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The article lists the ten greatest Olympic upsets of all time in athletics. Some of them are, when the U.S. wins women's 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay in Montreal, 1976. Australia's Jon Sieben shocks West Germany's Michael Gross in 200 Fly in Los Angeles, 1986. Ohio's Bill Mulliken wins the 200 Breast stroke swimming title in Rome, 1960. North Baltimore backstroker Theresa Andrews wins gold medal in 100 meters back stroke in Los Angeles, 1984. South Africa wins the men's 4x100 meter free relay in Athens, 2004.

This article presents information on ten greatest relay races of all times. Some of the events included were the Women's 4 x 100 Meter Freestyle Relay of the 1976 Olympics, Montreal which was arguably the greatest relay victory in history of Olympic Games in Montreal with the humungous upset by the U.S. in the women's 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay and Men's 4 x 200 Meter Freestyle Relay at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles where U.S. athlete Bruce Hayes held off 200 meter freestyle world record holder Michael Gross of West Germany.

Focuses on several developments related to the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association Swimming Championship.

Focuses on several developments related to the women's National Collegiate Athletes Association Swimming and Diving Championships.

Presents news items related to several international swimming championships held during the year 2002. Highlights of the events between January to December; Winners of the Aussie Nationals/ Pan Pac Trials; World records broken in the World Short Course Championships in Moscow during April 2002; Winners at the Federation Internationale Natation Amateur World Cup, New York.

Offers insights on the likely candidates to represent the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, New South Wales, to be determined at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Previews the United States Olympic Trials to be held on August 9-16, 2000.

Recounts the swimming events in the United States in 1999.

Focuses on the 1996 Olympic Trials for swimming in the United States. Results of women's and men's events; Highlights of the swimming trials.

The article presents an interview with Bill Schalz, head coach of the Academy Bullets Swim Club in Aurora, Illinois, that emphasizes goal-setting in training his swimmers. A coach for over 20 years, Bill Schalz has been joined on the pool deck by his wife, Robin, who as age group coach, has developed many of the swimmers who went on to national prominence. Over the years, coach Schalz has developed 10 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifiers, two Olympians and two European Championship medalists. Schalz says that goals need to be time-limited. There has to be a deadline.

Focuses on the swimming competition between the United States and Australia at the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool swimming championship in Indianapolis.

Highlights the 2002 Pan Pacific Championship, a swimming competition in Yokohama, Japan. Participants in the competition; Number of gold medals won by the U.S. National Swim Team; World record set by the U.S. team; Members of the U.S. team.

The article presents an interview with Stanford University coach Skip Kenney on optimal techniques for better swimming. Kenney believes that optimal technique is not the same for everyone, because all swimmers are different, optimal technique must be adapted to the physical characteristics of each individual. Kenney has been asked what role does technique play in his program. Kenney replies that it plays a huge role, and it always has. However, because swimmers vary tremendously in such things as height, limb length, flexibility, strength, lung capacity, buoyancy and so on, he has learned that optimal technique is not the same for everyone.

Presents an interview with swimming coach Eric Hansen at the University of Wisconsin. Changes in the competitive swimming program under his leadership at the university; Comment on the progress of these programs; Description of the system developed by him; Importance of relays; Stress on technique; Description of an integration drill.

The article presents information on race strategies for 100-meter backstrokes in swimming. Swimmers use different race strategies and tactics when they compete. They focus on different aspects of the race, from breathing to streamlining to tempo to the underwater component of their race. At last year's NCAAs, the women's 100 meter backstroke was won by the University of California's swimmer Natalie Coughlin, the world record holder in the event, both long and short course. Stanford's swimmer Peter Marshall won the men's 100 meter backstroke with a world record 50.32 seconds.

The article presents information related to the art of swimming. It is important for swimming coaches, even coaches of swimmers at the highest level, to reinforce constantly the basic notions in swimming, the importance of being streamlined, that sort of thing. Athletes need to realize that they're in charge of how far they can go. They need to be committed to doing the basic things right. Teri McKeever, head women's coach at the University of California at Berkeley, head coach of California Aquatics and coach of world and Olympic champion Natalie Coughlin, became the first woman to serve as a U.S. Olympic swim coach at last summer's Athens Games. INSET: The Coughlin File.

The article focuses on a proposal by Robert Mulcahy, the athletic director at Rutgers University, to cut six sports, five men's and one women's in order to deal with a three percent budget cut. The author presents arguments against Mulcahy's proposal to cut sports programs, including men's swimming.

The article presents information on the Olympic sports in the United States. According to the author, wrestling, an original Olympic sport and one of the nation's most popular high school sports was staggering, standing on the edge of the pit of extinction in the United States. The author states that he wants to call attention, however, to the first recommendation, which calls for the creation of an independent charitable foundation to foster the sponsorship of Olympic sports by America's colleges and universities.

The article focuses on Al Schoenfield, founder of the journal "Swimming World" who has passed away. Schoenfield not only edited and published the most influential swimming magazine the world has yet produced, but he was never afraid to take an editorial stand for or against the establishment on any issue he thought important to swimming progress. Schoenfield never gave up his active participation in the administration of his sport. In 1986, Al Schoenfield became only the second journalist inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

In the article, the author focuses on the future of swimming sport in the U.S. The author attended both the U.S. Olympic Trials at Long Beach in July and the 7th FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Indianapolis last month. He views that swimming sport is in dire danger of becoming roadkill, overtaken and discarded not only by the Big Four pro sports in the U.S. and, of course, soccer everywhere else, but by such unlikely sports as NASCAR racing, pro wrestling, figure skating, bowling, golf, and extreme sports of various kinds. More than a decade ago, swimmers, like Mark Spitz, Matt Biondi and Tom Jager, staged a series of match races that got great TV ratings and were even shown on in-flight airline shows. They staged a highly-entertaining sprint meet in New York one month after 9/11 that produced fine swimming and impressive TV ratings.

Presents information on Olympic aquatics.

Emphasizes on improving the performance in the sport of swimming.

Highlights the tenth FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

Discusses problems with the United States Olympics Committee and suggests some solutions.

This article focuses on efforts to reform the United States Olympic Committee.

Discusses issues related to swimming as of July 2000.

Looks at problems and challenges faced by the swimming community.

Looks at the swimming sport in the 21st century.

Discusses the Olympic Solidarity Program, an initiative enacted by the International Olympic Committee to encourage the development of sports worldwide. Involvement of leading athletic nations in the program; Importance of the program in improving the performance of countries in swimming; Opportunities offered by the program to the United States Swimming team.

Looks at some athletes that commit crimes. Sample of sports where crimes are committed; Why swimmers seldom commit crimes.