Swimming FINA World Championships SWIM 1 Fact Sheet Table of Contents Open Water Schedule pp. 1-3 Team History July 17 Day 1 July 20 Day 4 contains fact sheet, schedule, 5KM 10-11 a.m. (W) 10KM 9-11:15 a.m. (W) Team USA preview 12-1:35 p.m. (M) 12-2:45 p.m. (M) pp. 4-58 Bios contains roster and bios for pool July 22 Day 6 July 23 Day 7 and open water swimmers and 25KM 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (W) 25KM 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (M) coaches pp. 59-64 Meet History contains list of past World Champ medalists as well as World Champ medal count Pool Schedule pp. 65-97 Times History contains Record Progressions, All- Time Top Performances and PRELIMS FINALS PRELIMS FINALS Performers, fastest fields as well July 24 Day 8 July 25 Day 9 as World, American, U.S. Open 100m Butterfly (W) 100m Butterfly (W)- 100m Back (W) 50m Butterfly (M) and World Champ records 400m Free (M) Semi 200m Free (M) 100m Breast (W)- Semi p. 98 Schedule 200m IM (W) 400m Free (M) 100m Breast (W) 100m Breast (M) contains USA Swimming Quad 50m Butterfly (M) 200m IM (W)- Semi 100m Back (M) 100m Butterfly (W) Schedule for 2005-08 400m Free (W) 50m Butterfly (M)- Semi 1500m Free (W) 200m Free (M)- Semi 100m Breast (M) 400m Free (W) 100m Back (W)- Semi 4x100m Free (W) 100m Breast (M)- Semi 200m IM (W) Quick Facts 4x100m Free (M) 4x100m Free (W) 4x100m Free (M) WHAT: XI FINA World Championships July 26 Day 10 July 27 Day 11 WHEN: 50m Breast (M) 1500m Free (W) 50m Back (W) 100m Free (M)- Semi July 17-23 (open water dates) 200m Butterfly (M) 50m Breast (M)- Semi 100m Free (M) 50m Back (W)- Semi July 24-31 (pool dates) 200m Free (W) 100m Back (W) 200m Butterfly (W) 50m Breast (M) Prelims: 8:30 a.m. (EST) 800m Free (M) 200m Butterfly (M)- Semi 200m IM (M) 200m Free (W) Finals: 6 p.m. (EST) 100m Breast (W) 200m Butterfly (M) 100m Back (M) 200m Butterfly (W)- WHERE: 200m Free (W)- Semi Semi Montreal, Canada 200m Free (M) 200m IM (M)- Semi *Open water swimming events will 800m Free (M) be held at the Olympic basin, located on Île Notre-Dame, which borders Île Sainte-Hélène. July 28 Day 12 July 29 Day 13 *Pool swimming events will be 100m Free (W) 100m Free (W)- Semi 50m Butterfly (W) 100m Free (W) held on the islands of the Parc 200m Back (M) 200m Breast (M)- Semi 50m Free (M) 200m Back (M) Jean-Drapeau. 200m Breast (W) 50m Back (W) 800m Free (W) 200m Back (W)- Semi 200m Breast (M) 100m Free (M) 100m Butterfly (M) 50m Free (M)- Semi FORMAT: 4x200m Free (W) 200m Butterfly (W) 200m Back (W) 200m Breast (W) 50 meters (Olympic distance) 200m Back (M)- Semi 4x200m Free (M) 100m Butterfly (M)- Semi 200m Breast (W)- Semi 50m Butterfly (W)- Semi USA SWIMMING CONTACTS: 200m IM (M) 200m Breast (M) Sara Hunninghake 4x200m Free (W) 4x200m Free (M) [email protected] (719) 440-2424 *available at this number in Montreal July 30 Day 14 July 31 Day 15 50m Free (W) 50m Butterfly (W) 400m IM (M) 50m Back (M) Susan Polakoff 50m Back (M) 50m Free (M) 400m IM (W) 50m Breast (W) [email protected] 50m Breast (W) 200m Back (W) 4x100m Medley (M) 400m IM (M) (317) 490-4258 1500m Free (M) 100m Butterfly (M) 50m Free (W) *available at this number in Montreal 4x100m Medley (W) 50m Breast (W)- Semi 1500m Free (M) 50m Free (W)- Semi 400m IM (W) 50m Back (M)- Semi 4x100m Medley (M) 800m Free (W) 4x100m Medley (W) SWIM 2 Team USA Preview Almost a year removed from a dominating performance in Athens, the U.S. men's and women's National Teams head north to Montreal to face the world's best - with some new faces of their own. By Mike Watkins "It seems like just yesterday I was the young swimmer," said Up until two months ago, Tara Kirk's mind and body were any- Sandeno, a gold medalist last summer in Athens. "What most people fail where but focused on training for the 2005 World Championships. to recognize is that youth doesn't mean a lack of skill or desire. I was just The Stanford All-American was just completing her Master's thesis as hungry to win then as I am now. I may be more experienced now, but in anthropological science, the end result of something she had dedicat- no less willing to put it on the line for my teammates." ed herself to for the better part of the past year. Kirk agrees, noting that her first real taste of international competi- But don't worry. One of America's most accomplished and veteran tion was as a member of the 2003 World Championships team. She breaststrokers wasn't out of the training loop for long. She jumped back used that meet as a learning experience - something all new swimmers into the pool full-force shortly before her June graduation and is extreme- have to experience for themselves. ly motivated for Montreal's World Championships, July 24-31. "Everyone who wants to be a championship swimmer has to be in "Once I finished my thesis, I quickly focused on getting back into a big meet at some time in their careers, and I think this meet will pre- training again," said Kirk, a member of the 2003 World Championships pare the younger swimmers for even greater things in the future," Kirk team. "After what I'd been through in finishing my thesis, I was thorough- said. ly looking forward to the concentrated but relaxing training for Worlds. It was almost a relief." The New Breed With a young but talented team accompanying her to Canada, Many of this year's World Championship "newbies" exude a defi- Kirk and the other team veterans will need to be on top of their strokes nite team-first attitude and are excited about getting their feet - and for the U.S. women to duplicate or better the performance of the 2003 hands - wet at their first major international meet. team. In spite of their age and relative "greenness" in competing against In Barcelona, the men and women dominated a strong internation- the world's best, they all believe they are very well prepared both mental- al field to the tune of 28 medals - 11 gold, 12 silver and five bronze - and ly and physically for the upcoming challenge. set eight world records along the way. "It's been one of my goals to be on an international team for a Including Kirk, only six other members of this year's women's long time, and I am hungry to race the best in the world," said 18-year- team have previous world championship meet experience, but nine were old Jessica Hardy, who will compete with Kirk in the 100m breaststroke. on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team. That leaves eight members who have "I can definitely understand how the young age of the women's never competed for the United States at a major international competition team this summer can be seen as a disadvantage, but I have no doubt - or nearly half of the team. that this group can do it," Hardy said. "The times we swam at World "No doubt, this is a very different team from the one in 2003, but Championship Trials were nothing to be ashamed of, and I have faith in I'm just as excited to coach this group as that one," said Jack Bauerle, all of us 'younger girls' to do just as well as the veterans (who aren't on this year's head women's coach. the team) would have." "I'm wary of our lack of overall experience, but I also believe the Jeri Moss, a 20-year-old backstroke specialist, agrees, adding that youth and exuberance of this team will be a breath of fresh air. It will also experience and seasoning can't make up for natural exuberance and be a great opportunity for these kids to start their trek toward gaining first-time excitement. experience for Beijing in 2008." "I think having such a young team works both ways," Moss said. "Having a young team may be a disadvantage when it comes to experi- Age Is Not a Factor ence alone, but when it comes to energy and motivation, the youth of The men are considerably more seasoned, despite welcoming 11 this team will prevail." first-time World Championship team members. Twelve former World Like Kirk and Sandeno, Phelps, Crocker, Peirsol and Coughlin Championship swimmers and 14 former Olympians headline the deep, weren't always the seasoned, battle-tested swimmers they are today. talented roster, including Neil Walker, a member of the last three World Once upon a time, they, too, were swimming on their first international teams, and world record-holders Ian Crocker, Brendan Hansen, Jason team and looked to their elder, more experienced teammates for guid- Lezak, Michael Phelps and Aaron Peirsol, all gold medalists in Athens ance. last summer. And let's not forget that despite their ages, 16-year-old Katie Hoff Still, this year's group on both sides is relatively young (the and 19-year-olds Amanda Weir and Kara Lynn Joyce were members of women's average age is 19.95, while the men's is 2.2.43) and untested the 2004 U.S.