June 2008 Swimming Articles

Women's 100 Back: The tone of preliminary swims at this meet had been for the most part fairly dreary. That all changed when Hayley McGregory clocked 59.15 in the penultimate heat this morning to break Natalie Coughlin's world record. Watching from the stands, I could see Natalie's entire demeanor change. Only Natalie and Teri McKeever probably know what her original race plan was, but I'm guessing that at that moment Natalie decided that Hayley's reign would be short lived. McGregory strode off the deck like a conquering champion, waving at the crowd. Meanwhile, Natalie hopped in with a look of… more »

Just a few bullet thoughts about this morning's preliminary session in Omaha Men's 400 IM The favorites, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, looked like they were taking a bath coming home in their respective swims. Robert Margalis had a strong swim at 4:15 but doesn't look as if he will threaten the leaders. The biggest surprise was Pat Mellors, a year removed from his strong 4:12 swim that led him to take a year off from school to train specifically for this meet. Pat ended up with a time of 4:24. Women's 100 Fly Looking at the psyche sheet, the… more »

The Psych Sheet for the 2008 US Olympic Trials, Omaha, Nebraska 061708usotpsych - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: 061708usotpsych USA Swimming-Nat. Meets Hy-Tek's MEET MANAGER 3:13 PM 6/26/2008 Page 1 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming - 6/29/2008 to 7/6/2008 Psych Sheet 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Rathgeber, Geoff Murry, Steven Tyler, Alex Koerten, Brett Bollier, Bobby Criste, John Peterson, Chip Hamilton, Neal Vogt, Ian Wollner, Samuel Smalley, Maverick Kline, Peter Houser, Matt Haley, Alec 22 21 19 22 18 19 20 22 18 22… more »

WORLD AND NATIONAL MASTERS SWIMMING RECORDS FALL AT THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPSSix World, 16 National and 130 IGLA Swimming Records Set WASHINGTON, DC, Thursday, June 26, 2008 – An astounding 152 swimming records were broken during the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships (IGLA) in the greater Washington, DC area from June 19th – 22nd. Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen and former Olympian Glenn Mills turned in particularly impressive races, breaking six International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA) masters world records. This year’s IGLA Championships set more United States Master Swimming (USMS) and FINA world records than in any previous IGLA Championship.In the… more »

Olympic swimmer Katie Hoff will join the Loyola College coaching staff, head coach Brian Loeffler announced today. Hoff will both attend classes and serve as a volunteer assistant coach for the swimming and diving program beginning this fall. "I am thrilled to have Katie join my staff in the fall,” says Coach Loeffler. “She has a wealth of swimming experience that we will draw from to make our team that much better." Hoff comes to Loyola with a highly impressive resume as an Olympian and World Record holder. Only 19 years of age, Hoff will vie for her second Olympic… more »