TEAM SELECTION CONTROVERSY COMMONWEALTH GAMES HISTORY $ 4.95 USA NUMBER 271 www.swimnews.com MAY-JUNE 2002 $ 4.95 CAN AUSTRALIANAUSTRALIAN FLYERFLYER GEOFFGEOFF HUEGILLHUEGILL THETHE BALTIMOREBALTIMORE CLIPPERCLIPPER MICHAELMICHAEL PHELPSPHELPS SPRINTERSPRINTER ANTHONYANTHONY ERVINERVIN General Meet setup screen Splash Software The Future of Swim Meet Management Results screen for a single heat of an event Has Arrived! • Advanced data formats that • Accepts electronic meet are optimized to integrate entries in several formats into the Swimnews World including Commlink, SDIF, Rankings database WSV, Lenex & Aquabec •Works with all major timing • Save meet results in several systems including Omega, popular formats including Daktronics, Colorado, Alge SDIF, Splash, WSV, Lenex & and Longines Aquabec Entries screen - allows you to check all individual or relay entries • Uses the latest IPS • Operate the software in any International Point Score number of languages tables to assign point values including: English, French, to all performances - the German, Spanish, Italian, same point tables used on Portuguese, Dutch, Polish the FINA World Cup series and Icelandic Operate the interface in one of 9 languages, while outputting results in another splash.swimnews.com Contents May-June 2002 N. 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Thierry, Editor & Publisher CONSECUTIVE NUMBER 271 VOLUME 29, NUMBER 3 Marco Chiesa, Business Manager Karin Helmstaedt, International Editor FEATURES Russ Ewald, USA Editor Paul Quinlan, Australian Editor 6-9 The Commonwealth Games Team Selection Nikki Dryden Cecil Colwin, Features Editor Controversy Raged Right From the Start Anita Smale, Copy Editor Feature Writers Athletes Have Been Added and Dropped, and Added Again Nikki Dryden, New York 12 Swimming History Jack Kelso Wayne Goldsmith, Australia Anita Lonsbrough, England Brief History of the Commonwealth Games 1930-1998 International Statistical Support Group: Brian Johns Top Performer with Seven Golds Rumen Atanasov, Bulgaria Chaker Belhadj, Tunisia 17 International Szabolcs Fodor, Hungary Monte Carlo, June 1-2 Gerd Heydn, Germany Franck Jensen, Denmark Rome, June 4-5 Berth Johansson, Sweden Canet, June 8-9 Karin Helmstaedt Daniel Pichon / Michel Salles, France Juan Antonio Sierra, Spain Near World Record for Coughlin Neville Smith, South Africa Barcelona, June 11-12 Jorge Torres Fratisek Stochl, Czech Republic Nelson Vargas, Mexico 18 American Personality: Anthony Ervin Russ Ewald Janusz Wasko, Poland Olympic and World Champion in the Sprint Freestyle Sumire Watanabe, Japan 20-21 Poster: Jennifer Carroll Marco Chiesa SWIMNEWS established in 1974 22 Colwin on Coaching Cecil Colwin Published ten times yearly (January to October) Contents copyright © No portion of this magazine Michael Phelps—Baltimore’s Flying Clipper may be reprinted without permission of the Youngest American Male Olympian Since 1932 publisher. 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For details call: IMS at 5 About This Issue, Calendar 25-32 TAG (Top Age Group Times) 1 (800) 428-3003 Editorial Offices: 10 TOP (Tiny Olympic Prospects) 10&Under, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 SWIMNEWS, 356 Sumach St., Toronto, Ontario, 14 Commonwealth Preview 38 Making Waves M4X 1V4, CANADA Tel: (416) 963-5599 Fax: (416) 963-5545 15 Men’s International Results E-mail: [email protected] http://www.swimnews.com SWIMNEWS / MAY-JUNE 2002 3 4 SWIMNEWS / MAY-JUNE 2002 ABOUT THIS ISSUE CALENDAR Another team selection turned into a major 2002 CANADIAN 26-29 Man/Sask Championships, Regina, SK controversy. July July For three months after the conclusion of 12-14 Quebec Championships, St-Hubert 4-6 East Coast Championships, NB Commonwealth Trials in March, appeals and counter 12-14 Alberta Championships 4-6 Alberta SR Championships appeals have marred what should have been a simple 11-14 BC Championships 10-13 TAS BC Championships process. 17-21 Youth, Junior, SWAD Nationals, Winnipeg 11-13 Alberta AG Championships We have Nikki Dryden to thank for documenting 26-28 Eastern Cup, Montreal 25-28 Eastern Cup, Montreal in detail what took place. She competed in 1994 and August 1998 at these Games, as well as the 1992 and 1996 6-10 Summer Nationals, Victoria 2002 INTERNATIONAL Olympics and is more than qualified to write her October July commentary. 26 TAS SR Circuit 1, Victoria, BC 25-4 European Championships, Berlin When your turns come for selection and 26-27 Goldfin Invitational, Saskatoon, SK August something like this happens, you’ll be able to use this November 26-4 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, GBR article as a reference point. 1-2 UBC Collegec Cup, Vancouver, BC 12-18 African Championships, Cairo, EGY Problems with selection have always been part of 2-3 Hyack Invitational, New Westminster, BC 22-25 British SC Championships, GBR swimming. In earlier times teams were small and 8-10 Island Pacific Cup, Victoria, BC 24-26 Asian AG Championships, Zuhai, CHN that would cause the controversy. In recent times, as December 24-29 Pan Pacific Champs, Yokohama, JPN team size expanded and more objective criteria 29-1 Prairie Invitational, Winnipeg, MB October developed, controversy continued around the wording 29-1 Rapids FasSwim, Richmond, BC 29-16 Asian Games, Pusan, KOR and interpretation of the selection criteria. 30-1 Atlantic SC Championships, Fredericton, NB November Feel free to send in your comments as we’ll 6-8 NYAC Youth Cup, ON 5-9 FINA Open Water Worlds, EGY publish them all in the next issue. 6-8 Kamloops Ice Classic, BC 15-17 World Cup 1, Rio de Janeiro, BRA Other topics in this issue: 22-23 World Cup 2, New York, USA A brief history of the Commonwealth Games is on 2003 26-27 World Cup 3, Montreal, CAN page 12-13 and note that the single greatest Games January December performance was by Canada’s Graham Smith in 11-12 TAS SR Circuit 2, Richmond, BC 1-2 World Cup 4, Shanghai, CHN Edmonton in 1978. He won the 100-200 breaststroke 19-20 Hyack Invitational, New Westminster, BC 6-8 World Cup 5, Melbourne, AUS and the 200-400 IM, as wellas swimming on two of 24-26 Canada West Championships 12-15 European SC Championships, Riesa, GER Canada’s winning relays, for a total of six golds, a feat 24-26 ROD Invitational, Regina, SK yet to be repeated. He was coached by Don Talbot who February 2003 was in Thunder Bay from 1972 to 1979 and helped 6-9 Man/Sask Championships, Winnipeg, MB January Canada to its only defeat of Australia, 31 to 30 medals. 7-9 TAS BC Senior Championships, Vancouver, BC 13-14 World Cup 6, Imperia, ITA On page 18-19 we tell the story of Anthony Ervin 20-23 Youth/Junior Nationals East, London, ON 17-18 World Cup 7, Paris, FRA who was only 19 when he tied for the gold at the 20-23 Youth/Junior Nationals West, Regina, SK 21-22 World Cup 8, Stockholm, SWE Olympics in the 50 freestyle. 21-23 CIS Interuniversity Champs, Victoria, BC 25-26 World Cup 9, Berlin, GER On page 22 Cecil Colwin is back with his story on March July Michael Phelps, a product of the North Baltimore AC 28-2 Nova Scotia AG Championships 13-27 FINA World Championships, Barcelona, ESP whose story he will tell in a future issue. Phelps is a 28-2 Alberta AG Championships August prodigy at age 15, the youngest American male 6-9 TAS BC Championships 1-17 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo Olympian since 1932 and the youngest-ever male 8-9 Alberta SR Championships 21-31 World University Games, Daegu, KOR world record holder. April 24-29 Asian AG Championships, TPE There is a review of Colwin’s new book 4-6 Limpert Team Championships, NB October Breakthrough Swimming on page 33. It’s the third 12-13 Richmond West Coast, BC 4-18 All Africa Games, Abuja, NGR book the prolific Colwin has written in the past 18-20 Island Invitational, Victoria, BC decade, a remarkable accomplishment. May Nikki Dryden tells us about Geoff Huegill, the 3-4 Alberta Open 2002 UNITED STATES sprint flyer, on page 34-35. She will be covering him 17-19 Hyack Invitational, New Westminster, BC July and the Canadians in Manchester at the 23-25 New Brunswick Championships 13-14 US Grand Prix 4, Long Island, NY Commonwealth Games. 23-25 Mel Zajac International, Vancouver, BC 19-21 US Grand Prix 5, Los Angeles, CA TAG times should be somewhat improved, June August although we’re still fixing problems with exact 30-1 ROD Classic, Regina, SK 13-17 Summer Nationals, Fort Lauderdale, FL birthdays.