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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.

Adapted swimming
Swimming for persons with a disability.

Block
The starting block.

Cap
A latex or lycra swim cap used during a race or workout to protect a swimmer's hair from the effects of chlorine in the water as well as help cut down water resistance from the swimmer's hair.

Drag suit
A second loose fitting swim suit worn by swimmers in workout and warm-up to add a certain amount of weight and resistance to the flow of the water around the swimmer. The concept is similar to a batter swinging two or three bats while on deck in a baseball game.

False start
Occurs when a swimmer leaves the starting block, or is moving on the block, before the starter officially starts the race. In U.S. Swimming, one false start will result in an automatic disqualification from the race.

FINA
Federation Internationale de Natation de Amateur, the international governing body of competitive swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming.

Final
The championship final of an event in which the fastest eight swimmers from the morning preliminaries compete.

Goggles
Eyewear worn by swimmers in the pool to protect the swimmers' eyes from the effects of chorine in the water.

Gravity wave
Wave action caused by the swimmers' bodies moving through the water. Gravity wave move down and forward from the swimmer, bounce off the bottom of the pool and return to the surface in the form of turbulence.

Gutter
The area at the edges of the pool in which water overflows during a race and is recirculated into the pool. Deep gutters catch surface wave and don't allow them to wash back into the pool and affect the race.

Official
A judge on the deck of the pool. Various judges watch the swimmer's strokes, turns and finishes or are timers.

IM
Slang for individual medley, an event in which the swimmer uses all four competitive strokes in the following order: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.

Lanelines
The dividers used to delineate the individual lanes.These are made of individual finned disks strung on a cable which rotate on the cable when hit by a wave. The rotating disks dissipate surface tension waves in a competitive pool.

Long Course
A pool configured for swimming with a 50 meter long racing course. World records may be set in long course and short course competition. The main U.S. Swimming long course season is during the summer months. The Olympic Games as well as all major international competitions are conducted long course.

Negative split
A race strategy in the distance freestyle events in which a swimmer covers the second half of the race faster than the first half.

Open water swimming
Swimming in an open body of water (such as a lake, ocean, or bay, as opposed to a swimming pool).

Prelim
Short for preliminary, also called heats. Those races in which swimmers qualify for the championship and consolation finals in the events.

Relay exchange
The exchange between the swimmer in the water and the next swimmer on the relay team. A perfect exchange will simultaneously have the finishing swimmer's hand on the touch pad and the starting swimmer's feet just touching the starting block with the rest of the starting swimmer's body extended over the water.

Roll
To move on the starting blocks prior to the starting signal. A roll is usually caught by the starter and called a false start, but swimmers will often try to guess the starter's cadence and get a good start. Similar to illegal procedure in football.

Shave
Prior to a major competition, a swimmer will shave his or her entire body. The removal of the hair provides less resistance between skin and water and heightens a swimmer's sensations in the water.

Short Course
A pool configured in 25-yard or 25-meter lengths. U.S. Swimming conducts most of its winter competition in 25-yard lengths including the Speedo Junior National Championships in March. NCAA swimming competition uses the 25-yard format. Most of the world swims short course meters in the winter (25-meter pool). The fastest times swum in a 25-yard pool may only gain U.S. Open or American record status.

Skinsuit
A slang term for a swimsuit designed to have minimum drag in the water. While many swimmers use the traditional knitted lycra, the newest suit is woven lycra, called a "paper" suit because of its texture. There are continually new styles and fabrics put out on the market.

Split
A swimmer's intermediate time in a race. Splits are registered every 50 meters (or 25 yards depending on the pool and the equipment on hand) and are used to determine if a swimmer is on record pace.

Sports Medicine and Science
A comprehensive use of science and technology to develop better training methods for athletes. In U.S. Swimming, the sports medicine and science program deals with everything from blood and respiratory condition to the biomechanics of the swimmer to proper nutrition.

SwimCam
(see USS SwimCam).

Taper
The resting process in training for swimming competition. During the middle of the swimming season a swimmer may work out 10 to 15 thousand meters (8 to 10 miles) each day. As major competition draws near, the swimmer will "taper" off the distances swum each day. A perfectly designed taper will enable the swimmer to compete at their peak capability and is one of the most difficult aspects of swim coaching.

Touch
The finish of the race.

Touchpad
The area at the end of each lane in the pool where a swimmer's time is registered and sent electronically to the timing system then the scoreboard.

Trainer
In the U.S.: an athletic trainer; in Europe the term trainer is used for a coach.

Turnover
The number of times a swimmer's arms turn over (cycle) in a given distance or time during a race.

USS
United States Swimming, Inc., the national governing body for amateur competitive swimming in America.

USS SwimCam
A digital camera used at major meets to transmit electronic images to swimming fans around the world via the USS website.

Warm down
Used by the swimmer to rid the body of excess lactic acid generated during a race.

Warm-up
Used by the swimmer before the race to get their muscles loose and ready to race.

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