HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS AND ALL-AMERICANS SEPTEMBER 2011 —VOLUME 52 NO. 9 OLYMPIC FOCUS AT WORLD CHAMPS page 7 “The daily news of swimming” Check us out online at: www.SwimmingWorldMagazine.com fΰxÊ1-ÊUÊf{°xäÊ NIKE.COM INSIDE THIS ISSUE of 7131830 7 LET THE HYPE BEGIN! by John Lohn After what took place at the World Championships in Shanghai, the hype for London will now build and build, eventually hitting a crescendo when July rolls around. 14 SWIMMER OF YEAR LEADS DEPARTMENTS: TEAM OF YEAR by Jeff Commings 6 A VOICE Ê-Õ«iÀÃÌ>ÀÊ >Û`Ê >Êi`Ê ÃÊ for the SPORT Hershey High School (Pa.) team to : 38 FOR THE RECORD ON THE COVER ÌÃÊvÀÃÌÊ ÞÃ½Ê >Ì>Ê} Ê-V Ê 39 NISCA ALL-AMERICANS Ryan Lochte, with Championship. 45 CALENDAR four individual gold 18 TWO AT THE TOP by Emily Sampl medals—including 46 PARTING SHOT For only the second time since a world record Swimming World began crowning a national high school in the 200 meter V >«ÊÊÌ iÊi>ÀÞÊ£ÇäÃÊ­LÞÃ]ʣǣÆÊ}ÀÃ]Ê£ÇÈ®]Ê IM—plus a gold and two schools have tied as the top team: The Baylor School bronze in relays, left Shanghai’s Oriental (Tenn.) and Carmel High School (Ind.) girls. Sports Center’s 22 POOL’S EDGE: Messages in Water by Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen Indoor Stadium in China, site of the 24 DRYSIDE TRAINING: Swim Exercises to Do at Home 14th FINA World by J.R. Rosania Championships, as 27 Q&A WITH COACH CHARLIE GRIFFITHS, the current No. 1 in CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS by Michael J. Stott the sport. (See story, page 7.) 30 HOW THEY TRAIN: TESSA DOVER and ANNIE PERIZZOLO by Michael J. Stott [COVER PHOTO BY CARLOS BARRIA, REUTERS] 33 NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORD SETTER: Greater Toledo 10-and-Under Girls 200 Meter Freestyle Relay (Toledo, Ohio) 35 AMERICAN RELAY by Judy Jacob 36 TYR AGE GROUP SWIMMER OF THE MONTH: Megan Lam, Tualatin Hills Swim Club (Beaverton, Ore.) SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0039-7431). Note: permission to reprint articles or excerpts from contents is prohibited without permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for errors in advertisements. Microfilm copies: available from University Microfilms, 313 N. 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It’s going to be a the “other guy.” His talent was recognized friend and rival, and I know he’s going to as being top-flight, but he couldn’t get be ready for London. We’re going to push sensational time frame for the sport. past Phelps, thus relegating the Floridian i>V Ê Ì iÀÊ ÌÊ Óä£Ó]Ê >`Ê Ê ÜÊ i½Ê LiÊ to bridesmaid status. That scenario has ready.” More, it’s shaping up to be a spectacu- changed over the past year, with Lochte There’s no doubting Phelps will be lar time for the sporting world. now unarguably the most dominant man ready for his Olympic hurrah, intent on in the world. going out in the best form possible. While ]Ê >pÀiÊ ÞÕÊ V- As the United States racked up 29 med- he finished with a pair of silver medals ing your lips? Are you rubbing als, again proving itself the overwhelming in his head-to-head battles with Lochte, those hands together? 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