WORLD CUP COVERAGE TIPS TO DEVELOP CONFIDENCE $ 4.95 USA NUMBER 255 http://www.swimnews.com FEBRUARY 2000 $ 4.95 CAN JENNIFERJENNIFER BUTTONBUTTON 200200 BUTTERFLYBUTTERFLY RECORDRECORD SETTERSETTER RRYKYK NEETHLINGNEETHLING AA LEADINGLEADING OLYMPICOLYMPIC CONTENDERCONTENDER SWIMNEWS CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2000 N. J. Thierry, Editor & Publisher CONSECUTIVE NUMBER 255 VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2 Marco Chiesa, Business Manager Karin Helmstaedt, International Editor FEATURES Russ Ewald, Sunland, USA Editor Paul Quinlan, Australian Editor 4 Record Setters Cecil Colwin, Ottawa, Features Editor Anita Smale, Copy Editor All time stats: Jennifer Button and Tobias Oriwol Feature Writers George Block, San Antonio, USA 13 2000 FINA World Cup 8-12 Nikki Dryden, Calgary Katharine Dunn, Halifax World Cup 8, Sheffield Anita Lonsbrough Wayne Goldsmith, Australia Anita Lonsbrough, England World Cup 9, Berlin Karin Helmstaedt International Statistical Support Group: Jorge Aguado, Argentina World Cup 11, Paris Anita Lonsbrough Rumen Atanasov, Bulgaria Chaker Belhadj, Tunisia World Cup 12, Malmo Camillo Cametti Young-Ryul Cho, Korea Szabolcs Fodor, Hungary World Cup Commentary Nick Thierry Gerd Heydn, Germany Franck Jensen, Denmark 16 Poster: Lorenzo Vismara (ITA) Marco Chiesa Berth Johansson, Sweden Daniel Pichon / Michel Salles, France World Cup 50 Sprint Free Winner Hans Peter Sick, Germany Juan Antonio Sierra, Spain Neville Smith, South Africa 18 Personality: Ryk Neethling Russ Ewald Fratisek Stochl, Czech Republic Nelson Vargas, Mexico Gifted Swimmer Now a Leading Olympic Contender Janusz Wasko, Poland Sumire Watanabe, Japan 20 Tips To Develop Confidence Wayne Goldsmith Computer programs for TAG, World Rankings developed by EveryWare Development Corporation. 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For details call: IMS at 1 (800) 428-3003 About This Issue 12 World Cup 8-12 Medallists Editorial Offices: 6-7 Combined East/West Results 21 Backwash SWIMNEWS, 356 Sumach St., Toronto, Ontario, Junior and Youth Nationals 22-27 TAG (Top 25 Age Group Times) M4X 1V4, CANADA Tel: (416) 963-5599 Fax: (416) 963-5545 8-10 TOP (Tiny Olympic Prospects) 28 CIAU Championships Results E-mail: [email protected] 30 Making Waves http://www.swimnews.com SWIMNEWS / FEBRUARY 2000 3 RECORD SETTERS WORLD (25 M POOL) Men’s 200 freestyle: 1:41.10 Ian Thorpe, AUS, Berlin, Feb 6. Betters his own 1:42.54 from January 18. Ratified Feb 24. Men’s 100 backstroke: 51.28 Lenny Krayzelburg, Berlin, Feb 5. Betters old record of 51.43 by Jeff Rouse, USA, 1993. Ratified Feb 24. Men’s 200 backstroke: 1:52.43 Lenny Krayzelburg, USA, Berlin, Feb 6. Betters his own record of 1:52.47 from Nov.18, 1999. Ratified Feb 24. SENIOR CANADIAN (25 M POOL) Women’s 200 freestyle: 1:57.56 Laura Nicholls, ROW, Berlin, Feb 6. Betters her own record of 1:57.74 from 1998. Women’s 800 freestyle: 8:30.86 Lindsay Beavers, STARS, Nepean, Feb 19. Tobias Oriwol, 14, ESWIM, bettered Betters old record of 8:31.56 Debbie Wurzburger, EKSC, 1989. three NAG records while competing at the Women’s 200 butterfly: Eastern Youth Championships in Nepean, Feb 2:08.70 Jennifer Button,ROW, Sheffield, Feb 2,2000 Jennifer Button, ROW, bettered the 200 fly 18-20. He currently holds the 100-200 back 2:07.76 Jennifer Button,ROW, Imperia, Feb 10,2000 record twice during February in Europe. NAG record for boys 11-12 SCM and the 200 Betters old record of 2:09.47 Jessica Deglau, PDSA, 1998. Feb 2 29.40 1:02.00 1:35.10 2:08.70 back and 200-400 IM for boys 13-14 SCM, as NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORDS Feb 10 29.52 1:01.87 1:34.54 2:07.76 well as the 200 back 13-14 boys LCM. Boys 15-17 400 freestyle: 3:47.27 Brian Johns, RAPID, Kamloops, Feb 18. ALL TIME CANADIAN SHORT COURSE ALL TIME CANADIAN 13-14 SCM Betters old record of 3:47.65 Alex Baumann, LUSC, 1981. 200 METRES BUTTERFLY 400 METRES IND.MEDLEY Boys 15-17 100 butterfly: 53.77 Adam Siou, TD, Nepean, Feb 19. 1 2:07.76 Jennifer Button,22,ROW SCM00 1 4:24.89 Tobias Oriwol,14,ESWIM SCM00 2 2:09.47 Jessica Deglau,17,PDSA SCM98 Betters own record of 54.00 from 1999. 2 4:25.80 Alex Baumann,14,LUSC SCM79 3 2:10.56 Mojca Cater,18,EPS SCM89 3 4:31.73 Jamie White,14,LAC SCM93 Boys 13-14 200 backstroke: 2:00.04 Tobias Oriwol, ESWIM, Nepean, Feb 19. 4 2:10.81 Wendy Quirk,20,EKSC SCM80 4 4:34.80 Raymond Brown,14,NYAC SCM84 Betters own record of 2:04.55 from 1999. 5 2:10.89 Marie Moore,16,DCSC SCM84 5 4:35.41 Curtis Myden,14,CASC SCM89 Boys 13-14 200 individual medley: 2:05.94 Tobias Oriwol, ESWIM, Nepean, Feb 18. 6 2:11.47 Karine Chevrier,22,CAMO SCM00 6 4:36.14 Philip Weiss,14,SKSC SCM94 Betters own record of 2:07.74 from 1999. 7 2:11.93 Jill Horstead,14,NYAC SCM83 7 4:36.26 Steven Medaglia,14,GO SCM99 Boys 13-14 400 individual medley: 4:24.89 Tobias Oriwol, ESWIM, Nepean, Feb 19. 8 2:12.06 Chantal Venne,16,PCSC SCM82 8 4:36.39 Andrew Foulds,14,TBT SCM87 9 2:12.07 Donna McGinnis,16,EKSC SCM86 Betters old record of 4:25.80 Alex Baumann, LUSC, 1979. 9 4:36.47 Scott Flowers,14,OSC SCM83 10 2:12.38 Maria Gaudin,16,EKSC SCM90 10 4:36.55 Alex Boulanger,14,CSQ SCM97 4 SWIMNEWS / FEBRUARY 2000 November CANADIAN CALENDAR INTERNATIONAL 17-22 FINA World Open Water Champs, ABOUT THIS ISSUE Ft. Lauderdale, USA March March December We cover all the February activities in 2-5 Man/Sask Championships, Regina 10-12 National Champs, Geneva, SUI 14-17 European SC Championships, Canada and the European conclusion 4-5 Durham Splash, Pickering 19-19 World SC Champs, Athens, GRE Valencia, ESP to the 2000 FINA World Cup. 2-6 Ontario Junior Provincials, Etobicoke 20-26 French LC Champs, Rennes, FRA 16-17 British Winter Champs, Sheffield, GBR With 10 world records and three 8-11 Spring Nationals (50 m) Etobicoke 23-25 So.American Open Water, Santa Fe, ARG 2001 Canadian category winners (Michael July April TBA Asian Swimming Champs, Pusan, KOR Mintenko 50 and 100 butterfly, Kelly 1-2 Rainbow Classic, Pickering 30-1 International Meet, Charleroi, BEL 17-29 FINA World Championships, Stefanyshyn 200 backstroke, and 7-9 Limpert NB Team Championships, 30-2 National Champs, Auckland, NZL Fukuoka, JPN Jennifer Button 200 butterfly, bettering Campbellton April August Ajax Invitational, at U. of Toronto 8-9 Swedish Grand Prix, SWE 22-1 FISU Universiade, Beijing, CHN the Canadian record twice), the long 14-16 Ontario Team Championships TBA CARIFTA Champs, Bridgetown, BAR 25-7 Mediterranean Games, Tunis, TUN three-month series had its ups and Island Championships, Victoria 10-14 Australian Age Group Champs, Perth September downs. See our summary of four of the 28-30 Edmonton Keyano International 10-16 So. American Champs, Mar del Plata, ARG 29-9 Goodwill Games, Brisbane, AUS five European meets and some May May November commentary on pages 13-15. 13-14 Island Invitational, Victoria 6-7 Flanders Grand Prix, Brugges, BEL 3-11 Afro-Asian Games, New Delhi, IND The major competitions during 26-28 New Brunswick Champs, Saint John 12-14 Akropolis Meet, Athens, GRE February were the East/West Junior/ 28-4 Maritime Life Olympic Trials, Antwerp Grand Prix, BEL 2002 Youth Nationals and the CIAU Univer- Montreal 13-14 Swedish Grand Prix 2, Uppsala, SWE April sity Championships. Everyone is still in June 19-21 Belgian GP, Charleroi, BEL TBA FINA World SC Champs, Moscow, RUS a swim-through mode preparing for 2-4 ROD Invitational, Regina 20-27 Australian Olympic Trials, Sydney July Olympic Trials, so the times were 26-36 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, UK 3-4 Durham Invitational, Pickering 22-22 Mare Nostrum 1, Monte Carlo, MON generally ordinary. The merged 16-18 Moose Jaw Invitational 21-24 Oceania Champs, Christchurch, NZL August results for the Junior/Youth Champi- Provincial Trials, Victoria 25-25 Mare Nostrum 2, Barcelona, ESP 25-30 Pan Pacific Champs, Yokohama, JPN 25-25 Jack McCormick Invitational, 25-28 JR Champs, Chalon-sur-Saone, FRA onships appear on pages 6-7.