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The article presents information on the 12 swimming masters selected by Swimming World Magazine for the year 2005. It was a difficult task to determine the 12 world masters swimmers for the year. A list was prepared of every masters world record set between November 1, 2004 and October 31, 2005 -- the competitive year of 2005, through the events of every age group and of both sexes. A total of 205 new masters world records were established in 2005 by individuals from 17 countries. The list was reduced in size by adopting various criterion. The information was then send to an expert international panel to bring out the top ones. The names of world masters swimmers and their experiences are also presented.

This article focuses on the top ten swimming personalities. Everything came together for Tom Dolan and his University of Michigan teammates at the 1995 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), as the Wolverines won their first team crown since 1961. In 1987, Pablo Morales laid claim to the title of greatest collegiate swimmer of all time, as he picked up the ninth, 10th and 11th individual NCAA crown of his career, eclipsing the 10 won by John Naber in 1974-77. He also led the Stanford Cardinal to its third straight team title, making the men's swim team the first Stanford squad in any sport to win three consecutive NCAA crowns.

This article reports that nine months ago--at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in Long Beach--U.S. Swimming was basking in the glow of a phenomenally successful experiment. Six months ago--in this very city--the short course World Championships confirmed swimming's status as a major sport in the U.S. Another happening look place in a 25-meter temporary pool, constructed on the floor of the NBA's Conseco Fieldhouse, as many of the world's greatest swimmers wowed an awestruck capacity crowd that averaged over 14,000 each night. Swimmer Aaron Peirsol also had the meet's second best swim--a 1:55.13 for 200 meters backstroke, third fastest in history--which just missed breaking the world record of 1:54.74 he set at the Olympic Trials last July.

This article focuses on matters related to swimming and aging. Everybody knows that as one grows older one needs to lose strength, the vital capacity and oxygen uptake declines, the body fat percentage increases, people become less flexible and, in many cases, brittle. Since then, Karlyn — now Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen and 43 years old — has continued to swim…and continued to post lifetime bests in her late 30s and even early 40s. Take the 200 yard fly, for example. Recognized as one of the three or four greatest female Masters swimmers in the world, she currently holds a total of 87 U.S. national records and 49 world records simultaneously in three age groups and in every discipline except breaststroke.

The article presents information on several winners in swimming. Michael Phelps, swimmer from U.S. and Hannah Stockbauer, swimmer from Germany took the male and female World Swimmer honors, respectively in 2003. At the European Short Course Championships in Dublin, Ireland, Milorad Cavic, swimmer from Yugoslavia set a world record in the 100 meter fly. Katie Hoff, 14, and Phelps swam brilliantly at the NBAC Xmas Classic, with Hoff breaking three national age group marks for 13-14 girls.

Presents information on swimming in the U.S. INSETS: Schedule of Olympic Finals;Facts and Figures.

Focuses on the Auburn Tigers, the swimming team that has won the 2004 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association's swimming championship.

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.

Recounts the swimming events in the year of 2001. Achievements of swimmer Ian Thorpe; Results of several meets; Convention of the United States Aquatic Sports.

Highlights several swimming events in the year 2000. Issues in the use illegal drug and high technology bodysuits; Increase in the number of high-level international meets; Creation of short course variety.

Focuses on the swimming competitions held during the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, New South Wales.

Highlights the rivalry between the men's swimming teams of Australia and the United States to capture the gold medal of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, New South Wales. Swimmers of the two countries; Swimming programs of the two countries; Methods used by the two countries to train their swimmers.

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.

Reports on the victory of the University of Georgia Bulldogs swimming team over the University of Arizona Wildcats in the 2000 women's National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I championships.

Highlights swimming records and events in 1999.

Recounts the swimming events in the United States in 1999.

Takes a look at a handful of swimming sisters and brothers who have each made it to the top of their sport. Includes Jon and Ilsa Konrad of Australia; Klete and Kalyn Keller of the United States.

Provides a summary of swimming events in the United States and other countries in 1998. FINA World Championships; Systematic doping scandal in the former East Germany; Men's and women's National Collegiate Athletic Association championships; Winners in the Aussie Nationals; Death of former University of Georgia star Lisa Coole in an automobile accident; Goodwill Games in New York.

Features the winning performance of the Stanford University's swimming team in the 1998 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming Championships. Misty Hyman's NCAA and American record in the 100 fly; Catherine Fox's NCAA and American record in the 100 back; Georgia's Kristy Kowal's winning record in the 100 breast; Columbia's Cristina Teuscher as the first woman ever to win an NCAA title from the Ivy League.

Presents swimming-related news items in 1997. Includes denial by swimmer Michelle Smith and her husband were using drugs; World records broken at the Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden; Comeback of Russian swimmer Alex Popov after a near-fatal stabbing incident.

Focuses on the victory of the University of Auburn's Tigers men's swimming team at the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association Swimming Tournament. David Marsh as Tigers' swimming coach; Winners of individual events.

Compiles the highlights and lowlights events in swimming for 1996. Includes cardiomyopathy sickness of Chad Carvin; Two-year probation for use of steroid for Jessica Foschi; Retirement of Russian swimmer Evgeni Sadovyi.

Presents high school swimming coaches' insight into the elements that make up a great high school team. Includes committed, knowledgeable coaches; High levels of organization; Highly focused programs; Emphasis on stroke technique and dryland training.

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.

Probes into the reason behind the China's rise to the number one rank in swimming. Accusation of drug usage; Swimming coaches call for an investigation on the alleged drug usage of Chinese swimmers; Circumstantial evidences on the use of steroids; Chinese authorities' reply on the allegations.

Details how swimming can combat the accumulation of body fats. Risk factors of body fat; Relation of competitive swimming and body fat; Fat percentage ideal for men and women; How to measure body fat.

Describes swimming events in Olympic games since the 1960s. Includes men's events; Women's events; Speed records; Medals and awards given.

The article discusses the USA Swimming team as the most successful sports team in the world. Topics covered include details relating to the medals won by the USA Swimming team in the Olympics from 1992 to 2012, the leadership and culture themes that contribute to the success of swimming which started in 1948 in the Bay Area in California.

This article focuses on several swimmers from Poland. Polish swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak finished fourth in the 200 meters fly event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She won the event again at the Barcelona World Championships in 2003. At last summer's World Championships, swimmer Pawel Korzeniowski shocked the swimming world by winning the men's 200 fly event in a record time. His coach Pawel Slominski believes that he is only beginning to realize his potential, and that, ultimately, Korzeniowski will be counted among the all-time great swimmers.

The article reports that American swimmer Ryan Lochte and Australian swimmer Lisbeth Lenton have won three individual gold medals and six medals total in the 8th FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships held from April 5-9, 2006 near Shanghai, China. Coming only days after the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships in the U.S. and just two weeks after the conclusion of the swimming competition at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the meet lacked some of the sport's most famous names while many of those who did show up were clearly tired and not on their game.

This article reports that after a century of being a non-factor in world swimming, China began to emerge as a major power in the late 1980s and early 90s, though only in women's swimming. The pattern was eerily reminiscent of East Germany, which, in the aftermath of the fall on Communism, proved to have systematically doped virtually all of its world-class swimmers as a matter of national policy. There was the physical evidence: Chinese women had distinctly masculine musculature, they were unusually hairy, their voices were deep and many were covered with acne.

The article presents an interview with swimming coach Jack Bauerle. On a query related to the role of technique in his program at the University of Georgia, Bauerle replied that he is a firm believer in the notion that as soon as the season begins, swimmers need to begin setting good stroke habits. One should never lose sight of the fact that even when swimmer is focusing on technique, he has got to continue their conditioning. The goal is to use the drills to put into place the stroke he want the swimmer to use.

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.

The article presents today's age group standouts among the women who have the potential to make the leap to the Big Time and become the stars of tomorrow in the field of swimming. The trend toward older swimmers dominating the sprints that one observed among men also holds among women. However, though there are no world-beaters among the 14-16-year-old sprinters. Today's top female speedsters are younger than their male counterparts; Australia's Libby Lenton, Jodie Henry and Alice Mills, plus the United States' Kara Lynn Joyce, Amanda Weir and Maritza Correia are all in their late teens or early 20s.

The article focuses on the new crop of swimmers who participated at the U.S. Swimming Summer National Championship this year. Today, with the proliferation of international meets, seemingly scheduled year-round, the nationals often takes on the appearance of an afterthought--at least for the nation's most elite swimmers. This opportunity was seized with an iron grip by a new crop of young swimmers, particular those of the female persuasion. About ten percent of the 1,212 swimmers participating in the meet were rookies, first-timers at nationals. Eight of the 14 individual women's events were won by Americans who had never won a national title before. An additional four events were won by swimmers 17-and-under with limited nationals experience. In men's category, six of the 14 individual events were won by first-time winners.

This article focuses on a swimming coaches' views on the emphasize of technique in swimming program. The object of the discussion here is to talk about how one can emphasize technique in the program. But the main feedback comes when the athlete and coach are one-on-one as they watch the video. After a coach has filmed an athlete, he goes to the monitor while another coach is filming and making commerits on the next person. Frank Busch, now in his 16th year as head coach at the University of Arizona, is one of the best and most respected coaches in the United States. Four of his swimmers won gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens: Amanda Beard, Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling and Lyndon Ferns. INSET: BREATHING PATTERNS.

Presents information on the FINA 2004 Short Course World Swimming Championships held in the U.S.

Presents suggestions for fast swimming by the greatest swimming sprinters of all-time and two of their coaches.

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

Focuses on the swimming contest, involving the U.S. and Australia, to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 6, 2003.

Highlights several international swimming competitions held in Europe in December 2002.

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.

Provides information on two open water swimming events in 2001 and the performance recorded by the participating swimmers during the events.

Reports on the United States Swimming National Disability Championships in Phoenix, Arizona. Number of disabled swimmer participants; Testimonies of disabled swimmers in their struggle to overcome obstacles; Presentation of categories for different disabilities.

Documents the performance of the Texas Longhorns swimming team of the University of Texas during the National Collegiate Athletic Association swimming championship.

Presents historical accounts related to swimming.

Looks back at some of the swimming personalities, events and issues making news during the month of December from 1960 to 1994.

Presents news in the swimming world chronicled since the 1960s by `Swimming World' magazine.