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Brendan Hansen, HAVERTOWN, PA.SwimmingHansen, 20, won the the 200-meter breaststroke at the world championships with a meet-record time of 2:10.69. In March, as a freshman, he led Texas to its eighth national title...

Surfing camp with the Paskowitz clan is about more than technique

RICHARD HOFSTETTERINDIANAPOLISHofstetter, a 29-year-old attorney and onetime Indiana University swimmer, set a world Master's record of 29.98 in the 50-meter breaststroke for the 25-29 age group. The time was .23...

Get it exactly right and there is a moment when everything around you is water, as though you had just jumped into life's great spin-dry cycle. And for surfers like the one at right and on the next pages, the tube...

Nancy Ann Nelson, 16, of San Clemente, Calif., earned enough money to travel to Hawaii, where she entered high school, practiced for the International Surfing Championships. Her dedication paid off as she won the...