Eight-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps will appear on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, Oct. 4. The Late Show will air 11:35 p.m. ET.
Phelps to appear on Leno

Below are some interesting links I found, and also some information from the recent USMS convention in Orlando, FL.

SWIM Magazine Stunned; USMS Leadership Questioned
2004 USMS Convention
Television Coverage of Short Course World Championships (9/23/2004)
Coach reflects on Phelps’ golden summer
In the Water: Masters World Champ Nadine Day

Practice this Saturday 9/11 will be at Staples High School from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. Jared will be bringing along an approximate 4000 meter workout.
Also remember Sunday 9/12 is the Westport Kiwanis Triathlon and they will have race day entries.

ENGLISH CHANNEL, Atlantic Ocean, September 7. JUST days after Marcy MacDonald was pulled out of the water with an injury, over two-thirds of the way toward her quest to “Triple Cross” the Channel this summer, it seems a good time to check-up on the plans of the swimmer who had initially planned to “Triple” with [...]

I added more new photos to the Swim Across the Sound photo gallery, including the one on the left of Jake celebrating with the champagne bottle while accepting our 2nd place award.
I also added the 2003 YMCA Masters National Swimming Meet photos to the gallery. 2004 YMCA Masters National Swimming Meet pictures will be [...]

Andy Davis posted this earlier in a comment but for those of you who missed it…
Morning swims at Compo have been a lot of fun (ok, at least fun when it’s over). For any of you “crack of dawn” types, these guys & gals (mostly hard core triathletes) will be swimming Monday, Wednesday and Friday [...]

Bruce, Chet, Greg and Josh competed in the Greenwich Island Beach Two Mile Swim this past weekend. The conditons were perfect compared to the condtions at the Swim Across the Sound the previous weekend. The Greenwich Time’s has a nice recap of the event.
More photos from the Swim Across the Sound.

Best of luck to Cheryl who heads down to Savannah, Georgia today to compete in the 2004 USMS Long Course National Championships.
Also the Westport/Weston YMCA will be closed from August 16th to August 29th. During this time we’ll practice at the Wilton YMCA. I’m sure Mike will have more to say about this [...]

This years Swim Across the Sound may be the best example in a long time of the strength of the swimming programs in Westport through the ages. Westporters, and Westport swimming programs, accounted for nearly 75 percent of the trophy positions, swum in conditions that race director Dave Parcells called “the worst in [...]

On Saturday August 7th Wesport Swim Club will have two relays competing in the Swim Across the Sound. If you’re interested in coming to watch the finish they said the relays will begin arriving around 2 PM at Captains Cove in Bridgeport, CT. The awards ceremony will begin at 7:00 PM, after all [...]