Phelps.USA 357.12 Larsen Jensen.USA 3:56.18 Mark Johnslon.CAN 3:53 81 Francis Crippen.USA 3:56 83 Oussama Mellouli.TUN 3:53 18 Klete Keller.USA 800 METRES FREESTYLE Vancouver 8:13 44 Larsen Jensen.USA 8:01 80 Francis Crippen.USA 8:05 72 Oussama Mellouli.TUN 8:04 35 Klete Keller.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

1500 METRES FREESTYLE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Vie|0 Santa Clara

50 METRES BACKSTROKE

15:37 95 Peter Vanderkaay.USA 15:39.29 Larsen Jensen.USA 15:58.21 Rick Say.CAN 15:29 45 Ricardo Monasterio.VEN 15:32.42 ErikVendt.USA 15:22 40 Erik Vendt.USA

Irvine Vancouver

26.51 Alex Lim.MAS 26.44 Randall Bal.USA

100 METRES BACKSTROKE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

56 32 Randall Bal.USA

55 84 Gordan Kozulj.CRO

57 21 Sean Sepulis.CAN

56 96 James Wike.USA 55.27 Aaron Peirsol.USA 55.14 Aaron Peirsol.USA

200 METRES BACKSTROKE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

2:05.47 Matt Hawes.CAN 2:01 .00 Gordan Kozulj.CRO 2:01 84 Tobias Oriwol.CAN 2:03 65 Chris DeJong.USA 1:58 11 Aaron Peirsol.USA 1:5698 Aaron Peirsol.USA

50 METRES BREASTSTROKE

Irvine Vancouver

29 50 David Denniston.USA 29 33 Brad Mori.CAN

100 METRES BREASTSTROKE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

1:04.68 David Denniston.USA 1:04 88 David Denniston.USA 1:02 13 Morgan Knabe.CAN 1:04.98 Sean Quinn.USA 1:04 19 Vladislav Polyakov.KAZ 1:02 13 Brendan Hansen.USA

200 METRES BREASTSTROKE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

50 METRES BUTTERFLY

2:19 96 Michael Phelps.USA 2:20 95 Ratapong Sirisanont.THA 2:16.37 Morgan Knabe.CAN 2:19 66 Sean Quinn.USA 2 18 52 Vladislav Polyakov.KAZ 215 19 Brendan Hansen.USA

Irvine Vancouver

100 METRES BUTTERFLY

23 88 Roland Schoeman.RSA 25.58 Riley Janes.CAN

55 65 Tom Malchow.USA 53.91 Igor Marchenko.RUS 54 07 Michael Mintenko.CAN 54.67 Benjamin Michaelson.USA 53.87 Michael Mintenko.CAN 52.65 Michael Phelps.USA 200 METRES BUTTERFLY Ann Arbor 1:59 12 Michael Phelps.USA 2:00 95 Tamas Kerekjarto.HUN 2:05 18 Jesse Jacks.CAN 1:56.41 Tom Malchow.USA 2:00 94 Moss Burmester.NZL 1:56 06 Michael Phelps.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

200 METRES IND. MEDLEY

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

400 METRES IND.MEDLEY

2 00 82 Michael Phelps.USA 2:03.63 Tamas Kerekjarto.HUN 2:05.87 Tom Wilkens.USA 2:03.47 George Bovell.TRI 2:06.29 Oussama Mellouli.TUN 1:57 94 Michael Phelps.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

4:16.19 Michael Phelps.USA 4:26.44 Tamas Kerekjarto.HUN 4:26.94 Tom Wilkens.USA 4:26.60 Robert Margalis.USA 4:30 86 Oussama Mellouli.TUN 4:20.54 Tom Wilkens.USA

23 43 Neil Walker.USA 22 79 Jason Lezak.USA 24 12 Randall Bal.USA 2335 Neil Walker.USA

22 93 Roland Schoeman.RSA 22 92 Ryk Neethling.RSA

5190 Randall Bal.USA

50.72 Denis Pimankov.RUS 51 63 Michael Mintenko.CAN 51 39 Ryan Wochomurka.USA 50 60 Scott Tucker.USA 5051 Scott Tucker.USA

1:51 02 Klete Keller.USA 1:52 28 Ryk Neethling.RSA 1:52.29 Brent Hayden.CAN 1:52.68 Peter Vanderkaay.USA 1:52.23 Scott Tucker.USA

1 50.80 Markus Rogan.AUT

35564 Davis Tarwater.USA 3 57 84 Mark Warkentin.USA 3:5864 Rick Say.CAN 3 53 93 Klete Keller.USA

3 57 15 Larsen Jensen.USA 3.56 39 Oussama Mellouli.TUN

8:26.75 Jarrod Ballem.CAN 8:01 91 Klete Keller.USA 8 09 77 Chad Carvin.USA 8 07 80 Ricardo Monasterio.VEN

15:40.29 Chris Thompson.USA 16 00.11 Aram Kevorkian.USA 16 06 70 David Creel.CAN 15 37 22 Klete Keller.USA 15:33 35 Larsen Jensen.USA 15:25 61 Ricardo Monasterio.VEN

26.73 Gordan Kozulj.CRO 26 64 Sean Sepulis.CAN

58.10 Neil Walker.USA

56 97 Alex Lim.MAS

57 33 Randall Bal.USA 57 36 Neil Walker.USA 56 23 Alex Lim.MAS 5611 Randall Bal.USA

2 07.65 Colin Underhill.USA 2:03.52 Trent Staley.USA

2 04 21 Brian Johns.CAN 2 03.87 Joey Faltraco.USA 205 40 Louis Vayo.USA 1 59 10 Michael Phelps.USA

29 57 Marco Gonzalez.MEX 29 49 Scott Dickens.CAN

1:04 84 James Barone.USA 1 05 22 Ratapong Sirisanont.THA 1 04.26 Scott Dickens.CAN 1:05 65 Wickus Nienaber.SWZ

1 04 50 David Denniston.USA 1:0261 Glenn Ed Moses.USA

2:21 11 Robert Margalis.USA

2 21 48 David Denniston.USA 2:16 74 Tom Wilkens.USA 2:22.25 Eric Shanteau.USA

2 18.83 Ratapong Sirisanont.THA 2:18.16 Ratapong Sirisanont.THA

24 52 Ryk Neethling.RSA

25 75 Matt Marshall.USA

56 10 Andrew Livingston.PUR

54 40 Michael Cavic.YUG 55.80 Jesse Jacks.CAN

55 00 Tom Malchow.USA 54 36 Ryk Neethling.RSA 53.72 Michael Cavic.YUG

2 00 30 Tom Malchow.USA 2:03.96 Erik Tolmachoff.USA 2:06.83 Chad Murray.CAN 2:00 27 Michael Raab.USA 2 03 83 Chad Carvin.USA 1:57 39 Tom Malchow.USA

2:06 25 Keith Beavers.CAN 2 0565 Oussama Mellouli.TUN 2:08 51 Tobias Oriwol.CAN 2:05 93 Eric Shanteau.USA 2-09.12 John Dorr.USA 2:02 62 Kevin Clements.USA

4:27.25 Robert Margalis.USA 4:27,40 Oussama Mellouli.TUN

4 33 24 Tobias Oriwol.CAN 4:29 50 Eric Shanteau.USA 4 31 75 Chad Carvin.USA 4:23 26 Oussama Mellouli.TUN

23 69 Randall Bal.USA 23 09 Michael Cavic.YUG 24 13 Nicholas Brunelli.USA 23.43 Frederick Bousquet.FRA 22.97 Bartosz Kizierowski.POL 22.94 Neil Walker.USA

52.23 Kicker Vencill.USA 5081 RolandasGimbutis.LTU 51 96 Scott Vonschotf.USA 51 60 Romain Barnier.FRA 50.81 Ryk Neethling.RSA 51.12 RolandasGimbutis.LTU

1 -53.36 Scott Goldblatt.USA 1:52 98 Chad Carvin.USA 1:52 35 Rick Say.CAN 1:53.25 Davis Tarwater.USA 1:52 56 Aaron Peirsol.USA 1:51 60 Jayme Cramer.USA

3:55.75 Peter Vanderkaay.USA 3 59 74 Cameron Mull.USA 3:5901 Larsen Jensen.USA 355.97 Andrew Hurd.CAN 3:5738 Chad Carvin.USA 3:57 06 Peter Vanderkaay.USA

8:35.00 Tim Cowan.CAN 8:08 06 Peter Vanderkaay.USA 8:1752 Justin Mortimer.USA 8:17 66 Peter Vanderkaay.USA

16 09 27 Andrew Hurd.CAN

16:12 00 Jarrod Ballem.CAN 15:38.04 Peter Vanderkaay.USA 15:45 75 Oussama Mellouli.TUN 15:35.64 Klete Keller.USA

27.61 Trent Staley.USA 26 85 Riley Janes.CAN

58 43 Jayme Cramer.USA 59.47 Ahmed Hussein.EGY 57 68 Riley Janes.CAN 57 52 Adam Mania.POL 57 34 Matthew Grevers.USA 56.29 Markus Rogan.AUT

2:08 17 Robert Margalis.USA 2:08 07 Eddie Erazo.USA

2 06 61 Desmond Strelzow.CAN 2 05.00 Luke Wagner.USA 2:06 85 Diego Urreta.MEX

2 00 08 Markus Rogan.AUT

30 10 John Abercrombie.USA 29 68 Trevor Brekke.CAN

05 48 Warren Barnes.CAN 06.80 Marco Gonzalez.MEX 05.02 Matthew Huang.CAN

06 20 Michael Brown, CAN

05 25 Ratapong Sirisanont.THA 04 18 Jose Couto.POR

2:22 50 Marco Monaco.CAN 2 25 69 Paul Hernandez.USA 2:20 86 Scott Dickens.CAN 2:22 58 Michael Brown, CAN 2:21.48 Andrew Callahan.USA 2:18.24 David Denniston.USA

24 53 Igor Marchenko.RUS

25 95 Jesse Jacks.CAN

56 19 Nicholas Walkotten.USA

54 66 Roland Schoeman.RSA 56 32 Matt Marshall.USA 55.87 Michael Raab.USA

55 37 Luis Rojas.VEN 53.92 Ryk Neethling.RSA

2:01 95 Andrew Livingston.PUR 2:06.93 Dan Beal.USA 2:07 37 James Alkinson.USA 2 03.63 Matthew Haupl.USA 2:04.51 Andrew Livingston.PUR 2 00 46 Moss Burmester.NZL

206 85 Michael Alexandrov.USA 2:0752 Aram Kevorkian.USA 2-08.52 Chad Murray.CAN 2:07 30 Robert Margalis.USA 2:10 93 Mark Hamming.USA 2:05 43 Mark Liscinsky.USA

4:29 03 Kevin Clements.USA 4 32 64 Daniel A Hewko.USA 4 35 64 Chad Murray.CAN 4:30 93 Francis Crippen.USA 4:32.40 Justin Mortimer.USA 4:23.52 Erik Vendt.USA

WOMEN'S EVENTS 50 METRES FREESTYLE

Ann Arbor 26.04 Colleen Lanne.USA

25 95 Haley Cope.USA 25.50 Alison Sheppard.GBR

26 02 Haley Cope.USA 26.49 Colleen Lanne.USA 25 79 Haley Cope.USA

100 METRES FREESTYLE Ann Arbor 56.30 Colleen Lanne.USA 56 28 Natalie Coughlin.USA 56 66 Gabrielle Rose.USA 55 84 Rhiannon Jelfrey.USA 56.27 Gabrielle Rose.USA 55 01 Natalie Coughlin.USA

Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

200 METRES FREESTYLE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

400 METRES FREESTYLE

2:03.24 Colleen Lanne.USA 20036 Lindsay Benko.USA 2 02 99 Lindsay Benko.USA 2:01 12 Rhiannon Jettrey.USA 2 02 04 Gabrielle Rose.USA 2:01.38 Lindsay Benko.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

4:17.62 Amy McCullough.USA 4:11 88 Lindsay Benko.USA 4:16 12 Brittany Reimer.CAN 4:12.99 Flavia Rigamonti.SUI 4:14 65 Rachel Komisarz.USA 1:15.54 Lindsay Benko.USA

800 METRES FREESTYLE

Ann Arbor 8:35.78 Flavia Rigamonti.SUI Irvine 8:39 50 Lindsay Benko.USA

Vancouver 8:45 19 Brittany Reimer.CAN Charlotte 849 58 Brooke Bennett.USA Mission Viejo 8:38 71 Emily Mason.USA Santa Clara 8 42 41 Kalyn Keller.USA 1500 METRES FREESTYLE Vancouver 16:57.20 Rory Schmidt.USA Charlotte 16:16 98 Flavia Rigamonti.SUI Mission Viejo 16:53 91 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA Santa Clara 16 36 53 Sara McLarty.USA 50 METRES BACKSTROKE Irvine 29.37 Haley Cope.USA

Vancouver 29 44 Erin Gammel.CAN 100 METRES BACKSTROKE Ann Arbor 1:03 29 Haley Cope.USA Irvine 1:02.75 Natalie Coughlin.USA

Vancouver 1:02.47 Erin Gammel.CAN Charlotte 1:03 06 Haley Cope.USA Mission Viejo 1:03.12 Beth Botslord.USA Santa Clara 1:00 98 Natalie Coughlin.USA 200 METRES BACKSTROKE

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

2:17 66 Elizabeth Wyclitte.CAN 215 71 Natalie Coughlin.USA 214 13 Jennifer Fratesi.CAN 2 14 96 Margaret Hoelzer.USA 2:16.25 Jessica Hayes.USA 2:13.72 Natalie Coughlin.USA

50 METRES BREASTSTROKE

Irvine Vancouver

33 02 Staciana Stitts.USA 32.72 Rhiannon Leier.CAN

100 METRES BREASTSTROKE

1:09 76 Tara Kirk.USA 1:12 95 Niolette Teo.SIN 1:09.78 Rhiannon Leier.CAN

1 09.88 Tara Kirk.USA 1:09.77 Amanda Beard, USA 1:10 03 Tara Kirk.USA

200 METRES BREASTSTROKE Ann Arbor 2:32 85 Kristy Kowal.USA

2 35 14 Staciana Stitts.USA 2 33 78 Rhiannon Leier.CAN 2 29.89 Sarah Poewe.GER 2:28 42 Amanda Beard, USA 2:31,54 Birte Steven.GER

50 METRES BUTTERFLY Irvine 27 57 Bethany Goodwin.USA

Vancouver 2811 Alison Sheppard.GBR 100 METRES BUTTERFLY Ann Arbor 1 00 54 Mary Descenza.USA 0:59 96 Natalie Coughlin.USA 1:01 67 Misty Hyman.USA 0:59 86 Mary Descenza.USA 1:00 66 Rachel Komisarz.USA 0:59.00 Natalie Coughlin.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

200 METRES BUTTERFLY

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

200 METRES IND.MEDLEY

2 15 25 KimVandenberg.USA 2:12 70 Margaretha Pedder.GBR 2:13.91 Misty Hyman.USA

210 61 Mary Descenza.USA

211 96 Emily Mason.USA 2:12.51 Dana Kirk.USA

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

2:17.01 Gabrielle Rose.USA 2:18.97 Michala Kwasny.USA 2:16.67 Gabrielle Rose.USA 2 17 12 Krrsty Coventry.ZIM 2 15 88 Gabrielle Rose.USA 21556 Gabrielle Rose.USA

400 METRES IND MEDLEY

Ann Arbor Irvine Vancouver Charlotte Mission Viejo Santa Clara

4 55 62 Jennifer Forster.USA 4 48 74 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 4:51.92 Kelly Doody.CAN 4 47 80 Maggie Bowen.USA 4 50 61 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 4 47 53 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA

26 16 Haley Cope.USA 26 03 Colleen Lanne.USA 26.85 Jennifer Ng.CAN 26.02 Rhiannon Jettrey.USA 26.57 Lacey Nymeyer.USA 25.82 Karalynn Joyce.USA

56 78 Gabrielle Rose.USA

56 41 Colleen Lanne.USA

57 91 Erin Kardash.CAN

56 34 Stefanie Williams.USA 56 32 Colleen Lanne.USA 56.18 Colleen Lanne.USA

2:03.27 Gabrielle Rose.USA 2:01 .54 Colleen Lanne.USA 2:05.80 Erin Kardash.CAN 2:02 88 Elizabeth Hill.USA 2 02 43 Rachel Komisarz.USA 2 02 69 Rebecca Koch, USA

4:17.75 Diana Munz.USA 4:13 21 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 4 19 48 Vesna Stojanovska.MKD 41891 Brooke Bennett.USA 4 1665 Emily Mason.USA 415 55 Sara McLarty.USA

8-45.78 Alyssa Kiel.USA 84009 Adnenne Binder.USA 8:52 45 Rory Schmidt.USA 8:5235 Elizabeth Hill.USA 8:43 10 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 8:44 43 Sara McLarty.USA

17:01 43 Brittany Reimer.CAN 164659 Brooke Bennett.USA 17:06 40 Stephanie Anderson.USA 16:43 66 Lauren Costella.USA

29 68 Natalie Coughlin.USA 3032 Caitlin Meredith.CAN

26.49 Gabrielle Rose.USA 26.57 Elizabeth Meskill.USA 26.87 Erin Kardash.CAN 26.13 Laura Nicholls.CAN 26 61 Courtney Cashion.USA 25 91 Colleen Lanne.USA

57.03 Laura Nicholls.CAN

57 36 Lindsay Benko.USA

58 62 Maya Beaudry.CAN

56 77 Laura Nicholls.CAN

57 75 Lacey Nymeyer.USA 56.28 Lindsay Benko.USA

2:03.83 Mary Descenza.USA 2:01 .70 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 2:06.01 Shannon Hackett.CAN 2:02 93 Mary Descenza.USA 2:02 70 Emily Mason.USA 2:03.03 Stefanie Williams.USA

418.62 Kimberly Kelly.USA 4:1 7 54 Adnenne Binder.USA 4:2011 Rory Schmidt.USA 4:20.77 Anja Carman.SLO 4:21.52 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 4:16.09 Kalyn Keller.USA

8:50.90 Kimberly Kelly.USA 8:49.05 Hayley Peirsol.USA 8:54.86 Taryn Lencoe.CAN 8:53 92 Stephanie Carr.USA 8 50 89 Rachel Komisarz.USA 8 47.07 Rachel Burke.USA

17:11.27 Karley Stutzel.CAN 16:47.15 Stephanie Carr.USA 17:14.02 Nicole Weatherman.USA 16 54 02 Rachel Burke.USA

30 60 Hiu Wai Tsai.HKG 30 64 Jessica Aspinall.CAN

04 49 Elizabeth Wyclitte.CAN

03 91 Haley Cope.USA 03.67 Jennifer Fratesi.CAN

04 06 Kristy Coventry.ZIM 03 15 Maureen Farrell.USA 02 46 Haley Cope.USA

219 47 Haley Cope.USA 2 18.22 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 2 15.32 Erin Gammel.CAN 2 16 99 Elizabeth Warden.CAN 2:17.82 Kelly Harngan.USA 2:17 10 Lauren Rogers.USA

33 96 Jennifer Cook.USA 33 36 Lauren van Oosten.CAN

1 09 91 Kristy Kowal.USA 1:13.96 Jessica Hardy.USA 1:11 99 Lauren van Oosten.CAN 1 10.22 Sarah Poewe.GER 1 10 46 Jessica Wagner.USA

1 10 97 Birte Steven.GER

234 37 Lisa Blackburn.CAN

2 36 81 Michala Kwasny.USA 2:34.28 Lauren van Oosten.CAN 2 30 75 Tara Kirk.USA

233 16 Keri Hetin.USA 2 32 55 Hiroka Sakamoto.JPN

27 60 Haley Cope.USA 29.26 MacKenzie Downing.CAN

1:01 52 Dana Kirk.USA 1 -02.14 Jana Krohn.USA 1 02.32 Sara Alroubaie.CAN 100.51 Dana Vollmer.USA

1 00 73 Bethany Goodwin.USA 0:59.80 Dana Kirk.USA

2 1538 Mary Descenza.USA 2:12.72 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 2:18 71 Vesna Stoianovska.MKD 21301 Jennifer Butfon.CAN 214 61 Kaitlin Sandeno.USA 214 53 Margaretha Pedder.GBR

2 19.84 Kristy Kowal.USA 2:20.41 Haley Cope.USA 2:18 79 Kelly Doody.CAN 2:17.35 Elizabeth Warden.CAN 21705 Amanda Beard.USA 21897 Kristen Caverly.USA

4 56 57 Andrea Cassidy.USA 451 16 Adnenne Binder.USA 4 53 01 Carrie Burgoyne.CAN 4 50 86 Elizabeth Warden.CAN 4 52 68 Emily Mason.USA 4 48 80 Sara McLarty.USA

05 32 Gisela Morales.GUA 05 50 Taylor Spivey.USA 04 87 Caitlin Meredith.CAN 05.28 Sarah Haupl.USA 04 17 Hiu Wai Tsai.HKG 03.96 Courtney Shealy.USA

2:19.81 Courtney Kalisz.USA 2:19 79 Erin Volcan.VEN 217.81 Kelly Stetanyshyn.CAN 217.62 Anja Carman.SLO 2:18 48 8etti Botslord.USA 2:17.12 Kristen Caverly.USA

34.01 Jessica Hardy.USA 3410EmmaSpooner.CAN

11 49 Gabrielle Rose.USA

14.26 Maryann Boosalis.USA 13.07 Genevieve Patterson.USA

10.27 Kristy Kowal.USA 10 76EricaLiu.USA 12.00 Erica Liu.USA

239 56 Amanda Dunmgan.USA 2:37 58 Nicolette Teo.SIN 2 34.63 Michelle Mange.CAN 2:33.22 Kristy Kowal.USA 2 33.77 Melissa Klein.USA 2:35.72 Kristen Caverly.USA

28 41 Elizabeth Meskill.USA

29 35 Jennifer Fratesi.CAN

01 65 Kim Vandenberg.USA

02 30 KimVandenberg.USA

03 04 Kelly Doody.CAN 02 04 Jennifer Button.CAN 00.77 Misty Hyman,USA 01.18SarahWanezek.USA

219 32 Courtney Kalisz.USA 2 14.56 Michala Kwasny.USA 219.50 Shannon Hackett.CAN 2 16 30 Margaret Hoeto.USA 2 14,82 Kristen Hastrup.USA 214 81 KimVandenberg.USA

2:21 31 Jennifer Forster.USA 2:20 82 Malm Svahnstrom.SWE 2:20 52 Erin Kardash.CAN 2 19.30 Kristy Kowal.USA 2:17 84 Emily Mason.USA 219 75Emily Kukors.USA

4 58 12 Alyssa Kiel.USA 4 53.25 Michala Kwasny.USA 4 57 30 Tanya Hunks.CAN 4 53 14YiTmgSiow.MAS 4 56 08 Kate Dwelley.USA 4 50 96 Kristen Caverly.USA

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

MARE NOSTRUM 2003

MEN'S EVENTS

50 METRES FREESTYLE

Rome 22 76 Lorenzo Vismara.lTA

Monte Carlo 22.11 Alexander Popov.RUS

Barcelona 22 22 Alexander Popov.RUS

Canel 22.82 Alexander Popov.RUS

100 METRES FREESTYLE

Rome 50 32 Lorenzo Vismara.lTA

Monte Carlo 49 78 Pieler vdHoogenband.NED

Barcelona 49 35 Alexander Popov.RUS

Canet 49 64 Alexander Popov.RUS

200 METRES FREESTYLE

Rome 1 48 78 Emiliano Brembilla.lTA

Monle Carlo 1:47.22 Pieler vdHoogenband.NED

Barcelona 1 :50 59 Kveloslav Svoboda.CZE

Canet 1 :49.96 Kveloslav Svoboda.CZE

400 METRES FREESTYLE

Rome 3:49.53 Emiliano Brembilla.lTA

Monle Carlo 3:50 85 Yuri Prilukov.RUS

Barcelona 3 49 60 Yuri Prilukov.RUS

Canet 3:51 26 Yuri Prilukov.RUS

800/1500 METRES FREESTYLE

Rome 15:26.88 Nicolas Rostoucher.FRA

Barcelona 8 10 47 Roger Rabassa.ESP

Canet 15:15.78 Yuri Prilukov.RUS

50 METRES BACKSTROKE

Monte Carlo 25 95 David Ortega.ESP

Barcelona 25 93 David Ortega.ESP

100 METRES BACKSTROKE

Rome 56 53 Andrew Burns.AUS

Monte Carlo 56.26 Razvan Florea.ROM

Barcelona 55 97 Arkadi Vyatcbanin.RUS

Canet 56 33 Yoav Gath.lSR

200 METRES BACKSTROKE

Rome 2:03.19 Andrew Burns.AUS

Monle Carlo 1 :59 77 Razvan Florea.ROM

Barcelona 1:58.59 Razvan Florea.ROM

Canet 2-00.87 Yoav Gath.lSR

50 METRES BREASTSTROKE

Monte Carlo 28.00 Oleg Lisogor.UKR

Barcelona 27 71 James Gibson.GBR

100 METRES BREASTSTROKE

Rome 1:01.16 Kosuke KitajimaJPN

Monte Carlo 1 :01 49 Dimitri Komornikov.RUS

Barcelona 101 64 James Gibson.GBR

Canet 1:01.02 James Gibson.GBR

200 METRES BREASTSTROKE

Rome 2:14.08 Kosuke Kitajima.JPN

Monte Carlo 2:10.39 Dimitri Komornikov.RUS

Barcelona 2:09 52 Dimitri Komornikov.RUS

Canet 2:10.62 Dimitri Komornikov.RUS

50 METRES BUTTERFLY

Monte Carlo 23.68 Joris Keizer.NED

Barcelona 23 97 Mark Fosler.GBR

100 METRES BUTTERFLY

Rome 53 12 Andriy Serdinov.UKR

Monte Carlo 52 97 Igor Marchenko.RUS

Barcelona 52 78 Andriy Serdinov.UKR

Canet 53.01 Andriy Serdinov.UKR

200 METRES BUTTERFLY

Rome 1 :58.40 loannis Drymonakos.GRE

Monte Carlo 1 :58.25 Anatoli Poliakov.RUS

Barcelona 1:57 45 Anatoli Poliakov.RUS

Canel 1 56 93 Stephen Parry.GBR

200 METRES IND.MEDLEY

Rome 2:01 .90 Alessio Boggiatlo.lTA

Monte Carlo 2 03.86 Adam Lucas.AUS

Barcelona 203 06 Cezar Badita.ROM

Canel 2:02 73 Cezar Badita.ROM

400 METRES IND.MEDLEY

Rome 4:16 28 Alessio Boggiatlo.lTA

Monte Carlo 4:22 83 Cezar Badita.ROM

Barcelona 4:15.39 Laszlo Cseh.HUN

Canet 4:22 38 Terence Parkin.RSA

22 99 Oleksander Volynets.UKR 22.95 Julien Sicol.FRA 22 87 Mark Fosler.GBR 22 82 Salim tles.ALG

50 40 Filippo Magnini.lTA 50 07 Christian Galenda.lTA 4966 Lars Frolandei.SWE 50 36 Germain Cayette.FRA

1:49 38 Federico Cappellazzo.lTA 1:49 71 Jacob Carstensen.DEN

1 50 80 Dragos Coman.ROM 1 51 44 Sergiy Fesenko.UKR

3:53.88 Dimitris Manganas.GRE 3 51 09 Francesco Vespe.lTA 3 52 80 Dragos Coman.ROM 3:52 18 Dragos Coman.ROM

15 34 48 Andrea RighiJTA 8:14.47 Troyden Prinsloo.RSA 15:41 .27 Dragos Coman.ROM

2603 Arkadi Vyatcbanin.RUS 26.11 Gerhard Zandberg.RSA

56 72 Ethan Rollt.AUS 56 44 Arkadi Vyatchanm.RUS 56 32 Razvan Florea.ROM 56 50 Arkadi Vyatchanin.RUS

2:03 94 Bryce R Hunt.USA

2 00 65 Arkadi Vyatchanin.RUS 2 00.72 Laszlo Cseh.HUN 2:0095 Simon Dulour.FRA

28 47 Matiaz Markic.SLO 27 96 Oleg Lisogor.UKR

1:01 .87 Oleg Lisogor.UKR 1 02.27 Oleg Lisogor.UKR 1:01 74 Chris Cook.GBR 1:01 74 Oleg Lisogor.UKR

2:14.33 Yuki Salo.JPN 2:14.51 Andrei Ivanov.RUS 2:15.42 Andrei Ivanov.RUS 2:17 89 Terence Parkin.RSA

24 04 Evgeni Korotyshkin.RUS 24 31 Jere Hard.FIN

53 49 Igor Marchenko.RUS 53 11 Andriy Serdinov.UKR 53.17 Igor Marchenko.RUS 53 02 Igor Marchenko.RUS

23 15 David Carter.AUS

23 00 Salim lles.ALG 23 01 Julien Sicot.FRA

50 44 Christian Galenda.lTA 50 28 Lorenzo Vismara.lTA 50 43 Mitja Zastrow.GER 5048 Salim lles.ALG

1:50.60 Christian Galenda.lTA 1:49.81 Kveloslav Svoboda.CZE 1:50 83 Olaf Wildeboer.ESP 1 52 45 Dragos Coman.ROM

3:55 27 Nicolas Rostoucher.FRA 3:52.77 Pieter vdHoogenband.NED 3:55.39 Javier Nunez.ESP 355 20 Sergiy Fesenko.UKR

15:40.15 Valeno ClenJTA 8:1723 Mark Randall.RSA 15.42.36 Gard Kvale.NOR

26 31 Arkadi Vyatchanin.RUS

56.74 Atsushi Nishikon,JPN 56.63 Evgeni Alechine.RUS 56 55 Evgeni Alechine.RUS 56 66 Simon Dulour.FRA

2 05 04 Patrick Murphy.AUS 2:01 49 Evgeni Alechine.RUS 2:0101 Evgeni Alechine.RUS 2 01 30 Arkadi Vyatchanin.RUS

2862 Mark Riley.AUS

1 02.22 Richard Bodor.HUN 1 02 69 Mark Ganglolt.USA

1 01 84 Oleg Lisogor.UKR 1:01 .87 Chris Cook.GBR

2 14 98 Domenico Fioravanli.lTA

2 16 08 Yuki Salo.JPN

2 15.46 Daniel Gyurta.HUN 2-18.39 Anders Wold.NOR

24 36 Evgeni Korotyshkin.RUS

53 80 RyoTakayasu.JPN 53 42 Jons Keizer.NED 53.23 Evgeni Korotyshkin.RUS 53 24 Evgeni Korotyshkin.RUS

59 68 David Kolozar.HUN	2:0008
-59.05 loan Gherghel.ROM	2:0015
57 50 Stephen Parry.GBR	1:5785
58 14 loan Gherghel.ROM	1:59.38
01.98 Tamas Kerekjarto.HUN	2 02 81
04 25 Cezar Badita.ROM	2:04.87
03.72 Istvan Bathazi.HUN	2:03.79
04 52 Terence Parkin.RSA	2:04.65
21 82 Takahiro Mori.JPN	4:22.28
25.14 Adam Lucas.AUS	4:2569
21 27 Terence Parkin.RSA	4:21.37
22 38 Cezar Badita.ROM	4:25 72

WOMEN'S EVENTS 50 METRES FREESTYLE

Rome 26.31 Federica Pellegrini.lTA

Monle Carlo 25 72 Hanna-M Seppala.FIN Barcelona 25 56 Hanna-M Seppala.FIN Canet 26.15 Hanna Scherba.BLR

100 METRES FREESTYLE Rome 55 86 Martina Moravcova.SVK

Monte Carlo 54 83 Elena Popchenko.BLR Barcelona 54.50 Hanna-M Seppala.FIN Canet 54 79 Martina Moravcova.SVK

200 METRES FREESTYLE Rome 2:00 1 7 Yana Klochkova.UKR

Monte Carlo 1 59 36 Elena Popchenko.BLR Barcelona 1 59 82 Martina Moravcova.SVK Canet 1 59 31 Elena Popchenko.BLR

400 METRES FREESTYLE Rome 4:12.85 Kasey Giteau.AUS

Monte Carlo 4:1 0 45 Kasey Giteau.AUS Barcelona 4 1 1 49 Eva Risztov.HUN Canet 4 10 89 Elena Popchenko.BLR

800/1500 METRES FREESTYLE Rome 8:41 90 Kanae Iwai.JPN

Monle Carlo 8:42.36 Jana Pechanova.CZE Barcelona 16:38 79 ErikaVillaecia.ESP Canel 16:50 96 Laura Blomme.FRA

50 METRES BACKSTROKE Monte Carlo 28.79 Nina Zhivanevskaya.ESP Barcelona 28 72 Nina Zhivanevskaya.ESP 100 METRES BACKSTROKE Rome 1:02 45 Mai Nakamura.JPN

Monle Carlo 1 :01 08 Nina Zhivanevskaya.ESP Barcelona 1 01 30 Nina Zhivanevskaya.ESP Canet 1 :01 91 Laure Manaudou.FRA

200 METRES BACKSTROKE Rome 2:13 00 Reiko Nakamura.JPN

Monte Carlo 211 63 Stanislava Komarova.RUS Barcelona 2:11 50 Stanislava Komarova.RUS Canet 2 1 2 88 Stanislava Komarova.RUS

50 METRES BREASTSTROKE Monte Carlo 31 60 Emma Igelstrom.SWE Barcelona 31 33 Zoe Baker.GBR 100 METRES BREASTSTROKE Rome 1-09 34 Mirna JukicAUT

Monle Carlo 1 08 62 Mirna Jukic.AUT Barcelona 1:08.80 Mima Jukic.AUT Canel 1 09 08 Mirna Jukic.AUT

200 METRES BREASTSTROKE Rome 2:26 38 Mirna Jukic.AUT

Monte Carlo 2:25 70 Mirna Jukic.AUT Barcelona 2:25 18 Mirna Jukic.AUT Canet 2:26.37 Mima Jukic.AUT

50 METRES BUTTERFLY Monte Carlo 26.10 Inge de Bruijn.NED Barcelona 26 46 Martina Moravcikova.CZE 100 METRES BUTTERFLY Rome 58.34 Martina Moravcova.SVK

Monle Carlo 59 78 Elena Popchenko.BLR Barcelona 58 31 Martina Moravcova.SVK Canet 58.11 Martina Moravcova.SVK

200 METRES BUTTERFLY Rome 2:11.00 Yuko Nakantshi.JPN

Monte Carlo 2:11.67 Otylia Jedrzejczak.POL Barcelona 2:09.16 Eva Risztov.HUN Canet 2:11.79 Paola Cavallino.lTA

200 METRES IND.MEDLEY Rome 2:16.31 Yana Klochkova.UKR

Monle Carlo 2:14 33 Yana Klochkova.UKR Barcelona 2:13.37 Yana Klochkova.UKR Canet 2:15.34 Yana Klochkova.UKR

400 METRES IND.MEDLEY Rome 4:45.76 Georgina Bardach.ARG

Monte Carlo 4:43.1 7 Yana Klochkova.UKR Barcelona 4 38 26 Yana Klochkova.UKR 4:46.16 Yana Klochkova.UKR

26 40 Courtney Shealy.USA 25 77 Marleen Veldhuis.NED

25 64 Marleen Veldhuis.NED

26 72 Rosalind Brett.GBR

56 33 Courtney Shealy.USA

54 92 Hanna-M Seppala.FIN

55 70 Marleen Veldhuis.NED 55 02 Elena Popchenko.BLR

200 64 Zoe Dimoshaki.GRE 2 01 06 Kasey Giteau.AUS 1 5991 Melanie Marshall.GBR 20026 Melanie Marshall.GBR

4:13 39 Zoe Dimoshaki.GRE 4:12.83 Yana Klochkova.UKR 411 53 Simona Paduraru.ROM 4:22.29 Elisa PasiniJTA

844 42 Yumi Kida.JPN 8 44 03 Simona Paduraru.ROM 16 43 17 Melissa Caballero.ESP 17:10.91 Elisa PasiniJTA

28 79 llona Hlavackova.CZE 28 80 llona Hlavackova.CZE

t-02.61 Reiko Nakamura.JPN

26.48 Cristina Chiuso.lTA

25.72 Judith Draxler.AUT

26.73 Aurore Mongel.FRA

56.37 Tomoko Nagai.JPN 55 78 Chantal Grool.NED 55.92 Melanie Marshall.GBR 55 92 Melanie Marshall.GBR

2:00 82 Shayne Reese.AUS 2:01 14 Shayne Reese.AUS 2:00 81 Kasey Giteau.AUS 2:03.33 Elina Partyka.EST

4:17.34 Kanae Iwai.JPN 4:13.16 Simona Paduraru.ROM 4:12.06 Kasey Giteau.AUS 4:25.51 Laura Blomme.FRA

8 46 78 Elisa PasiniJTA 8:44.57 Chantal Strasser.SUI 16 59 21 Taliana Rouba.ESP 17:37 46 Natalie du Toit.RSA

2929 Louise Ornstedt.DEN

1:02.62 Irina Amshennikova.UKR

1 02 14 Stanislava Komarova.RUS 1 03 16 Courtney Shealy.USA 1 02.28 Louise Ornstedt.DEN 1 02 68 Stanislava Komarova.RUS 1 02.13 Stanislava Komarova.RUS 1 03.20 Roxana Maracineanu.FRA

2:13 24 Irina Amshennikova.UKR 2:14 94 Hiro Tanaka.JPN 2:14 99 Louise Ornstedt.DEN

215.32 Esther Baron, FRA 2:17 19 Katerina Pivonkova.CZE 217 28 Melissa Corfe.RSA

2 15 46 Roxana Maracineanu.FRA 2 16 01 Federica BarsantiJTA

31 75 Elena Bogomazova.RUS 31 80 Roberta Crescentim.lTA

1:10 44 Anne S Le Paranlhoen.FRA 1:0907 Emma Igelstrom.SWE 1 0964 Emma Igelstrom.SWE 1:09 90 Elena Bogomazova.RUS

230 77 Megumi Taneda.JPN 2:28.51 Emma Igelstrom.SWE 2:29 46 Diana Remenyi.HUN 2:30.91 Elena Bogomazova.RUS

27.32 Fabienne Nadarajah.AUT 2696 Angela San Juan.ESP

5926 Olyha Jedrzejczak.POL 59.98 Inge Dekker.NED 59 62 Johanna Sjoberg.SWE 101 74 Paola Cavallino.lTA

2:11 79 Paola Cavallino.lTA 2:12.12 Yurie Yano.JPN 21130 Maria Pelaez.ESP 2:11 90 Yana Klochkova.UKR

2:17.42 Anne S Le Paranlhoen.FRA 2:16 03 Beatrice Caslaru.ROM 2:16 25 Alenka Kejzar.SLO 21695 Hanna Scherba.BLR

4:45.77 Anja Klinar.SLO 4:47.48 Beatrice Caslaru.ROM 4:41 77 Eva Risztov.HUN 4 50 07 Laura Porchianello.lTA

31 89 Elena Bogomazova.RUS

1 TO 69 Chiara Boggiatlo.lTA 1:10.58 Elena Bogomazova.RUS 1-1 109 Elena Bogomazova.RUS 1:10.55 Anne S Le Paranlhoen.FRA

2:31.73 Chiara Boggiatlo.lTA 2:31 79 Beatrice Caslaru.ROM 2:30 33 Emma Igelstrom.SWE 2:33.51 Ingrid Haiden.RSA

27.12 Chantal Groot.NED

1:01.43 Yuko Nakanishi.JPN 1:0011 Johanna Sjoberg.SWE 59 90 Chantal Groot.NED 1:01 .83 Amanda Lools.RSA

2:13.44 Francesca SegatJTA 2:12 54 Lara Davenport.AUS 2:14,24 Lara Davenport.AUS 2:14 14 Aurore Mongel.FRA

2:17.50 Anja Klinar.SLO 2:16.83 Hanna Scherba.BLR 2:16.86 Beatrice Caslaru.ROM 2:19.39 Laure Manaudou.FRA

4 49.65 Yuko Nakanishi.JPN 449.85 Hanna Scherba.BLR 4:46 08 Beatrice Caslaru.ROM 4:52.90 Hanna Scherba.BLR

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

SWIMMING HISTORY

Bruce Robertson won 100 butterfly in 1973, also won silver at 1972 Olympics

THREE DECADES OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Canadians have won 26 medals (4 gold 8 silver 14 bronze) since 1973

Karin Helmstaedt and Nick Thierry

How times have changed. With the proliferation of swimming competitions in the last few years, there is little time for dawdling. Gone are the long "Olympic" cycles of four years with long trainingperiods, one or two tapers and competitive peaks, followed by a designated rest. These days, swimming at the world level means being part of an increasingly international showcase, where the trend is a go-go-go program of seemingly endless travel and competition. In a 12-month period, many swimmers could typically take in up to five legs of the World Cup, a short course World Championships, a university championships, a leg or two of the Mare Nostrum series, their own country's Nationals, and a Pan Pacific or European Championships. And after all of that, the next big meet is never far off.

The Worlds were inaugurated in 1973 in Belgrade. They were held again in 1975 and 1978, after which they were put onto a four-year cycle to complement the Olympic Games. The 1 990s were to be the something-for- everyone decade, however, and in 1993, the creation of the short course world championships ended the reign of the long-course swimmer. Along with the increasingly popularWorldCupevents.theshortcourseworldsbrought the glamour back to 25 m racing.

1973 Belgrade, YUG, September 1-9

The first world championships marked the steamroller bt the East German women, who claimed 10 titles and 7 world records. At 14, Kornelia Ender was a formidable talent, winningfour golds andasilvei; while her teammates Ulrike Richter, Anke Hubner, Gudrun Wegner, and Renate Vogel, to mentionafew, were also startlingin their overwhelming success. Any amazement at the time has since been dispelled; former world champion breaststroker Renate Vogel, among others, has since told how she received anabolic steroids in her early teens and was able to make huge drops in time after the 1972 Olympic Games.

On the men's side, the four-minute barrier was bettered as Rick de Mont (USA) won athrillingduel against Brad Cooper (AUS) in the 400 freestyle in 3:58.18 to 3: 58.70. Stephen Holland (AUS) won the 1500 freestyle in a world record of 15:31-85 (more than 20 seconds faster than the Olympic winner a year before).

Roland Matthes (GDR) was a double winner in the backstrokes, with a world record in the 200.

In all, 18 world records in 14 events were established.

Canadians won three medals, with Bruce Robertson winning the 100 butterfly and Wendy Cook taking the bronze in the 100 backstroke. The men's 4x100 medley relay was third.

1975 Cali, COL, July 22-27

At 1000 metres altitude, the Colombian city of Cali presented a few challenges.

The American men, led by triple gold medallist Tim Shaw, were still ruling the pool while the East German women maintained their hold on the women's competition. Of note was Shirley Babashoff of the USA, who stole the 200 freestyle victory from rival Kornelia Ender.

Canadian Nancy Garapick took silver and bronze in the 200 and 100 backstrokes respectively, while Cheryl Gibson remembers the less savoury sides of the competition:

"Cali was my first international team, and I'm quite sure that I didn't know very much about what was going on. I think I was seventh in the 400 IM and all I remember is that I wanted to get out of there and go home. We were staying at a seminary, and they didn't take as much care then with food as they do now. We had to be very careful. They didn't have bottled water or anything so all we could drink was Coke, and that's not really what you feel like drinkingevery day in those situations. Theplace we stayed in didn't even have hot water That was my first taste of international competition, but I obviously got over it, because I carried on!"

1978 Berlin, FRG, August 18-28

Surprisingly, the American women were the stars of the show as the East Germans had an uncharacteristic dip in performances. The likes of Tracy Caulkins, Linda Jezek, and Cynthia Woodhead slowed the advance of the Wundermadchen, who garnered only one gold, Barbara

Krause's 200 freestyle. The GDR press agency ADN noted that "our swimmers hadn't been able to make much improvement over their times from the July national championships. Two years before the Moscow Olympics, it is a clear warning sign that our methods require re- evaluation." — an ironic statement indeed.

Americans dominated the meet with a total of 37 medals, 20 of which were gold.

Canadians shone and were touted as "Canada's best international representatives," bringing home one gold, one silver, and four bronze, their best showing ever at a world championships. Graham Smith was victorious with a world record effort in the men's 200 IM (2: 03.65) and Olympic silver medallist Gibson took bronze medals in both backstroke events, setting Canadian and Commonwealth records in the 200 race. Cheryl Gibson remembers: "In 1978 I had just come off the Commonwealth Games where I had swum okay but hadn't really done what I wanted to. World Championships were about two weeks later and that two weeks made all the difference. What I had struggled to do before was suddenly easy. Apart from hitting my taper right on. I think that for me the pressure of having the Commonwealth Games in my home town (Edmonton) was off, and I was much more relaxed in Berlin. I also had a great time in Germany and thought Berlin was just a wonderful city. I visited the Egyptian museum and lots of other things, and had lots of apple strudel too! We didn't get to go to Europe wry often in those days so it was different. It was a wonderful World Championship experience for me."

SWIMNEWS JUNE-JULY 2003

Graham Smith won 200 IM gold in a world record in 1978, added a silver in 100 breast

1982 Guayaquil, ECU, July 29-August 8

For Canadians, 1982 was memorable for the exploits of Victor Davis, who followed up his silver medal in the 100 breaststroke with a blistering 2:14.77 — a world record — in the 200 breaststroke. Breaststrokers were on, as Anne Ottenbrite rounded out the medal total with a silver and bronze in her events.

While the Americans battled Montezuma's revenge, the Europeans came back in full force: Michael Gross of West Germany, Jorg Woithe of the GDR, and Vladimir Salnikov of Russia helped to relegate the USA to second place in the medal standing, behind the tiny German Democratic Republic.

The GDR women were back on track and formidable, as Dave Johnson observed at the time: "They could have fielded a relay making finals in the men's freestyle and medley relays." Fifteen-year-old Cornelia Sirch had the best performance of the meet in the 200 backstroke, obliterating the existing world record of 2:11.77 and setting the new standard at 2:09.91- This was cause for some suspicion as Sirch had been ranked only 29th the previous year. Her teammate Petra Schneider dominated the IMs and set a world record in the 400 (4:36.10) that would stand for over fifteen years. And at 16, Kristin Otto won the 100 backstroke, her first of a large collection of world titles.

Cheryl Gibson remembers:

"Guayaquil was a big disaster for me. I think I was

just not rested enough. We had had Nationals and a training camp, and my coach wasn't with me throughout it. It just made the crap- shooting of the taper that much more difficult because there were new people involved. You go through all this work and then you try to taper but there isn't enough time."

1986 Madrid, ESP, August 17-23

m t Afterthepoliticalboycott J ii L I of the 1984 Olympic I / * \ m Games, the round-up was an important one, despite the ravaging of several teams by intestinal flu. As had become the trend, East ^k/' . Germany was out in full

' force, winning a total of 30 medals and leaving the USA in second with 24.

Kristin Otto, foreshadowing her Olympic success in 1 988 (six golds) , showed amazingversatility, winning golds in the 100 free, 200 IM, and two relays, and silvers in the 50 free and 100 fly.

Michael Gross, "the Albatross" of West Germany, repeated his wins in the 200 freestyle and 200 fly. Tamas Damyi of Hungary won both of the men's IMs, establishing himself as the one to beat for years to come.

The drama of the meet was the disqualification of 100 breaststroke winner Adrian Moorhouse of Great Britain. The gold went to Canada's Victor Davis — Moorhouse was disqualified for a butterfly kick on the turn.

1991 Perth, AUS, January 7-13

Of note in Perth was the small but powerful Hungarian team and the gradual onset of the Chinese women, who went home with 4 golds. Germany showed up for the first time as a unified team, and the disappearance of the GDR women made for a drop in the overall level of the women's competition.

Australians remember the heartbreaking loss of the men's 1500 in which Kieren Perkins battled former East German Jorg Hoffmann, who most recently admitted to having used performance-enhancing drugs for a short time during his career behind the Iron Curtain. Both swimmers bettered the previous world record held by Russian Vladimir Salnikov. Hungarian Tamas Darnyi, unbeaten in the IMs since 1985, reached the pinnacle of this career in Perth, winning both IMs in world record time, and cracking the 2-minute barrier in the 200 with a time of 1:59-36.

Mark Tewksbury, Canada's only medallist in Perth: "Winning a silver medal means knowing that I can do a best time and race when it really matters. It was amazing how in control and relaxed I was. I knew I had done everything possible to swim fast that day. I remember thinking during the race, 'this is so easy. ' I just focussed on my own race, not letting anyone else distract me. With 20 m to go I thought I could win it. I didn't tie up. Finally it all came together. It took three years to get here, but it's well worth it."

1994 Rome, ITA, September 5-11

The Chinese women were the talk of the championships as they took over where the East Germans had left off and captured 12 of 16 titles in Rome. The anthem played over and over, and the Chinese coaches put all criticism and suspicion down to racism. They had egg on their faces

Victor Davis won 200 breast in 1 982 and the 1 00 breast in 1 986

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weeks later when seven of their swimmers, including two world champions, tested positive at the Asian Games in Hiroshima. This did not affect the numerous world records established in Rome, however.

The exceptions were Australia's Samantha Riley, a double winner in the breaststroke events, and Franziska van Almsick of Germany, whose famous 200 freestyle victory will be remembered for years to come; van Almsick miscalculated in the morning and finished ninth, only to squeak into lane eight when teammate Dagmar Hase, sick with the flu, scratched from the final. In the evening, van Almsick broke the world record, touching in 1:56.78. The towering Claudia Poll of Costa Rica came onto the scene in the same event, taking the bronze in 1:57.61.

In men's competition, the Americans took another blasting from the media, with Tom Dolan their only individual gold medallist, in the 400 IM. The Russians were strong, with double- gold-medallist Alex Popov, Denis Pankratov, and Vladimir Selkov, butcouldnot catch the Americans, or the Swedes, in the relays.

Canada had no swimming medals in the pool. But Greg Streppel won the 25K open water title in 5 hours, 35 minutes and 26.56 seconds. Conditions were near ideal , with water temperature of 24°C, and the only obstacles were the hordes of jellyfish.

CANADIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDALLISTS

GOLD

1973 1978 1982 1986

SILVER

1975 1978 1982

1986

1991

ROBERTSON, Bruce, men's 100 butterfly SMITH, Graham, men's 200 individual medley (world record) DAVIS, Victor, men's 200 breaststroke (world record) DAVIS, Victor, men's 100 breaststroke

GARAPICK, Nancy, women's 200 backstroke SMITH, Graham, men's 100 breaststroke DAVIS, Victor, men's 100 breaststroke OTTENBRITE, Anne, women's 100 breaststroke DAVIS, Victor, men's 200 breatstroke BAUMANN, Alex, men's 200 individual medley TEWKSBURY, Mark, men's 100 backstroke VERSFELD, Mark, men's 100 backstroke

BRONZE

1973 1975 1978

COOK, Wendy, women's 100 backstroke GARAPICK, Nancy, women's 100 backstroke GIBSON, Cheryl, women's 100 backstroke GIBSON, Cheryl, women's 200 backstroke QUIRK, Wendy, women's 100 butterfly 1 982 OTTENBRITE, Anne, women's 200 breaststroke 1 986 HIGSON, Alison, women's 200 breaststroke

BAUMANN, Alex, men's 400 individual medley 1998 van OOSTEN, Lauren, women's 100 breaststroke VERSFELD, Mark, men's 200 backstroke MYDEN, Curtis, men's 400 individual medley

RELAY BRONZE

1 973 4x1 00 men's medley relay

Ian MacKenzie, Peter Hrdlitschka, Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips 1 975 4x1 00 women's freestyle relay

Gail Amundrud, Jill Qurik, Becky Smith, Anne Jardin 1 978 4x1 00 women's freestyle relay

Gail Amundrud, Nancy Garapick, Susan Sloan, Wendy Quirk

1998 Perth, January 12-19

In the words of Olympic and now world champion Amy van Dyken, "It wouldn't be a world championships without controversy!" While the American sprinter was referring to events at the 1994 world championships in Rome, those memories were about to be sidelined by even more dramatic happenings. Rome will always be remembered for the atmosphere of dread and suspicion surrounding the phenomenal perfonnances of the Chinese women in the pool.

But Perth 1998 will go down in history primarily for what happened out of the water.

As the aquatic world converged on the most isolated city on the globe, temperatures soared to 45°C. But when the mercury fell back into the comfortable low 30s, the he at was sti 1 1 on f or FI NA, the parachuted hosts of the show. Even Perth's celebrated wind, the southerly "Fremantle Doctor," provided little relief for the men in suits.

As is the trend, it was the biggest championships ever with 122 countries participating, up 20 from the previous time. That made for 1413 participants, 709 of which were swimmers (including 81 for open water). This was supposed to be a positive thing, although it was questionable when swimmers from miniscule nations need to grasp at the lane line four times before finishing (just) 100 metres freestyle. Given the number of swimmers over a minute in the men's 100 freestyle, it was clear that the beefed-up statistics had nothing to do with a higher-quality event, but more likely, with a few more delegates.

One of the biggest surprises throughout the meet was the startlingly below-capacity crowds; in a country where swimming enjoys such a high profile, it was certainly disappointing, bringing the noise and excitement levels down a notch. The empty seats were no doubt due to the fact that finals tickets, at $32 for economy seats, $42 for moderate, and $52 for prime, were decidedly overpriced.

Channel 7 television, on the other hand, provided extensive coverage, and was rewarded with sensational ratings of up to 44% of local viewers alone.

From a Canadian perspective, the Australian media were something to behold.

Drugs being a particularly sensitive issue after the track coach Ekkart Arbeit hiring-firing fiasco, the media jumped on German Team Chef Winfried Leopold's admissions to having been involved in doping in the former East Germany. Their special brand of zeal was actually an indirect cause of Leopold's tribulations in Perth, as FINA, sadly underinformed, read the papers and acted in haste, withdrawing his accreditation. Leopold never denied being involved with GDR doping and had been suspended for two years (1991-93). The Germans took FINA to court and were successful in having his accreditation reinstated.

But the German drama had hardly run its course when it was left by the wayside, and China stepped in as the next dog to be flogged. The Germans, and anyone else for that matter, were suddenly given ample breathing room. Pages and pages, including front ones and back ones, were devoted to swimming and doping before the swimmingeven began. Editorials abounded and the Chinese were watched like hawks. Jingyi Le's remarkably pared down physique was noted and papers published pictures of her from 1994 to mark the contrast.

Whatever their master plan, the Chinese screwed up on all accounts, making ever more fodder for the grist mills. They were caught with human growth hormone at Sydney airport. They refused to be drug tested when official testers arrived at their hotel. They had four swimmers test positive for diuretics, and through it all, they held press conference after press conference in which they circumvented all serious questions, pleading incomprehension or simply offering a ready-made reply: "The Chinese Swimming Federation is very firm in anti-doping. . .we are sincerely fighting against doping usage."

Renowned Australian coach Forbes Carlile's suggestion that swimmers turn their backs when the Chinese win medals got mixed reactions as people struggled with the difficulty of taking a stand in the face of the brazen truth. Others called for the Chinese to be sent home and banned from all international swimming competitions.

FINA was in an uproar from the first spark of controversy and was ill-equipped todeal with the snapping Aussie press, who actually asked questions and, even worse, expected answers. The President and his men tried every tactic as it came to them: ignorance ( "I have no official

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confirmation..."), which brought them grief in print; avoidance (unavailable for comment), which brought them even more; press conferences, which were usually frustratingly non-informative, and finally press releases, which were about as close as they came to actually being effective.

And as the pressure became almost unbearable, FINA (sort of) came around.

They defended their rules, and rightly so, for rules are rules, even if they are poorly adapted for certain situations. But they also made some definitive decisions: they banned the swimmers who had failed the drug tests, announced the formation of a Doping taskforce, as well as announcing the number of Chinese swimmers that had been tested.

Which all goes to show that the "journos" and "snappers"-Aussiefor journalists and photographers-were fulfilling their own prophecy. As John Leonard, Executive Director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, observed, "Six years ago we never would have dreamed that we'd have accomplished this much." Persistent pressure makes things happen, and too little too late, as many accused, was still a little gained.

And in the mill of it all, there were those who were there to swim. Most managed to put the many distractions aside and concentrate on the job to be done, but in seven days of competition there was not a single world record.

Australian Michael Klim was the centre of attention as he tackled seven events, and medalled in all of them. American Jenny Thompson was the top performer on the women's side, taking home four golds and a silver, and a pile of Akubra style hats. Russian sprint Tsar Alexander Popov successfully defended his 100 freestyle title with a sub-49 second swim, but had to swallow the pill of defeat for the first time in seven years as a jovial sprinter from Alabama, Bill Pilczuk, stole the 50. Tom Dolan also successfully defended his 400 IM title. A few of the stars of the last championships, Jignyi Le, Franziska van Almsick, and Gary hall Jr., swam only relays.

The younger generation came on like a storm with the likes of Australian distance pair Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett. Agnes Kovacs (HUN) made good on her European titles in Sevilla, winning the 200 breaststroke as predicted.

Newcomers Kristy Kowal (USA) and Roxana Maracineanu (FRA) were surprise winners that put some of the "dream come true" element back into the meet.

The Americans, with terrific perfomiances by the women and some solid men's swims, got back to the top of the medal count with 24 in total, 14 of which were gold. Australia was next with an impressive 20 (7 gold). China showed the biggest drop with 7 in total, only 3 of them gold. Germany had a hard time, managing only one gold medal, while France and the men from the Netherlands had their best overall performances ever.

Canada's medal total of four (1 silver, 3 bronze) is up from 1994 (only one gold in open water) and shows promise.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CANADIAN SWIMMING MILESTONES

Year	Medals				Finalists		Team Size
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	TOTAL		Men	Women	Total
1973	1	0	2	3	12	12	15	27
1975	0	1	2	3	29	17	13	30
1978	1	1	4	6	24	15	17	32
1982	1	2	1	4	12	14	12	26
1986	1	2	2	5	16	16	17	33
1991	0	1	0	1	14	18	15	33
1994	0	0	0	0	11	7	11	18
1998	0	1	3	4	9	4	11	15
2001	0	0	0	0	12	10	11	21
Total	4	8	14	26

2001 Fukuoka, JPN, July 22-29

The 9th FINA World Championships was a greatswimming competition, with 8 world records and an Australian win over the USA in gold medals (13 to 9), although the USA claimed 26 total medals to 19 for the Aussies.

With the point system used, the USA, with 847 points, beat out Australia with 788. Canada earned 275 points for 8th overall. This point system was designed in the era of A and B finals, andhas not been updatednowthatsemifinals have been introduced. So scoring included the top eight finalists as well as the semifinalists from 9th to 16th.

The men's FINA Trophy (top individual performers) was awarded to Ian Thorpe for his three individual wins, his fourth in the 100 free, and bonus points for three world records, for a total of 22 points. Inge de Bruijn (NED) won the women's FINA Trophy with 15 points for three individual wins. Points are awarded 5-3-2-1 with a bonus of 2 for a world record.

There were 48 World Championship records in 40 events (up from 32 events in 1998 as 8 additional non- Olympic events were added). Continental records were bettered as follows: Africa 1, Americas 8, Asia 21, Europe 14, and Oceania 10.

A total of 1498 competitors from 134 National Federations took part in the five disciplines of Open Water (104), Diving (146), Synchronized (166), Swimming (720) and Men's (209) and Women's (153) Water Polo.

The swimmingevents were held in the Marine Messe, an indoor multi-purpose facility. The temporary 50-m pool with 10,000 seats on three sides cost US $4 million for the two-week period.

The Seiko timingsystemusedforswimminghadsome faulty touch pads and caused controversy throughout the eight days of the competition.

Men's events were faster than the women's, with all the world records set by the men. Australiaswept the men's relays (afirst) andwontwoofthreeofthewomen'srelays, although subsequently disqualified in the 4 x 200 free for a post-race infraction (jumping into the pool before all teams had finished).

Australia's Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett were in

class of their own. Countries that did poorly at the 2000 Olympics — Great Britain (no medals) and Germany (three bronze medals) — made huge improvements. GBR had 7 (1-2-4) and GER 15 (3-6-6). Michael Phelps (USA), already the youngest male world-record holder at 16, bettered the record again in winning the 200 fly. Thorpe, Hackett, and Phelps are products of strong club programs, and each has been with one coach since they started in the sport.

Canada missed out on a medal in the pool, not for the first time, as they also had none in 1994. But they had finalists in six individual men's events and two of three relays, both in record swims. The women only had two individual finalists and two out of three relays in the finals. The top Canadian performance was by rookie Jennifer Fratesi, 17, with a fourth-place finish in the 200 backstroke, just ll/100ths of a second out of a medal. Canadian records were bettered 1 1 times in 6 events. The party line was "we're rebuilding," but most of the best from the 2000 Olympic team, with one exception, were at these World Championships. The next Worlds will be in Barcelona in 2003, with Montreal chosen to host the 2005 championships. The Worlds started in 1973 and have been held on a four-year cycle (except for the first three, held every two years) . But from 2001 onwards, they will be held every two years, alternating with the short-course Worlds in between, every two years, thus further crowding the calendar. The event has grown with additional events in swimming (stroke 50s, 800 free men and 1500 free women), three open water races (5K, 10K, 25K), synchronized diving (by two divers) lasting two weeks.

Montreal's successful bid was based on a unified site for all five disciplines on St-Helen's Island (site of the 1967 World Exposition) and will consist of outdoor pools for swimming, synchro, diving, water polo, with the open water races in the 1976 Olympic rowing basin. The tentative dates are late July 2005. The original $25 million budget has already increased to $35 million and the organizing committee has turned over a number of times since being awarded the championships.

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TINY OLYMPIC PROSPECTS

CLUB NAME	CODE	PROV	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL
Bathurst Piranhas	BP	NB	0	1	1
Canadian Dolphin Swim Club	CDSC	BC	7	9	16
Delia SungodSC	DELTA	BC	3	7	10
Edmonton Keyano SC	EKSC	AB	21	33	54
London Aquatic Club	LAC	ON	7	15	22
Pacific Coast Swimming	PCS	BC	11	11	22
Pointe Claire Swim Club	PCSC	QC	29	58	87
Pacific Sea Wolves	PSW	BC	9	24	33
Richmond Rapids SC	RAPID	BC	3	13	16
Region of Waterloo	ROW	ON	4	3	7
University of Calgary SC	UCSC	QC	9	13	22
Uxbridge Swim Club	use	ON	4	11	15
Total			107	198	305

BOYS EVENTS

BOYS 7&U ■ 200 FREESTYLE

Rec: 2:50.36 Joshua Hammervold,UCSC,97

1) 3:53.40 ZHOU Evan.CDSC

2) 4:08 00 WILTSHIRE Joe.EKSC

3) 4:24 29 KOVACS Matthew.LAC

4) 4:39.31 ASSI Sherif.PCSC

5) 4:44.14 GOSAL Jaeten.CDSC

6) 4:56.00 OSBORNE Nathan.EKSC

7) 5:22.55 RAASCH Kyle.PCSC

8) 6:04.40 CANDRAY Randy.EKSC

9) 6:40.80 GREEN Lucas.EKSC

10) 8:24.83 McGREGOR Travis.PCSC

11) 9:04.00 WARD Brendan.PCS

BOYS 8 - 400 FREESTYLE

Rec: 5:22.65 Doug Wake.YLSC,86

1) 6:47.97 BENNETT Dean, ROW

2) 7:46.29 SIERA-DOVALIM Sebastien.PCSC

3) 7:48.60 CHOW Hugh, RAPID

4) 7:59.75 LAFLEUR Jonathan,PCSC

5) 8:18 40 BIBAULT Devon, EKSC

6) 8:18.45 PEPELEA Thoma.PCSC

7) 9:54.20 PARSONS Andrew.PCSC

8) 10:19.60 MINSTER Mark.CDSC

9) 11:1940 ORFANIDES George.LAC

10) 11:45.02 MacPHAIL Cam, PSW

11) 12:25.20 WOOD Bradley.USC

12) 12:51.40 ANTONIO Ethan.EKSC

13) 13:13.50 SANDS Connor.EKSC

14) 13:35.60 BEAUDOIN Samuel.EKSC

15) 15:06.69 HACK Niv.PCS

16) 15:14 48 KOZIOL-NEUMANN Alexander.PCS

BOYS 9 -

Rec: 10:27

I) 12:12. 12:33. 12:56. 13:20. 13:30. 13:36. 13:43 14:07. 14:21.

10) 14:25.

II) 14:27.

12) 14:32.

13) 14:53.

14) 15:11.

15) 15:40.

16) 15:53.

17) 15:59.

18) 16:05.

19) 17:26.

20) 17:32.

21) 18:24

800 FREESTYLE

10DougWake,YLSC,86 91 SALMON Brayden.LAC 20 SHRAMKO Michael.RAPID 64 GRILLO Matt.PCSC

97 GILMOUR Mark.LAC 48 MALLETT David,ROW 04 SURA Conner.PCSC

45 BROMFIELD David.UCSC 95 HARIRI Kareem.PCSC

56 LESSARD Charlie.PCSC 79 JAMIESON Collin.PCSC 18 GOULDING Michael.PCS

46 KULAKOWSKI Patrick.PCSC 50 BURKE Martin.UCSC

12 LACHANCE James.PCSC

98 GILMARTIN Eric.PCSC 14 MANNY Frederic.PCSC 41 KEMP Graeme.ROW

00 SAURETTE Matthew.EKSC 00 WENZEL Marcus.EKSC 12 DEBILIER Chris, PCSC 23 KOPATCHEV George.CDSC

BENNETT Dean, 8		SALMON Brayden , 9
Club: Region of Waterloo		Club: London Aquatic Club
Coach: Laura Nicholls		Coach: Donna Moskal
2003 TOP Progression		2003 TOP Progression
400 free	100 IM	800 free 200 IM
Apr 6:56.51(1)	1:50.27(1)	Jan 12:39.40(2) 3:14.40(2)
Jun 6:47.97 (1)	1:45.49(1)	Apr 12:29.08(2) 3:14.42(3) Jun 12:12.91(1) 3:14.42(3)

22)	18:33	86	STEFOPULOS Michael.USC
23!	19:02	71	BAILEY Ryan.PSW
24)	19:48	00	SMITH Trevor.PCS
25)	20:30	21	HOLUBOFF Ryder.PSW
26)	21.09	77	KERESZTES Cameron.PSW
27)	21:39	63	COX Matthew.PCSC
28)	22:20	83	WOO Mario.PSW
29)	22.56	70	DICKSON Blake.EKSC
30)	25:41	23	LEE Henry.PSW
3D	27:15	50	McCLURE Sean.EKSC

BOYS 10 - 1500 FREESTYLE

Rec: 18:41 .93 Michael Calkins.VICO.89

1) 22:34.41 WISE Robert.LAC

2) 23:02.65 EMORY Matt.PCSC

3) 23:07.67 AYRE Trevor.PCSC

4) 23:08.00 FUNK Richard.EKSC

5) 23:08.89 TATIGIAN Nicholas.PCSC

6) 23:09.08 SIERA-DOVALI Ander.PCSC

7) 23:32.40 DIONISI Michael.PCSC

8) 23:34 33 SIMONYIK Ryan.PCSC

9) 23:45 00 LAI Jason.EKSC

10) 24:35.85 ROSS Sean.PCSC

11) 24:47.08 WAGNER Thomas.UCSC

12) 25:12.00 HO Calvin, EKSC

13) 26:07.15 SOUTHAM Noah.LAC

14) 26:50.63 RUSH Dyfan.UCSC

15) 26:59.54 EGGEN RobertUCSC

16) 27:23.60 WASHBURN Joel.EKSC

17) 27:37.48 CZYZ Vincent.UCSC

18) 27:44.88 MAK Anthony.UCSC

19) 27:49 34 REINHART Derek.ROW

20) 27:5802 OSTROM Derek.UCSC

21) 28:12.20 FEDORCHENKO Stan.RAPID

22) 28:22.97 DeCECCO Colton, DELTA

23) 28:36.39 SPRINGER Craig.LAC

24) 28:47 48 GUSMAN Eugene.PCSC

25) 28:57.33 ROY Cameron.PCSC

26) 29:19.82 ROTH Aiden.PCS

27) 29:23.12 CORBETT Dylan, UCSC

28) 29:35.60 WHITE Reid.EKSC

29) 29:39.95 WOOD Tyler.USC

30) 29:48 90 KOSTIUK Nick.EKSC

31) 30:09.66 MINSTER Simon.CDSC

32) 30:46.49 KUNEN Avi.PCS

33) 31:04.16 DURSTON llya.PSW

34) 31:09.84 ZANATTA Keegan.PCS

35) 31:43.91 TETTAMANTI Ben, CDSC

36) 31:4700 HASTINGS Brett.PCS

37) 32:00.10 JOHNSON Nicholas.EKSC

38) 32:50.89 CANDRAY Bradley.EKSC

39) 37:43.51 BARRATT Cole.PCS

40) 38:57.01 HILL Takumi, DELTA

41) 39:00 93 RIGGS Stephen.DELTA

42) 40:02.16 FINDLAY Colin.EKSC

43) 45:59.92 DJERIC Rastko.CDSC

44) 47:44 33 WOO Enzo.PSW

BOYS 7&U - 100 IND. MEDLEY

Rec: 1:29 77 Andrew Bignell.SSMAC,91

1) 1:59.22 ZHOU Evan.CDSC

2) 2:11.82 KOVACS Matthew.LAC

3) 2:15.80 WILTSHIRE Joe.EKSC

4) 2:33.15 GOSAL Jaeten.CDSC

5) 2:34.87 RAASCH Kyle.PCSC

6) 2:42.77 ASSI Sherif.PCSC

7) 2:53 05 McGREGOR Travis.PCSC

8) 2:55.00 WARD Brendan.PCS

9) 3:42.00 GREEN Lucas.EKSC

10) 3:50.40 OSBORNE Nathan.EKSC

11) 4:00.10 CANDRAY Randy.EKSC

BOYS 8 -100 IND. MEDLEY

Rec: 1 :21 .38 Andrew Bignell,SSMAC,92

1) 1:45.49 BENNETT Dean, ROW

2) 1 49 39 SIERA-DOVALIM Sebastien.PCSC

3) 1:56.25 LAFLEUR Jonathan.PCSC

4) 1.58 20 MAGNON Alexandre.PCSC

5) 1:59 68 PEPELEA Thoma.PCSC

6) 2.06.10 BIBAULT Devon.EKSC

7) 2:18 25 PARSONS Andrew.PCSC

8) 2:26.31 MILJENOVIC Milos.PSW

9) 2:40.65 ORFANIDES George.LAC

10) 2:41.84 WOOD Bradley.USC

11) 2:59.93 MacPHAIL Cam.PSW

12) 3:08.08 MINSTER Mark.CDSC

13) 3:09.90 SANDS Connor.EKSC

14) 3:23.58 KOZIOL-NEUMANN Alexander.PCS

15) 3:28 80 BEAUDOIN Samuel.EKSC

16) 3:34.00 ANTONIO Ethan.EKSC

17) 3:36.28 HACK Niv.PCS

BOYS 9 -200 IND. MEDLEY

Rec: 2:41.91 Tobias Oriwol.PCSC,95

1) 3:11.20 SHRAMKO Michael.RAPID

2) 3:13.98 GRILLO Matt.PCSC

3) 3:14.42 SALMON Brayden.LAC

4) 3:15.92 BROMFIELD David.UCSC

5) 3:20.21 MALLETT David.ROW

6) 3:21.12 SURA Conner.PCSC

7) 3:25.34 GILMOUR Mark.LAC

8) 3:27.80 GOULDING Michael.PCS

9) 3:28.03 LESSARD Charlie.PCSC

10) 3:32.22 BURKE Martin.UCSC

11) 3:33.81 KEMP Graeme.ROW

12) 3:38.16 JAMIESON Collin.PCSC

13) 3:41.06 HARIRI Kareem.PCSC

14) 3:41.71 KULAKOWSKI Patrick.PCSC

15) 4:05.71 LACHANCE James.PCSC

16) 4:09.28 GILMARTIN Eric.PCSC

17) 4:14.56 MANNY Frederic.PCSC

18) 4:18.11 DEBILIER Chris.PCSC

19) 4:38.12 STEFOPULOS Michael.USC

20) 4:40.47 BAILEY Ryan.PSW

21) 4:45.56 SMITH Trevor.PCS

22) 4:49.83 KOPATCHEV George.CDSC

23) 4:56.10 WENZEL Marcus.EKSC

24) 5:01.64 HOLUBOFF Ryder.PSW

25) 5:17.99 KERESZTES Cameron. PSW

26) 5:18.92 WOO Mario.PSW

27) 5:24.22 COX Matthew.PCSC

28) 6:04.40 SAURETTE Matthew.EKSC

29) 6:35 50 McCLURE Sean.EKSC

30) 6:37.40 DICKSON Blake.EKSC

31) 6:48.87 LEE Henry.PSW

32) 7:50 45 JOHNSON Josh.PCS

BOYS 10 -400 IND. MEDLEY

Rec: 5:29.10 Tobias Oriwol,PCSC,96

1) 6:24.35 EMORY Matt.PCSC

2) 6:38.00 FUNK Richard.EKSC

3) 6:38.91 SIERA-DOVALI Ander.PCSC

4) 6:42.53 DIONISI Michael.PCSC

5) 6:50 73 AYRE Trevor.PCSC

6) 6:52 42 WAGNER Thomas.UCSC

7) 7:03 71 TATIGIAN Nicholas.PCSC

8) 7:05.10 LAI Jason.EKSC

9) 7:06.03 WISE Robert.LAC

10) 7:12.83 SIMONYIK Ryan.PCSC

11) 7:21.08 REINHART Derek.ROW

12) 7:22.26 CZYZ Vincent.UCSC

13) 7:40.32 ZANATTA Keegan.PCS

14) 7:48 60 WASHBURN Joel.EKSC

15) 7:48.91 SPRINGER Craig.LAC

16) 7:49.35 SOUTHAM Noah.LAC

17) 7:49.71 KOSTIUK Nick.EKSC

18) 7:51.00 HO Calvin.EKSC

19) 7:52.52 OSTROM Derek.UCSC

20) 7:55.42 MAK Anthony.UCSC

21) 7:58.10 FEDORCHENKO Stan.RAPID

22) 7:58.92 GUSMAN Eugene.PCSC

23) 8:02 95 MINSTER Simon.CDSC

24) 8:16 56 WOOD Tyler.USC

25) 8:17 54 PEPLOWSKI Joseph.PCSC

26) 8:17.73 DURSTON llya.PSW

27) 8:19 00 DeCECCO Colton.DELTA

28) 8:22.58 CORBETT Dyian.UCSC

29) 8:30 10 WHITE Reid.EKSC

30) 8:49.67 KUNEN Avi.PCS

31) 8:54 79 CANDRAY Bradley.EKSC

32) 9:25.84 ROTH Aiden.PCS

33) 9:33.69 RUTLEDGE Ryan.USC

34) 9:51.71 RIGGS Stephen.DELTA

35) 10:04 97 HILL Takumi.DELTA

36) 10:15.91 TETTAMANTI Ben.CDSC

37) 10:27.56 WOO Enzo.PSW

38) 10:34 24 FINDLAY Colin.EKSC

39) 11:07 00 JOHNSON Nicholas.EKSC

40) 11:37.61 BARRATT Cole.PCS

41) 12:04.96 DJERIC Rastko.CDSC

GIRLS EVENTS

GIRLS 7&U - 200 FREESTYLE

Rec: 2:55.04 Donna Wu.AQUA.85

1) 4:20.74 McCULLOUGH Megan.PCSC

2) 4:23.51 BROWN Andrea.PCSC

3) 4.27 39 SURA Kylie.PCSC

4:3189 4.32.90 4:52.31 4:5625 4:58.42 5:02.61 5:2145 5:30.37 5:42.25 5:51.96 6:20.03 6:32 00 6:34 51 7:07.90 7:16.60 7:46.70 8.35.00 8:58.76 17 31 85 20:20 76

BERGMAN Erin.PSW AHERN Rebecca.EKSC MARTONE Kimiko.PCSC OUIMET Ariane Eve.PCSC LEBLANC Melanie.PCSC HUANG Jolly.CDSC CASSAROTTO Alexandra.PCSC STINIS Chloe.PCSC PARSONS Samantha.PCSC NOVACKVanessa.PCSC TETTAMANTI Marissa.CDSC ROLLS Ashley.PCS MULVANY Bridget.EKSC PYLYPA Kaitlin.EKSC McGEE Melissa.EKSC SAURETTE Alexandra.EKSC YURKOVICH Claire.EKSC DIXON Jana.EKSC BARRATT Savannah.PCS HACK Karene.PCS

GIRLS 8 - 400 FREESTYLE

Rec: 5 49 44 Sandy Sabo,DD0.83

1) 6:10.70 QUAN Caitlin.RAPID

2) 6:35.62 GAGNE Amanda.PCSC

3) 6:37.43 ASSI Sarah.PCSC

4) 6:47.87 LAMONTAGNE Taylor.PSW

5) 7:14.77 BRAYNE Jillian.PCSC

6) 7:1900 STARMAN Sabra.EKSC

7) 7:20.60 WU Yp Han.RAPID

8) 7:26.11 CAMERON Ashley.PCSC

9) 7:31 20 DiFRUSCIA Rebecca.PCSC

10) 7:36.21 FAIRLIE Paige.PCSC

11) 7:59 88 SCHMIDT Stefanie.PCS

12) 8:01.18 BLAGRAVE Cassandra.PCSC

13) 8:01 .85 MCDONALD Marina.PCSC

14) 8:05 42 GRASSO Bianca.PCSC

15) 8:09.28 CASSAROTTO Stephanie.PCSC

16) 8:16.58 BIRDSALL Alison.PSW

17) 8:22.12 TATIGIAN Liane.PCSC

18) 8:27.05 CARICH Rachel.PSW

19) 8:36.43 ROY Lauren.PCSC

20) 8:37.38 LEE Sandra.PSW

21) 8:39.33 MULLIGAN Mariah.PSW

22) 9:00 54 SANTOS Chelsea.DELTA

23) 9:11 42 MACLEOD Sarah.PCSC

24) 9:47.83 GIBSON Kinley.EKSC

25) 10:48.84 CWYNAR Lawrene.USC

26) 11:04 47 WEBSTER Ali.PSW

27) 11:04 61 CANDRAY Ashley.EKSC

28) 11:14.54 GROENWEGEN Sarah.PSW

29) 11:32 48 CHOW Olivia.PSW

30) 1 1 45 67 ERICKSON Kayleigh.PSW

31) 11:47 00 HOSHIKA Hakari.CDSC

32) 11:47.63 MINHAS Sonam.DELTA

33) 12:38.37 NYKIFORUK Alexandra.EKSC

34) 12:54.21 REBEL Carmen.EKSC

35) 13:31 57 ALI Amira.CDSC

36) 13:46 11 ANNES Anme.PSW

37) 13:54.14 GREHAN Clare.EKSC

38) 14:54 01 MASRI Nadia.PCS

GIRLS 9 - 800 FREESTYLE

Rec 10 45 42 Julie Bodenbender.AQUA.88 1235.85 GAGNIER Marla.PCSC 13:12.15 CANTY-CURRIER Roxan.PCSC 13:31.70 RUEL Marie-Anne.PCSC 133382 CLOUTIERIsabelle.PCSC 13.42.26 ZEVNIK Alexia.PCSC 13 47.08 BEVERIDGE Allison.UCSC 13 49 38 DAIGLE Marie Pier.BP 13:51.01 WEI Quennie.UCSC

9) 1407 00 MORGAN Jennifer.EKSC

10) 142061 CALDWELL Katie.PSW

11) 14:29.17 WILSON Tessa.EKSC

12) 14:47 07 HILDEBRAND Alyssa.UCSC

13) 14 50 22 D ARIANO Laura.LAC

14) 14 56.22 ROSATO Laura.LAC

15) 15 01.86 RUDKO Lessia.PCSC

16) 15 10 34 BEETAJIAN Venus.PCSC

17) 15:13.20 MacLEOD Kari.UCSC

18) 15.1840 HARTLEY Jessica.LAC

19) 15:20 00 HANDEREK Erin.EKSC

20) 15:21.70 HOEKSTRA Mackenzie.EKSC

21) 15:2613 LOUGHEED Lauren.PSW

22) 15.31 21 GALLAGHER Brooke.PSW

23) 15 47 67 CUNNINGHAM Margol.ROW

24) 15 50 90 PIERSE Patricia.EKSC

25) 15 57 95 FERGUSON Duncan.CDSC

SWIMNEWS JUNE-JULY 2003

ZHOU Evan. 7

Club: Canadian Dolphin Swim Club Coach: Janice Hannan 2003 TOP Progression

200 free 100 IM Jan 4:01.01(2) 1:56.13(1) Apr 4:03.20(1) 2:00.71 (1) Jun 3:53.40(1) 1:59.22(1)

QUON Caitlin, 8

Club: Richmond Rapids Coach:

2003 TOP Progression 400 free Jan 6:29.90(1) Apr 6:10.70(1) Jun 6:10.70(1)

100 IM 1:37 90(1) 1:33.60(1) 1:31.10(1)

SHRAMKO Michael. 9

Club: Richmond Rapids Coach: Cory Beatt 2003 TOP Progression

800 free 200 IM Jan 14:03.20(10) 3:37.70(12) Apr 12:57 90 (5) 3:21.70(4) Jun 12"33.20(2) 3:11.20(1)

BAKKEN Alyssa. 10

Club: Pacific Coast Swimming Coach: Rod Barratt 2003 TOP Progression

1500 free 400 1 M

Jan 26:44 58 (20) 7:22.80 (22)

Apr 22:18.28(3) 6:32.13 (5)

Jun 20:44.60(1) 6:04.00(1)

WISE Robert, 10

Club: London Aquatic Club Coach: Donna Moskal 2003 TOP Progression 1500 free Jan 22:58.40 (4) Apr 22:39.98 (3) Jun 20:34.41 (1)

400 IM

6:26.30 (3) 6:26.30 (4) 7:03.03 (9)

15:59.50 16:0158 16:16.12 16:2180 17:05.00 17:22.18 17:25.57 17:2611 17:34.25 17 3927 17:41.51 18:04 00 18:49.48 18:5517 19:02.75 20:0079 20:01 54 20:44.77 21.05.00 22:40.40 22.50.66 23:10.00 23:20 00 25.47 60 25:52 50 26:42.40

LIN Claire.RAPID ROY Caroline.PCSC SEXTON Michelle.PCSC 0'KELLY Niamh.EKSC HAMILTON Bronte.EKSC ARMSTRONG Faith.EKSC ZAMOZDRA Tatiana.PCSC JACOBS Megan, USC KING Kaylee.EKSC JASSAL Melissa.DELTA FINAN Catherine.LAC McCANN Josie.LAC CHOY Carns.CDSC HEFFERING Abbie.USC NOVACK Arielle.PCSC MAURICE Vanessa.LAC KAHALE Sarah.PCS FERRARO Anika.USC ROLLS Jessica, PCS LIVINGSTON Cassidy,USC MOGERMAN Chya.CDSC HAYASHI Emily.PCS LEUNG Tamiya.PCS LABOTS Julianna.EKSC HITCHCOCK Claire.EKSC SCHOWALTER Glenna.EKSC

GIRLS 10

Rec: 19:12. 20:44 21:57 22:52 22:53. 23:14 23:14, 23:21 23.40 23:48.

10) 23:49

11) 23:54

12) 24:14

13) 24:41

14) 24:56

15) 25:12

16) 25:19

17) 26:03

18) 26:13

19) 26:17.

20) 26:40.

21) 26 41.

22) 26:44.

23) 26:48.

24) 26:59.

25) 27:03.

26) 27:15

27) 27:15

28) 27:20

29) 27:26

30) 27:53

31) 28:00

1500 FREESTYLE

09 Melanie Copple.AQUA.86 60 BAKKEN Alyssa.PCS 18 McCULLOUGH Molly.PCSC 24 MISURELLI Jenniler.UCSC

76 McCALLUM Natalie.UCSC 08 ASSI Saidye.PCSC

50 ZAROFF Marie.RAPID

75 Mcmullen oiivia.pcsc

41 WALKER Alyson.LAC 52 McGREGOR Ashley.PCSC 41 D'ARIANO Victoria, LAC 31 McCORD Cate.UCSC 79 CENTOMO Kyla.PCSC 62 BECK Kinsey.LAC

05 BOSSE Christina.PCSC 85 SPROULE Emma.UCSC

77 SCHMIDT Julia.PCS

83 ALLAROYCE Jamie-Lee.PCSC 12 MULLIGAN Lynnaea.PSW 00 WILTSHIRE Miriam.EKSC 03 CREPNJAK Catherine.PSW 14 MCANERIN Madison.PSW

06 VRIONIS Valerie.PCSC 05 BOLL Jessica.UCSC

40 CALSIN MURDOCH Medea.RAPID 40 DAY Anne, RAPID 36 DUBOIS Laurence.PCSC 72 RAWN Vicki.ROW 85 SANTAMARIA AlexanrJra.PCSC 40 KALBARCHYK Victoria.PCSC 64 HOSSARI Laura.PCSC 03 PARSONS Caroline.PCSC

28.03 10 28:1210 28.1415 28.1915 28.24 02 28:36 36 28:36 83 28:51 11 28:53.91 28 58 10 29:00.20 29:05 10 29:27 60 29:3743 29:47.90 29:4840 30:02.29 30:48.59 31:06.70 31 21 18 31:25 50 32:06.32 32:1685 32:32.06 33:1127 33.35.86 33:39 47 34.07 25 34:10.15 34:17 28 3429 81 34:29 90 34:46 00 34:52.33 34:53.23 35:38 17 35 49.44 35:53.50 36:28.70 37:39.01 37:49.17 39:53.41 39:56.92 40:01.30 42:40.43

WOOD Olivia.ROW GREEN Tessa.EKSC DAVIS Sabrina.UCSC KRYSCHUK Michelle.UCSC SCHMIDT Michaela.UCSC NELL Shannon.LAC SZE Laura.CDSC JORNA Elena.LAC DELIU Lisa.UCSC GOSEL Kim, RAPID LEITCH Andrea.RAPID PTITCHARD Mara.LAC McCORD Madison.RAPID MORRIS Caron.PSW McLEAN Saskia.EKSC AU YEUNG Chnstine.RAPID READ Laura.PCSC KNIGHT Jill.LAC BALDREY Robyn, RAPID JQOSTEN Victoria.USC GIBSON-BROKOP Lindsay.EKSC POLAK Marlha.PCSC GARNER Maggie.CDSC WYERS Andrea.USC SARGEANT Anna.PSW KNAPP Katelin.DELTA FRICK Jennifer.EKSC LAFLEUR Tiflany.PCSC TIERNEY Haley.PCSC JUERT Christina.PSW CAREW Courtney.LAC CASCHERA Clara.LAC AMOROSA Amanda.PCSC JOHNSTON Tessa.PSW WEBSTER Kelsey.PSW KEEPING Katie.USC HALL Julie.DELTA SANDS Hanna.EKSC DHESI Geevan.PSW FALLU Isabelle.EKSC BUCKINGHAM Jesslyn.USC LI Fiona.DELTA BUFFAN Charlene.USC SMITH Hayley.EKSC COX Kristy.PSW

GIRLS 7&U- 100 IND. MEDLEY

Rec 1

2) 2

1) 2

3) 2:

4) 2

5) 2

6) 2

7) 2

8) 2

9) 2

10) 2

11) 2

12) 3

28.46 Donna Wu,AQUA,85 13.41 SURA Kylie.PCSC 17.72 McCULLOUGH Megan.PCSC 18.50 BERGMAN Enn.PSW 29.05 MARTONE Kimiko.PCSC 34.82 OUIMET Ariane Eve.PCSC 35.38 BROWN Andrea.PCSC 42.55 LEBLANC Melanie.PCSC 43.72 HUANG Jolly.CDSC 44.00 AHERN Rebecca.EKSC 46.12 PYLYPA Kaitlin.EKSC 50.64 CASSAROTTO AlexanrJra.PCSC 07.20 STINIS CWoe.PCSC

3 08 33 PARSONS Samantha.PCSC 315.08 NOVACK Vanessa.PCSC 327.00 ROLLS Ashley.PCS 3 39 90 SAURETTE Alexandra.EKSC 3:53.22 TETTAMANTI Marissa.CDSC 4:27 00 YURKOVICH Claire.EKSC 5:46.14 BARRATT Savannah, PCS 7:36.14 HACK Karene.PCS

RLS 8 -100 IND. MEDLEY

Rec: 1:27.52 Donna Wu.AOUA,85 1:31.10 QUAN Caitlin.RAPID 1 40 28 ASSI Sarah.PCSC 1.41.80 WU Yp Han, RAPID 1:42.60 GAGNE Amanda.PCSC 1:45.51 BRAYNE Jillian.PCSC 1.49.14 LAMONTAGNE Taylor.PSW 1:49.66 CASSAROTTO Slephanie.PCSC 1:50.01 DiFRUSCIA Rebecca.PCSC 1 50.55 CAMERON Ashley, PCSC 15118 MCDONALD Marina.PCSC 1:51.51 BLAGRAVE Cassandra.PCSC 1:58.01 FAIRLIE Paige.PCSC 1:58.41 TATIGIAN Liane.PCSC 1:59.48 NORMAN Courtney.PCSC 2:03.61 MACLEOD Sarah.PCSC 2:04.75 BIRDSALL Alison.PSW 2:04.88 CARICH Rachel.PSW 2:08.28 SANTOS Chelsea.DELTA 2:09.59 GRASSO Bianca.PCSC 2:11.66 MULLIGAN Mariah.PSW 2:21.83 WEBSTER Ali.PSW 2:25.06 GIBSON Kinley.EKSC 2:28.32 CHOW Olivia.PSW 2:30.12 ERICKSON Kayleigh.PSW 2:32.41 LEE Sandra.PSW 2:33.97 CWYNAR Lawrene.USC 2:34.06 MROZ Ella.USC 2:36.03 MINHAS Sonam, DELTA 2:43.55 GROENWEGEN Sarah.PSW 2:45.91 CANDRAY Ashley.EKSC 2:56.61 NYKIFORUK Alexandra.EKSC 3:05 16 ANNES Annie.PSW 3:05.46 GREHAN Clare.EKSC 3:21.44 HOSHIKA Hakari.CDSC 3:22.09 REBEL Carmen.EKSC

RLS 9-

Rec: 2:50 E 3:12

315 3:16. 3:20. 3 24 3:27. 3 28 3:33. 3:37.

10) 3:37

11) 3:40.

200 IND. MEDLEY

14 Leslie Dowson,WISC,88

10 MORGAN Jennifer.EKSC 91 GAGNIER Marla.PCSC 21 WEI Quennie.UCSC

11 BEVERIDGE Allison.UCSC 06 CALDWELL Katie.PSW 65 MacLEOD Kari.UCSC .43 CANTY-CURRIER Roxan.PCSC

12 RUEL Marie-Anne.PCSC 17 KING Kaylee.EKSC 43 ZEVNIK Alexia.PCSC 08 CLOUTIER Isabelle.PCSC

3.4017 3.40 64 3:40.98 3.44.50 3:46 80 347 28 3:47 56 3:5284 3:55.09 3:58.00 3:59.30 3:5991 3:59.95 4:0199 4:05.73 4:0917 4:10.42 4:15.20 4:16.08 4:17.30 4 18.26 4:18.28 4:20 90 4:28.55 4:29.85 4:30.10 4:34 34 4:41.35 4:51.15 4:5310 5:01 16 5:03.21 5:0407 5:05.51 5:12 42 5:51.00 6:29.00 6:32.45 7:47.82 8:07.00

CUNNINGHAM Margot.ROW DAIGLE Marie Pier.BP HILDEBRAND Alyssa.UCSC PIERSE Patricia.EKSC WILSON Tessa.EKSC HARTLEY Jessica.LAC ROSATO Laura, LAC DARIANO Laura.LAC McCANN Josie.LAC HOEKSTRA Mackenzie.EKSC LOUGHEED Lauren.PSW BEETAJIAN Venus.PCSC ROY Caroline.PCSC FERGUSON Duncan.CDSC FINAN Catherine.LAC JASSAL Melissa.DELTA SEXTON Michelle.PCSC LIN Claire.RAPID GALLAGHER Brooke.PSW JACOBS Megan.USC CHAN Imelda, DELTA MASRI Nadia.PCS CHOY Carris.CDSC ARMSTRONG Faith.EKSC ZAMOZDRA Tatiana.PCSC HANDEREK Erin.EKSC HEFFERING Abbie.USC FERRARO Anika.USC LIVINGSTON Cassidy.USC O'KELLY Niamh.EKSC HAMILTON Bronte.EKSC MAURICE Vanessa.LAC KAHALE Sarah.PCS NOVACK Arielle.PCSC MOGERMAN Chya.CDSC ROLLS Jessica.PCS HAYASHI Emily.PCS HITCHCOCK Claire.EKSC SCHOWALTER Glenna.EKSC LEUNG Tamiya.PCS

GIRLS 10 -400 IND. MEDLEY

Rec: 5:36 76 Stephanie Shewchuk,PCSC,85

1) 6:04.00 BAKKEN Alyssa.PCS

2) 6:18.50 ZAROFF Marie.RAPID

3) 6:23.77 McCULLOUGH Molly.PCSC

4) 6:31.85 MISURELLI Jenniler.UCSC

5) 6:34.60 McCALLUM Natalie.UCSC

6) 6:40.02 BOSSE Christina.PCSC

7) 6:40 20 DARIANO Vicloria.LAC

8) 6:44.11 WALKER Alyson.LAC

9) 6:5002 VRIONIS Valerie.PCSC

10) 6:52.88 McGREGOR Ashley.PCSC

11) 6:53.60 ASSI Saidye.PCSC

12) 6:56.78 McCORD Cate.UCSC

13) 6:56.81 McMULLEN Olivia.PCSC

14) 6:57.08 CENTOMO Kyla.PCSC

15) 7:01 74 SCHMIDT Julia.PCS

16) 7:06.03 NELL Shannon.LAC

17) 7:12.60 BECK Kinsey.LAC

18) 7:20.12

19) 7:22.97

20) 7:23.47

21) 7:23.56

22) 7:25.50

23) 7:25.76

24) 7:27.24

25) 7:29.80

26) 7:30.26

27) 7:30.52

28) 7:31.36

29) 7:35.20

30) 7:38.91

31) 7:41.80

32) 7:44.74

33) 7:45.10

34) 7:51.06

35) 7:51.33

36) 7:51.40

37) 7:52.38

38) 7:53.70

39) 7:55.90

40) 7:56.82

41) 7:57.11

42) 7:58.63

43) 8:04.02

44) 8:05.22

45) 8:09.20

46) 8:13.37

47) 8:15.80

48) 8:17.04

49) 8:18.38

50) 8:23.10

51) 8:24.55

52) 8:27.40 28.95 30.81 33.19

56) 8:40.21

57) 8:51.33

58) 8:51.60 57.15 59.90

61) 9:09.60 9:12.40 9:18.83 9:18.92 9:2016 9:24.32 9:29.89 9:39.20

69) 9:39.74

70) 9:40.99

71) 9:44.78

72) 9:47.20

73) 9:55.58

74) 9:59.93

75) 10:07.56

76) 10:56.49

77) 11:29.90

78) 12:18.74

79) 13:39.30

53) 54) 55)

59)

62) 63) 64) 65) 66) 67)

SANTAMARIA Alexandra.PCSC WOOD Olivia.ROW RAWN Vicki.ROW SPROULE Emma.UCSC DAY Anne, RAPID ALLARDYCE Jamie-Lee.PCSC MULLIGAN Lynnaea.PSW LAW Krista.RAPID KALBARCHYK Victoria.PCSC PARSONS Caroline.PCSC SZE Laura.CDSC McCORD Madison.RAPID CREPNJAK Catherine.PSW BOLL Jessica.UCSC DUBOIS Laurence.PCSC GREEN Tessa.EKSC KERR Anne.PCSC JORNA Elena.LAC CALSIN MURDOCH Medea.RAPID SCHMIDT Michaela.UCSC GOSEL Kim.RAPID LEITCH Andrea.RAPID KRYSCHUK Michelle.UCSC MCANERIN Madison.PSW MARTIN Kelsey.PCSC HOSSARI Laura.PCSC DAVIS Sabrina.UCSC WILTSHIRE Miriam.EKSC DELIU Lisa.UCSC AU YEUNG Christine.RAPID O'DONNELL Tara.PCSC READ Laura.PCSC MEI Helen, RAPID GARNER Maggie.CDSC BALDREY Robyn, RAPID MORRIS Caron.PSW JOOSTEN Victoria.USC KEEPING Katie.USC PTITCHARD Mara.LAC WYERS Andrea.USC GIBSON-BROKOP Lindsay.EKSC PILEGGI Amy.PCSC KNIGHT Jill.LAC CAREW Courtney.LAC JOHNSTON Tessa.PSW SARGEANT Anna.PSW KENNEDY Ashley.PCSC LI Fiona.DELTA HALL Julie.DELTA BUCKINGHAM Jesslyn.USC FRICK Jennifer.EKSC LAFLEUR Tiffany.PCSC WEBSTER Kelsey.PSW DHESI Geevan.PSW POLAK Marlha.PCSC KNAPP Katelin.DELTA JUERT Christina.PSW BUFFAN Charlene.USC COX Kristy.PSW SMITH Hayley.EKSC FALLU Isabelle.EKSC McLEAN Saskia.EKSC

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

QUEENSLAND COACH STEPHAN WIDMER

Likes a simple plan that is very systematic, efficient, and easy for his swimmers to understand

Justin Finney

Stephan Widmer is a 36-year-old native of Switzerland who is now the Head Coach at the Queensland State Swimming Centre (QSSC) at the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS). Stephan coaches out of the Fortitude Valley Pool in Brisbane and is the coach of 18-year-old Australian sprint sensation Lisbeth (Libby) Lenton, who recently set the Australian National Record in the long-course 50 m freestyle with a 24.92, and Casey Flouch, who qualified for the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay. His path to coaching success is very interesting, and shows that perseverance and belief pay off.

Stephan 's background in swimming is extensive. He began coaching in Switzerland in 1993 at age 26. By 1996, he had his first Swiss Olympian in Dominique Diezi, a specialist in the 50 and 100 freestyle events. Atlanta was just the beginning. Stephan wanted to travel the world for a year. His travels, however, were not just for sightseeing. Stephan wanted to travel to

the best swimming programs in the world and learn from world-class coaches to develop his coaching knowledge.

Stephan planned to spend six months of his year of travels in Australia and, out of that six months, he wanted to stay at least three months in one program. Stephan had two contacts in Australia; one of them was Scott Volkers. So one day Stephan showed up on deck at Scott Volkers' afternoon workout and attended for two weeks straight. After a fewdays, Scott and Stephan spoke more and more about coaching swimming, technique, and their swimming philosophies, and realized that they had many coaching philosophies in common. After those two weeks, Scott Volkers asked Stephan to be his assistant coach. Stephan only accepted a three-month contract, since he wanted to continue on with his travels after the contract.

During that three-month contract, Scott was in a 7-week phase where he travelled for 6 of those 7 weeks with then-world-class breaststroker Kristy Ellem for her preparation for the 1997 World Short

Record swim for Lisbet Lenton, AUS

Andrew Ringland

His job description was as follows:

1 . Head Coach of the Queensland State Swimming Centre (QSSC) providing a high performance training program designed and implemented in line with both the QAS Swimming and the National program.

2. Maintenance and further development of a support network for the QSSC Squad: National High Performance Director and Head Coaches, QAS Head Coach Swimming and Queensland Director of Coaching.

3. Work with identified Queensland swimmers and their coaches, providing them with exposure to latest techniques, training methods, and strength and conditioning programming in conjunction with QAS Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, Physiotherapists and QAS Head Coach.

4. QSSC Administrator: management of administrative and financial aspects.

5. Professional liaison with the QAS: Performance Enhancement Centre (sport scientist, physiologist, biomechanist, psychologist and Strength and Conditioning Coach, physiotherapist, massage therapist), and the QAS Program Manager.

6. Training and Race Analysis, Complex Performance Diagnostic for QSSC program.

7. Maintenance and further development of contacts to Queensland Swimming and its Level 1 Coaches Education.

Course Championships. Stephan was left with two swimmers — Olympic champion Susie O'Neil and world-record-holder Samantha Riley — and with two hand-written pages from Scott about what he could do with the program. The workouts and training preparation of these two world-class swimmers and the rest of the squad were left to Stephan.

After seven weeks, Stephan had Sam and Susie swimming best training times, with Sam getting down to a 2:23 short-course 200 breaststroke in workout. Over those seven weeks, he gained the respect and trust of the athletes, which to Stephan is one of the most important factors between the coach and swimmer. Stephan stayed an extra month with Scott's program and then continued on his travels through Asia, then returned home to Switzerland, not quite sure where hiscoaching would lead him. Within the first few weeks of his return. Stephan got aphone call from Scott informing him that there was an assistant head coachingposition opening at the QAS. Scott was wondering if Stephan would like to apply for the job. After a phone interview with a QAS specialist panel — includingAlexBaumann — Stephan Widmer was on a plane back to Australia five days later to become the Queensland Academy of Sport Assistant Coach.

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Here is how his series-of-numbers system breaks down:

1 . Preparation behind the blocks

2. Position on the block

3. Reaction off the block

4. Flight time and position in the air

5. Entry into the pool off the start

6. Underwater work/position

7. Break out

8. Swim phase/race specific speed and efficiency

9. Approach to turn

10. Turn phase/positioning on wall

11. Push off of wall and underwater work

12. Breakout

13. Swim phase/ race specific speed and efficiency

14. Finish

By the time of the short-course championships in 2000, Stephan had a stable of incredibly fast and talented swimmers under his care. He had backstroker Beau Mannix (50 back 24.44; 100 back 53-40; 200 back 1:56.81), Australian short-course sprint record holder Michelle Engelsman (50 free 2536) and middle-distance specialist Nicole Zahnd (200 free 1: 59.56; 400 free 4:08.92). Stephan also had 14-year- old Australian Olympic Youth Festival representative Marieke Guehrer (50 Free 26.21).

After the Olympics in 2000, Don Talbot, Head Coach of the Australian National Team, wanted Scott Volkers to become a mentor to the Queensland coaches and wanted Stephan to continue building a high-performance centre under the QAS program. Stephan had to re-apply for the position since it was posted throughout the coaching community in Australia, and successfully got the job. For a year and a half, Stephan was never officially named the Head Coach of the Queensland State Swimming Centre at the Queensland Academy of Sport. Finally, in 2001, Stephan officially got the job until December 2004.

Stephan has a Bachelor of Education in Human Movement Studies. At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, he chose subjects that would benefit him in his quest to become a professional swim coach. He studied sports such as track and field (physiology of runningevents and strength training) , gymnastics (motor learning and strength training) and swimming, as well as anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, and psychology.

In 2003, Stephan was named to the coaching staff of the Australian World Championship team for his accomplishments with sprinters Libby Lenton and Casey Flouch.

Stephan 's approach to coaching the sprinter is a systematic one. He breaks down the pool into a series of numbers and relies heavily on the feedback from the QAS Biomechanics Team to aid him with the sprinter's efficiency through his system.

Stephan created a simple plan that is very systematic, efficient, and easy for his swimmers to understand. Stephan also recognizes that each of his swimmers is an individual. They all require different attention and need to be dealt with on a daily basis. For example, here are the different approaches between female freestyle and fly sprinter Libby Lenton and male freestyle sprinter Casey Flouch.

When Stephan started coaching Libby Lenton in October of 2002, she was only training a handful of times per week, which simply was not enough. If Libby wanted to be part of the QSSC, she had to train 10 sessions a week, no matter what, and Libby accepted! The next part was toclean up herstroke timing, since she had a catch-up stroke, which needed work. Stephan also spent countless hours giving Libby the self-confidence and belief in her abilities, which were two key factors that she needed to improve in order to attain the international sprinting level. His work with Libby has paid off with her Australian record in the 50 free at 24.92 (LC) and her 100 free time of 54.71 (LC), both world-class times.

Casey Flouch, however, had been in the program since Stephan first started there in 1997. Casey was Susie O'Neil's training partner leading into the Sydney Olympic Games, where she used to go head-to-head with him on a daily basis. Susie almost fell off her chair when she saw Casey marching on for the final of the 100 free at the 2003 Australian World Championships Trials. She never thought he would make it that far. Casey's determination and belief in himself have been the key to his success. He has astraight-arm recovery due to the lack of flexibility that does not allow him to get into a high -elbow position underwater. Yet that has not stopped him from believing in himself and the coach whom he has been with for the past six years. His perseverance has put him in good company on that 4x 100 relaywith Todd Pearson, Ashley Callus, and Ian Thorpe — all three of them are Olympic gold medallists.

Stephan Widmer has an extreme belief inwhathe does, as well asagreat respect for the coaches and swimmers around him, regardless of their level. His warmups and swimdowns in workouts are specifically devoted to technique. He has drills and exercises in place to work on developing his swimmers' technique, efficiency, and fitness, which will allow them to

The QSSC is a high-performance squad with only 10 swimmers, based in Brisbane. Here are some of the results of Stephan 's swimmers from the recent long-course season:

GIRLS (long course) LENTON Lisbeth (18 years)

BOYS (long course) FLOUCH Casey (21)

50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle 50 butterfly 100 butterfly 50 backstroke

24.92 54.71

2:02.72 27.24 59.78

0:29.63

GUEHRER Marieke (17)

50 freestyle 100 freestyle 50 butterfly 100 butterfly 50 backstroke 100 backstroke

0:26.24 0:57.07 0:27.43 1:02.95 0:30.22 1:04.67

50 freestyle 100 freestyle

LYONS Leif (16) 100 freestyle 100 butterfly 50 backstroke 100 backstroke 200 backstroke

PIPER Sean (20) 50 freestyle 100 freestyle

0:23.24 0:50.20

0:53.03 0:57.54 0:27.70 0:58.54 2:07.26

0:23.12 0:51.12

SPRENGER Christian (17)

HORNE Kellie (14)

100 breaststroke 1:16.46

200 breaststroke 2:41.13

50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke

29.33 02.82 20.70

THOMPSON Stephanie (18) THOMPSON Andrew (16)

50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle 400 freestyle

0:27.19 0:58.42 2:03.93 4:22.79

50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle 400 freestyle 1500 freestyle

0:24.10 0:52.31 1:52.13 3:59.97 15:52.45

maintaining their speed at the end of their race. He keeps stimulating his swimmers' brains with a variation of drills. Most of all, his swimmers are responding.

Justin Finney is an Assistant Coach with the Pointe Claire Swim Club, in Quebec.

Sprinter Casey Flouch, AUS

Andrew Ringland

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ADVICE FOR PARENTS

SPORTING PARENTS

Support, Smiles, and Swimming

Wayne Goldsmith

Parents love their children and want nothing but the best for them. Behaviours that others may see as "pushy", sporting parents see as "lovingly supportive". What a coach may interpret as "sticking their noses in," sporting parents see only a genuine interest in their child's development. This difference in perspective and the difficulty in being able to be objective where their kids are concerned often lead parents into a conflict situation with coaches, other parents, officials and eventually their own children.

I have done hundreds of talks to sporting parents around the world.

Many times parents have approached me after a talk and said "I hear what you say, but you don't know my child. He is different".

While every child is indeed an individual, what all children have in common are parents who have high opinions of their child's ability to do everything.

It starts early — the first day home from the hospital.

"Here is a picture of my baby. He is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen and I am not just saying that because he is mine".

Then around two years of age:

"My child is much more advanced than the other children - talking and walking before other kids, and I am not just saying that because he is mine".

Then at school.

"He is well advanced for his age. He can do things that most five year olds can't. I'm not just saying that because he is my son".

Then naturally at sport.

"He is the best backstroke swimmer in the district. He really is. I'm not just saying that because he is my son".

The swimming parent is merely extending their natural feelings of love and support for their child into the sporting environment.

This article aims to help parents of young swimmers (and the coaches who have to manage those parents) deal with some of the critical issues in sport and parenting.

Five things all parents have in common

• They love their children

• They want the best for their children

• They are incapable of being objective about their children

• They believe there is something special or unique about their children (that no on else can see)

• They don't believe me when I tell them every parent has the first four things in common

Things aren't what they used to be and they never were.

Kids today are different (but so were we).

• They want it all

• They want it now

• They want it to be fun

• If they can't have it all, have it now and if it is not fun they don't want it.

Kids don't care how much you know, they want to know how much you care.

Why swimming sometimes struggles!

Swimming is often seen as focusing on traditional values of dedication, work ethic, commitment, team work, learning to deal with adversity and pressure.

These values are (unfortunately) out of step with many of the "fast food" attitudes of today's kids.

Why are swimming coaches in the "firing line"?

The three most important things to a parent are their:

• KIDS •TIME

• MONEY

In other words they give coaches MONEY to coach their KIDS at inconvenient TIMES!!!!!! No wonder it is often a volatile environment.

The Swimming Coaches Dilemma

The challenge for all of us is to use swimming to teach and enhance the traditional values which apply to all

people in all walks of life, but encourage kids to

take part in swimming and "sell" swimming in away

which appeals to their world - where entertainment

is as important as education. Education of parents is the key! Swimming clubs and coaches should schedule

time to hold parent education sessions on a regular

basis to inform and educate parents about the key

elements and philosophies of their program. Success

comes when:

The vision of the coach and,

The commitment of the swimmers and,

The support of the parents all come together

focused towards achieving a common goal.

Sporting Parents are keen to learn as much as they can to help their kids achieve their sporting goals.

These are the 10 most common questions asked by sporting parents:

1 How many times should a child train each week?

• As many as they can recover from

• As many as their goals determine

• As many as they enjoy

• As many as their coach deems necessary There is no magic number of sessions that

determines success in swimming.

Key comment - It is an individual thing! 2. When should a child specialise in a stroke or event?

There is no such thing as a ten year old champion whatever. This year's champ is often nextyear'schump. As kids grow, change and develop their co-ordination, balance and motorcontrol can all change. This means that a child who may be an outstanding breaststroke swimmer this year, may not be able to swim that stroke well following periods of growth and development.

Key comment: Long Term Athlete Developent is the key to success

3- Do swimming kids need a special diet?

No. Unless they have special needs or health issues, eg juvenile onset diabetes.

Providing they eat a balanced diet of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, drink plenty of water, minimise processed foods and take aways and decrease their intake of sugar and salt, generally sporting kids do not need special diets.

The important issue is to encourage young swimmers to develop eating practices which become lifetime healthy lifestyle habits.

Importantly, kids should be educated on the key elements of a healthy, nutritious diet (i.e. low on salt, low on saturated fat, low on processed sugars) as early as possible.

Parents are often tempted to try- short cuts like buying muscle building powders, high protein sports drinks and glucose tablets to help their child achieve their swimming goals. It must be said that none of these products are likely to make a difference to the child's swimming and taking them may even

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be counter productive.

Key comment: Vitamins and minerals do not make champions.

4. How do kids balance school and swimming?

School comes first. No Brainer!

Swimming kids usually are high achievers and good students as they learn time management skills, dealing with stress, team building, communication skills and other important skills.

Key comment: School and swimming do

mix.

5. When should my kids start strength training?

Does not matter what age, depends on what they do.

Body weight exercises and light exercise with perfect technique are ok at most ages. Where young swimmers (and parents) get into trouble is when they start lifting heavy weights too early and with poor technique.

Weight training is a great way to get strong and help develop the power to swim fast in senior competition. However, the introduction of weight training should be systematic and done progressively with the development of perfect lifting techniques being the most important part of the process.

Key comment: Technique before tonnes!

6. What types of exercise are best for young (i.e. pre teen) athletes?

6-12 is the perfect time to learn techniques and skills - the foundations of sporting success in later years.

It is the perfect time for swimmer to learn and master their A - B - C S (Agility, Balance, Co- ordination and Speed).

When a child attends school, they learn basic arithmetic, then progress to equations and eventually

to calculus.

The basics of swimming — dives, starts, turns, finishes, perfect technique should all be learnt, refined and mastered by the young swimmer before they start the process of physical maturation.

Key comment: Patience is a true virtue.

7. How do I chose a good coach for my child?

Qualifications, experience and coaching record are all importantwhenselectingacoachforthe young swimmer. Younger coaches who may lack coaching experience but who have an infectious enthusiasm for the sport and a passion to succeed may also be a good option.

However, they key question for parents to ask is:

Can the coach provide a safe, ethical, positive, skills based, stimulating training environment?

The reality formostparents is that they will choose the coach who is best situated on their afternoon "drop off circuit,"i.e. mum drops Julie to swimming, Billy to piano and Johnny to football, then goes back to pick up Julie to take her to netball etc etc.

Key comment: Does your child like the coach and do you have faith in the coach — enough to give them 100% support.

8. What are the common characteristics of champion athletes?

• Confidence / self esteem / self belief

• The ability to deal with tough times and adversity

• A love of what they are doing

• A positive attitude

• Strong core values: courage, discipline, humility, sincerity, honesty - these things make an impact on their playing career and their lives.

Key comment: Champion athletes are champion people first.

9. What can I do to help my child achieve

their swimming goals?

• Be patient with progress.

• Be tolerant of mistakes and poor performances.

• Be calm and dignified at swim meets.

• Learn to accept wins or losses graciously.

• Allow (the athletes) plenty of breathing space.

• Offer praise with success.

• Encourage involvement in other pursuits.

• Encourage independence and self-sufficiency.

• Above all, keep swimming in perspective.

• Be supportive rather than intrusive. Key comment: Love them.

10. How can I tell if my child is doing too much?

• Tired all the time. Generally lethargic.

• Irritable, quiet, moody - maybe even sad

• Little illness or health issue that doesn't seem to go away.

• Doesn't sleep well.

• Social problems with school, friends and or family.

Key comment: Just like you when you are tired!

Summary

In this century, swimming can provide an opportunity for kids to learn important social and personal skills that they may not be able to learn in any other institution.

Health, fitness, movement and activity are life long habits and habits for a long life.

Kids don 't care how much you know, they want to know how much you care. Coaches and parents play a vital role in the development of every swimmer.

The single most important thing parents can give their kids is unconditional love and support and the single most important thing coaches can give parents is education on how to be a better swimming parent.

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I TOP AGE GROUP PERFORMERS

MAKING WAVES

BENTO Chris, 15

Club: London Aquatic Club

Coach: Paul Midgley

Specialty: Freestyle and IM

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

14-15 category

4th 50 freestyle 25.84

3rd 100 freestyle 55.62

2nd 200 freestyle 2:00.75

2nd 400 freestyle 4:13.75

2nd 200 ind.medley 218.05

1st 400 ind.medley 4:54.08

Frankie DESPOND, 11, (15 MAY 1991)

Club: Burlington Aquatic Devilrays

Coach: Melanie McKay

Specialty: Freestyle and backstroke

• Ontario SC Junior Provincials 2003

10-11 category

3rd 100 freestyle 1:05.57

3rd 100 backstroke 1:14.88

3rd 200 backstroke 2:39.90

This is the real Frankie Despond, in the April-May issue we Ryan Cockell, NKB, picture ran instead

Adrienne HINSON.14

Club: Tillsonburg / Southwestern Alliance Coach: Darren Ward Specialty: Freestyle, and ind.medley • Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003 14-15 category (placing for 14 year-olds) 1st 200 freestyle 2:10.50 1st 800 freestyle 9:32.12 4th 200 ind.medley 2:32.61

Andrew BLOCH-HANSE.12

Club: London Aquatic Club Coach: Andrew Craven Specialty: Freestyle and butterfly • Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003 12-13 category (placing for 12 year-olds) 2nd 50 freestyle 28.39 1st 100 freestyle 1:02.95 1st 100 butterfly 1:08.32

Scott JESSETT, 13

Club: Scarborough Swim Club

Coach: Mike Gurgol

Specialty: Distance freestyle

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

12-13 category

3rd 400 freestyle 4:37.11

1st 1500 freestyle 18:13.69

Susan LONG, 13,(1 DEC 1989)

Club: London Aquatic Club

Coach: Andrew Craven / Paul Midgley

Specialty: Distance free and ind.medley

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

12-13 category

3rd 200 freestyle 2:14.26

5th 800 freestyle 9:47.07

3rd 200 ind.medley

Michael CHANG, 11

Club: Scarborough Swim Club

Coach: Michael Gurgol

Specialty: Breaststroke

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

10-11 category

3rd 50 breaststroke 39.60

2nd 100 breaststroke 1:25.46

2nd 200 breaststroke 3:05.63

Kyle MATTHEWS, 11

Club: Saulte Ste-Marie Aquatic Club

Coach: Bill Park

Specialty: Free, fly, and IM

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

10-11 category

1st 50 freestyle 30.12

1st 100 freestyle 1:05.39

1st 50 butterfly 33.34

2nd 100 butterfly 1:14.92

2nd 200 ind.medley 2:48.99

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TOP AGE GROUP PERFORMERS

MAKING WAVES

Kenneth WANG, 12

Club: Richmond Hill Aquatic Club Coach: Kim (Samel) Luckasevich Specialty: Freestyle, back and ind.medley • Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003 12-13 category (placings for 12 year-olds) 1st 50 freestyle 28.11 1st 100 butterfly 1:06.61 2nd 200 ind medley 2:31 .38

Mark KURZER, 15

Club: Newmarket Stingrays

Coach: Alan Swanston

Specialty: Freestyle and backstroke

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

14-15 category

1st 100 freestyle 55.10

1st 200 freestyle 1:58.45

1st 400 freestyle 4:13.40

1st 100 backstroke 1:02.94

1st 200 backstroke 2:13.28

Monika STITSKI.13, (18 AUG 1989)

Club: Etobicoke Swimming

Coach: Kevin Thorburn

Specialty: Freestyle, back, breast, IM

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

12-13 category

1st 400 freesyle 4:29.60

3rd 200 backstroke 2:27.48

1st 200 breaststroke 2:43.40

1st 200 ind.medley 2:24.63

FeodorTCHOUGAINOVJ

Club: Etobicoke Swimming

Coach: Tom Landridge

Specialty: Breast, fly, and IM

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

13-14 category (placing for 14 year-olds)

3rd 100 breaststroke 1:15.31

2nd 200 breaststroke 2:42.02

3rd 100 butterfly 1:08.67

3rd 200 ind.medley 230.79

Grant HARDING.!

Club: Region of Waterloo Swim Club

Coach: Laura Nicholls

Specialty: Backstroke

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

10-11 category

2nd 50 backstroke 35.70

1st 100 backstroke 1:15.38

5th 200 backstroke 2:46.94

6th 200 ind.medley 2:54.54

Helen PITCHIK.12

Club: Toronto Swim Club

Coach: John Grootveld / Bob Hayes

Specialty: Breaststroke

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

12-13 category (placing for 12 year-olds)

1st 100 breaststroke 1:16.47

2nd 200 breaststroke 2:43.65

Erica MORNINGSTAR.

Club: Calgary Patriots Coach: Michel Berube Specialty: Sprint freestyle • Alberta SC Championships 13-14 category 1st 50 freestyle 27.54 1st 50 backstroke 33.26 1st 100 breaststroke 1:16.23 1st 200 ind.medley 2:28.77

LC best 28.63 34.56 1:20.27 2:32.43

Kirsten KASPERJ1

Club: Newmarket Stingrays

Coach: Caroline Teskey

Specialty: Backstroke and breaststroe

• Ontario LC Junior Provincials 2003

10-11 category

5th 100 backstroke 1:18.28

1st 200 backstroke 2:43.57

3rd 100 breaststroke 1:29.10

2nd 200 breaststroke 3:06.16

SWIMNEWS / JUNE-JULY 2003

The History of Competitive Swimming in Canada (1867-2002)

By John G. Kelso

530 pages, plus 46 pp appendix

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Jack Kelso had done what seemed an impossible task. He self-published 100 initial copies of this massive historical document on Canadian Swimming.

Uniquely qualified for such a task Kelso is a Sports Historian and a Professor Emeritus at the School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia.

In his youth he started swimming in fabled Ocean Falls, BC, under coach George Gate. He was NCAA 200 individual medley winner in 196 1, and a bronze medallist at the 1962 Commonwealth and 1963 Pan American Games.

He was a professor and swim coach at UBC and is now retired.

There is fascinating material from the late 19th century on the start of competitive swimming in Eastern Canada.

The material is divided into decades with much original research on the personalities and facilites of each era. Each chapter lists the National Championships top three and all international teams are listed in full with detailed results for all Canadians.

There is foreword by Richard Pound, a fellow Ocean Falls swimmer and prominent member of the International Olympic Committee.

Chapter headings:

1. Bathers and Paddlers ) 1850-1907)

2. Managers and Racers (1908-1919)

3. Competition and Controversy (1920-1929)

4. Expansion, Recognition and Success (1930-1939)

5. Moderation and Control (1940-1949)

6. World Experiences— Transition (1950-1959)

7. Controvery. Compromise, and Competition (1960-1969)

8. Olympic Investment amd InternationalAcclaim (1970-1979)

9. Going for Number One! (1980-1989)

10. Competition In An Expanding World ( 1990-2002)

An extensive appendix of much useful factual information is included at the end of the book

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OBITUARY

ROSEMARY MANN DAWSON

Pioneer Women's Coach Dies

Rosemary Mann Dawson, a pioneer woman's coach in competitive swimming on the collegiate, school, club and camp levels died on May 3, 2003 Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was 81. She was born August 2, 1921 in Duluth, MN and daughter of Matt Mann II and Lea Block Mann. The cause was complications due to her 40 year battle as a brittle diabetic.

Known affectionately as Rose Mary to thousands of youngsters and athletes with whom she came in contact over her 62 year career as swimming coach and girls camp director, she considered her greatest contribution to be as director of Camp Ak-o-Mak, a girl's competitive swimming, sports and wilderness camp located in Ontario, Canada. Started in 1928 by her dad, the late Matt Mann, 1952 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame swimming coach and 30 year University of Michigan coach, Ak-o-Mak produced over 40 Olympians and 350 All-Americans, all coached by Rose Mary or her father. Ak-o-Mak and brother camp Chikopi were the world's first competitive swimming camps. Rose Mary was director for over 55 years.

Entering club coaching in 1956, she formed the Ann Arbor (all girls) Swim Club which after two years won six consecutive Michigan State Championships, placed second in the AAU National Championships in 196l and first or second in nine National Long Distance Championships. Her Ann Arbor divers won four Michigan AAU Championships.

She was a 1943 graduate of the University of Michigan. While coaching her club team, she became a swimming instructor for the University's Women's Physical Education Department. In 1958, she established a women's competitive swimming program in a hostile women's physical education atmosphere which required her to call herself "Advisor" to the Ladies Speed Swim Club. "They didn't think women should be competitive back in those days and to use the words "coach" and "varsity" for women's teams was taboo," she would say. Two years later, she helped establish the first women's National Collegiate Swimming and Diving Championships and her team won the championships for three successive years.

Also during this time, she revived women's AAU Water Polo (dormant for 30 years) and won the first three National Championships. Her two goalies later

went on to win Olympic medals: Marsha Smoke Jones (1964 Bronze, Kayaking) and Hall of Famer Micki King (1972 Gold, Diving).

In 2002 she received the USA Water Polo Contributor Award for her role in promoting women's water polo.

In 1964, she became the woman's swimming coach at the University of Western Ontario in London, winning another two Collegiate (Canadian) Championships and becoming the first to win successive National Team titles in the U.S. and Canada.

After two years, she followed her husband Buck Dawson to Fort Lauderdale to start the International Swimming Hall of Fame. She helped form the Hall of Fame Dames (Women's Auxiliary) serving a term as president. She served as stroke coach of the famed Pine Crest School Swim Team in Fort Lauderdale and was named Florida Coach of the Year in 1976. She coached her daughter Marilyn to an Olympic bronze medal on the 1968 Canadian 4x100 freestyle relay. (Marylin was bom in Ontario and chose to represent Canada internationally but lives in the USA)

In 1961, Dawson she was selected as coach to take the first-ever age group swim team overseas (Japan). Before that, she was manager/chaperone for AAU teams traveling to England and visiting resident coach for the Puerto Rican and Jamaican National Teams preparing for the Central American Games.

She has published sports books on Age Group Swimming (1964), Diving for Teacher and Pupil ( 1 968) , and with her husband Buck, All About Dry Land Exercise for Swimming, Diving and Water Polo. She was the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Swimming Coaches Association in its second year of existence.

She is survived by her husband Buck, son Bruce Corson (MI), daughters Marilyn Corson Whitney (MI) and Connie Corson (NM), grand daughters Kathy and Beth Corson and brother Matt Mann III. She is predeceased by first husband Bruce Corson and her daughter Marci Dawson Williams.

Following cremation, a service will be held at Camp Ak-o-Mak.

A scholarship fund has been set up in her name to send boys and girls to her camps. Donations may be sent to: Chik-O-Mak Foundation, do Bob Duenkel, 340 Sunset Drive #205. Fort Lauderdale. FL 33301. USA

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3	Contents	14	Results North American Circuit
4	About This Issue	15	Results 2003 Mare Nostrum
	Record Setters	22	TOP (Tiny Olympic Prospects)
5	Calendar	28-29	Making Waves
12	Results Canadian World Trials

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