SOLVE THE PERFORMANCE PUZZLE N TIPS ON TECHNIQUE N GO HARD CORE! APRIL 2012 —VOLUME 53 NO. 4 CHINA’S SWIMMING ICON? pagepage 1616 A MASTERS’ TOUCH — page 18 — “The daily news of swimming” Check us out online at: www.SwimmingWorldMagazine.com $3.95 USA • $4.50 CAN How They Train Wyatt Ubellacker Lane 9/Gutter Talk JANET EVANS MAKES 2012 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS LANCE ARMSTRONG COMPETES IN MASTERS MEET JAPAN’S RYOSUKE IRIE IMPRESSIVE IN AUSTRALIA KARLYN PIPES-NEILSEN RETURNS TO MASTERS SWIMMING PASSAGES: ARTHUR FRANCIS “REDS” HUCHT PASSAGES: JESSICA JOY REES PASSAGES: KELLEY LEMON PASSAGES: JOHN MACIONIS For the Record USA SWIMMING GRAND PRIX Columbia, Missouri ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Auburn, Alabama COLORADO 4A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Thornton, Colorado COLORADO 5A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Fort Collins, Colorado CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS New Haven, Conn. EASTERN INTERSCHOLASTIC HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania GEORGIA 1A-4A HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Atlanta, Georgia GEORGIA 5A HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Atlanta, Georgia ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS Evanston, Illinois IOWA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS Marshalltown, Iowa LOUISIANA DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sulphur, Louisiana LOUISIANA DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sulphur, Louisiana LOUISIANA DIVISION III HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sulphur, Louisiana LOUISIANA DIVISION IV HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sulphur, Louisiana MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Cambridge, Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Cambridge, Massachusetts MICHIGAN DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Ypsilanti, Michigan MICHIGAN DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Holland, Michigan MICHIGAN DIVISION III HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Rochester, Michigan NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Buffalo, New York WASHINGTON, D.C. METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Boyds, Maryland INSIDE THE APRIL ISSUE of FEATURES 7 Lane Lines to London sponsored by Competitor by Jason Marsteller 7 This month’s regional Olympic preview features Europe. 13 2012 Olympic Preview: Diving by Emily Sampl Four years ago, Chinese divers captured seven out of a possible eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. The story could be much the same in London. 14 Olympic Flashback: 1960-72 by Jeff Commings with special contributions by Steve Johnson 16 Going the Distance(s) by John Lohn China’s Sun Yang, the world record holder in the men’s 1500 meter freestyle, is the favorite for a gold medal in that event come London. And he also has the ability to 16 medal in the 200 and 400 free as well. 18 Top 12 World Masters of 2011 by Jason Marsteller 19 Pool’s Edge: Mindful Swimming by Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen 20 Dryside Training: Hard Core! by J.R. Rosania 22 Q&A with Coach Dawn Dill by Michael J. Stott 25 How They Train: Wyatt Ubellacker by Michael J. Stott 29 Peer Coaching: Sharing the Load by Michael J. Stott While it doesn’t take a village to teach a swimmer, a little help from a friend can go a long way. 31 USSSA: Learning through Repetition by Lory Kirk 29 33 National Age Group Record Setter by Judy Jacob 34 American Relay by Judy Jacob 35 TYR Age Group Swimmer of the Month 36 Goldminds: The Performance Puzzle by Wayne Goldsmith Swimming fast is like solving a puzzle. Your success in swimming is determined by how effectively you put the pieces of the “swimming performance puzzle” together. DEPARTMENTS 6 A Voice for the Sport 43 Calendar 38 Lane 9/Gutter Talk 46 Parting Shot 31 39 For the Record ON THE COVER: When China’s Sun Yang releases his fury this summer in London, the sport could very well see freestyle production never before unleashed. Given his lethal combination of speed and endurance, Sun has the ability to medal in the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyles—a feat that has only happened twice in Olympic history! (See story, page 16.) [COVER PHOTO BY CHRISTINNE MUSCHI, REUTERS; INSET PHOTO BY SODRÉ/PROVIDED BY MARCUS MATTIOLI] 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. First St., Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Swimming World Magazine is listed in the Physical Education Index. Printed in the U.S.A. © Sports Publications International, April 2012. 4 April 2012 A VOICE for the SPORT PUBLISHING, CIRCULATION AND ACCOUNTING OFFICE P.O. 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Headlines called Senior Writer — John Lohn Honoring Kim Peyton, Wendy her “Surly Shirley.” Favored to win mul- e-mail: [email protected] Photo Coordinator— Judy Jacob Boglioli, Jill Sterkel and Shirley Babashoff tiple gold medals, she came away with e-mail: [email protected] as members of the 1976 Olympic 400 free four silver medals and only one gold. Graphics Arts Designer — Casaundra Crofoot relay is long overdue. They overcame The media portrayed the U.S. women e-mail: [email protected] every obstacle, including lying, cheating, as “Ugly Americans.” Even we report- Fitness Trainer — J.R. Rosania public discourse and media bashing to ed in the September 1976 issue, “The Chief Photographer — Peter H. 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Stott and the only one for the U.S. women in en’s freestyle relay to be inducted into INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS those Games. the USOC Hall of Fame under the Africa: Chaker Belhadj (TUN), Glen Byrom (ZIM); What is even more astonishing—in “Team” category as a small token of our Australia: Wayne Goldsmith, Ian Hanson, Graham Senders; Europe: Norbert Agh (HUN), Camilo Cametti (ITA), what can only be called as a mind over country’s appreciation to these women. Federico Ferraro (ITA), Oene Rusticus (NED), 3TEVEN3ELTHOFFER'%2 !NDY7ILSON'"2 body feat—Babashoff and her team- Gary Hall Jr. and Jenny Thompson Japan: Hideki Mochizuki; Middle East: Baruch “Buky” Chass, Ph.D. (ISR); South Africa: Neville Smith (RSA); mates broke the East German world are the only swimmers nominated as South America:*ORGE!GUADO!2' !LEX0USSIELDI"2! record by four seconds. The crowd’s athletes. Hall Jr. won back-to-back gold noise still echoes in time. The women of medals in the 50 free in 2000 and PHOTOGRAPHERS/SWTV -ICHAEL!RON 0ETER"ICK "ILL#OLLINS 4ONY$UFFY 4IM-ORSE ’76 had their one ounce of revenge—a 2004, and was a three-time member of Andrea Nigh, George