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COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEWS MARCH 2012 —VOLUME 53 NO. 3 CAL WOMEN TEXAS FOCUS LONGHORNS ON SET TO REPEAT CAPTURE page 8 MEN’S NCAAs pageppaage 1414 “The daily news of swimming” Check us out online at: www.SwimmingWorldMagazine.com $3.95 USA • $4.50 CAN Key news stories of women’s collegiate dual meet season Key news stories of men’s collegiate dual meet season Q&A with Coach Lea Maurer 39th Annual Camp Directory For the Record USA SWIMMING GRAND PRIX, Austin, Texas ALASKA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Bartlett, Alaska ARIZONA I HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Mesa, Arizona ARIZONA II HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Mesa, Arizona IDAHO HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Boise, ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Winnetka, Illinois MINNESOTA “A” HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Minneapolis, Minnesota MINNESOTA “AA” HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Minneapolis, Minnesota MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS, St. Peters, Missouri NORTH DAKOTA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Grand Forks, North Dakota WASHINGTON 2A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Federal Way, Washington WASHINGTON 3A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Federal Way, Washington WASHINGTON 4A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Federal Way, Washington WISCONSIN I HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Madison, Wisconsin WISCONSIN II HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Madison, Wisconsin INSIDE THE MARCH ISSUE of FEATURES 8 Ready to Repeat by Jason Marsteller California is primed to make another title run at 8 this year’s women’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. 14 No. 11 Has a Nice “Ring” to It by John Lohn Armed with a roster stacked with top-end talent, depth and impressive youth, Texas appears to have the makeup to capture its second men’s NCAA DI title in three years. 20 Top Schools Return Loads of Talent by Jason Marsteller Teams from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and NJCAA gear up for exciting cham- 14 pionship competition in March. 23 Olympic Flashback: 1948-56 by Jeff Commings with special contributions by Steve Johnson 24 Lane Lines to London sponsored by Competitor by Jason Marsteller This month’s regional Olympic preview features South America. 26 Q&A with Coach Lea Maurer by Michael J. Stott 28 28 How They Train: Maya DiRado by Michael J. Stott 29 The Case for Less Volume by Michael J. Stott Part II of a two-part series on volume explores a “less-is-more” approach as championed by coaches such as USC’s Dave Salo. 32 American Relay by Judy Jacob 33 TYR Age Group Swimmer of the Month DEPARTMENTS 6 A Voice for the Sport 43 For the Record 29 34 Camp Directory 46 Parting Shot ON THE COVER: The University of California will be looking for its second straight women’s NCAA Division I title at this year’s championships, March 15-17, in Auburn, Ala. Leading the way for Coach Teri McKeever’s squad is senior Liv Jensen, the Golden Bears’ top point scorer last year with 74.5 points, including a runner-up finish in the 50 free. (See story, page 8). [COVER PHOTO BY GOLDENBEARSPORTS.COM] SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0039-7431). Note: permission to reprint articles or excerpts from contents is prohibited without permission from the publisher. 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Stott ...with more records falling the sec- Trickett Becomes Fastest Woman on INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS ond week: Planet With 50 Free World Record Africa: Chaker Belhadj (TUN), Glen Byrom (ZIM); Australia: Wayne Goldsmith, Ian Hanson, Graham Senders; s %NCORE3WIM4EXAS0ROS0UTON Europe: Norbert Agh (HUN), Camilo Cametti (ITA), The next 21 months brought close Federico Ferraro (ITA), Oene Rusticus (NED), 3HOW7ITH3#-)NVITE4ARA+IRK 3TEVEN3ELTHOFFER'%2 !NDY7ILSON'"2 Sets American Records to 200 world records. The techsuit era Japan: Hideki Mochizuki; Middle East: Baruch “Buky” Chass, Ph.D. (ISR); South Africa: Neville Smith (RSA); s 3WEDISH'RAND0RIX 5PPSALA died on Jan. 1, 2010, when the suits were South America:*ORGE!GUADO!2' !LEX0USSIELDI"2! 0ETRA'RANLUND3ETS3WEDISH banned and companies had to revert to PHOTOGRAPHERS/SWTV 2ECORDSIN&LY textile suits. However, the records set -ICHAEL!RON 0ETER"ICK "ILL#OLLINS 4ONY$UFFY 4IM-ORSE s 4HREE-ORE3OUTH!MERICAN during this era remain. 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