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>ABLO MORALES—LORD OF THE FLOW GERMAN NATIONALS V AQUASPORT BRAMPmMi IN 2 Dana Court Brampton, Ontario L6T 1M6 458-8788 800 567-6660 (905) |g 1 M IPO /995 COLLECTION l Water Strokes ilue-4, green-3, purple-5, red-6 FEMALE SUPER PRO BACK lea Sizes: 22-40. Value up to $76 MALE ^7.95 ea Sizes: 22-38. Value up to $39 r•Smiledtimeonly.Allapplicabletaxesandshippingchargesareextra. SWIMMERS DELUXE BACKPACK FOR TEAMS NEW HOT and in your team color! Red, navy, black, forestgreen, royal,purple orburgundy MarianneLimpert CurtisMyden Including a 1 color print 1996Olympic 1996Olympic of your team logo SilverMedalist DolbleBronzeMedalist 12 bags: $58.95ea 24 bags: $53.95ea 36 bags: $48.95ea START PREPARING FOR THE NEW SEASON NOV/ IS THE PERFECT TIME TO Itf&UIRE ABOUT OUR EARLY BIRDS SPECIALS mo our FREE OFFERS for team orders' SPEEDO' Leader Summer hours MSailmudradiy-Friday 10am - 7pmm Come visit Debbie & Drew Patterson now serving the Ontario area SWIMNEWS CONTENTS JULY 1997 N.J.Thierry, Editor&Publisher CONSECUTIVE NUMBER 230 VOLUME 24, NUMBER7 MarcoChiesa, BusinessManager FEATURES KarinHelmstaedt, InternationalEditor AnitaSmale, CopyEditor 6 Youth Championships SevenYouthRecordsBettered. BrianJohnsBetters200FreeNAGRecordSet 14YearsAgo FeatureWriters CecilColwin,Ottawa 9 WCSA Conference George Block KatharineDunn,Halifax RussEwald,Sunland,USA Financial RewardsProposedforMajorCompetitions Neil Harvey,Victoria 10 Colwin on Coaching Cecil M. Colwin AnitaLonsbrough,England — PatriciaYoung,HongKong PabloMorales LordoftheFlow GeorgeBlock,SanAntonio,USA 14 German Nationals Karin Helmstaedt PaulQuinlan,Australia GeneralLaginPerformances InternationalStatisticalSupportGroup: JorgeAguado,Argentina 16 The German Scandal Karin Helmstaedt AronneAnghileri, Italy DopingintheFormerGDR.Coaches,SportDoctors,andBureaucratstobeCharged RumenAtanasov,Bulgaria ChakerBelhadj,Tunisia 17 Mare Nostrum Karin Helmstaedt SzabolcsFodor,Hungary GerdHeydn,Germany ClaudiaPollTakingOverFreestyleSupremacy FranckJensen, Denmark 22 Personality: AmandaBeard Russ Ewald BerthJohansson,Sweden MayleneTurner,SouthAfrica "IKnewThatHereWasASpecialSwimmer,"coachDavidSalo MichelSalles,France 24 Poster:JennyThompson Marco Chiesa JuanAntonioSierra,Spain FratisekStochl, CzechRepublic 26 Poolside: Marianne Limpert Karin Helmstaedt ThrasosTezapsidis,Greece NelsonVargas, Mexico NowSeemstobetheTimetoConcentrateonSwimming JanuszWasko, Poland 27 Canadian Prospect: Garrett Pulle Karin Helmstaedt SumireWatanabe,Japan MarioC.Xavier,Brazil TheBiggertheMeet,TheBetterIThinkI'dDo 29 Profile: Helen Don-Duncan AnitaLonsbrough ComputerprogramsforTAG,WorldRankings developedbyEveryWareDevelopmentCorporation. WillNotDefendEuropeanTitle SWIMNEWSestablishedin 1974 BritishSpeedoGrandPrixFinal,ScottishChampionships,GoodNewsforRolph Publishedtentimesyearly(JanuarytoOctober) 30 Flashback: CanadaGames Katharine Dunn © Contentscopyright Noportionofthismagazinemaybe reprintedwithoutpermissionofthepublisher. ItWastheBestofTimes, ItWastheWorstofTimes 33 Mental Skills Dr.John M. Hogg Thefollowingnames:SWIM, TAG, TOPand Making Waveszkregisteredtrademarksandtheirunauthorizeduse EnhancingMyPerformanceThrough Imagery isstrictlyprohibited. Allrightsreserved. 37 Pan Pacific 25KTrials Linda Kiefer Subscriptionrates: Canada$30yearly TheMostExcitingFinish Ever Inguireaboutbulkdiscountstoclubteams. Foreign(airmailed)$50US UnitedStates$35US Singleissues$4.00 Paymentsbycheque,bankmoneyordersandVISA VISApaymentsrequirecardnumberandexpirydate Allsubscriptionsinclude7%FederalGST InternationalStandardSerialNumber ISSN1209-5966 PublicationsMail Registrationno.3534 DEPARTMENTS GatewayPostal Facility,Mississauga. EditorialOffices: SWIMNEWS, 4 Calendar, RecordSetters 34 Backwash 356SumachSt.,Toronto,Ontario AboutThisIssue 38 World Rankings M4X1V4,CANADA IX TOP (TinyOlympicProspects) 40-45 TAG (TopAgeGroupTimes) Tel:(416h)t9t6p3:-/5/5s99wiFmanx:ew(4s1.6c)o9m63-5545 31 CanadaGamesWinners 1%') ')i 46 MakingWaves SWIMNEWS/JULY 1997 3 ABOUT THIS ISSUE CANADIAN CALENDAR INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR Siik HiiiTn July July I 25-27 EasternCup,Sudbury 17-20 AustralianSCChampionships,Melbourne JuniorNationals,Vancouver BritishASANationals,London,CrystalPalace It w.lmi t quite war ami pestilence. But it was 14-24 MaccabiahGames,RamatCan,ISR illnessand>quinvls. $1-3 SummerNationals,Edmonton 26-1 USNationals,Nashville,TN MarcoChiesuami1 gotthesummerflu,which 12-15 CanadaGames,Brandon August putusoutofcommission torthe ListweekofJune. October 31-3 EuropeanJuniorChampionships,Glasgow 18-19 PickeringSprints 4-9 BritishASANationalAgeGroups,Coventry Squirrelschewedthroughourphonecables,which November 5-9 SpeedoUSJuniorChampionships, putthetaxandinternethill'soutofserviceforabout 29-30 CanadianOpen,Toronto West-Clovis,CA fourdaw. ThisdelayedourJulyissuebyaweek. December Southeast-NewOrleans.LA Marco Chiesa covered the Youth Champion- 12-14 ChristmasClassic,Pickering Northeast-Oxford,OH shipsinRegina,andtookhundredsofpictures.Itwas 10-13 PanPacificChampionships,Fukuoka.JPN 19-24 EuropeanChampionships,Sevilla,ESP .. (• ilmeet >vithsevenmeetrecords.Thecover was February 22-24 AsiaPacificAgeGroupChamps.,Taiwan clinchedbyMorgan Knabe.EKSC,whobetteredthe 7-8 PickeringSprint 20-31 Universiade,SicilyJTA Youthmeetrecordinthe100breastandthenwonthe 20-22 JuniorNationals,Trois-Rivieres September JanetEvansInternationalinearlyJulyinLosAngeles JuniorNationals,Calgary 5-14 CentralAmericanGames,Tegucigalpa,HON with a 1:0.3.-R bettering the National Age Group 20-22 CIAUChampionships,Sherbrooke Sept/Oct VIIISouthAsianGames,Khatmandu,Nepal March October record.Ahotprospectindeed. 12-15 CanadianSpringNationals(50m),Winnipeg 11-19 SouthEastAsianGames,Jakarta,INA GeorgeBlock,presidentoftheAmericanSwim- May 14-19 AustralianWorldTrials,Brisbane mingCoachesAssociation,outlinesapossiblesolu- 22-24 MelZajacjrInternational,Vancouver November tionfordrugusebylinkingfinancial rewardswith 28-31 Youth&SWADChampionships,Sherhrooke 14-16 BritishSCGrandPrix August BolivarianGames,Arequipa,PER systematictesting. 30-2 JuniorNationals,Edmonton December CecilColwininterviewedformerbutterflyworld 6-9 MaritimeLifeNationals,Toronto 5-7 USSOpen,Indianapolis,IN recordholderandOlympicchampionPabloMorales November 11-14 BritishSCChampionships,Sheffield onthesecretsofhistechnique. 28-29 CanadianOpen KarinHelmstaedttravelledtoGermanyandgot 1998 1999 January insidethebuildingwheretheformerStasiArchives February 8-18 WorldChampionships,Perth \M?rekept.Sheeventookphotosofthisextraordinary 19-21 JuniorNationals-SaintJohn,NB 2ndPacificOceanGames,Santiago,CHI remnantofthecoldwar. ShecoveredtheGerman JuniorNationals-Regina 16-18 BritishLCGrandPrix Nationals and explains in a related article what March 21-22 WorldCup1,Sydney mightbeinstoreforthoseresponsiblefortheGDR's 18-21 SpringNationals(50m),Montreal February statesponsoreddruguseinsport. May 20-22 BritishLCGrandPrix KarinattendedtheMareNostrumseriesinlate 21-23 MelZajacjr.International,Vancouver 21-22 WorldCup2,HongKong 27-30 YouthChampionships/SWADNationals,Victoria 25-26 WorldCup3,Beijing May in thesouth ofFrancewhereshe interviewed July March Marianne Limpert. Upon her return to Canada in 29-1 JuniorNationals,TBA 27-1 VISouthAmericanGames,Cuenca,ECU June,shealsotalkedwithGarretPulleandhiscoach August 7-8 WorldCup4,RiodeJaneiro PaulMeronen. 29-1 MaritimeLifeNationals,Vancouver 13-14 WorldCup5,Sheffield November 17-18 WorldCup6,Malmo ThethirdandfinalTOPlistingsforthisyearhad 27-28 CanadianOpen,TBA 21-22 WorldCup7,Gelsenkirchen another out-of-country team take part, the Lake 25-26 WorldCup8,Imperia ForestSwimClub,Illinois,submittedfive10yearold 2000 28-29 WorldCup9,Paris girlswhofinishedstronglyinthe 1500free (allfive Fehruar] 22-24 BritishLCGrandPrix rankedamongthetop 15). 18-20 JuniorNationals-East JuniorNationals-West AmandaBeardwontwosilversintheindividual March breaststrokeeventslastyearattheOlympicsatage 16-19 SpringNationals(50m) WORLDBEST(50M) 14. adding a gold as a member of the winning May •Women'sSObackstroke:29.00SandraVolker,GER, medleyrelayforISA.RussEwaldtellsherstory,with MelZajacjr.International,Vancouver MonteCarlo,May24.Bettersoldworldbestof29.05Wenyi YouthChampionshipsSWADNationals emphasisonhertechnique. Yang,CHN,Tokyo,Aug17,1989 June .AnitaLonsbroughwritesaboutbackstrokerHelen Don-DuncanandothernewsfromtheU.K. A3u0g-4ust MaritimeLifeOlympicTrials NATIONALAGEGROUP(50M) •Boys 13-14200freestyle: KatharineDunnwritesaboutherCanadaGames 3-6 MaritimeLifeNationals 1:57.38BrianJohns,RichmondRacers,Regina,May30 experienceasshepreparestocoverthisyear'scom- JuniorNationals prelims petitionfromBrandon,MB. Wecan'tlistyourmeetifwedon'thavethe 1:55.97BrianJohns,RichmondRacers,Regina,May30final TAGisup-to-datewithallmeetsreceivedaswe information. Bettersexistingrecordof1:58.25BernhardVolz,NYAC,1983. gotopress. TwomeetsfromJulyare included, the ProvincialSectionsandClubssendusyour •Boys 15-17 100breaststroke: 1:03.44MorganKnabe, OntarioSeniorsandtheEvansInternational. meetcalendarfor 1997-98-99 EKSC,LosAngeles,July6.Bettersoldrecordof1:03.61Michael Mason,PEPSI,91 - SWIMNEWS/JULY 1997 Get Performance That Hand Paddles & Flippers Can't Touch. f Jtrap on a pair of Aquafins and replaces hand paddles, flippers, experience a revolution in the way monofins, and pull-buoys, Aquafins you think about aquatic training. swims circles around them - all in Unlike hand paddles one slick and affordable package. and flippers, Aquafins Plus they come with a no-hassle, leave your hands and feet totally free: you no-questions-asked 30 day money back guarantee. So feelnoplastic sense every part of the stroke, enhancing order your Aquafins ProLite Kit today for only $62.99 your technique while pushing your fitness (plus S&H) and you'll understand why coaches and to the limit. 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RACER,wonthe400freestyle, addedtlireesecondsinthe 100and200freeand200 I M .addingatliiniinthe 100butterfly. Itwasinthe 200 free where he twice bettered the National Age Grouprecordfor13-14.firstinhisprelimswimand again inthefinal.Theoldrecordhadbeen 1:58.25 since 1983.Thenewrecordis 1:55.97. ChrisSawbridge. 17,NanaimoRiptide,win- ningthe 100and 200backstrokesin recordswims. ChrisSawbridge, 17, Nanaimo Riptide, won both backstrokes in Youth record 58.4" inthe 100and loweringthe200timesin the prelimsandagain inthefinalsto2:07.56. inthe50freeand 100free. Howardoldmarkof 1:05.09from 1991. Inthe 200 Morgan Rnabe. 16. KKSC. betteredthemeet TameeEbert, 14,PDSAsweptthedistancefree Kellyloweredtheexistingrecordintheprelimsand recordintheprelimsofthe100breasttoaworldclass eventsfromthe200uptothe800,herfourgoldswere againinthefinalsto2:18.27. timeof1:03.71.Helaterwonthe200in2:21.28. themostbyanycompetitorin Regina. KristyMacLennan,14,ETOB,wonbothindi- Charles Etienne Goyette, 16,Nataskouach KellyStefanyshyn,14,MANTA,swamtomeet vidualmedleydistancesandswamonbothwinning Granby.wonthe200free. 100flyandfinishedfourth recordsinthebackstrokes.Her1:05.06betteredJulie freestylerelaysforherclubteam. Youngesteventwinner, 12-year- oldCourtenayChun,HYACK, won the 200 breaststroke in 2:38.83, the second fastest-ever time for a Cana- dianaged 12. The meet also serves as the Na- tional Championship for Swimmers withaDisablity.Thereisnoagelimit fortheseathletes.Winnersrangedfrom 12 to 24 in the various categoriesof disability. COMBINED TEAM SCORES EtobicokeSwimming 732.50 EdmontonKeyanoSwimClub 516.00 PacificDolphinSwimAssociation 45100 NanaimoRiptidesSwimTeam 338.00 UniversityofCalgarySwimClub 268.00 PointeClaireSwimClub 267.00 ReginaOptimistDolphins 254.00 CobraSwimClub 244.00 BeaconstieldBluefinsSwimClub 240.00 HyackSwimClub 207.50 RichmondRacersSwimClub 190.00 NewmarketStingrays 17700 Brian Johns, 14, Richmond Racers, bettered NAG record for 200 free with his 1:55.97, NatatskouachdeGranby 173.00 improving on previous time by over three seconds. He won 400 free, was 2nd in 100-200 MantaSwimClub 15400 Gloucester-OttawaKingfish 150.00 free. 200 IM and 3rd for 2fly. 6 SWIMNEWS/JULY 1997 100METRESBUTTERFLY Prelim Final 2 NanaimoRiptideST.NRST 40979 40338 RESULTS 1 Charles-E.Goyette,16,CNNG 58.13 57.53 3 CobraSwimClub.COBRA 40663 40347 2 RobbieTaylor,16,COBRA 5885 5792 4 UnivCalgarySC.UCSC 41091 40680 3 StephenPreston,15.C0BRA 58.78 58.00 5 CrescentTownSC.CREST 41006 40933 1997YOUTHCHAMPIONSHIPS 2 AlexHayes,16,G0 16:33.68 4 MikeJotautas.17.STARS 5968 5857 6 PointeClaireSC.PCSC 4:11.67 41058 Regina,May29-Jun1,(50M) 3 MatthewWalker.17.FAST 16:42.77 5 NicholasDargus,16,NEW 59.86 58.74 7 PacificDolphinSA.PDSA 4.1417 41149 •=Youthchampionshiprecord 4 PhilippeDubreuil.15.SHER 16:43.30 6 NielsVersfeld,15,FMSC 59.49 5913 8 HyackSwimClub.HYACK 41343 416go ••=NationalAgeGrouprecord 5 RyanMallette,16,DD0 16:46.15 7 JanPelechytik,16,EKSC 59.65 59.47 4X50FREERELAY Prelim FiIH BOYSborn1980andlater 6 ChuckSayao.14.PDSA 16:50.18 8 BrianJohns.HRACER 59.78 5953 1 Univ.CalgarySC.UCSC 14083 13987 50METRESFREESTYLE 3relim Final 7 JesseJacks,15,IS 16:51.94 200METRESBUTTERFLY Prelim Final 2 PacificDolphinSA.PDSA 14139 14096 1 RobbieTaylor,16.COBRA 24.29 2425 8 Brent0'Connor,13,PDSA 17:10.83 1 AndrewDragunas,15,PCSC 2:12.01 20989 3 CobraSwimClub.COBRA 14020 14144 2 SylvainPelletier,16,UL 24.97 2470 100METRESBACKSTROKE Prelim Final 2 RyanMallette,16,DDO 2:13.43 210.58 •23.94leadoffRobbieTaylo 3 AndrewApplelon,15,KAJ 24.42 2474 1 ChrisSawbridge,17,NRST 5886 •58.47 3 BrianJohns.HRACER 2:11.91 211.20 4 NanaimoRiptideST.NRST 142.93 14184 4 Charles-E.Goyette,16,CNNG 2491 24.75 2 RileyJanes,16,GOLD 10098 59.25 4 JonahDonald,17,FMSC 212.94 211.61 5 FortMcMurraySC.FMSC 14254 14193 5 MathieuHudon,16,PLUS 25.30 2477 3 KellyAlbrecht,16,RDCSC 100.85 59.80 5 MarinMcGinnis,15,STSC 2:13.41 213.09 6 PointeClaireSC.PCSC 1:43.73 1:42.11 6 NicholasDargus.16,NEW 25.04 25.01 4 DanielDucheck,15,UCSC 10137 100.88 6 JanPelechytik,16,EKSC 2:14.51 213.43 7 EdmontonKeyano.EKSC 14384 1:42.65 7 GregBate,17,RAYS 2511 25.19 5 StephenPreston,15.COBRA 10096 100.95 7 NielsVersfeld.15.FMSC 2:14.74 213.52 8 HyackSwimClub.HYACK 1.44.50 1:43.26 8 MikeJotautas,17,STARS 25.02 2530 6 BrianJohns.HRACER 101.12 101.32 8 ChrisBigelow-N,17,IS 2:14.40 213.78 4X100FREERELAY Prelim Finn 100METRESFREESTYLE 3relim Final 7 MichaelPower,16.FMSC 1:01.45 10155 200METRESIND.MEDLEY Prelim Final 1 UnivCalgarySC.UCSC 343.61 3:40.83 1 RobbieTaylor,16,C0BRA 53.42 53.60 8 NicholasDargus,l6,NEW 1:01.16 101.65 1 NicolasJorgensen,17,PCSC 2:14.63 211.35 2 PacificDolphinSA.PDSA 34501 3:42.37 2 BrianJohns.HRACER 54.38 53.68 200METRESBACKSTROKE Prelim Final 2 BrianJohns.HRACER 2.1382 21136 3 NanaimoRiptideST.NRST 349.23 3:42.61 3 AndrewAppleton,15,KAJ 54.10 5380 1 ChrisSawbridge.17.NRST •2:07.71 •2:07.56 3 MathieuHudon,16,PLUS 2:14.62 21206 4 FortMcMurraySC.FMSC 3:4764 3:43.64 4 Charles-E Goyette,16,CNNG 53.88 54.04 2 KellyAlbrecht,16,RDCSC 2:11.68 20969 4 ArpadSebe,16,CREST 2:12.16 212.06 5 PointeClaireSC.PCSC 3.47.20 3:45.67 5 NicholasDargus,16,NEW 55.13 54,21 3 DanielDucheck,15,UCSC 2:11.35 2:10.06 5 NicholasDargus,16,NEW 2:14.57 21289 u HyackSwimClub.HYACK 3:46.77 34698 6 MikeJotautas,17,STARS 5476 5471 4 MichaelPower,16.FMSC 2:11.83 2:10.97 6 Charles-E.Goyette,17,CNNG 2:13.87 21297 1 EdmontonKeyano.EKSC ':502; 3:4910 7 MathieuHudon,16,PLUS 55.32 55.11 5 JonathanSchjott.15.GO 2:11.56 2:11.26 7 ChrisSawbridge,17,NRST 2:14.12 218.22 8 NatationCSQ.CSQ 3:5005 3:50.32 8 GregBate,17,RAYS 54.90 55.33 6 JeffBailey,17,EAST 2:13.79 2:12.71 8 JasonHunter,17.NRST 2:15.14 218.65 200METRESFREESTYLE 3relim Final 7 MikeJotautas,17,STARS 2:13.58 2:15.73 400METRESIND.MEDLEY Prelim Final GIRLSborn1982andlater 21 BCrhiaarnleJso-hEnGso.yHeRttAeC,E1R6,CNN•G•11:5575..3218«-11::5555..0947 8100CMhuEcTkRSEaSyaBoR.EHAPSDTSSATROKE 2:P1r3e.l8im2 2:1F6i.n0a0l 2! JAursptaidnSTiesbdea,l1l6..1C5.REETS0TB 44:4473,.4460 44:4329.7803 510MChErTiRssEySMaFcRAEuElSaTyY.LHEETOB P2r7el6i9m 2F6i9nd2 3 RyanMa!lette.16.DD0 2:00.04 1:58.82 1 MorganKnabe,16,EKSC •!0371 104.10 3 RyanKeesey,17,GOLD 4:49.17 44473 2 AshleyGovan,13,PCSC 2795 2758 4 RyanKeesey.17,G0LD 2:00.11 1:59.60 2 NicolasJorgensen.17.PCSC 106.61 10629 4 GerardHunier,15,CONNU 4:48.97 4:45.53 3 DesireeFofie.15.CASC 2822 2775 5 MathieuHudon,16,PLUS 2:00.29 1:59.77 3 JasonHunter,17.NRST 107.93 106.32 5 DavidMacDonald,17,ETOB 44801 445.58 4 MichellePoirier.HRDCSC 2798 2778 6 JustinTisdall.15,ET0B 1:58.64 1:59.99 4 DylanSchiewe,16,EKSC 10959 108.77 6 ChuckSayao.HPDSA 4:49.30 448 if 5 JoannaMcLean,13,ETOB 2805 2804 7 PhilippeGagnon.17,CNCI 200.39 2:00.16 5 CameronCharlton,15.TAT 10950 10902 7 ChrisSawbridge,17,NRST 4:48.97 4:51.16 6 VictoriaLally.HFAST 2818 2807 8 AdamNicholson,16,GMAC 2:00.04 2:01.23 6 Marc-A Tratch,17,UL 109.79 109.04 8 KeithBarrett,16,UCSC 4:47.93 4:5149 7 KellySlefanyshyn.HMANTA 2802 28.36 400METRESFREESTYLE 3relim Final 7 StephenExner,17,R0D 10940 10918 4X50MEDLEYRELAY Prelim Fnal AndreaDonohoe,14,CHENA 28.01 disq 1 BrianJohns.HRACER 4:09.24 4:05.69 8 IanPetersen,16,COBRA 10959 109.64 1 EdmontonKeyano.EKSC 1:50.77 14938 100METRESFREESTYLE Prelim Final 2 Charles-E.Goyette.16.CNHG 412.51 4:07.41 200METRESBREASTSTROKE Prelim Final 2 NanaimoRiptideST.NRST 1:52.74 15085 1 AndreaDonohoe,14,CHENA 1:00.31 5965 3 RyanKeesey,17,G0LD 41404 4:09.72 1 MorganKnabe,16,EKSC 2:22.92 2:21.28 3 UnivCalgarySC.UCSC 1:52.65 151.45 2 JessieBradshaw,13,C0M0X 10099 1:0041 4 JustinTtsdalt.15.ET0B 412.68 4:10.98 2 JasonHunter,17.NRST 2.26.91 2:25.94 4 CobraSwimClub.COBRA 1.51.99 151.62 3 KellySlefanyshyn.HMANTA 1.00.96 1:0044 5 MatthewWalker.17.FAST 41377 4:12.44 3 DylanSchiewe,16.EKSC 228.38 2:26.63 5 PointeClaireSC.PCSC 155.14 15330 4 VictoriaLally.HFAST 1:00.46 1:0052 6 MatthewSwanton.16.ETOB 41421 4:13.06 4 NicolasJorgensen.17.PCSC 228.28 2:26.83 6 FortMcMurraySC.FMSC 1:55.28 15461 5 TameeEbert.14.PDSA 1:0039 1:0069 7 JonathanSchjott,15,GO 41471 41449 5 ArpadSebe,16,CREST 2:2702 2:27.25 7 CrescentTownSC.CREST 156.81 155.18 6 ElizabethCollins.HROD 1:00.66 10101 8 RyanMallette.16,DD0 413.86 418.88 6 AlexBoulanger,15,CSQ 2:30.79 2:27.64 8 EtobicokeSC.ETOB 1:56.78 15867 7 LaurenVogt,13,CPAC 10088 1:0105 1500METRESFREESTYLE TimeFinal 7 CameronCharlton,15.TAT 22804 22841 4X100MEDLEYRELAY Prelim Final 8 AndreaLeroy,15,NRST 1:00.99 1:01.12 1 GarrethBarker,15,POSA 162755 B StephenExner,17,ROD 2:31.09 2:31.73 1 EdmontonKeyano.EKSC 40733 40081 I Kelly Stefanyshyn, 14, MANTA, swam to Youth records in the 100 and 200 backstrokes. SWIMNEWS/JULY 1997 n D j1 AildittfLtvoy15NRST 27.83 2:27.22 2:30.04 2:28.36 MelissaLallamme.14.RCA 2:29.16 2:28.42 YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS TiacyAicher.14.R0D 2:29.69 2:28.83 SraunaMcNally.15.EKSC 2:29.99 2:29.32 BOYS ElizabethCollins.14.ROD 2:30.19 2:30.04 400METRESINC.MEDLEY Prelim Final lice 0:23.94 RLlrlaalhlaalmlluDuuitlhlliLc.HIlYlAnoPrKx//RnnuhuhuiipcTlaauyllUnIr,rufUlDRnRnA IQCK/07 111f3 190J 1 KnstyMacLennan.14.ET0B S11.97 504.76 100tree 0:52.03 KrisFisher.MAC 1993 f*tWLtmclv\UnMisSmrdhehC1M58T8Lft iHU11W/O 91r4in4a9i 23 ETruancKyeAorncgheSru.n1g4.,R104D.ET0B S51114..5235 550160.8242 4;'0IH0)tlruere ii :i>n.i':«u, JfUaVlrVweGptInIAVbVneUlnM,RI1iErIUKhItSKpCCrI,PTFLPTÔII 11lQ9yQ9y11i J 3T|WLL!Tf\JFT4tIUO jJ444t>JJVj*JOJ£ClI07l11JHDi 4J44S91Jsr793UnU11li1 456 AKETrnmaiidmlsreyleeeaAnEuSBbzbreeairwdetcl..eh1Ryu4B.k.1L.P31AD.4SSN.ATEEWT0B 555511117577....38252305 S55511114836....32614477 8110050000tbraterceeke 8I0HI::i32580181.3.38:473'171 JJKCaarhrrireesittFsAAibbsSeehalleu,,r/,EEbMrKKiASSrCCCinp NRST 1-1111QiQ333qQQ333q17i011 j tui V^ryoiliyN.cluo J**1Jl71044 8 LucyMaeSmith,15,BBF 514.13 519.05 200back 2:08.66 MatthewLeaker,PEPSI I330 JJ041 4X50MEDLEYRELAY Prelim Final 2:07.56 ChrisSawbridge.NRST 1997 AAft11 44440UP0A4 1 ElobicokeSC.ETOB 2:04.19 2:04.19 100breast 1:0485 JohnStamhuis,CRKW 1995 i1QH1 J44H0UORc9 2 BeaconslieldBluelins.BBF 2:04.69 2:04.69 1:03.71 MorganKnabe.EKSC 1997 9Wvtint>rhtt> tie iuiQ3KOUrRDniQidr4il | 34 EPadcmiloinctDoonlpKheiynanSoA..EPKDSSCA 22::0045..7990 22::0054..9709 210000bflryeast 20::1586..2409 AGanrdrreetwPuClhlea,n,MAETC0B 11999964 Qy.1i0y.Ro0y 5 ReginaOpt.Dolphins.ROD 2:06.56 2:06.56 200fly 2:05.20 PhilipWeiss,SKSC 1994 3foit OuI1Rvn^1iiytTIax(oiNi'.CUuv>KcncWo1Ju.R,-iIUDt1'.JJVijI.AoCLuPUK yQy9c1j11t470o1o0y91717R9D 6784X1ECN0teh0owebmMniacaEroSDkkweeLtiESmSYCCCBR.l.EuNEbLET.AWOCYBHENA 222::P010r807e...l94i032m5 222::010F807i...n940a235l 2444x00x500100II0MMMMRR 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EtobicokeSC.ETOB 407.74 4:03.87 200IM 2:21.63 JulieHoward,BRANT 1991 99fifi9 9-97OR 2 ReginaOpt.Dolphins.ROD 406.84 4:05.17 400IM 4:58.22 JoanneMalar,HWAC 1989 iuumcincoonehoijinunc Prelim Finsl 3 BeaconsfieldBluelins.BBF 412.90 4:07.72 4x50MR 2:03.02 CobraSwimClub 1993 1 LucyMs6SfniTh.15.BBF litnfl 1117R 4 EdmontonKeyano.EKSC 410.40 4:07.81 4x100MR 4:27.72 CobraSwimClub 1993 lie07 lI.iIeD-iIfUl 5 NepeanKanata.NKB 41011 408.15 4x50FR 1:50.57 CobraSwimClub 1993 1 V•UIttonr.iuiVin.1J-JPCoK-A 1I1IfDi.11R0 li.iieD.A4Qy h NewmarketSC.NEW 412.84 4:09.61 1:50.15 ElobicokeSwimming 1997 4 LfelkcaPl«nn11FKQP 117AO l1.iIeD.f70£ 7 Univ.CalgarySC.UCSC 413.43 4:13.46 4x100FR 4:01.60 ReginaOptimistDolphins 1992 JR OAnenU-B*IC1iWTnUrffooa1o1c.P1WJP.RUoU 11I.11I7/7.O41fA0l 11I-.1I1D7R..R9DC0RUO PacificDolphinSA.PDSA 408.63 disq 7 KatfifeenStoooV15CHENA 1I.1I7/./7C. 11.117/.441j 1i-1ifui.7r1o 11.11/7.44R0 7c0u0uMmPcTiR"PtRoRoRnPehAoQTi^jTiRnOuInfcE Prelim Final 1 PnrtonavPhirv19HYAPK 94119 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Final Chrissy MacAulay, Joanne McLean, Tatiana Banjaglev, and Kristy McLennan, from Etobicoke 228.09 223.96 2 LucyMaeSmrm.15.BBF 2:2694 225.73 won the 4x50 free relay in a Youth record time of 1:50.15. SWIMNEWS/JULY 1997 —— " WSCA CONFERENCE iswhysomanycoachesinBirminghamhopethatitcan succeed.TheWSCAplanis:VOLUNTARY:Thisplanwould basically create professional swimming at the highest FINANCIAL REWARDS PROPOSED FOR MAJOR COMPETITIONS levelsofco—mpetition.Thehighest-levelcompetitionsin swimming the Olympics, the World Championships, — ONLY THOSE UNDERGOING SYSTEMATIC DRUG TESTING TO DE EUGIDLE WorldCups,etc. wouldhavesignificantfinancial rewards,toasignificantdepthofcompetitor.Inordertobe GeorgeBlock andsecretive. eligible for these competitions and these rewards, an Thesystemisshortterm,becauseonlywhenathletes athlete and his or her coach would have to contract "The drugwar cannot be won, at least not as we are bubbleuptothetop50intheworldisthereevenachance themselvestoparticipateinadrugtestingprogram.This programwouldbeLONGTERMandINTENSIVE. fightingitnow." oftheirbeingtested. And there is little real chance for Thatdistressingrealizationhasbeencreepingover anyonenotinthetop10.The"Chinaproblem"included TheWSCAwill askthedirectorsofthevariousIOC thedirectorsofmanyoftheInternationalOlympicCom- girlswhowere not ranked in the top ISO in theworld labs, as well as a number of other internationally re- mittee (IOC) labs, muchoftheFINAMedicalCommis- suddenlyemerginginthetop3,henceavoidingte—sting. spected drugexperts, just how long and howoften an sion, and the World Swimming Coaches Association It issporadic, becausethesystem israndom by athletewouldhavetobetestedinordertobecertifiedas (WSCA)BoardofDirectorseversincethe(relativelydrug- aiiport.Arankedathleteisselectedrandomly,thenevery- "clean"forinternationalcompetition.Sciencewillbethe guide free)AtlantaOlympics. oneinthenearvicinityofthathubairportistested.Ifyou TheShortCourseWorldChampionshipsprovidedthe train in China's remoteprovinces,you might neverbe Thecostsforthetestingwill bebornebythe indi- opportunityfortheFINAMedicalCommitteeandtheFINA tested.IfyoulivenearLAX(theLosAngelesairport),drink vidualathlete,club,orfederation Thisisthe 'tickettothe DrugPaneltomeet, alongwithdirectorsofsomeofthe alotofwater. dance." FINA money, a projected $2.8 million per IOCcTehrteifmieedetlaibnsg. in Goteborg provided the admission theRu"sCslioasneddernudgeodf"crheofeircsetloatshtesbuamnmneerd—list.wBarsonmoattoannthe quadrTehneniWuSmC,AwopulalndbisecOoPmEeNthEeNfDiEnDan.ciAalltrheowuagrhds.there thatthebestthatcanbehopedforis"tokeepalidona bannedlist,althoughitwasknowntobebothastimulant wouldbebothabannedlistandapermittedlist,thelists boilingpot.Therewillbefrequentbubble-overs.Mostof andamaskingagentforsteroids.Whenwasitaddedtothe wouldbe"fluid" (pardonthepun),not"static."When- theboilwillgounobserved,butatleastitwon'terupt," bannedlist?ShortlyaftertheInternationalCourtofArbi- everthemedicalcommissionwantedtoadd(ordelete) a accordingtoonemember. trationforSportoverturnedtherevocationofmedalsfrom drug from the banned or permitted list, it could, and Underthecurrentstructure,thebestwecanhopefor thedruggedRussianathletes,becausethedrugwasnoton sanctionswouldnotbelimitedtodrugsonthelist. isto"playcatch-uptothecheaters,"explainedanti-drug thebannedlist. Wheneveranon-permittedsubstancewasfoundin crusader,JohnLeonard."Buteventhen,wewillstay4to Bromatanwasonlythemostrecentexampleofthe thebloodorurine(orperhapsthehair),aninvestigation 10yearsbehind." closed-endcharacteristicsofthebannedlist.Therehave would be triggered. If the substance was found to be Accordingtosomescientists,allthecheatershaveto been dozens ofexamples ofcommonly used, perform- performanceenhancing,anathleteandcoachwouldbe do is "rearrange one carbon atom and, although the ance-enhancingdrugstakingfrom4to10yearstowork sanctioned.ThissystemonlyworksbecauseitisREWARD compoundwillhaveexactlythesameeffect,wewon'tbe theirwayontothelistofbannedsubstances. BASED. Ifaswimmerwantstoreapthefinancialrewards testingforit." "Mandatory" and "punishment based" are quite (andtheywillbesignificant)andathleticrewardsofelite Others,likeDr.MargieShuer,believethatthemore obvious,buttheyarebasedonthesameinterdictionand swimming,theswimmerwillcommittothissystem. The WSCA would expect that the major, national likely scenario is that already-available drugs will be punishment model that has proved to be an abysmal federationswould develop asimilar, in-house, reward- convertedtoergogenicuses,aswasdonebytheRussians failureindealingwithstreetdrugsintheUnitedStates. lastsummerwithbromatan."Theanti-agingdrugsthat IntheUS,weadmitthatweonlycatchaninfinitesi- based program, if for no other reason than to protect arewidelyprescribedinEuropearebotheasilyavailable mal fraction ofthe illicitstreetdrugs. Thesystemic re- themselvesfrom the "4positivesforafederation" rule. andperformanceenhancing,"explainedDr.Shuer. sponsehasbeenthesame.Rewardsforthoseinvolvedwith The trickle-down effectoftotal pre-testingforhigh-re- Theyarealso(generally)notyetonthebannedlist. drugs is high. Thecostofenforcement isbankrupting. ward,internationalcompetitionswillbetotalpre-testing Dr. Tim Henrich speculated thateven more likely Designerdrugsaredevelopedtostayonestepahead<ifthe forhigh-reward,domesticcompetitions. wouldbethetransferof"drugsfromtheveterinarysideto legal system. Veterinary products are crossed over for It would also follow that the major, international the humanside." "Iscreamedover 10yearsago about humanuse.Drugsdevelopedforonepurposearediverted invitationalswouldrestrictinvitationstoFINAorFedera- clenbuterol,butnoonewouldlisten.Andnowwehavethe andpervertedtoanother,whilenaturallyoccurringsub- tion "licencees." Wewill have, in effect, created profes- stuffin (legal) asthma inhalersthatcausessignificant stancesareabusedunnaturally. sional swimmingbydivertingtestingmoney into prize hypertrophyofthenon-fatiguable,fast-twitchfibres.That's Bothsystems aresecretive. Inswimming,wedon't moneyatalllevels. thewholepurposeoftrainingandnowyoucangetiton knowwhowastestedorwhatwasfound. Thesystem will be believed because there is FULL fourorfive'hits'aday." Tinswasthesad set of realizations thai confronted DISCI.OS! RE Even testwill bepublished-name, na- Notonlyhasclenbuteroltrickleddownontheillegal theBoardofDirectorsoftheWorldSwimmingCoaches' tion,andallfindings.Everybodywillknoweverything.As side,HMBisthereonthelegalside,sohisfearsseemwell- Association as they sat for their first meeting of their JohnLeonardsaid,"Thiswillendthe'shellgame.' founded quadrennialclinicinBirmingham,England, Theexcitementoftheeli.ichesattheWSCAClinicwas Tocatchthecheaters,usingtherulesandstructure ApparentlythetwoExecutiveDirectors(Johnl,eonard, temperedbyreality.Thisisonlyaconcept,aframework. thatareinplacetoday,wouldtakeamassiveinfusionof USAandMichael Ursu,Australia)haddonetheirhome- Thereareyearsofdetailstobeworkedout,buttherewas money.Probablybillionsofdollarsperquadrennium. work,becausetheboard—quicklyandunanimously hope.AtleastthereisaStrategythatcouldwork. Why? Because the current system is short term, approved a radically different world-wide strategy. The Theonlyotherchoiceswerelegalization,orsurrender. sporadic, closedended, mandatory, punishmentbased, WSCAstrategyiseverythingthecurrentplanisnot,which SWIMNEWS/JULY 1997 9 COLWIN ON COACHING MORALES— PABLO LORD OF THE FLOW Cecil m. Cohtfn that hehadtowork hardforeveryounceofsuccess Pablofreely acknowledges Mitch Ivey'scontri- — thatcamehisway. butiontohisdevelopmentasanathlete."Hegaveme From liny splash tobigsplash that'sthestoryof Pablo'snextcoach atSantaClarawastheage- theskills, notonlythephysicalskillstodowell,but PabloMor.iles,\vho\v;Lsdesiinedtobecomeoneofthe groupcoach, BillThompson. "Hereallytaughtme alsotheconfidencethatIcouldcompeteatanelite mostconsummate manipulatorsofme (low In the howtoimprovemyworkouthabiLs,andhewasjusta level." historyofbutterflyswimming.Yes,thecareerofthis reallygreatagegroupcoachforme.BillThompson tututvOhuipicchampionstartedwithasmallsplash continued along the same lines asJohn Spencer, FirstWorld Record —infad,withaseriesofsmallsplashes.Thetallthin makingitalotoffun,butBillhadmoreofacoach's Pablo's first world record came in 1984 when he kidWillitheLating<xxllooksdelightedinsplashing whip-edgetohim.Eventhoughhehadgreatsenseof swam the 100 butterfly in 53-38 seconds in theothersinhisbeginnerclass.Pablowantedthemto humour, andmadeeverythingfun, henevertheless Indianapolis. share in the fun of being in cool water on a hot taughtushowtoreallyapplyourselvesingivensets." "Ihadmissedsettingtheworldrecordtheyear afternoon. Bytheageofnine,Pablohadlearnedtoswimall beforebyaboutsixhours,"quippedPablo."Thiswas Iwasaterrorduringdioseswimlessons,"says fourstrokes.Asanineyearold,hestillhadn'tbecome atthe 1983longcoursenationalsatClovis,Califor- Pablo."Ididn'treallylisten.Idsplashtheotherkids. particularlyadeptatanyonestroke.But,attheageof nia. MattGribblesetaworldrecordof5334inthe I failed my first three beginning lessons because I ten, hisbutterflystartedtoshowreal promise. Says morning, andatnight,wewerebothundertheold couldn't do what was dien called the elementary Pablo,"Iworkedalotonit.Itdidn'tcometomeright worldrecordbyacoupleoftenthsofasecond,with backstroke.'whichwasanoddsortofadrill,butone awaybutwhenIstarteddoingitwell,Ibegantolike Mattwinningthe racebytwoone-hundredthsofa you had to masterin ordertopass. Finally, on my it. Iswammyfirst'doubleA' timeinthe50fly.Asa second. So I guessyou couldsay that I missed the fourthattempt, Isucceeded." result, 1developedanaffinityaswellasanaffection recordbysixhours!" "Ilookbackonthosedayswithamusement,but forbutterfly." "ThatyearthenationalsatClovisrepresenteda it does show that, when you're starting out, just breakthroughforme. I hadmadenationalsbefore, becauseyoudon'thaveagreatfeel forit, itdoesn't Inspired by MarkSpitz andhadqualifiedforthefinals.Butthatwasthemeet necessarily mean that you can't achieve acertain Pablo'sfirstmemoriesofcompetiveswimmingwere where I startedbuttingheadswith individualswho level inthesport." ofMarkSpitz'ssuccessesattheMunichGames.Mark really were my heros; people like Craig Beardsley, Spitzinspiredmanyswimmersofthatera,andnone MattGribble,BillBarrett,andRicardoPradointhe Tadpole'' Days more than theyoung Pablo Morales. "I remember I.M." PabloMoraleswasborninChicago,butwhenhewas MarkSpitzswimminginMunichbeforeIhadreally "I wassteppingup, andstartingtocompete at eighteenmonthsold,hisfamilymovedtoCalifornia, gotten into swimming. Every day, I followed his closetothesamelevel.Thiswasabigbreakthrough thelotuslandofswimming.Aschildren.bothparents progress, and the media seemed to highlight his formeatthattime,andagreatmotivationtotryeven hadnearlydrownedonthebeachesofCuba,sothey butterflyracesbecause,althoughhewastheworld's harder." made sure that Pablo and his sister learnedwater championfreestyler,hisbutterflywasconsideredhis safetybyenrollingtheminasummerclubprogram. real forte. His butterfly made a big impression on "Seven-League-Boots" Oncebothchildrenhadbecomesafeinthewater, me." ItoldPablothatIrememberedthefirsttimeIsawhim Pablo'sparents thoughtthat it "would be healthy, "Later I met Mark Spitz at the 1984 Olympic swim. Itwasintheearly 1980satIndianapolis,and andagoodidea"forthemtojoinayear-roundswim Trials, and I spoke to him briefly. I had naturally hewaspractisinghiskickinasidelane.Iwaswalking team, so theyjoined the nearby SantaClaraSwim driftedtowardsbutterflybecauseofhisinfluence,and along the side ofthe pool, andwas amazed at the Team. because, after a couple ofyears, my butterfly was powerofhiskick,andhowfarhisbodyshotforward Pablo, then eight years old, was placed in the improvingfairlyrapidly." witheachkick. Iremembermentioningtosomeone tadpolegroup,and,eventhere,inthelowesttierofthe When Pablo moved up to the senior team at that"thisfellowswimslikethelegendarygiantwith great Santa Clara hierarchy, the kids were pretty Santa Clara, he came under the tutelage of Mitch seven-league-boots." advancedAnd,atatimewhenPablowasn'tfeeling Ivey,whobythenhadbecomeheadcoachafterthe But Pablo insists that his strong kick did not allthatsecureabouthimself,itwasJohnSpencer,his departureofGeorgeHaines,themanresponsiblefor comenaturallytohim. "Idon'tthinkIreallyhada firstcoachatSantaClarawhomadeswimmingalot buildingthegreatSantaClaradynasty. greatkick.Earlyon,Ijusthadthissinglebeatkick, offun,withtheresultthatPablosoonbegantofeelat MitchIveycoachedPabloforfouryearsuntilhe andthissortofhitchinmystroke,thislittlesquinny homeamonghispeers.SpencerwiselyallowedPablo was16,whenIveylefttocoachatPleasantHillSwim hitch,tryingtodoatwo-beatkick.Youknowthatlittle todevelopslowly,andtoimproveathisownrate.This Team. But, at the age of 18, during the summer hitchstrokethatkidsdo,whenthey'retryingtoleam wasimportanttohimatatimewhenhedidn'tbelieve followingPablo'sgraduationfromhighschool,Pablo adouble-beatkick;theykickoutinfront,andthen thathehadanymorenatural abilitythan thenext rejoinedMitchIveyatConcordtoprepareforthe1983 theypullthrough,andtheykickagain,butthehands person in thegroup.YoungPablolearnedearlyon nationalsatClovis. won'tcomeoutofthewater(laughs)...youknowthat 10 SWIMNEWS/JULY 1997