Swim Canada - April 1996 (No.217)

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April
CALENDAR 17-20 111WoddSCChampionships,Gothenburg OLYMPIC SELECTION
May
May 23-25 CanadaCupWest,Vancouver MEN'S EVENTS WOMEN'SEVENTS
10-12 Dr.HickenInvitational,Etobicoke 29-1 YouthChampionships,Regina VA.'.A tViilM1 FENA COA
HoliandiaInvitational,London July 1entiy 2entries 2entries 1entry
17-19 CascadeGrandPrix,Calgar}' 14-24 MaccabiahGames,TelAviv Zj.Zo 77on 50free TA 1'1 Z')DA,z>4:
HyackInvitational,NewWestminster August 5U./o luuiiee CIDA.1IV 5/.19
MontrealPOMInvitational 31-3 SummerNationals,Edmonton zuurree Z:Ul.o4
• USSGrandPrix,Phoenix 10-13 CanadaGames,Brandon /u ^=^7Q.1 4iUnUnnee 4:14,70 4',:11-/7.OVAD
24-26 Etobicoke10&UnderCup PanPacificChampionships,Fukuoka ouutree Q.'1A^A u cn 11
ThunderBayInvitational RECORD SETTERS 1T.JT.Vt 1 7Q^1 iiwtree
• CanadaCup,UBC 10.70 lUUuJCK 1:U,1.Z1 1:U4.^Z
EastSideMario'sInvitational,Guelph 7.n1 iA -UUDacK Z:n.n Z:1d.24
30-2 YouthChampionships,Nepean SENIORCANADIAN RECORD (50M) 1:03.40 1:02.72 100breast 1:10.95 1:11.51
June Women's400individualmedley:4:43.39Joanne 2:lb,93 2:15.59 200breast 2:32.34 2:34.11
1-2 NovaScotiaAgeGroups Malar,HWAC,Montreal,March30.Bettersownrecord 55.09 54,59 100fly 1:01,69 1:02.07
7-9 K•aUmSlSooGprsanIndviPtraitxi,oCnhalariotte oCfHR4:O4N3O.L6O4GfYro40m0MIaNrD.chME1D2,LEIYWCANADIANRECORD 22::0015,.3039 22::0003.,6752 220000IflMy 22::1147,,3920 22::1168..1915
• Thefollowingmeetshavebeenselectedaspost- 6:14.1 SaraBarber,BRANT Vancouver,15/7/58 4:26.31 4:22,10 400IM 4:49,74 4:52.85
Trialsmeetswhereswimmersmayqualifyforthe 6:06.7 SaraBarber,BRANT Brantford,9/7/59
1996OlympicGamesineventsthathaveremained 6:06.4 LynnePomfret,VASC Vancouver.l2/6/62 Individualeventselectionfrom
openfollowingtheOlympicTrialsinApril 5:59,9 MaryStewart,CDSC Vancouver.l2/7/62 Olympic Trials
13-16 EtobicokeAgeGroupInternational 5:50,8 LynnePomtret,VASC Vancouver.l2/7/63 AutomaticSelection
5:46.9 LynnePomfret,VASC Montreal.25/7/63
22-23 GuelphInvitational 5:46.7 JaneHughes,CDSC Vancouver.l6/7/64 Subjecttopre-selection,thefirstplaceswimmerin
28-30 USSGrandPiix,SantaClara 5:46,7 MarjonWilmink,CDSC Vancouver.l6/7/64 theA-Finalineacheventwhoequalsorbettersthe
JackMcCormickInvitational,Hamilton 5:33,0 BarbaraHounsell,UNATT Vancouver.3/9/64 FINAstandardwillbeautomaticallyselected.
July 5:26,3 ElaineTanner,CDSC Kingston.11/8/66 Subjecttopre-selection,aswimmerswhoplaces
5-7 EastCoastChamps,SaintJohn,NB 5:24,7 JeanneWarren,VASC Halitax.17/8/69 secondintheA-FinalwhoequalsorbettersttheFINA
OntarioAgeGroupsChamps,Etobicoke 55::2242,,57 SLeusslaineCSlmiiftt,tiC,DSSSCSC EWdimnonnitpoeng.,22//44//7710 standardwillbeautomaticallyselected.
12-14 EssoCupII,Montreal 5:13.31 LeslieClitt,CDSC Call.5/8/71 ProvisionalSelection
19-21 AlbertaAGChampionships,Edmonton 5:10.22 LeslieClitf,CDSC Houston.17/8/71 Subjecttopre-selection,swimmersintheA-Final
20-26 OlympicGamesSwimming,Atlanta 5:09.00 LeslieCliff,CDSC SantaClara.23/6/72 whoequalorbettertheCOAstandardwillbe
A2u5-g2u8st EasternCup,Montreal .55::0031..5357 LLeesslliieeCClliiffff,,CCDDSSCC ChristMcuhnuircchh,,11//92//7724 provisionallyselected,subjecttocriteriabelow.
5:00.55 BeckySmitti,OSC Vancouver,2/3/75
8-11 MaritimeLifeNationals,Etobicoke 4:58.66 CtierylGibson,OSC Winnipeg,17/5/75 PostTrials Selection
JuniorNationals,Etobicoke 4:57.20 CherylGibson,CDSC LongBeach,6/4/76 Individualeventswhereoneornoperformance
December 4:56.35 BeckySmith,TBT Etobicoke.6/4/76 meetstheFINAstandardwillremainopen untilthe
1997 USOpen 444:::544287...716002 BCNheaecnrkcyyylSSGmwiiebteshot,nn.TaBmC,TDLSLCSC MEotnotbriPeceaorlkt.eh2.,476///714///977166 OSlwyimmpmiecrsenwtrhyodeeaqdulailnoerobfeJtutneret1h6e,F1I99N0A.standard
February 4:45.58 NancySweetnam.LLSC Montreal.13/5/92 betweentheendofTrialsinAprilandtheJune
7-9 JuniorNationals,East,Brantford 4:44.79 JoanneMalar,HWAC Rome,5/9/94 deadlinewillbeselected,upt(>amaximumof2per
7-9 JuniorNationals,West,Saskatoon 4:43.64 JoanneMalar,HWAC MardelPlata.12/3/95 event.Theorderofselection:
20-23 WinterNationals,Halifax 4:43.39 JoanneMalar,HWAC Montreal,30/3/96 First
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MARITIME LIFE 1996 OLYMPIC TRIALS
AUTOMATIC SELECTION FOR 17 WOMEN AND ONLY 7 MEN
NO MEN'S RELAYS QUALIFY
Karin Helmstaedt their performances last summer; Curtis Myden of formance. Swimming Canada Head Coach Dave
— Calgary(400IM)andGuylaineCloutierofMontreal Johnson reminds us that the downward—trend in
Montreal On the opening night ofthe Maritime (lOObreast)alreadyhadtheirnamesinscribedonthe men'sswimminghasbeenthereforawhile Canada
Life 1996OlympicTrials, thesta—ndsattheOlympic Olympicteambanner.Overthenextsixdaysthelist tookonly6mentothe1994WorldChampionshipsin
poolwerepacked.Theorganizers totheircredit grew, but with a definite imbalance. The overall Rome(comparedto 14women) andonlythreemen
chargednoadmissionfee.SwimmingCanada'san- analysis was simple: Canadian women rose to the totheshortcourseWorldsinRiodeJaneiroin 1995.
nouncer pumped up the crowd with the tried and occasion and 17ofthemwillbeofftoAtlanta. The Whilethisistrue,manyfeelthatisnoreasonto
testedbattlecryof"Let'sgetreadytommble!"anda menwerehardpressedtoqualify7.Probablythemost shutthemenoutfromavaluableparticipationexpe-
selectionofheavyrocktunes.Forsixdays,thiswasto alamiingindicationofthestateofmen'sswimming rience.Johnson cites the lack ofa leader, a Victor
bethestageofexhilarationandheartache,thespec- in Canada was the f—act that they were unable to Davis-orAlexBaumann-type,aspartoftheproblem
trum of emotion typical of such a contest. While qualifyamedleyrelay aneventthatIklstradition- inmen'sswimming,butthelackofCanadianmenin
everyonehadworkedforthis,onlytheverybestwould allybeenoneofourstrongestmedalpossibilities. thefreestyleeventsw;isaproblem;isfarback;ls1988.
realize theirOlympic dream, and for many, entire Theattitudeamongthecoacheswasoftencyni- Themen'steamhasbeen"rebuilding"foryearenow,
careersweretobedecidedinthespaceofaweek. cal,oftenpeqilexed.Manyfeltthedoubletimestand- and to pass it offas a leadership problem |iuts too
Onthesurface,italllookedhunky-dory. ardw;isoutofline, puttingunnecessaiyextrapres- heavyanonusontheswimmei'S.Canadahasalotof
Whenyoulookedalittledeeper,however,there sure on theswimmers thatw;lsdetrimental to per- male talent that, forwhatever re;isons is not being
wasacertainmalaisethatbecamemoreapparentas properly developed. Coaches (and many of them
themeetwenton, and itcould notbepiissedoffas recognizethisfact) havetotakepartofthe"credit"
merepre-Olympicstress. forpoorperfoniiance. In the meantime, budgetary'
Theselectionprocesswasacontributingfactor constraints and now the new FINA standard have
andhadacoupleofhitches,makingthetemi"trials" forcedanewhardlineapproach,preventing(Canada
somewhatofa misnomer. The Canadian Olympic fromsimplytakingthecountiy'sbest,wiiatevertheir
Associationhasimposedtimestandardsthathaveled ranking,toAtlanta.
tosmallerOlympicTeamselectionsforthepasttwo MarkTewksbuiy,Canada'sonlygoldmedalistat
OlympicGames,butthingsweremadeworsethisyear the1992OlympicsinBarcelona,hadthistosay:"It's
whenFINAimposeditsown"2percountry"standard. reallytough.Eveiyonekeepsblamingsomething...it's
ThedecisionwastheresultofanIOCbidtolimitthe April,andit'searly,andit'sthisandit'sthat. Ithink
sizeofthemeet inAtlanta, to make room forsuch thatultimatelypeoplehavetoiissumeaccountability
importantnewcomersasbeachvolleyball,nodoubt. fortheirperformances. If I reflect back to myown
Smaller countries with lower ranked athletes can pei'sonalexperiences,IknewintheOlympicyearthat
henceforthonlysendoneentrypereventandstronger I hadahugemarginof1.2secondstodrop. I made
countrieslikeCanadaandtheU.S.cansendtheusual surethat I dideveiythingpossibleto getthere, and
twoprovidedtheybothmaketheFINAstandard. what I see happening is that people are not doing
Automatic selection was granted to eventwin- everv'thingpossible.ForsomeunknownreiLsontome,
ners and second place finishers who equalled or no one is perfonning up to that standard that we
betteredthetougherFINAstandard. Provisionalse- shouldatleastheabletoexpectfromourveterans."
lectionwasgrantedtothoseeventwinnerswhoswam Tewksbuiyfeltthatthedoubletimestandardin
equalorbetterthantheCOAstandard.Swimmerswill Montreal wasconfusingand ina\ have meant that
have three more chances to meet the qualifying swiinnierswerepreoccupiedbytheclock,but added
standardsatdesignatedmeets in Phoenix,Vancou- that lor him the Olympics are about e.xcellence.
ver,orCharlotte,NC,inMayandjuneandprovision- "Wliat'sdisappointingtomeisitseemstobetliesame
ally selected swimmers could be bumped offthe oldthing. Peoplewhohadweakstarts:iiuliiinisstill
team ifanotherswimmerbeats them to the FINA haveweakstartsandturns,[X'oplewhowerefrontend
standardintheirevent. swimmei's ami died at theend oftheswim arestill
Thiscondition, accordingtomany,defeatsthe goingoutta,st anddying. I agreewesliouklworkon
purposeofaTrials. Itallmadeforsomeveryconfus- ourstrengtiis,hutwecannotneglecttheentirepack-
ing, and oftendisappointing, finalssessions. And it age;theworldhasbecomefartoocompetitiveandthe
will makeformorethan afewnervesbetween now standardsarewaytoohighnottobeabletostandon
andthefinalselectiondateofJune 16, 1996. Olympicringsframequesttoquadrennial theblocksataninlernationalcompetitionas:ifully
Two athletes prequalified forAtlanta based on glory MarcoChiesa preparedathlete."
5
to3 secondsslower
than expected just
becauseshetriedso
MALAR WINS 400 1.M. IN A NEW hard, but I think if
she keeps that un-
CANAOIAN RECORD OF 4:43.39
dercontrolitwillbe
adifferentrace."
Karin Heliiustaedt
Themen's200
freestylewassome-
Thetrendofthemeetwasclearonthefirstevening.The
whatofaletdownas
womenwerehotandthemenwerenot.
no one qualified.
hi thewomen's 100 freestyle, Shannon Shake- Brampton's
speare ofWinnipeg, the only one to swim under 57
StephenClarkefin-
secondsintheheaLs,w:lstheonlyonetoswimunder57
ishedfirstin1:51.87,
secondsperiod.Sheledtheraceatthe50(27.26) and
missing both the
finishedstrongly in 56.72. Although shewas a little
disappointedwiththetime,shesaid,"Ididn'twantto FINA and COA Provisional spot on third OlympicTeam forJon Cleveland '^^'^^^'^
standards. He was
ctaoknecsenatwraaytefrtooommmuycrhaceo.nItjhuesttwiamnetbeedctaousgeoIafttherinitkiint pfeorllsoowneadlbbeystRoofn1:V5o2.o2r9d.ouw of Calgarv'who swam a L1i0s0abFrleoaosdt,swtrhookealcsaoptpreadinosffinthFelofriirsdtaewvietnhiDnagi'gsneevaeunltts,.
thefirst50andholdonattheendoftheraceandwin
OwenvonRichterofEtobicokewentintothefinal ledthefieldandwonin1:09.98,assuringherberthon
itandseewhatthetimedid."
insecondplacebuthaddifficult)'breathinghalfway theOlympicteamalongwithveteranCloutier.w'howas
Behind Shakespeare were Marianne Limpert of
throughtheraceandbackedoffalamiinglytofinish previouslyprequalified. "Iwasreallythrilledwiththe
Fredericton (57.17), Andrea Moody of Vancouver
(57.19),andJulieHowardofBrantford (57.36).Hav- eighth.Whilehesufferscontinuallyfromasthma,von swim," saidFlood, "I came in here and didwhat I
biengtmheadoneltyhCeaCnOaAdisatanntdoarsdwoifm57t.he19i,nSdhiavkideusapleaerveenmtaiyn RlaiscthNtoevr'esmpbreorblwehmeswnehriescoheraarptlircaatetewdendturuipngtoa2w7o0rkaoftuetr wfiarsnttdeadytsoodiot.wIats'seuxncuistiunagltfoogrebtrueapstosntrtohkeeftirostbedaoynatnhde
Atlantawhiletheotherthreewomenwillgoalongfor anextradoseofVentolin, his usual asthmamedica- start things rolling." Finishingsecondwas Christin
tion.Sincethatinitialscare,theUniversityofMichigan Petelski of Victoria in 1:11.37, and Riley Mants of
the400freestylerelay.
studenthasbeeninandoutofhospitalwithextreme Winnipegwasthirdin1:11.68.
JohnClevelandoftheNationalCentreinCalgary
attacks,andwaseven
wonthe 100breaststrokein 1:03.27, justmakingthe
forcedtoleaveahigh- 1972-96 TRIALS MEDALLISTS
COAstandardandearninghimselfaprovisionalberth
altitude training
on his third Olympic team. Russel Patrick, also of WOMEN100FREESTYLE
Calgar}',finishedsecondin1:04.16.16-year-oldAndrew cDeacmepmibneCro.lorDaodcotolarsst 997762 01::5070,7418AMnanreyJBaRrodnidne.PaCuS.CCDSC 01::0517,,7450JGauidlyAWmruingdhrtu,VdA.SCCDSC 01:0518,,6317LBeasrlbiaeraClCilfalr.CkD,SCCASC
ChanofEtobicoke,whodroppednearlyawholesecond 0:5691AnneJardin.PCSC 0:57,31WendyQuirk.EKSC 0:5768CarolKlimpel.SSAC
arestillundecidedas 0:57,34PamelaRai.HYACK 0:57,39JaneKerr.ESC 0:57,68CherylMcArton,ESC
intheheatstoqualifysecondin1:04.18,finishedthird 0:5696JaneKerr.EPS 0:5700AndreaNugent.UCSC 0:5705PatriciaNoall.CNMN
to the real source of 0:5675PatriciaNoall.CNIVIN 0:57,12KathyBald.NYAC 5719AndreaNugent,UCSC
in 1:T04h.e29u.ndisputedstarofthemeetwasJoanneMalar tnhoetpkreopbtlveomnbuRtichhatveer M9E9N210000::55B66R57E32ASASnhTdaSrnTenaRonONKuSgEheaknets.pUeCarSeC,M|i( 00::5577,,4167IMVaIrairaiannnneeLLiimmppeerrtt..FNAYSATC 00::5577,,1593ANinkdkrieaDrMydoeond,yIS.WVOSC
of Hamilton. After a morning swim of4:48.88 that 972 1:0853BilllVlahony,CDSC 1:09,00RobertStoddart.SCY 1-0954MikeWhitaker.SYB
out ofthe water. He 976 1:05,25GrahamSmitli,TBT 1:07,94MelZajacCDSC lOeOODaveHeinbuch.CDSC
alreadymadetheFINAstandard.Malarwentintothe 980 1:0392GrahamSmith,unatt 1:0536KenFitzpatrick.TOMAC 1:0613MarcoVeilleuxCAMO
fitinhaelrofbetshte.4S0h0eIMdiadsnsohteadliwsaayppsodionets.,pSlriegphatrleydbteohgiinvde haansd clounnsgulstpeecdialhiesatrst, 999888488 111:-:000223851770VVViiiccctttooorrrDDDaaavvviiisss...PPRCCQSSWCC 111:::000344,164172JMCoaanrmceCorloeVnveeiGllralanenudtx...UECCKDSSSCCC 111:::0005454l1679RKMoeabnrCcFhoietrC2anpvaoatfzr1iz,cokUn,iCL,SYNCAYCAC
been through all 992 1:02,28JonCleveland,UCSC 1:03,12CurtisMyden.UCSC 1:0358MikeMason.PEPSI
Nancy Sweetnam of Lindsay after the fly leg, Malar 1:03,27JonCleveland.UCSC 1:04,16RussellPatrick.UCSC 1:0429AndrewChan.ETOB
manner of testing, WOMEN400INDIVIOOALMEOLEY
mSoweveetdnaamheiandtheinbretahsetsbtraockkes.tMrootkievaatneddbeyvtehnesocurtsepalmi-t and feels he is im- 997726 54:15125730LBeesclkiyeCSlmiillfh..CTDBSTC 54::1554,,9305JLoorarnaninBeaGkiebrs.oTnB.Tunatt 54::1575,8010DCheebrbvileGBiebnsgotns.oCnD.SCCDSC
proving, but he still 4-5429KathyRichardson.TGC 4:55,28CherylGibson.ETOB 4:57,73NancyGarapick,HTAC
ingcrowd,shepoweredthroughoutthelasttwolengths 4:5034DonnaMcGinnis,EKSC 4:52,17NathalieGingras.PCSC 4,5235KathyRichardsonBROCK
needsoxygen ;iftera 4:54,50Mo|caCaler,EPS 4:55,30NancyLovrinic.CDSC 4:5663CarolineTeskev,TOMAC
totouchthewallin4:43.39,anewCanadianrecord.It 4:54,62NancyLovrinic.CDSC 4:5613ChristineJetey.GMAC 45640AnneTaylor,EKSC
wasth"eIownalsyrseocoexrcdiotfedthtehamteeitt.was the first day and brraecaeth.toHecaatlcsho chairs- M9E9N220044::44F53RE5389ESJNToaanYncLnyEeSMwaeeitanra,mH,WALCLSC 44::4498,,2064JNoaanncnyeSMwaeleatr,naHmW.LALCSC 44::5545,,6364JAorciealdynneJLaeyg,eBnRdAreN.TCAMO
pjriretcotoberardbb—lugysm1oyuctobuoilfgdgmne'ysttsbeyvesethnetam,p,"pwisiehnrenwsiainitdgh.itt',hJaeunswtdataoyCgiaettnwaaeldnltit.ah"ne srEtpiaKeikstGeeastirhnooefucfranasdateghaahepiironsrf.rthiaegDbahelrt-et- 997726 111111::,::555555104710,,,,.627138179390lTSDPPaueeatnttrreeelrMprreohanueSScgnzzKWhmmeaBiinOarddz'ddttgHi,,.eaeUEErr,KKC.eCSSCS.DCCaCCSrDdCSCSC 111111:::::555555283051,,422933917309RAATBDllauioeelrlnxxpllhoSHBBuaaaaHgwduuuhcdtmmhOtoaauo'wnnknH.,nn.EaT..SPrBLLYSTeBUUCSSDCCSC 111111::::555555113863556811144243SBSGSGaratarruennaycpddhehyyaVemRanGGonooWbPdsseeiessclrr..ktbMNNesoelYYouulAAnl.mCC.eC.CDnCDS.DSCUSCCCSC
Sweetnamfinishedsecondin4:48.04, alsomak- 992 1:51,51TurloughO'Hare.PDSA 1:5171DarrenWard,UCSC 1:5181EddieParenti.GO
eningslantthatpuis 1:5187SteptienClarke.COBRA 1:5229RonVoordouw.UCSC 1:5235SimonEberlie.NYAC
ing the FINA standard of 4:49.74 and making her WOMEN100BREASTSTROKE
secondOlympicteam.ShehasbeentraininginPlan- orenerh,issquwiitmtmiingnghcaas- 997762 1111389122RMoabriinanCSotrusalgrlti.aP.CPSCCSC 11:1184,3522SLyilsvaiBaoDroschkoelrti.lClD,SCCDSC 11,:1149,7360JJaonaennWrBiagkhelr,.TOBATK
tation, Florida., underLois Daigneault, originallyof 1:1431MeganWatson,EKSC 1:14,37JudyGaray.Swimtec 11457LisaBorsholt,CDSC
"never been an op- 11197LisaBostiolLCDSC 1:12,35MaryLubawski.ESC 11248CindyOunpuu,ESC
Montreal, and the swim confirmed her comeback. 1:08,88AllisonHigson.EPS 1:10,31KeltieDuggan.EKSC 11098GuvlaineCloutier,SAMAK
"We'regoingtodoalotofworkonNancy'sbackstroke tion.T"he women's l1::1i0a,0290AGlulyilsaoinneHCilgosuotni.eErP.ESLITE 11::1111,7159GLuiyslaaFilnoeoCdl.oPuItCiKer,SAMAK 11:1121,l535KeJlentniiefeDruIoHgeaang.yE,KSSPCART
betweennowandAtlanta,"saidDaigneault. "Itw;is2 1:09,98LisaFlood.PDSA 1:11,37ChristinPetelski.lS 1:11,68RileyManfs.MANTA
6 SWIM CANADA/APRIL 1996
—
PERSONALITY
JOANNE MALAR
LEARNING TO SAY NO
HOPING TO SAY YES
Karin Helmstaedt
WhenJoanneMalarwas12yearsold,shecrackedopen
aChinesefortunecookie.Thesmallslipofpaperinside
read:Yournamewillbefamousoneday.
Now,at20,sheremembersthatdaywithasmile
asshegivesherumpteenthinterviewofthemeetatthe
Montreal OlympicTrials. Eversince last September,
herphonehasbeenringingoffthehook.
Afterall, beingthird in theworld getspeople's
attention. From corporate sponsors to community
organizations in herhometown ofHamilton, every- Lotsto cheerabout afterthe only record swim ofthe Trials
bodywantsapieceofCanada'sbrightestwaterbaby.In
addition to her.swimmingtalent and achievemenLs, beenawhilesinceCanadahadthatkindofall-round
her natural good looks and sunny disposition have talent.
themcallingbythedozens. SheandcoachGayeStraitenhaveyettodecideon
"It'sanamazingfeelingwhenpeopleknowwho her final Olympic program. "We're going to really
youareandwantyou,"saysJoanne,"andIlovetodo lookatthescheduleandseewhat'sbestfortheIMs,"
thingsforthecommunity.Butwheneveryonewantsa she says. She swairi fly and backstroke in Montreal
little bit ofyou, it tires you out. In September and because"themoreoptionsyouhaveattheOlympics,
OctoberIwasjustdrainedbecauseIhadbeenrunning the moreyou have tochoosefrom. It's luuchbetter
aroundeverydaydoingthingsotherthanswimming thannothavingachoiceatall."
and Iwasgoingtoschoolfulltime." Joannehascomealongwaysince1992,whenshe
Alongtalkwithhercoachputthingsbackinto hadonlyoneevent(400IM)toswiminBarcelona.And
perspective. In an Olympic year,Joanne could not sheshowsagreatdealofmaturityandintelligencein
iiffordtospreadherselftoothin.Thatmeantsigning herapproachtotheOlympics.Where;Ls|)reviousyoung
up with an agenq (IGM) and cutting her public Canadianstarshavebeenbuiltupasgol—dmedalhopes
involvement down to a minimum so she could beforetheyknewwhattheywereinfor thecasesof
concentateonhertraining. ElaineTannerandAllison Higsoncometomind
"Ihadtothinkofwhat'sbestformebecausethe Joanne h:Ls the realism and the faith in herself to
reason peoplewant you in the firstplace is because temperalltheoutsidepressure.
you'reswimmingwell. Ifyoudon'tswimwellyou're "Ithinkpeopleareunderstandingthatit'safeat
not going to have those opportunities. This year I initselftomaketheOlympics,"shesays. "Amedalis
learnedtosayno,butIlovesayingyes.Hopefullynext mydreamandeveryonehopesI'll achievethat,butI
year1cansayyesmoreoften." thinkpeopleunderstandthatI'mgoingtogivemybest
Joanne'simpressivelistofsponsorsincludesMet- andthatwillbegoodenough."
ropolitan LifeandKellogg's. "I'mgoingtobeonthe "InsteadofsayingI'mgoinglogetamedallw;uit
SpecialKbox,"shelaughs.Sheisfeaturedinatelevi- togooutandgivemy100percent,andthatmightbe
sion adforSalon Selectives and has recentlysigned good enough to get a medal, it might not, liut no
withSpeedo. matterwhatplaceIcomeit'snotgoingtochangehow
She enjoys the recognition and allenlioii but 1 vepreparedandalltheworkI'veputintoit.IfIcome
admitsthat "it'salottodeal with atthesametime firetorlastI'llbeproudofthep;ustyeai^sofmylife,and
duringsuchanemotionalyear." thepeoplewhocareaboutmewillfeelthesameway."
Sofarshehasmanaged ilallsuccessfully how- JoanneadiuiLsthatsh—ehasbeenfortunatetohave
ever, and herperfomiance at the Olympic Trials in awitmingsupportsystein agreatcoach,awonder-
Montrealleftnodoubtastoherversatilityandtough- ful family, andaterrificteam andtrainingenviron-
ness.Joanne.swam Soutof6daysandwalkedaway ment. Theyhave allowed hertoconcentrateon and
with 4 gold medals and S potential events for the swimfortheonewhocoiinLsthemost: "Me, myself,
Undisputed star of the sport MarcoChiesa
Olympics(2()()/400IM,200fr,200bk,4x2001'K), It's an(ll."iJ
SWIM CANADA/APRIL 1996
1
WOMEN'S RELAY QUAUHES
FIRSTSIXWOMENNAMEDTOTEAM
KarinHelnistaedt
WithCurtisAlyden'sspot in themen's400IMsewn
up,onlyonespotremainedtobehadontheOlympic
team.AlleyeswereonOwenVonRichter,whohad
recovered from his difficulties ofthe day before to
claimlane4forthefinal.CaseyBarrettofthePacific
DolphinsledaltertheflylegbutvonRichtertookthe
leadinthebackstroke.Heheldthatleadfortherestof
theracebutwasunabletocracktheFINAstandardof
4:22.10,touchingin4:23.94. Casey Barrett, PDSA, second in the400 1.M., won the 200 fly MarcoChiesa
"Yesterday I secondandmadetheFINAstandard,hittingthewall
felthkeIwasgoing in2:01.36.MarianneLimpert,usuallyafactorinthis
to pass out, but I race,lookedstrongfor125metresbuthadtroubleon
thinkIjustneeded the last 75. Asurprise second place finish went to
togetthatfirstswim StephanieRichardsonofNorthYork(2:02.36),while
outoftheway,"he Sophie Simard ofLaval (2:02.76) and 15-year-old
said afterward. Jessica Deglau (2:03.05) were tliird and fourth re-
"I'm a little upset spectively.Thehappyscenariointhiseventwastliat
that I missed the thetimesofthefirstsixwomenwerefastenoughto
team, but I think make thecombinedqualihingtimeforAtlanta. In
ve come a long additiontothefirstfour,fifthplaceMarianneLimpert
OnlyaprovisionalspotforRobertBraknis, COBRA,winner100freeand100back way. There are andsixthplaceAndreaSchwartzofReginaqualified
MarcoChiesa somemoremeets, asalternates.
andthereisalong Men'sfreest\1edidnotgetbetterastliemeetwent
.S MEDALLISTS ridRecord waytogo. I'mnot on and the 100 onlyconfimied what tlie 200 had
MEN400INOIVIOUALMEOLEY givingupyet." shown the night before: Canada'sbest are just not
972 4:49-85DavidBfumwell.KSC 4:51,24PeterHarrower.PCSC 4:5251GeottBrown.OAK "I think this good enough. After posting a 50.87 in the heats,
997860 44::23509256AGlieaxhaBmauSmmaintnh..TLBUTSC 44-:3310,1079AClnaduysRBirtecdhsicef.iTnBeTidei.ETOB 44::3321,,6213BCiallmSaRwecihdu.kC.DTSBCT hasbeenabigvic- Stephen Clarke was upstaged by teammate Robert
998848 4':42:51.735731J1onAlKeexlBlya.uVmIaCnOn.LUSC 44::2276,6159PMeitkeerMDeolbsdornu.mE.SUCCSC 44,3280,2584DReakyemoBnotdslBoriodw.nE.SECPS tory for him," Brakniswhowonin51.l6,wellofftheCOAst;indaiid
983 4:23.85MikeMeldrum.UCSC 4:2579RaymondBrown.EPS 4:2763KyleSeeback.EPS added his coach of 50.78. Adisappointed Clarke finished second in
992 4:2045CurtisMyden.UCSC 4:2483StephenBaird.GO 4:25,23KyleSeeback.NYAC
996 42394OwenVonRichter.ETOB 4:26,19CaseyBarrett.PDSA 4:27,39JonathanMcLeod.UNAH Cliff Barry. "The 51.38, while Craig Hutchison of Pointe Claire was
WOMEN 200FREESTYLE
972 210.12MaryBRondeau.CDSC 2:13,36MerrilyStratten.EMAC 2:13,71LeslieClill.CDSC whole year has thirdin51.62.Toqualif\-arelayfor.\tlantathetop
997860 22::0022,.6033WGaeinldAymuQnudifrku.dE.KCSDCSC 22::0034,,3175AAnnnneeJJaarrddiinn..PPCCSSCC 22::0054,,0323DCaerboblieKlCilmapiekle..TSBSTAC been such a fi- four men would have had to average a time of
984 2:02.93JaneKerr.ESC 2:0296JulieDaigneaull.PCSC 2:0314CherylMcArton.ESC asco." 50.51...anunfortunaterealit)'indeed.
988 2:01.54JaneKerr.EPS 2:02,12PatriciaNoall.CNMN 20307ChrisHashimoto.NYAC
988 2:00.61PatriciaNoall.CNMN 2:03.30KathyBald.NYAC 2:0331JaneKerr.EPS Barrett fin- The women's 100 backstroke was also disap-
999926 22::0013,,1376JPoeatnrnineaMLaeslsaarr.dH.WPACCSC 22::0032,,7376JSoteapnhnaeniCeurRriachh.aLrAdCson.NYAC 22::0042,1726ASnodprheiaeSPiampaarmda.nUdLjaris.UNATT ished second in pointingwith no Olympic qualifiers. Ha\ingmade I
MENIOOFREESniE 4:26.19. theteaminthefreestylerelaythenightbefore.Cana-
972 0:53,51BrianPtiillips.CardSC 0:53,59BruceRobertson.CDSC 0:5401BobKasting.LASC
976 0:5187SteptienPickell,CDSC 0:53,19BruceRobertson.CDSC 0:53,31GaryMacDonald.CDSC In the wom- dian record-holderJulie Howard of Brantford had
998804 00::5511,,6520GBlraairhaHmIcWkeeln.bUoTuSmC.CDSC 00:.5511,,6957PDeatveerCShzumricdhti.lElK.SUCTSC 00:5521,1967ABillelxSBaawuchmuakn.nT.BLTUSC en's 200 freestyle, obviouslylostabitofherconcentration.Sheledtlie
988 0:51,45VlastimilCerny,NYAC 0:5158DarrenWard.UCSC 051,74SandyGoss.NYAC JoanneMalaronce fieldbyahairandjustmanagedtotouchoutChris
988 0:50,50SandyGoss.NYAC 0:51,13VlastimilCerny.NYAC 051,21StevenVanderMeulen.UCSC
992 0:5123SteptienClarke.COBRA 0:5159StevenVanderMeulen,UCSC 051,59FrankSamel,PEPSI again got in there Natywan'ofEtobicoke.Howard's1:04.34waswelloff
W9O9M6EN0:15010iB6APC-KfS-TRB'OaKkEnis.COBRA 0:51,38StephenClarke.COBRA 0:51.62CraigHutchison.PCSC to win. Touching herbestand2/100ofasecondofftheCOAstandand.
997726 r1:o0t4.-8,8:Wendy1,{Gjouorkr).HCoDgSgC.CDSC 0046,9912WCheenrdylyGCiobosko.nC.DCSDCSC ::0058,3636KNaatnhcyyRGaafrlearpyi.cDkor.vHaTlACSC first at the 100 Shewill nodoubtbebetterpreparedforoneoftlie
998804 11::0044..1215RDeeenmyasAebSdeon.eTcrheanll.oCnAMO 0045,,5192JMeincnhietlelreBMoauclPihaenrnseo.PnC.SECSC :0054,,3640CPhaesrcyalleGCihbosgonu.eEtT.OCBNB mark (59.2), she upcoming"secondch;uice"meetsinPhoenix.Van-
988 1:03.84LoriMelien,AAC 0426ManonSimard.SAMAK :04,54NancyGribben.EPS heldofftherestof couver,andCharlotte,NC.Natywaryfinishedsecond
988 1:04,21Anne-M.Andercen,EPS 0429LoriMelien.AAC :0432AnneBarnes.VICO
992 1:03.29JulieHoward.BRANT 03,69NikkiDryden.lS :04,10LoriMelien.UCSC the field bv a full in 1:04.36.
996 1:04,34JulieHoward.BRANT :04,36ChristineNatywary.ETOB 04,55CynthiaGraton.UL
8 SWIM CANADA/APRIL 1996
DAY 3, APRIL 1
BARRETT QUALIFIES IN FLY
|
TWO QUALIFY WOMEN'S BREAST
ll\l
Karin Helmstaedt
Bythebeginningofthethirdnightonlythreemen
werelistedontheMaritimeLifebanner,oneofwhom
hadprequalified. Fortunately, thingswere aboutto
pickup.
Thefirsttrulyexcitingraceinthemen'scompe-
titionwasthe200butterfly.RobMcFarlaneofCalgary
wentintothefinalinfirstplaceandmanagedtohold
ontothatspotuntilthehalfwaymark.Aftertouching
in 57.31, he started to lose ground to 21 year-old
CaseyBarrett.Canadianbombutlivingandtraining
attheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,Barrettswims
forthePacificDolphinswhenonCanadiansoil. He
camebackstrongly to challenge McFarlane in the
second 100 and touchedfirst in 1;59-91, underthe Christin Petelski, IS, embraced by Lisa Flood, PDSA, after 200 breast wi
FINA standard of 2:00.65. McFarlane was next in
2:01.19, and Eddie Parenti, alsoswimmingforthe
Dolphins, was third in 2:01.30. While he looked 2:29.51.Theperfomiancecatapultedhertoseventh Johnston of Brock stole third place from Creed in
strongatthe100(57.58) PhilipWeisswasoffhisbest in the wodd in the rankings, while Mants' second 3:58.98.Toputtheswimintoahistoricalperspective,
andfinishedfourthin2:,01.7. placetimeof2:29.85 ranksherninth in theworid. thewinningtimewouldhavetiedforthirdatthe1980
Thewomen's400freestylewasavisuallyexciting Both women were well under the FINA standard. OlympicTrials.
race,butitwasclearearlyonthattheFINAstandard Veteran Lisa Flood
andtheneven theCOAstandardwereoutofreach. wasrelegatedtothird 1972-96 TRIALS MEDALLISTS
inthisevent,hertime *=WorldRecord
AchnadlrleeangSecdhwalalrtthzewtaooykbyitDoauntieflrleomKetnhneesdtyarotfaCanldgawr^yi.s of 2:31.99 also un- M19E7N220020B8U9T7TEByRiFoLnYMacDonald.unatt 2:09,60GrahamTysick.unatt 2:0992RonJacks,unatt
Kennedytouchedaheadbyafractionatthe300mark derthe FINAcutoff. 11997860 22::0004.,9426GGeeoorrggeeNNaaggyy..ECKDSSCC 22::00150228KDeovuignMAaurgteirn..GCMOASCC 22::0015,,5803BBirlulcSeaRwocgheurksJ.BETMAC
butwasbeatentothewallbythepersistentSchwarz. Guylaine Cloutier 1984 1:5872TomPonling.UCSC 2:01,31PeterWard.ESC 2:01,52LeventeMady.UCSC
Hertimeof4:18.31wastheslowestwinning400time did not compete in 11::5589,1340TToommPPoonnlliinngg,.UUCCSSCC 22::00119253JJoonnKKeellllyy,,VVIICCOO 22::0021,7883PKeytleerSWeaerbadc.kN.YEAPCS
atanOlympicTrialssince1976,anot-so-subtlehint the event due to an 11999926 11:55999910TCaosmeyPoBnatrirnegf.tUPCDSSCA 22::0011,,3179ERdodbieMcPFaarernllain.eG.OUCSC 22::0011,,6300JEoddniKeelPlayr.elnSti.PDSA
thatTwhoememne'ns'sfre1e0s0tyblaechkasstrsoekeensbaetwtyeertdaaynso.thersur- injur\T'.he 400 free- W1199O77M26EN444,31096068F31RWMEeaEnrSdyTyBYRQLouEnidrke.aPuC,SCCDSC 4414909513AnSnh-aMn,noMncCSamliltrhe.yH,YFASCCK 44:42117196WKaernednyLLeeGree.sRlOeDy.USAC
prise win by Robert Braknis, who edged out Chris style was Mike 44::1156,3587JWuelniedyDaQiuginreka.uElKtS.CPCSC 4:21170129ADnonnenaJaMrcdGiinn.nPiCsS,CEKSC 44::1271,9886LNeasllaihelBireaGliineglrd.aEsT.OPBCSC
Renaud to earn aprovisional spoton the Olympic McWha's chance to 44:11352480PPaattrriicciiaaNNooaallll.C.NCINVMINN 1157,9816DDeebbbbiieeWWuurrzzbbuurrggeeri..LLAYCAC 44::11887724NMaengcaynLHoovlrliindiacy..CLDASCC
teamwithhistimeof56.66.Renaudwasmysteriously come back after a 1992 41622Nikl(iDrydenJS 1769ChristineJellrey,G(ylAC 4:19,43JoanneCurrah.LAC
off the mark and his second place finish (56.95), disappointing 200. M19E9N61004:B18A3C1KASnTdRreOaKESchwarz.ROD 18,65DanielleKennedy.UCSC 4:20,28CindyBertelink.COBRA
while under the COA standard of 56.98, was not The Windsor swim- 11997726 01-05073828CSltaeyphEevnanPs.ircjknaetlItCDSC 01::5090,5484MIainkeMaSccKaerntzhiJeP.SCCDSC 01::5090,7527ESrtiekveFiHsah.rudnyat.tHYACK
enough to gethim onto theteam. ForBraknis, the mercame from be- 11998840 00::55767762WMaidkeeFWleesmto,nRsO,WCDSC 00::5577,1810SStaenpdhyenGoPsisc.keNlYIA.CETDB 00:55783345BSreuacneMBuerrpgheyr..EHSYCACK
thrillofmakingtheteamismarredbyworry;hisspot hindtobattleleader 0:55,22SeanMurphy.EPS 0:5558MarkTewksbury.UCSC 0:57,65SandyGoss.NYAC
Owen von Richter 0-5647MarkTewksbury.UCSC 0:56,60SeanMuiphy.EPS 0:5785DekeBotsford.LUSC
remains precarious and anyone making the FINA nsr,-HM.vkl-i',V,l'iiiv,UCSC 0:56,94RaymondBrown,UNATT 0:57,12DekeBotslord,NYAC
standard (beforehedoes) atoneofthethreemeets and second placed WriO»M,EN.2r,00MBRi-E,AI,STSTROK,Ei:nBRA 0:5695ChrisRenaud.UCSC 0:5690RaymondBrown.NYAC
thisspringcould bump him offthe team, just like BrettCreedofthePa- 19/2 24670MarianStuarLPCSC 2:5050JaneWrighl.OAK 2:51,50RoseMPepe.CDSC
1976 2:36,74JoannBaker.TBT 2:40,14UsaBorsholt.CDSC 2:41,04MelanieMcKay.OAK
that.RayBrownofNorthYorkfinishedaclosethird cificDolpiiins.Atthe 1980 2:37.33PaulaKelly.NAAC 2:39,15LisaBorsholt.CDSC 2:39.34SheilaDezeeuw.HWAC
375 mark, the top 1984 2:3481MaryLubawski.ESC 2:3528CindyOunpuu.ESC 2:3561DominiqueRoussy.SELCT
in56.99- 2:27,27AllisonHigson.EPS 2:32,70GuylaineCloutier.SAMAK 2:34,00KeltieDuggan.EKSC
The highlight of the evening came when two spotw;ushis,buthis 2:31,90AllisonHigson,EPS 2:3570ValleryHyduk.SCAR 2:36,19GuylaineCloutier.SAMAK
morespotson thewomen'steamwerefilled—with time of3:57.04 was 11999926 22::2299,,5914GChuryilsatiinnePCelloeullsikeirJ.SELITE 22::2392,5835NRialteayliMeaGnilgsu.erMeA.NSTEALCT 22::3313,2959LLiissaaFFlloooodd..PPIDCSKA
well off the COA MEN400FREESTYLE
newcomers.Afterastrongfinish inthe 100twodays 1972 4:10,40RalphHulton.SYB 41404BruceRobertson.CDSC 41430RonJacks.unatI
earlier, Christin Petelski and Riley ManLswent for standardof3:55.70. 1976 4•:30:150,6429StPeetpehrenSzBmaiddgIe.rE.KCSaCrdSC 43::5062,,3345ABillelxSBawacutmiaunkn.T.BLTUSC 43::05470746TRoobmBAalyelxiasn.dCeDrS.CTBT
brokeinthe200breasLstroke.Mantshadagreatstart VonRichlerw;issec- 35770PelerSzmidI.EKSC 3:56,30DavidShemilt.BROCK 4:0018BenoilClement,WVAL
andpushedPetelskialltheway,butPetelskihadthe ond in 3:58.09, and 33::5535,5602TTuurflloouugghhO0''HHaarree.,CCDDSSCC 33::5536,,6352GGaarryyVVaannddeerrMMeeuulleenn..UUCCSSCC 33::5547,,5282CChhrriissBBoowwiiee..CCDDSSCC
better reach and won in a personal bcsl lime of l6-year-()ld Mark 11999962 33::5547,,7034TMuitclhaoeulghMOc'WHhaare..WPAOCSA 33::5558,-9079OChwreinsBVoowniRei.chEtKeSr.CETOB 33:55869080EMdadrikeJPoahrnesnlloin.G.OBROCK
9
faster." The times:
DAY 4, MARCH 2 Malar, 2:15.49:
Limpert, 2:15.75;
EVANETZ AND AMEY
Sweetnam,2:16.82.
Along with the
QUAUFY IN 100 HY
bre;isLstrokes,wom-
Kiirin llelnisUiedt en'sIMisstilloneof
Canada's strongest
OntheFourthnightthealreadylimpingmen'sprogram disciplines.
suffered another shock whenJon Cleveland failed to It was a bad
maketheOlympicteaminthe200breaststroke.Eight night for Stephen
yeai-sagoatthe1988Trials,Clevelandbeatthedefend- Clarkeashemissed
ingOlympicch;uiipionVictorDavisinthesamepoolto the team yet again
makehisfirstOlympicteam.Thistimehejustmanaged inthe100butterfly.
toholdarevvedup.AndrewChanatba\'withhistimeof Whatmadeitworee
2:17.48. Chan's fluid stroke showed promise :is he wasthefactthathe
finishedsecondin2:18.04.Inordertoswimtheeventin had more than
Atlanta,ClevelandwillhavetoequalorbettertheFINA made the FINA
standard of 2:15.59 at one of the designated meets standardof54.59in
beforeJune l6. themorning,buthis
Happily, thewomen's 200 IMw;ls once again a heat time of 54.47
tightracetothefinish, andJoanne Malarwowedthe wiis null and void
crowdwithherthirdwin,addingafourtheventontoher when the final w;is
agendaforAtlanta.BothMarianneLimpertandNancy over. Eddie Parenti
Sweetuiimpushedher,takingtheflylegoutinunder30 got it together and
seconds,withSweetnamverycompetitiveinthebreast- overtook Clarke to
stroke, but Malar'sfreestylewas not to be beaten. All earnhissecondOl-
threewomenwereundertheFINAstandard,andLimpert, ympicberthwith a
the record holder in this event, finally clinched an time of 54.5.3.
individual spoton theteam. "This is theevent I was Clarke, who had
focussingon,"shesaid."It'shardtoswimthe 100and beenfavouredtowin Emotional momentasAmey embraces Evanetz MarcoChiesa
200freefiretjustbecausetheyarenotmymainevents. thisevent,wassec-
I'mgladIqualifiedbutIwouldhavelikedtobeabit ondin54.67,fractionsofasecondawayfromaticketto inthefinal.Thenatlastsummer'sPanPacificCham-
Atlanta.Hewasob- pionshipsshemissedtheprequalif\ingstandardby3/
1972-96 TRIALS MEDALLISTS viously dev:istated 100. This timeshewasdeadonthemarkof 1:01.69,
:WorldRecord ' and, although he albeitrelegatedtosecondplace.Afteradisappointing
MEN200BREASTSTROKE will no doubt tiy 200freest\le,SaraliEvanetzofthePacificDolphinshad
11997726 22.22187163GBirllahMaamhoSnmyil.hC.DTSBCT 22::32057942RDoabveertHeSitnodbduacrht..GSDCSYC 22::3227,5293AMnidkyeRiWthcihtikea,erT.BSTYB again at one or a great race and came through towin the event in
11998840 2"22:0149258GVriachtoarmDSamviiths..uRnOaWtt 22::2220,6634MKeanrcFoitVzepialtlriecukx..LCYAAMGO 2222026766KMeanrcFoitVzepialtlreiucxk..GTDOSMCAG moreofthesecond- 1:01.18,apersonalbest.Bothwomenwereecstaticafter
2:1600JonClevelantl,UCSC 2:1609CameronGranI.EKSC 2:16,21VictorDavis.PGSG chance meets, the therace,withMm\jumpingoutoftliepooltohugher
2:16,63JonCleveland.UCSC 2:1945MarcoCavazzoni.NYAG 2:21,03RobGhernolt.UCSG
1992 2:13.97JonCleveland.UGSG 2:1555MichaelMason.PEPSI 2:17,47RobFox.EKSC tightschedule(and coach, Deryk Snelling. The jubilantAmey, a pro at
W19O9M6EN22:10704I8NJDonIGVlIeDvUeAlLanM(El,DULCESYC 2:18,04AndrewChan.ETOB 2:1885MichaelMason.ETOB thisistheworryfor "cuttingitclose,"hadshavedherheadafterabetwith
1972 2-2577LeslieClift.GDSC 2:29.36MarthaNelson.GDSC 2-30,87KarenJames.GDSG allthoseinthispo- teammateMarkVei"sfeld. "llostmyhairthis;iftemoon,
1976 2:2064BeckySmith.TBT 2:21,72NancyGarapick.HTAC 2:23,51JoannBaker.TBT
1980 2:2011NancyGarapick.HTAC 2:20,31MichelleCoulombe.SELCT 2:2085GherylGibson.ETOB sition) may leave soIfigured,okay,I'vegotnothinglefttolose...goforit
22::11765819AMlilcihseolnleHiMgascoPnh.eErPsSon.ESC 22::2108,3476AKlairisnonHDelomzszloa.eNdYtA.CNYAC 22::1290,9946JCeanrnoiltienreGTaemspkbeeyl.lT.OLMUASGC him with precious now!"shelaughed."I'mreally,reallvgladImadeif
1992 2211576145AlMlairisaonnnHeigLsiomnp.eErPlS.NYAG 22::1158,7059NNaannccyySSwweeeettnnaamm..LLLLSSCC 22,:1270,6942JKoatahnyneBaMladl.aNrY.AHGWAG little rest for the Evanetz\v;lsallsmiles."Ithasn'tquitehitmeyet,"she
1996 21549JoanneMalar.HWAC 2:15,75MarianneLimpert.FAST 2:16,82NancySv»eetnam,LLSG mainevent. said.SheechoedAmey'stlioughtsontliedifficultna-
MEN100BUHERFLY
1972 0:5665BruceRobertson.CDSC 0:5680ByronMacDonald.unatt 0:57,84BobKasting.LASG Jessica Amey tureofanOlympicTrialssituation."Itliinkthatthere's
11998706 00::5555,,5388BDraunceThRoombpesrotnso.nE.TGODBSG 00::5565,5196SBitlelpShaewnchPiuckk.eTlBlT.GDSG 00::55566737CGleaoyrgEevaNnas.guyn.aEtKtSG understands that alotmorepressureonactualh'makingdiete:unattlie
1984 0:54.34TonnPonting.UCSC 0:54,91DaveGhurchill.UTSG 0:55.49PeterWard.ESG kindofheartbreak. Trials than there is at the Gamestliemseh'es. That's
1988 0:53.77TomPonting.UCSG 0:5474VlastimilGerny.NYAG 0:55.68PeterWard.NYAG
1988 0:53.92VlastimilGerny.NYAG 0:54,10TomPonting.UGSG 0:55,64ScottIsaac.UGSG At the 1992 Olym- whenI'mmostnen-ous(attheTrials)andIthinkonce
1992 0:54,17MarcelGery.NYAC 0:54,30TomPonting.UGSG 0:54,78DarrenWard.UGSG
1996 0:5453EdriieParenti.PDSA 0:54.67StephenGlarke.GOBRA 0:55.09ShamekPietucha.EKSG pic Trials, the IgettoAtlantait'sjustgoingtobefun.I'msureI'lldo
WOMEN100BUHERFLY Calgary swimmer anotherbesttime—hopefullyunder a minute. Tliat
1972 105,95LeslieClilf.GDSG 1:07.53MarilynCorson.unatI 1:08.84SusanSmilh.SSSG
1976 1:02,41SusanSloan.CDSC 1:02-83WendyOuirk.PGSC 1:03,25AnneJardin.PGSG madethestandard wouldbegreat."
1:02.21WendyQuirk.EKSC 1:02,76AnneJardin.PGSG 1:03,35SusanSloan.ETOB
1:01,63MichelleMacPherson.ESC 10223MarieMoore.DGSG l:02,74JillHorstead,ESC in the lieaLs ofthe ShonaKiLsonofWindsor,wlioledtlieracetotlie75
11::0011,,7850JAannnee-KMe,rrT.hEePrSrien,SAMAK 11:0012,5814AJanndereKaerNru.gEePnSt.UCSG 11::0022,,6850DDeebbbbiieeGGaauuddiinn..EEKKSSGG 100fly,onlytomiss mark,finishedinfourthplace(1:02.17)behind,\ndrea
1992 1:01.54KristinTopham.PEPSI 1:01.96JessicaAmey.UGSG 1:02.67SarahEvanelz.PDSA the markbv6/100 Schwartz(1:01.98).
1996 1:01.18SatahEvanetz,PDSA 1:01,69JessicaAmey.UGSG 1:01,98AndreaSchwarz,ROD
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