PHELPS AND LOCHTELOC HTE SECURES E C URE TRIALS LEGACIESLEGAC IES AUGUST 2012 —VOLUME 53 NO. 8 “The dailydaily news of swimming”swimming” CheckCheck us out online at: www.SwimmingWorldMagazine.comwww.SwimmingWorldMagazine.com $3.95$3.95 USA • $4.50$4.50 CACANN U.S. TRIALS COVERAGE See page 8 OLYMPIC PREDICTIONS See page 19 U.S. Olympic Trials Girls High School Top Swims Nutrition How They Train Chase Gross For the Record U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS Omaha, Nebraska MARE NOSTRUM SERIES #1: 33rd CIUTAT DE BARCELONA Barcelona, Spain MARE NOSTRUM SERIES #2: 25th MEETING ARENA DE CANET Canet, France MARE NOSTRUM SERIES #3: 30th MEETING DE MONTE CARLO Monte Carlo, Monaco SANTA CLARA INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL Santa Clara, California CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Santa Clara, California CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Los Angeles, California CALIFORNIA NORTH COAST HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Concord, California CALIFORNIA SAC-JOAQUIN HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lodi, California CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO I HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS San Diego, California CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO II HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS San Diego, California CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS San Francisco, California CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN SECTION I HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Riverside, California CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN SECTION II HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Riverside, California CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN SECTION III HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Riverside, California CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN SECTION IV HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Riverside, California Lane 9/Gutter Talk PASSAGES: Cecil Colwin PASSAGES: Ann Curtis Cuneo INSIDE THE AUGUST ISSUE of FEATURES 8 U.S. Olympic Trials: The Best is Yet to Come by John Lohn and Jason Marsteller 8 19 Olympic Predictions: Bring It On! by John Lohn Eight days of swimming action will unfold at the London Aquatics Centre, July 28-Aug. 4. During that time, dreams will be both realized and crushed. What we do know is this: the Olympics will feature heated, spectacu- lar battles in all distances and strokes. 23 Male High School Swimmer of the Year: A Bright Future by Jason Marsteller Not only did Jack Conger have a record-setting high school season on his way to being named Swimming World’s Male High School Swimmer of the Year, but the junior from Our Lady of Good Counsel in Maryland went on to final in both backstroke events at the U.S. 19 Olympic Trials. 24 Female High School Swimmer of the Year: The Right Choice by Jeff Commings After deciding to keep her amateur status, Missy Franklin, a junior at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo., was named Swimming World’s Female High School Swimmer of the Year. 26 Nutrition Choices of the Stars by Jeff Commings This is the second of a three-part series on nutrition choices by some of swimming’s elite athletes. This month’s focus: nutrition during workout. 28 Dryside Training: Look Fit and Swim Fast! 23 by J.R. Rosania 30 Q&A with Coach Al Boelk by Michael J. Stott 32 How They Train: Chase Gross by Michael J. Stott 34 American Relay by Judy Jacob 35 TYR Age Group Swimmer of the Month DEPARTMENTS 6 A Voice for the Sport 43 Calendar 37 For the Record 46 Parting Shot 26 39 Lane 9/Gutter Talk ON THE COVER: Michael Phelps (left) and Ryan Lochte stood highest among the 1,800 athletes at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha. Meeting four times, Phelps had the edge with three wins. But it was apparent that both swimmers—arguably the best in the world—saved a considerable amount of “pop” for the XXXth Olympiad in London. (See story, page 8.) [COVER PHOTO BY PETER H. BICK] 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. 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