Michael Phelps swam into history with a magnificent finish, tying Mark Spitz with his seventh gold medal by the narrowest of margins in the 100-meter butterfly. ...more

August 16, 2008

In the first major stunner of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to make the Olympic team in the 200-meter breaststroke Thursday night. ...more

July 4, 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

FIRST TEAM 50 Freestyle Meg Anderson, Plant Swam All-American time of 23.78 at state; finished second ...more

December 2, 2007

For the first time in a long time, a local swimmer not named Tommy Wyher or Chelsea Nauta had a chance to claim the spotlight at the Class 1A state swimming championships. Calvary Christian senior Jose Crescimbeni took advantage of the opportunity. ...more

November 2, 2007

Ask Northeast swimming coach Bill Burrows to point star pupil Meg Romano out of a crowd and his answer is simple - just look for the girl that stands a foot above everyone else. ...more

November 1, 2007

CLASS 3A Girls 200 Medley Relay: Countryside 1:52.67, St. Petersburg 1:52.95, Palm Harbor University 1:54.31 ...more

October 31, 2007

During Saturday's Class 2A-Region 3 swim meet at North Shore Pool, Plant girls coach Gil Gonzalez's emotions ran the gamut. ...more

October 28, 2007

Ask Mitchell swimming and diving coach Regina Drum about her thoughts concerning the Mustangs' recent move to Class 3A-District 5 and she doesn't hesitate to answer. ...more

October 22, 2007