81. Olympics 2004: Summer Olympics Biographies, A-Z Kahanamoku, Duke, swimming; Keino, Kipchoge (Kip), Track Field; King, thompson, jenny, swimming; thompson, John, Basketball; Thorpe, Ian, swimming http://www.factmonster.com/spot/04ol-sum-bioaz.html

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82. FINA Doping Control Programme USA, thompson Jennifer, January, Swim W Cup 99/2000 Sydney (AUS) VENEZUELA,Castro jenny, April, Synchronized swimming Olympic Qualifying Open http://www.fina.org/DopingControl_2000ICAmericas.htm

83. Www.naia.org:   2001 NAIA Swimming & Diving Final Results 2001 NAIA swimming diving Final Results Jennifer SO 2) Martin, Anne FR 3)thompson, Kelly FR 4) Hessling, Jese SO 9 John Brown University A 426.48 http://www.naia.org/swimdiv/championship/2001/final.html

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84. Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming And Diving (Women) COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS swimming and diving (WOMEN). swimming has beenincluded on the programme of every Commonwealth Games. http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/swimw.htm

COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - SWIMMING AND DIVING (WOMEN) Swimming has been included on the programme of every Commonwealth Games. Men's Medallists are listed on a separate page. Venues: 1930 Hamilton (CAN), 1934 London (ENG), 1938 Sydney (AUS), 1950 Auckland (NZL), 1954 Vancouver (CAN), 1958 Cardiff (WAL), 1962 Perth (AUS), 1966 Kingston (JAM), 1970 Edinburgh (SCO), 1974 Christchurch (NZL), 1978 Edmonton (CAN), 1982 Brisbane (AUS), 1986 Edinburgh (SCO), 1990 Auckland (NZL), 1994 Victoria (CAN), 1998 Kuala Lumpur (MAS), 2002 Manchester (ENG) 50 Metres Freestyle GOLD SILVER BRONZE Lisa Curry-Kenny AUS Karen van Wirdum AUS Sue Rolph ENG Alison Sheppard SCO Karen van Wirdum AUS Andrea Nugent CAN Alison Sheppard SCO Jodie Henry AUS Andrea Nugent CAN Shannon Shakespeare CAN Toni Jeffs NZL Toni Jeffs NZL 100 Yards Freestyle GOLD SILVER BRONZE Joyce Cooper ENG Phyllis Dewar CAN Ellen King SCO Irene Pirie CAN Valerie Davies WAL Jean McDowall SCO 110 Yards Freestyle GOLD SILVER BRONZE Evelyn de Lacy AUS Marjorie McQuade AUS Lorraine Crapp AUS Dawn Fraser AUS Dawn Fraser AUS Marion Lay CAN Dorothy Green AUS Margaret Wellington ENG Virginia Grant CAN Lorraine Crapp AUS Robin Thorn AUS Lynette Bell AUS Dorothy Lyon CAN Joan Harrison SAF Joan Harrison SAF Alva Colquhoun AUS Mary Stewart CAN Jan Murphy AUS 100 Metres Freestyle GOLD SILVER BRONZE Angela Coughlan CAN Sonya Gray AUS Carol Klimpel CAN June Croft ENG Jane Kerr CAN Karen van Wirdum AUS Karen Pickering ENG Sue Rolph ENG Jodie Henry AUS Lynne Watson AUS Gail Amundrud CAN Rosemary Brown AUS Angela Russell AUS

85. IU Athletics - Women's Swimming & Diving Women s swimming diving Why I chose IU Board, jenny 82 Board, JulieAnn 84 Borse, Cristina L 95, 96, 97, 98 Bowman, Brooke J 88, 89 http://www.indiana.edu/~athlweb/graphic/sports/w-swim/tradition/wswtr-letter.htm

Choose a Sport... - - - - MEN'S - - - - Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Soccer Tennis Wrestling - - - - WOMEN'S - - - - Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Golf Rowing Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball Water Polo Tradition Letterwinners Tradition of Program Year-by-Year Roster by High School Coaches A Adair, Jerrie 70, 71, 72 Aguilera, Vilma 84, 85, 86 Alatorre, Patricia 79, 80 Altman, Lori J 82, 83 Andrews, Elizabeth 78, 79 Andrews, Theresa 81 Anstead, Shannon E 88 Armington, Jane 85 Artz, Kelly A 85, 86, 87, 88 Aschinger, Cathleen A 81, 82 Aspengren, Andrea L 76, 77, 79 B Babb, Stuart V 77 Bailin, Ann R 88, 89, 90, 91 Baker, Laura J 77, 78 Barish, Ann M 94, 95, 96, 97 Barkman, Janie 70 Barrows, Barbara 70 Barry, Dianne K 79, 80, 81 Bateman, Carrolle 79 Baublis, Janet A 81, 82, 83, 84 Baxter, Kathy A 77, 78 Bearnarth, Kristin A 88 Bechem, Jenny 00, 01 Beck, Lori L 80, 81, 82, 83 Becker, Tracy L 88

86. Lane 9 News Archive: Jenny Thompson Aims For Record Olympic Medal Tally Tonight THE WORLD S LEADING INDEPENDENT RESOURCE FOR swimming jenny thompson Aimsfor Record Olympic Medal Tally Tonight August 21, 2004 thompson after 50 http://www.swiminfo.com/lane9/news/7933.asp

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87. UKAthletics.com | The Official Site Of University Of Kentucky Athletics NCAA swimming diving Championships – W. Lafayette, Ind. OneMeter diving 17.Taryn Ignacio – 263.40 29. Jessica thompson – 235.30 200 Freestyle Relay http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=43&url_subchannel_id=&url

88. Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships 2005 Big 12 Conference swimming and diving Championships 10, ChristinaThompson, Texas A M, 423.14. 11, Bailey Ingles, Nebraska, 424.94. http://sports.tamu.edu/specialsites/big12swimming2005/agate-fri.php

Friday Finals: Agate Results 2005 Big 12 Conference Swimming and Diving Championships Student Recreation Center Natatorium College Station, Texas Friday, February 25, 2005 Men's Team Standings (through day three) Women's Team Standings (through day three) Men's 400-Yard Individual Medley Women's 400-Yard Individual Medley Men's 100-Yard Butterfly Women's 100-Yard Butterfly Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke Men's 100-Yard Backstroke Women's 100-Yard Backstroke Men's Three-Meter Diving Women's One-Meter Diving Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay

89. Kiat.net: Sydney 2000 - Swimming swimming diving Synchronized swimming Water Polo swimming jenny Thompsonbecomes the most decorated female swimmer of all time with 9 Olympic medals 8 http://www.kiat.net/olympics/sydney2000/swimming.html

@import url(../../style/default.css); kiat.net where are you :: home Olympics Sydney 2000 Swimming SWIMMING (Diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo) Sydney International Aquatic Centre (17,500) Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay SEPT 16 Four swimming finals daily for 8 days in a row, and FIVE world records on Day 1. Michael Klim swims fastest 100m in history leading Australia to the gold medal for the 4x100m relay beating the USA to silver. USA loses the relay for the first time in history. Ian "Thorpe-do" wins 2 gold medals and Jenny Thompson wins her 6th gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay. SEPT 17 THREE more world records. Dutch Inge de Bruijn bettered her own WR in the 100m Butterfly and Tom Dolan sets WR in the 400m IM as he praises the "world record" Games pool in a 1-2 USA finish. Brooke (USA) adds the 400m FS crown to her 800m FS gold in Atlanta '96 in a 1-2 USA finish. Italy wins men's 100m BrS. USA has 3 of 8 golds so far and 9 medals against the Aussie's 2. SEPT 18 Flying Dutchman Pieter beats Ian Thorpe in front of home crowd and equaling the WR for the 200m FS. USA bags 2 more golds by beating the Aussie's with Megan Quann in 100m BrS and Lenny Krayzelburg in 100m BS. ROM wins women's 100m BS. The Aussies settle for 2nd in three races.

90. Hamilton College - Athletics - Hamilton All-Americans Michael L. Salmon, diving Suzanne G. Wilson, swimming Samantha R. Pitter, swimmingBrittany M. Achin, swimming Andrew P. Fink, swimming Kevin H. thompson http://www.hamilton.edu/athletics/all-americans.html

Home About Us Academics Admission ... Information for Parents Athletics HAMILTON ATHLETICS Home Page Scoreboard Affiliations All-Americans ... Visiting Team Guide CONTACT INFORMATION Athletics Department Fax: (315) 859-4117 Hamilton All-Americans Brittany M. Achin, Women's Swimming Gus Katsuras, Men's Ice Hockey Michael L. Salmon, Men's Diving Inga M. Stots, Women's Lacrosse Joseph A. Smith, Basketball Nadia N. Dovi, Women's Lacrosse Andrew P. Laskowski, Men's Lacrosse Jennifer Munoz, Women's Soccer Nicole M. Knapp, Swimming Michael L. Salmon, Diving Suzanne G. Wilson, Swimming Samantha R. Pitter, Swimming Brittany M. Achin, Swimming Andrew P. Fink, Swimming Kevin H. Thompson, Swimming Aran B. Lawrence, Swimming Andrew K. Saunders, Swimming Mathew S. Silverio, Men's Lacrosse Joseph B. Finley, Basketball Catherine D. Kashner, Diving Nicole M. Knapp, Swimming Michael L. Salmon, Diving Margaret D. Hanson, Cross Country Jennifer L. Cammarano, Cross Country Anthony W. Loeffler, Swimming Sarah K. Gloo, Women's Lacrosse Kaitlin A. Nelson, Cross Country Catherine D. Kashner, Diving

91. WIAC Women's Swimming & Diving Relay Champions WIAC Women s swimming diving Relay Champions (19712003) 1995, UW-LaCrosse (Lori Oswald, Carly Anderson, Julie Waterhouse, jenny Wilson). 139.36 http://www.uwsa.edu/wiac/wswim/rlychmp.htm

200 Yard Freestyle Relay 400 Yard Freestyle Relay 800 Yard Freestyle Relay 200 Yard Medley Relay ... 400 Yard Medley Relay 200-Yard Freestyle Relay Year School Performance University of Wisconsin (Whitton, Wise, Sample, Chen) UW-La Crosse (Deuster, Hinchcliffe, Luetzow, Morganthaler) UW-Oshkosh (Mary Stepanski, Eileen Bayer, Laura Pautsch, Barb Pawlowski) University of Wisconsin (Anderson, Carlson, Miller, Olds) University of Wisconsin (Anderson, Carlson, Cooper, Laura Crissinger) University of Wisconsin (Laura Crissinger, Deane, Solie, Usher) UW-Eau Claire (Klimek, Rose, McDougall, King) UW-Eau Claire (Patricia Wong, Patsy Klimek, Julie Kosikowski, Julianne Bins) UW-Eau Claire (Julianne Bins, Holly Hanson, Julie Kosikowski, Donna Wong) UW-Eau Claire (Jenny Eberlin, Laura Ladwig, Holly Hanson, Carol Howard) UW-La Crosse (Sands, Lemke, Cheryl Mueller, Kathy Wagner) UW-Eau Claire (Laura Ladwig, Kari Nelson, Julie Hodge, Tess Hollman)

92. SU Athletics - 1995-96 Syracuse BIG EAST Academic All-Stars Davis, Brooke, Women s swimming diving. Davis, Kerry, Field Hockey. DeWitt,Hannah, Women s Volleyball thompson, Kimberly, Women s Track Field http://www.suathletics.com/sports/gen/2001/allstar9596.asp

1995-96 Syracuse BIG EAST Academic All-Stars BIG EAST Academic All-Star Index Below is a listing of the 1995-96 BIG EAST Academic All-Stars. These students have been selected for this honor by maintaining a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA while having earned a varsity letter in a BIG EAST sport during the 1995-96 academic year. Prior to the 1989-90 season, only one student athlete from each sport could be nominated, and freshmen were not eligible for this distinction. The Syracuse University Athletic Department extends its congratulations to the following students for their efforts on the playing fields as well as in the classrooms: Baldwin, Heidi Barry, Leah Field Hockey Barton, Sarah Bastinelli, Fern Field Hockey Beatty, Tricia Bethke, Danielle Women's Volleyball Bode, Cordula Women's Tennis Borrelli, Timothy Brinsko, Aaron Cangiano, Aileen Carter, Jodi Field Hockey Chamberlain, Brittany Charbonneau, Jessica Chase, Heather Field Hockey Clarke, Jason Men's Soccer Clifford, Shannon Codrington, Jamila Cook, Kristyn Women's Basketball Correll, Michael

93. Schwimmen: Delfin Schmetterling / Butterfly Swimming Translate this page Schwimmtechnik Delfinschwimmen mit jenny thompson / swimming Technique Butterflyswimming with jenny thompson. http://www.svl.ch/butterfly/butterfly.html

Home Schwimmtechnik: Delfinschwimmen mit Jenny Thompson 1. Oktober 2001 Swimming Technique: Butterfly Swimming with Jenny Thompson 1 October 2001 Angepasst von/adpated from: Terry Laughlin/David Madison [ Total Immersion ], Fitness Swimmer Jan/Feb 1999 Butterfly isn't easy. But it doesn't have to be as much work as you think. The biggest problem for most people is breathing and recovery of the arms. You feel you have to climb out of the water for that precious air, which means you put so much effort into breathing and recovery that you have nothing left for the actions that move you forward. Your problem is more common than you think. Even world-class swimmers like Jenny Thompson are looking for ways to make breathing and recovery easier in the butterfly. Thanks to her constant exploration, you can improve your stroke, too. "Jenny actually is a freestyler," said Richard Quick, the head coach of the women's team at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, Thompson's alma mater. "But her butterfly technique has freed her up to improve her freestyle." Thompson's butterfly is a "forward-balancing, forward-attacking fly, not a 'push-back' fly," says technique-coach Bill Boomer. Here are four technical aspects of this approach.

94. RamblinWreck.com :: Football :: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets :: Official Athletic of the men s and women s swimming program were tabbed to the Honor Roll. 3 swimming Gavin Tarquinio 2 Football Nick thompson 3 Golf andy Thomson 1 http://ramblinwreck.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/081104aac.html

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95. Women's Golf :: The University Of Southern California Trojans - Official Athleti swimming diving Tennis Track Field Volleyball Water Polo Great Hills CC Dana Arnold 70 Tracy Nakamura 76 Terri thompson 74 K. http://usctrojans.collegesports.com/sports/w-golf/archive/usc-w-golf-records.htm

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96. Britannica Student Encyclopedia One Hundred Greatest Female Athletes jenny thompson CNN/SI Profile of thisAmerican Olympic swimmer, ranked No. 62 in the century s best women athletes by http://www.britannica.com/ebi/print_toc?tocId=9343800

97. Stanford University Cardinal | General Releases | An Official Athletic Site Athens, Greece jenny thompson (1991-95 at Stanford) became the most decorated That was my last Olympic swim race, said thompson, who was denied her http://gostanford.collegesports.com/genrel/082104aaa.html

Choose Sport Baseball Basketball - M Basketball - W Crew Cross Country Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf - M Golf - W Gymnastics - M Gymnastics - W Lacrosse - W Sailing Soccer - M Soccer - W Softball Swim/Diving - M Swim/Diving - W Sync Swimming Tennis - M Tennis - W Volleyball - M Volleyball - W Water Polo - M Water Polo - W Wrestling News Releases Printer-Friendly Format E-mail this article Stanford At The 2004 Olympics Jenny Thompson Becomes Most Decorated Olympian In American History Former Stanford swimmer wins 12th Olympic medal as member of Team USA's second-place 4x100 medley relay squad. Aug. 21, 2004 Athens, Greece - Jenny Thompson (1991-95 at Stanford) became the most decorated Olympian in American history when she picked up her 12th career Olympic medal as a member of the United States' second-place 4x100 medley relay women's swimming team on Saturday. Thompson, who is competing in her fourth Olympic Games, and her American teammates finished the race in a time of 3:59.12, while an Australian team set a new world record to win the event in 3:57.32. Thompson swam her 100 meter butterfly leg in 58.41. "That was my last Olympic swim race," said Thompson, who was denied her ninth Olympic gold medal and remained tied for the most Olympic gold medals by an American swimmer with eight. "I am so proud of the women on my team."

98. FINA Doping Control Programme diving Grand Prix (GER), 06/03/1999. Schroeder Jarod, Swim W Cup 99 Paris (FRA) thompson Jennifer, Swim W Cup 9899 College Station (USA), 01/12/1998 http://www.fina.org/DopingControl_99ICAmericas.htm

99. Wellesley Athletics News Releases Heather Superson Women s swimming diving 2006 Heather Thomson Women s swimming diving 2006 Kristin Jackson Women s swimming diving 2006 Laura Ferrante http://www.wellesley.edu/Athletics/Basketball/Releases04-05/2005 Winter academic

Basketball Crew Cross Country Fencing ... Volleyball For Immediate Release Contact: Beth Usewicz Phone: (781) 283-2003 E-mail: busewicz@wellesley.edu NEWMAC WINTER ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS Five Wellesley Athletes Receive Conference Accolades CAMBRIDGE, MASS. In order to be in contention for this award, the honorees must earn a minimum of 3.5/4.0 or 4.35/5.0 scale following the fall semester, been a varsity team member for an entire season, as well as, achieved second year academic status at his or her institution. Men's and women's basketball and men's and women's swimming and diving are the sponsored NEWMAC sports for the winter. Sophomore basketball player Alex Allukian (Boston, Mass./Boston Latin), Senior swimmer Anne LaRue (Sunnyvale, Calf./Homestead), Junior swimmer April Stimson (East Providence, RI/St. Mary Academy), Senior swimmer Cheryl Hojnowski (Ricmond, VA/Governor's School), Junior diver Courtney Jacobs (Wellesley, Mass.Wellesley) and Sophomore diver Katie Scorza (Duxbury, Mass.Duxbury) were the six Wellesley recipeints that were chosen for the 2004-05 NEWMAC Winter Academic All-Conference team. Wellesley College had the most recipients out of the All Women's Colleges that are a member of the NEWMAC.

100. Summer Olympics 2000 Thompson, Blair Are Two Of A Kind jenny thompson. thompson won her eight career gold Saturday. jenny s onlyremaining event is the 100 freestyle, which she ll swim later in the week, http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/columns/kreidler_mark/752591.html

ESPN Keyword Search ESPN.com Search The Web ESPN Network: ESPN.com NFL.com NBA.com NASCAR ... Message Board Wednesday, September 27 Thompson, Blair are two of a kind By Mark Kreidler Special to ESPN.com SYDNEY, Australia On top of everything else, including the part about the six Olympic gold medals, give American swimmer Jenny Thompson credit with something significant: A fair dinkum sense of perspective. Thompson won her eight career gold Saturday. It was Thompson, after all, who tried to put her achievement in a workable context after someone asked her the other night how it felt to have become the most highly decorated female Olympian in U.S. history, ahead of even the great speed-skater Bonnie Blair. "They (her gold medals) are all in relays," Thompson replied. "I just have to thank all the people I've swum relays with over the years, because without them I wouldn't be talking about all this." Two things about that: 1) Thompson is absolutely right; and 2) Who gives a rip? What, there isn't anyone left in America who understands the difference between team medals and individual medals? There isn't room in the heart of the nation to appreciate the incredible accomplishments of Blair without knocking what Thompson has been a part of? The Olympic experience is a massive one, one that can accommodate everything from a staggeringly depressing group disqualification (no soup for you, Romanian weightlifting team) to the canonization of a lone ranger (Ian Thorpe, come on down). Surely, in a place as big as the United States, there is enough space to display both Blair's individual golds and Thompson's team ones.

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