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Favorite/hardest workout
Have you ever done a set of 30 1000s? Erik Vendt has. "It doesn't seem that bad, but after about 15,000 and you realize you're only half way it definitely gets hard. I was so dead after that set that I fell asleep in the gutter right afterwards. That's why I enjoyed that set so much because it pushed me to my limits mentally and physically and beyond." Have you done a 16,000-yard IM or a 6,000-yard freestyle for time holding :56s? "It is very rewarding when you achieve something you have never done before in training; it gives you confidence," said Tracy Caulkins. Today's "Best of GW" installment certers on "Workouts." Click here to find out what were some of the favorite/hardest workout sets done by Tracy Caulkins, George DiCarlo, Sean Killion, Summer Sanders, Jenny Thompson, Erik Vendt and Dave Wharton. Click here for more information on the Guest Webmaster program, including the complete transcripts for all 43 original episodes. Click here to tell us your favorite/hardest workout in the USA Swimming forums. Women's 100m fly voting beginsWomen's 100m fly voting begins If her record remains unbroken, Mary T. Meagher will have owned the American record in the 100m butterfly for 20 years this September. She first broke the mark on Sept. 3, 1979. Her world record in this event is the second-oldest record on the books (her world mark in the 200m fly is older by three days). This is a very strong event for the Americans, who own six of the top nine performances and have three of the top four and four of the top seven performers in history with Meagher, Jenny Thompson, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton and Misty Hyman. Click here to see the nominees. Click here to see more information on the Team of the Century. Spitz: Century's Best Olympian?
CNNSI.com is conducting a year long survey to determine the Century's Best athletes. Babe Ruth has won in baseball, Michael Jordan in basketball, and Pele in soccer. Now it's time to vote on the Century's Best Olympian and Mark Spitz is matched against track and field great Jesse Owens in the first round of voting. Click here to check out the full list of nominees and cast your vote. Long Beach bids for World Championships Long Beach, Calif., is one of three candidates being considered as host to the 2003 FINA World Championships. If awarded the bid, Long Beach would be the first American city to host the World Championships. Long Beach has submitted two innovative proposals for facilities for the competition. Both would involve the building of temporary pools, either right on the beach or downtown in an arena and convention center. Barcelona (ESP) and Montreal (CAN) are the other two candidates for the 2003 competition. FINA will make its decision on March 30, 1999, at a meeting in Hong Kong. Click here for the full story. Heyns: Four world records in two days South Africa's Penny Heyns set and reset her own world record in the 100-meter breaststroke at the Janet Evans Invitational in Los Angeles on Sunday, one day after setting and resetting the world record in the 200m breaststroke. On Sunday, Heyns went 1:06.99 in the prelims, snapping her own 1996 world mark of 1:07.02. In finals, she went 1:06.95. On Saturday, Heyns, who trains in Calgary, Alberta, went 2:24.69 in the morning prelims of the 200m breast to break the previous record of 2:24.76 by Australia's Rebecca Brown from 1994. In finals, Heyns went 2:24.51. Heyns was the only world record-breaker on the weekend, but not the only fast swimmer. Here are the top swims from the weekend: Jenny Thompson (58.78, 100m fly); Lenny Krayzelburg (54.63, 100m back; 1:57.68, 200m back); and Misty Hyman (2:10.42, 200m fly). Maddy Crippen won five events at the Long Island Open. Ryk Neethling took the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyles at the Janet Evans Invitational. Click here for the Janet Evans Invitational host website. Click here for the Long Island Open host website. Click here for audio and video clips of Heyn's world record day. Help us test video and audio Over the weekend we posted video and audio clips from the Janet Evans Invitational here on the USA Swimming website. We tested different formats and need your feedback on download times and the quality of clips. Please email us your comments and be sure to tell us what hardware you are using and what your connection speed is. This is another step in bringing you expanded coverage of future USA Swimming national meets.
Volunteers needed for Nationals
Several volunteers will be needed to help the USA Swimming website cover the Phillips 66 National Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota from August 6-10, 1999. If you have skills in digital photography, web building, audio, interviewing and have an interest and background in swimming, we need your help.
Click here to check out the positions needed, requirements, and contact information.
National Team Benefit Dinner
Please Join USA Swimming as it pays tribute to its National Team swimmers. On Wednesday August 11, 1999, USA Swimming will honor the 1999 Pan Pacific swimming team at a celebration dinner which will take place in Los Angeles, Calif. The dinner, which will serve both as a National Team celebration and benefit, will be held at the Town and Gown Banquet Hall on the campus of the University of Southern California. All swimming fans are invited to join in this festive occasion, which will include a dinner, silent auction and entertainment by ESPN’s Roy Firestone. The event will begin at 6:30pm.
Click here for ticket information.
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