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Noticias internas
Noticias internacionales September 10, 1999 Unity Within South African SwimmingIn a joint statement issued by Mr. Dave Norman, General Secretary for Swimming South Africa (SSA) and Jace Naidoo, National Secretary of the Amateur Swimming Association of South Africa ( ASASA )in Johannesburg today, it was announced that the two organizations would merge under the banner of Swimming South Africa. After having failed to reach satisfactory agreement on unification within swimming during 1991, the two swimming organizations in SSA and ASASA have continued to work separately to promote sport within the country. SSA was accepted by the International Swimming Organization - FINA - in 1992 and has continued to develop sport at all levels, whilst ASASA has continued to operate successfully in the previously disadvantaged areas of the country. Both organizations realizing that the situation needed to be rectified, agreed in September 1998, to a period of co-operation. This co-operation phase was successful and both SSA and ASASA have decided to merge into one organization. This decision has brought to an end a lengthy period of disunity within swimming in this country and the way forward will provide equal opportunities fodevelopmentnt at all levels and within all sectors of the South African community. The growth and development of clubs in disadvantaged areas, a restructuring of development programs and the transformation of a number of key areas will be a major focus of the organization. Delivery on the aspirations of the majority of the potential aquatic community will be the guiding vision for the SSA in the months ahead.
Fact of the Day"Me Tarzan, you
Jane" It's a little known fact that "Me Tarzan, you Jane" was a quip made by Johnny Weissmuller to his co-star, Maureen O'Sullivan, one day in the movie studio parking lot. Seeing Maureen struggling to lift her heavy suitcase into the trunk of her car, Johnny laughingly uttered these now famous words as he effortlessly swooped up the case and tossed it into the car. Enough cast and crew were around to hear his comment, and it struck everyone as so funny that the quip lives on to this day. Note: Johnny Weissmuller, the actor, quipster, and five gold medal Olympic swimming star (1924 Amsterdam and 1928 Paris) died in January 1984.
South Africa Champs - Day 4Neville Smith Johannesburg - Swim sprint star Brendon Dedekind (Pitermaritzburg Seals) smashed his sixth Africa record of the "Telkom" SA Short Course Championships in Johannesburg on Sunday morning, this time claiming the 50m butterfly mark. Dedekind sped through his heat in 24.02 seconds, thrashing more than half-a-second off Andrew Bradley's (Kings Park) year-old 24.62 mark. This was the Pan Pacifics 50m freestyle gold medallist's sixth record in 11 swims at the four-day gala - and the third stroke in which he has established himself as the fastest man on the continent. The 23-year-old, also the 100m individual medley Africa record-holder, earlier in the week twice broke the 50m breaststroke and 50m freestyle marks, as well as the 100m freestyle record. "Butterfly and breaststroke are just fun for me," he said. "But short course 50s are my thing. I do lot of work on my start and turns." The electrical engineering student believes he is capable of going even faster in the semifinals and final in the afternoon. "My turn wasn't that good and usually afternoons are quicker because your body is warmer. I'd like to go 23." If Dedekind can dip below 24 seconds, he will have an outside chance of challenging Mark Foster's 23.34 Commonwealth record or even Michael Klims' 23.21 world mark set earlier today in Canberra. But he won't get a chance to do anything further in the 100m freestyle final after deciding to scratch and compete in only the 'fly. "I won't do the 100m free so I can have a bit of a rest before the All-Africa Games (next week). It's important for our swimmers to do well there." Double Olympic champion Penny Heyns (Toti) will have a shot at the women's 100m breaststroke world record in the final. In Saturday's semifinal, she raced to within 0.2 seconds of Samantha Riley's mark of 1min 05.90secs. But Heyns, who owns the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke world long course records, is not as comfortable in the 25m-length pool. Charlene Wittstock (Seagulls) will be aiming for her sixth gold medal in in the 200m backstroke final. And deaf Durbanite Terence Parkin (Seagulls) will be looking for two golds in his favourite 200m breaststroke, where he won bronze at Pan Pacifics, and the 200m individual medley.
South Africa Champs - Day 3Neville Smith Johannesburg - Double Olympic champion Penny Heyns(Toti) raced to within 0.2 seconds of the world 100m breaststroke record at the "Telkom" SA Short-Course Championships in Johannesburg on Saturday, while Brendon Dedekind(Pietermaritzburg Seals) scorched his fifth Africa record in three days. Heyns, the world's fastest swimmer in the 50m, 100m and 200m long-course breaststroke, might have gone faster had she not fluffed the first turn. She finished her semi-final in 1min 50.90 seconds - more than half-a-second better than her previous Africa mark of 1:06.47, but just short of Australian Samantha Riley's 1:05.90 record. "I'm never going for records," the 24-year-old said. "I messed up on my first turn, but I'm happy it's my best short-course time." But she repeated she was uncomfortable racing in 25m-length pools. "I really just can't say that I can judge short courses. The wall is slippery and each time there's a kind of anticipation," added Heyns, who took Friday off to rest. "I think that helped a little bit, but to be honest, it seems like a very long season. I'm ready to take a break right now." Heyns, who has posted eight long-course world records in the past two months, will race in the final on Sunday evening. Dedekind, who has twice set continental marks in the each of the 50m breaststroke and 50m freestyle events, torpedoed his own 100m freestyle Africa record in a time of 48.35 seconds. "My first 50m felt really nice. I would have liked to have gone 47. But being too far ahead of the rest of the guys, I had really hard waves (coming off the wall)," said the 23-year-old electrical engineering student, who won the 50m freestyle gold at the Pan Pacifics in Sydney a week ago. Michael Klim's Commonwealth record stands at 47.49 and Alexander Popov's world mark is 46,74, but Dedekind is not thinking of challenging either in Sunday's final. "I'm contemplating scratching tomorrow. I might come in and do the 50m butterfly prelims. But I'm pretty tired after Pan Pacifics and it's the All Africa Games next week." Charlene Wittstock(Seagulls), who also raced in Sydney last week, took three gold medals on Saturday to take her championship haul to five. She won the 100m individual medley in 1:05.15, the 50m backstroke in 29.68 and the 50m freestyle in 25.91. "I feel a little tired, but I can't afford to be too tired, I've got to race again tomorrow," said Wittstock, who won the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke on Friday night. "I've trained so hard, I expect to do all this racing." Durbanite Terence Parkin(Seagulls), 200m breaststroke bronze medallist at Pan Pacifics, won the 100m breaststroke in 1:02.68, just in front of Herman Louw(Linrand),1:02.78. But Louw reversed the order in the 100m individual medley, touching in 56,68 seconds, more than a second faster than Parkin. Both of Louw's efforts beat the qualifying standards for the World Short Course Championships in Athens in March. George du Rand(Bloemfontien Seals) and Natalie du Toit(Vineyard), however, missed the times while racing to victory in the men's 200m butterfly and women's 400m freestyle. Du Rand took advantage of favourite Theo Verster's(Kings Park) withdrawal to win in 2:04.38. The 15-year-old Du Toit finished in 4:23.00.
South Africa Champs - Day 2Dedekind Claims Third RecordNeville Smith Johannesburg - Swim sprint star Brendon Dedekind (Pitermaritzburg Seals) scorched an icy Ellis Park pool as he cracked his third record in two days, shaving one-hundredth of a second off his own 50m freestyle African mark at the South Africa "Telkom" Short-Course Championships on Friday. The electrical engineering student torpedoed the two-lap heat in 21,94 seconds - improving on the 21,95 he posted nearly a year ago "It's really cold. I couldn't feel my strokes, my body was numb," said the 23-year-old who on Thursday broke the 50m breaststroke continental mark in the morning heats and then the Commonwealth record in the evening semifinals. But Dedekind - who won 50m freestyle gold at the Pan Pacifics in Sydney in the world's fifth-fastest long-course time ever at 22,06 seconds - believes he can pull his time down even more in the evening semifinal if the chilly wind dies down and the sun gets a chance to shine. "I think I can go faster. It just depends on the weather and if everything goes alright. I know I can break the world short-course record (21,31), but the chances are I won't get it here. "But I'm just having fun," he added, "riding a wave from Sydney." Cape Town schoolgirl Sarah Poewe (Vineyard) clocked the quickest time in the women's 200m breaststroke heats and, with triple world record-holder Penny Heyns (Toti) having scratched from this event, looks set to win her first gold medal at a senior national championship. But Poewe, Pan Pacs bronze medallist behind Heyns in the 200m breaststroke, had a slow heat in 2mins 39,05secs - nearly six seconds short of the qualifying time for the World Short-course Championships in Athens in March. "It's freezing, but I should improve my time. It's quite hard at altitude and it'll be a bit difficult swimming without Penny." With the exception of Dedekind, none of the morning's other swimmers warmed to the cold conditions enough to beat the criteria. Deaf Durbanite Terence Parkin (Seaguls), 200m breaststroke bronze winner at the Pan Pacifics, was the fastest in the 100m breaststroke in 1:04,17. Herman Louw (Linrand) had the best time in the 100m individual medley in 59,28, just ahead of favourite Theo Verster ( Kings Park) in 59,36. The 100m Individual Medley Africa record is held by Dedekind, who pulled out of the event to focus on the 50m freestyle. In the women's 100m Indevidual Medley, Charlene Wittstock ( Seaguls) was quickest in 1:04,91. Mandy Loots ( Dolphins) set the pace in the women's 50m butterfly (28,98), Adrian Bosch(Rand Afrikaans University) in the men's 400m freestyle (4:07,09) and 16 year old George du Rand( Bloemfontien Seals) in the men's 200m backstroke (2:05,28).
Australian Short Course Champs - Day 4FINAL MEN'S 100M FREESTYLENEW WORLD RECORD IN MEN'S
50M BUTTERFLY Todd Pearson who is a potential member of the 4x200 freestyle relay team for the 2000 OG in Sydney finished fast to take silver (48.61) in front of Ashley Callus (48.68) coached by David Urquhart in southern Queensland. All make the cut for the Athens championships but it is doubtful if Klim will make himself available for the WSC. I understand this applies to all Pan Pac team members.
FINAL WOMEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYLori Munz was too strong for this field and won (2:10.64) by the comfortable margin of four and a half seconds.
FINAL WOMEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKEAtlanta Olympian Helen Denman won her first (1:07.77) SC 100m breaststroke ahead of 17 year old Tarnee White (1:08.22) who is coached by Ken Wood at Redcliffe.
FINAL MEN'S 100M BACKSTROKEMatt Welsh led the field from the gun and turned marginally ahead of Robert Wyllie. Welsh split the 100m in 25.12 on target for a fast time of (51.77).He completed the sweep of all three backstroke titles in Commonwealth and Australian record times, equalling the existing world mark in his 50 win earlier in the championships. Welsh's time in the 100 is the second World All Time Best SC.
FINAL WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY1996 Olympian and a three time holder of this title, Angela Kennedy, led with her customary fast start and turns but touched second (1:00.47). Julia Ham came through with a strong fourth lap to overtake Kennedy (1:00.11). 16 year old Jordana Webb, won her first senior championship medal (1:00.69).
FINAL MEN'S 200M BREASTSTRTOKE FINALZane King making a comeback from injury took the field hrough the first half, leading the eight times title holder in this event Matt Dunn to the turn into breaststroke. With his strongest two strokes to come Dunn took the lead after 25m of this stroke and was able to fend (1:58.53) off a determined improver Grant McGregor and the early leader (1:59.10).
FINAL WOMEN'S 200M BACKSTROKE17 year old Clementine Stoney from Albury wom her first national SC title by a narrow margin (2:11.08) from 96 Olympian Emma Johnson (2:12.15). Stoney held a full body length lead going into the 150m turnbut was challenged by the fast finishing Johnson, who has returned from her US studies to begin her Olympic selection campaign under former coach Brian Wilkinson. 16 old Taryn Callaghan from the Rob Lawson coached United club in NSW was third with 2:13.60.
FINAL MEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYZane King making a comeback from injury took the field hrough the first half, leading the eight times title holder in this event Matt Dunn to the turn into breaststroke. With his strongest two strokes to come Dunn tokk the lead after 25m of this stroke and was able to fend off a determined improver Grant McGregor and the early leader.
FINAL WOMEN'S 200M FREESTYLEThe ironwoman of Australian swimmig Lori Munz (1"57/79) took out the 200m freestyle from Jacinta van Lint (1:58.93) and 15 old Kirsten Thompson (2:00.72).
FINAL MEN'S 50M BUTTERFLYWorld record holder in the 100m fly Michael Klim made an attempt on the world mark in semi-final 1 tonight, and then swam down for his 100m Freetyle final which was the next event. He was just .08 short of taking the WR held by Milos Milosevic CRO, 23.30, set at Sheffield on 12 Dec 1998. Michael did however take Geoff Huegill's national record with a fine sprint swim. In the final Klim's protagonist Geoff Huegill and national team member Bill Kirby were not in the starting area when they were called and regrettably missed the final of this event. Michael recorded his second gold for the night in another good sprint fly time and finishedwith the fourth All Time Best 50m fly for his semi-final time, moving Huegill down to fifth position. Then in an extraordinary set of circumstances Huegill and Kirby's request for a time trial was allowed due to the program running ahead of time. In addition Michael Klim's request was allowed for a WR attempt. Both events took place as the ASI Board members retired to ratify the selectors' list for the 2000 Athens World SC team. In the time trial for Huegill and Kirby the former recorded the fast time of 23.50 to finish ahead of Kirby 24.98. Then the inform Klim hit the water in fourth race for the night and swam a technique 50m butterfly to knock a .09 lump off Milosevic's record - the fourth WR for the Gennadi Touretski trained swimmer.
FINAL MEN'S 1500M FREESTYLEIn the absence of world champion Grant Hackett and WR holder Kieren Perkins due to influenza the up and coming young Craig Stevens improved his SC time by twenty seconds (15.04.90) to win his first national gold medal in just over the fifteen minute mark. Not used to SC racing Coach Frost said: "It was the turns which hurt him, not the swim. He hasn't had much racing SC and we train LC all the time." Stevens is a possibility for the Olympic team with uncertainty hanging over Kowalski and Perkins. Both Stevens and the silver medallist Penfold (15:23.72) have great training partners in Thorpe and Hackett respectively.
FINAL WOMEN'S 400M MEDLEY RELAY
FINAL MEN'S 400M MEDLEY RELAY
Australian Short Course Champs - Day 3MEN'S 100M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYIn the absence of the titleholder Matt Dunn, Justin Norris (55.85) who represened at his first international at the 99 Pan Pacs fought out a very close finish to head off a fast finishing Robert van der Zant (56.01).
WOMEN'S 100M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYLori Munz coached by Rohan Taylor at Shoalhaven on the NSW south coast was too strong for this field (1:01.34). Lori is a relay gold medallist from the 98 Commonwealth Games, a minor medallist from WSC in Hong Kong and the 99 Pan Pacs. The silver medal went to the Jim Fowlie trained swimmer Jacinta Van Lint (1:02.84) who hails from Albury in NSW; the bronze went to experienced Anna Windsor (1:03.19) who is coached by Graeme Dunn. Anna is contemplating medical studies at the University of Sydney and hoping to make her second Olympic team in 2000. Lori and Jacinta make the cut for Athens.
MEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKEThe early leader was Jade Winter QLD who represented in Atlanta in 96 without actually getting a swim. As they approached the 50m turn Mitchell and Cowley were closing fast and truned ahead of Winter (1:01.06) who held on to take out the bronze. The Doug Frost coached Simon Cowley (1:00.21) held his usual strong steady breaststroke to take the gold from 96 Olympian Ryan Mitchell (1:00.63). Cowley took both the 100 and 200m gold medals in breaststroke at the 99 Pan Pacs. All three medallists made the cut with only two to be selected. WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLEIn a slow final there were no qualifiers for Athens. Harris (4:09.79) has however made the team via her 800m win.
MEN'S 200M BUTTERFLYMedley swimmer Zane King, in lane 7, led the early laps in a slow pace, with Greg Shaw in second position. Justin Norris challenged in the third 50m and held on to take his second gold medal (1:57.10) of the night and will rely on his medley gold medal earlier tonight to make it to the Athens team in 2000 for the WSC - none of the other place getters made the cut.
South Africa Champs - Day 1Dedekind Claims Two RecordsNeville Smith Swim sprint star Brendon Dedekind ( Pietermaritzburg Seals) stole the show on the opening day of the SA "Telkom" Short Course Championships at the Ellis Park Aquatic Complex in Johannesburg on Thursday, breaking an African record and then a Commonwealth mark en-route to winning the 50m breaststroke title. The electrical engineering student - who took the 50m freestyle gold in the world's fifth-fastest time ever at the Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney at the weekend, first scorched the newly constucted Ellis Park 25m-length pool in 27.89 seconds in the morning heats to better Chris Stewart's (Linrand) record of 27.98. Then the 23-year-old thrashed more than half-a-second off that in the evening semi-final as he dipped to 27.23 - eight-hundredths of a second faster than Paul Kent's three-year-old Commonwealth mark of 27.31. Dedekind was slightly slower in the final in a time of 27.72. "The whole thing with sprinting, and especially breaststroke, if you set up your first two strokes, you can take it from there." Dedekind, who last year became the first man from Africa to dip below 22 seconds for the short course 50m freestyle, was not prepared to predict on what he was aiming for in that event on Friday. "I know what times I'm going for in my head... my mouth is shut." But then he spoke about the 21.30 second world record. "It's still a fast time. I'm not going to put pressure on myself to do it now. I can do it in the future." Adding to the speculation that he is seeking the world record on Friday is the fact that he has scratched from all other events on the day - 100m butterfly, 100m individual medley and 100m breaststroke - to focus purely on his favourite freestyle race. A tired Penny Heyns ( Toti ) won the women's 50m breaststroke title, coming within one-10th of a second of the 30.77 world mark in the semi-finals. The 24-year-old 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke long course world record-holder slowed in the final and finished in 31.07. "I'm so tired I don't know if I'm coming or going," said Heyns, who took gold for the 100m and 200m breaststroke at the Pan Pacifics. "I think I'm going to scratch from the 200m tomorrow (Friday). I have to be careful because the All Africa Games is the focus." Cape Town schoolgirl sensation, 16 year old Sarah Poewe (Vineyards), who ended third in the 200m behind Heyns in Sydney, took silver in her second best 50m short course time in 32.03. "I'm really excited about the time," said the teenager, who set her best of 31.95 early in the year. "It's going fine at the moment," said Poewe, who will be favourite to win the 200m if Heyns does pull out. "Tomorrow is another day and we will see how it goes." The times by Dedekind, Heyns and Poewe were all better than the qualifying standards for the World Short Course Championships in Athens next year. Deaf Durbanite, 19 year old Terence Parkin (Seagulls), who won Pan Pacs bronze for the 200m breaststroke, had a busy night when he picked up three medals. He won the 400m individual medley and finished second in the 200m freestyle and 50m breaststroke. But he missed the qualifying times in all three events. Other winners to achieve the standards were Linrands' Herman Louw (200m freestyle) and Dolphins' Mandy Loots (200m butterfly).
Australian Short Course Champs - Day 2FINAL WOMEN'S 200M BREASTSTROKESamantha Riley Commercial QLD, Commonwealth and Australian record holder in this event withdrew from the meet after fullfilling the criteria for WSC selection by competing in the 50m event on day 1.
FINAL MEN'S 400M FREESTYLEGrant Hackett has withdrawn from the meet to recover from the influenza virus which dogged him during the Pan Pacs last week; this makes him ineligible for selection in the Australian team for the 2000 World SC championships meet in Athens, but free to concentrate on his Olympic preparation. In a slow 400m final Ian Thorpe was the only qualifier for WSC team in a time well outside his best he swam to recover from the pan Pacs.
FINAL WOMEN'S 100M FREESTYLECurrent title holder and Commonwealth Games medallist Lori Munz Shoalhaven Academy set the pace from the gun and was the leader to the finishing wall in a new Australian record time. She had almost a body length clear from Sarah Ryan a three times winner of this event. Fifteen year old Kirsten from Coach Doug Frost's squad took her first senior medal at national in a good time for her age which will make her a contender for the relay team in Athens.
FINAL MEN'S 200M BACKSTROKEMatt Welsh Pan Pac silver medallist in 100m backstroke, and equal world record holder from last night in the 50m backstroke won from his fellow backstroke PP medallist ray hass by a narrow margin after fighting out the lead for the full 200m. Title holder Adrian Radley won bronze. Both Welsh and Hass qualify for national team selection.
FINAL WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKEThe surprise 100m backstroke equal gold medallist from the ?99 Pan Pacs, Dyana Calub proved true to form and won by more than a second to earn a place on the WSC team to go to Athens.
FINAL MEN'S 50M FREESTYLEDarren Lange 96 Olympian making a comeback almost took line honours from up coming Brett Hawke, both qualifying for the WSC in Athens.
FINAL WOMEN'S 50M BUTTERFLY1996 Olympian Angela Kenned took out the honours in this event for the seventh time with newcomer to the senior ranks Carmen Cosgrove just .05 behind, followed by Jordana Webb just .04 after her. Both Kennedy and Cosgrove make the cut for Athens.
FINAL WOMEN'S 800M FREESTYLERachel Harris with an 8:24.03 is the only WSC qualifier from this event. Not a good result for Australian women's distance freestyle in the lead up to the Sydney 2000 Games.
FINAL MEN'S 800M FREESTYLE RELAY
Australian Short Course Champs - Day 1Two New World Records & One Record Equalled
FINAL WOMENS 200M BUTTERFLYSusan O'Neill the World Record holder in this event swam a New World Record in the final. She went out under her old world record pace and built the race as she went under WR pace at each of the turns through to the 150m mark. She came home strongly in the last 50m to set a new mark for SC 200m fly swimming. Like good wine the veteran Australian, married to Dr Cliff Fairley, gets better with age. Susan says she will continue with her swimming career until she also captures the LC 200m WR held by Mary T Meagher USA since 1981. The splits of her two WR's show the different approach by this great Australian butterflyer on this occasion, to go almost a second off her record swum at the World Cup Meet in Malmo Sweden on 17 February 1999. Susan O'Neill's two WR race splits:
SEMI-FINAL MEN'S 100M BUTTERFLYNEW WORLD RECORD TO
MICHAEL KLIM IN SEMI FINAL The current WR was held at 51.02 by James Hickman,GBR at Sheffield, Dec.13, 1998 . Klim previously held the record on two occasions, breaking the record twice in the one day at the World Cup Meet, Sydney 22 January, 1998. Now the first man to break 51.00 for 100m Fly and the FINAL to come tomorrow. The new world records splits were:
FINAL MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUALMatthew Dunn Olympian, dual Comonwealth gold medallist and Pan Pac gold medallist last week in the 200m turned 26 years of age today. The popular Institute of Sport swimmer celebrated with an easy swim holding off Grant McGregor the big improver in the Pan Pacs medleys. Happy Birthday Matt! McGregor has put himself into a strong position where he can challenger for the Olympic team in 2000.
FINAL WOMEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYThe early leader was leader was Jacinta van Lint; Olympian Emma Johnson, Wilkinson Club NSW, was at hand in the fly and backstroke, She was followed by the two Western Australians, Rachel Harris and Jennifer Reilly. Harris and Reilly gained good yardage in breaststroke with Harris the leader coming into the last 50 of freestyle. Reilly a medley specialist wanted the gold more and took the honours ahead of Harris.
FINAL MEN'S 50M BREASTSTROKESimon Cowley SLC Aquadot NSW, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific dual gold medallist in breaststroke was DQ'd for a false start leaving the door open for South Australian Nathan Hewitt to score his first open national title.
FINAL MEN'S 50M BACKSTROKEWELSH EQUALS RUPPRATHS
MARK The final saw an EQUAL WORLD RECORD from the fast improving Surrey Park swimmer who medalled at the Pan Pacs last week. Australia is at last finding some fast sprint backstrokers to bolster our national medal team prospects. Matt is coached by Ian Pope at the Melbourne based club.
Austalian 4x200 Mens Relay Set SC World RecordThe Australian Short Course Championships began today with an attempt on the WR SC for the Men's 800m Freestyle Relay. Two teams, Australia Gold and Australia Green were chosen by the Australian selectors. The result for the Australia Gold team was:
The Australia Green team which finished second was led by Ray Hass, Steven Goudie second leg, Grant Mcgregor third leg and Zane King anchored. The previous WR 7:02.74 was set at the World Short Course Championships at Goteborg, Sweden, 18 April 1997, by the Australian team of Michael Klim, Grant Hackett, William Kirby and Matthew Dunn. Following the trial Klim was asked how the team had recovered from the 1999 Pan Pacific championships which finished just three days ago: "We're doing it from memory - muscle memory and what our muscles remember is to swim fast." A large crowd witnessed the advertised attempt on the record; with the federation being given due notice of the request by the selectors, agreement was reached to start the meet with the record attempt.There was full coverage of the event by electronic and print media, ensuring the full house signs will be up and Australia wide coverage for the SC championships. Buoyed up by their successes, particularly tieing the USA team for number of gold medals at the QANTAS 1999 Pan Pacs in Sydney, the scene has been set for some fast swimming in Canberra over these five days.
1999 ASCA World Clinic AnnouncementIt was announced today that an elite group of swimmers and coaches will be attending the 1999 American Swimming Coaches Assocition (ASCA) World Clinic at the Town & Country Hotel in San Diego, California September 8-11, 1999. Billed as the aquatic sports first "Fan Fest", the World Clinic will have over 125 manufacturers, service providers and swim dealers from around the World. The elite swim apparel companies, nutritional suppliment manufacturers and training equipment and device producers will highlight the exhibit hall. For the first time, ASCA will open its show doors to the public for "free". On Friday September 10th and Saturday Septmeber 11th the exhibit hall will welcome swimmers, divers, water polo players, tri-athletes and aquatic enthusiasts from all over the United States. Additionally, ASCA will have the World's Greatest Swim Clinic Presented by Speedo on Saturday September 12th hosted by three-time world record holder Lenny Krayzelburg, four-time olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken, three-time olympic gold medalist Josh Davis and many of the greatest swimmers of all-time. This free clinic is on a first come, first serve basis and participants and swim teams must pre-register by calling Lori Kaltt at 559-447-0740. All teams with over 50 swimmers signed up will receive an exclusive autograph session with one of these elite swimmers! All participants will receive a Speedo goodie bag. Clinc hours are from 9:30pm to 3:30pm each day.
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