LOL boys and girls open swim season with wins ...more

September 3, 2008

Look out, Mark Spitz. Get the check ready, Speedo. Michael Phelps is closing in - quickly, of course. ...more

August 15, 2008

Michael Phelps got one of his toughest races out of the way, and it couldn't have been any easier. ...more

August 10, 2008

Megan Wolfe and Sean Spiegel finished the summer swim season exactly where they began - in first place. ...more

July 31, 2008

Morning is just coming alive as dozens of kids enter the cold water at Avon Park High School -- half asleep and with nothing more than an internal compass to guide them to their ultimate goal. ...more

July 29, 2008

Coming off the final turn in Monday's 400-meter dash semifinal, Tampa's Calvin Smith II realized he was sitting in fifth place, out of the money if he wanted to run in Thursday's Olympic Track and Field Trials final. ...more

July 1, 2008

Bob Margalis vividly remembers when his son, Robert, made a complete and total commitment to swimming. It's so clear in Bob's mind because Robert was only 10, yet so convincing about focusing his life on the sport. ...more

June 28, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Summer is when rivalries are born in the pool. For 12-year old Emily Helterhoff of the Highlands Hurricanes and 11-year old Maggie Brumfield of the Hardee Swim Team, Saturday's Lake Placid Aquatic Invitational gave everyone a glimpse of the future of girls swimming in the Heartland. Helterhoff and Brumfield competed in six events in the girls 11-12 category during the event at the Green Dragon pool, with the Hurricane swimmer getting the best of the Wildcat in five events –– with just two weeks of work before the event. "Emily has been just short of amazing," said Hurricanes coach Marvin Wolfe. "She showed a lot of promise last season, which was her first with the Hurricanes, and is picking up right where she left off." ...more

June 22, 2008

The Wiregrass Ranch girls were the surprise swim team of the season and at the forefront of that was freshman Rebecca Pindral, the Tribune's Pasco County Girls Swimming Athlete of the Year. ...more

May 28, 2008

East Bay High School senior Christopher Collins is the first to admit it - he has a hard time sitting still and doing nothing. ...more

January 16, 2008