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U.S. Swimming’s First 15 Years

1978

• U.S. Congress passes Amateur Sports Act.

1979

• At the AAU Nauonal Convention, legislation passes changing the AAU’s function from a multi-sport organization to a service/management activity for national governing bodies.
• USS signs a service agreement with the new AAU, an NGB first.
• The AAU passes a resolution "so that Sports Committees become National Governing Bodies responsible for all aspects of the governance of their sports."

1980

• FINA recognizes USS and the United States Aquauc Sports at meetings in Moscow.
• USS holds it First National Championships, choosing an honorary U.S. OlympicTeam.
• Phillips Petroleum continues sponsorship of USS Senior Swimming and travel fund.
• The AAU turns over all nauonal swimming revenue to United States Swimming.
• USS hires Information Services Director.
• USS Directory debuts.
• FINA adopts "Olympic Entry Limit" of two swimmers per country, per event, reducing U.S. medal count potential by a 1/3.
• Competitive Swimming News becomes U.S. Swimming News; the logo changes from Swimming USA to USA Swimming logo designed by Colleen Roark of Phoenix.
• Rules Committee endorses two-piece swimsuit and "Sudden Death" false start.
• USS conducts surveys of USS-registered families.

1981

• Four-person USS staff moves to Colorado Springs from Indianapolis.
• William A. Lippman, Jr. resigns as the first USS president and is replaced by ‘68 Olympic bronze medalist Ross Wales.
• U.S. defeats USSR in dual meet in Kiev.
• USSN goes monthly.
• Tracy Caulkins wins four events in short course meters worldbest times at USS International.
• Carol Zaleski succeeds the irreplaceable Ann Colewell as secretary of Rules Comrrlittee.
• City of Concord pulls out as hosts of the 1982 World Championships. The depth of their pool didn’t meet FINA rules and they decided not to deepen their pool.
• Phillips Performance Award and the Rookie of the Meet Award debut.
• USS Outstanding Service Award for volunteers at the LSC level debuts.
• USS Coaches’ Colleges debut.
• USS set swimming year from May 15 to the following May 14.
• Mary T. Meagher’s drops World Records in the 100m fly from 59.26 to 57.93 and in the 200m fly from 2:06.37 to 2:05.96.
• Club Publicity Guide debuts.

World Records
Craig Beardsley (200m fly)
Mary T. Meagher (100m, 200m fly)
Rowdy Gaines (100m free)
William Paulus (10m fly)

1982

• Junior Olympics dinded into East and West.
• McDonald’s becomes Age Group/Junior Olympic sponsor.
• Awards Committee to commission the United States Swimming Award.
• FINA World Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador; U.S. team’s performance is unexpectedly disappointing.
• Don Gambril named 1984 U.S. Olympic Team head coach.
• U.S. defeats USSR in dual meet in Knoxville.
• Phillips Petroleum begins its 10th year of sponsoring USS.
• Top 16 Recognition debuts for age group swimmers.
• Tracy Caulkins wins her 12th Kiphuth Award for women’s high point winner at summer nationals; a USS record.
• USS acquires the Swim-a-thon fundraising program; under USS direction clubs retain 85 percent of funds raised.
• Swimming World becomes "Official Magazine of USS."
• Indiana University Natatorium completed; Tony Corbisiero breaks first record in pool (800m freestyle-American record).
• USS hires Local Services Director and Controller.

Swimmer of the Year
Steve Lundquist

Phillips Performorce Award
Rowdy Gaines (200m free)

World Records
Rowdy Gaines (200m free)
Steve Lundquist (100m breast - twice)

1983

• U.S. dominates Pan American Games.
• USS House of Delegates approves SWIMFUND, a trust fund for postgrad athletes.
• USS renames National Championships after Phillips Petroleum (Phillips 66).
• American Swim Coaches Associauon discusses possible merger with USS Board of Directors.
• Mark Spitz, Johnny Weissmuller, and Don Schollander are among 20 charter members of U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame elected by the media. Spitz was second in the voting to Jesse Owens.
• U.S. men’s 400-meter medley relay sets world record in the only time in the history of swimming that all four 100-meter event world record holders swim in the same relay.
• No false start rule passes at USAS Convention.
• Scooter becomes spokesmuppet of the Swima-thon program.

Swimmer of the Year
Rick Carey

Phillips Performance Award
Rick Carey (200m back)

World Records
Rick Carey (100m back - three times, 200m back)
Matt Gribble (100m fly)
Dara Torres (50m free)
Steve Lundquist (100m breast - twice)

1984

• U.S. hosts Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Cali, Eastern Bloc countries boycott Games in retaliation for U.S. boycott of 1980.
• U.S. swimmers set record for most gold medals--22--in a single Olympics, winning a total of 43 medals in L.A.
• Tracy Caulkins earns three Olympic gold medals; is named USOC SportsWoman of the Year.
• Nancy Hogshead and Carrie Steinseifer tie for gold medal in the 100m freestyle in the first race of the Olympics; it’s the only ue in Olympic swimming history.
• In the most exciting race of the Games, the U.S. 800m freestyle relay, anchored by Bruce Hayes, sets world record and defeats West Germany for gold medal by .04 seconds.
• USS receives $2.6 million dollars as its share of L.A. Olympic surplus funds.
• John Naber and Duke Kahanamoku inducted in U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
• Sandy Baldwin becomes third USS President, succeeding Ross Wales.
• SWIMFUND modified so athletes may keep trust fund balance after retirement.
• Australia, Canada, Japan and USA form the Pan Pacific Swimming Associauon as charter nations.
• Speedo becomes official supplier of deck apparel to USS National Teams.
• USS Speakers’ Bureau debuts.
• Recruiting brochure debuts.
• Splash debuts--Software Program Library at Amateur Swimming Headquarters with Fred Siegrist as editor.

Swimmer of the Year
Tracy Caulkins

Phillips Performance Award
Team USA (800m free relay)

World Records
John Moffet (100m breast)
Rick Carey (200m back)
Pablo Morales (100m fly)
Steve Lundquist (100m breast)

1985

• Richard Quick named U.S. National Team Coach through 1988.
• team dominates first Pan Pacific meet.
• Coaches SafetyTraining requirements debut; Safety Training for Swim Coaches, CPR and First Aid.
• USS hires Director of Sports Medicine.
• Steve Lundquist becomes a regular, Steve Kendall, on the soap, Search for Tomorrow.
• First U.S. Ope n Meet held, formerly known at the USS Inte rnauonal Meet.
• East German svvimmerJens-Peter Berndt defects in Oklahoma City.

Swimmer of the Year
Matt Biondi

Phillips Performance Award
Matt Biondi (100m free)

World Record
Matt Biondi (100m free - twice)

1986

• USS hires Domesuc Technical Director.
• U.S. team, swept by severe flu at the competition, does poorly at World Championships.
• Janet Evans’ international debut comes at the first-ever Goodwill Games.
• Matt Biondi is named USOC SportsMan of the Year.
• USS reorganizes volunteer structure.
• Olympic Foundation gives USS the first of three grants of over $300,000 to build a swimming treadmill.
• Athlete registration is brought in-house.
• Carol Zalesh succeeds Sandy Baldwin as USS President to become fourth president.
• Debbie Meyer, 1968 Sullivan Award winner, is inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

Swimmer of the Year
Betsy Mitchell

Phillips Performance Award
Betsy Mitchell (200m back)

World Records
Betsy Mitchell (200m back)
Pablo Morales (100m fly)
Matt Biondi (100m free)

1987

• U.S. sends full teams tO Pan Pacifics and Pan American Games as 97 swimmers gain valuable internatonal compeution experience.
• USA earns a record 57 medals at Pan Ams.
• Master’s Degree program with USS Sports Medicine and the University of ColoradoColorado Springs debuts, an NGB first.
• Carol Zaleski has first shovel honors as ground is broken for Flume.
• Meet Director’s Handbook, LSC Procedures Manual and coaches newsletter debut.
• New camp programs debut.
• Shirley Babashoff and Donna deVarona are inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
• Alamo Rent-a-car, United Airlines and Johnson & Johnson sign on as sponsors.

Swimmer of the Year
Janet Evans

Phillips Performance Award
Janet Evans (1500m free)

World Records
Janet Evans (400m, 800m, and 1500m free)
David Wharton (400m IM)
Tom Jager (50m free)

1988

• USS creates own insurance company, an NGB first.
• USS Flume and International Center for Aquatic Research are dedicated; Flume is installed in ICAR bv the same firm that erected the St. Louis Arch--the PittsburghDes Moines Company.
• Counsilman Chair for international sports scientists to conduct research at ICAR debuts.
• Angel Myers is disqualified from Olympic team for use of banned substance.
• U.S. team wins 18 medals at Seoul Olympics, led by Janet Evans, who won three individual gold medals and Matt Biondi, who won seven medals, including five gold.
• Matt Biondi is named USOC SportsMan of the Year for a second time.
• Charlie Daniels is inducted into the U.S. Olyrnpic Hall of Fame.
• National Team Director posiuon approved.
• Select Camps begin.
• Carol Zalesh is reselected as USS President.

Swimmer of the Year
Matt Biondi/Janet Evans

Phillips Performance Award
Janet Evans (400m free)

World Records
Tom Jager (50m free)
Matt Biondi (50m,100m free)
Janet Evans (400m, 800m, 1500m free)
David Berkoff (100m back three times)

1989

• USS hires National Team Director.
• USS signs Sports Science agreement with University of ColoradoColorado Springs.
• team dominates Pan Pacifics in Tokyo. Swimming history is made as four different U.S. swimmers set World Records on August 20 in a six and one-half hour span.
• USA swimmers post sixth-consecutive dual meet victory over USSR in Atlanta, Ga.
• Board determines that swimming caps are technical equipment; however, graphics on caps, hanng no impact on performance, are nontechnical.
• Turner Broadcasting signs four-year deal with USS.
• Mini-Rulebooks, USS Volunteer newsletter debut.
• Flume is recognized as one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the year.
• Early March dates for the ‘92 Olympic trials are approved.
• Code of Conduct is established for national team athletes and staff.
• Athlete Endowment of $1 million is created, an NGB first.
• Gatorade signs on a sponsor of USS.
• Four-hour meet rule is approved.

Swimmer of the Year
Mike Barrowman

Phillips Performance Award
Dave Wharton (200m IM)

World Records
Mike Barrowman (200m breast - twice)
Janet Evans (800m free)
David Wharton 200m IM)
Tom Jager (50 m free)

1990

• Sports Illustrated names Mary T. Meagher’s 200m butterfly world record as the fifthgreatest "single-event" record ever.
• Six U.S. swimmers break the English Channel team relay crossing record.
• Bill Maxson wins first contested USS Presidentiai election.
• Mark Spitz tests in the Flume; the stroke is efficient; the power is lacking.
• LSC Racing and NAG camps double.
• Four-hour rule takes effect for swim meets.
• Doc Counsilman retires after 3 3-year tenure at the University of Indiana.
• Tracy Caulkins Competition Pool dedicated.
• Tambrands signs on; Fuji Photo Films signs up for four more years.
• First-ever USS Sprint Championships, televised by ABC’s Wide World of Sports, nets Tom Jager $12,000 and a new world record.
• Janet Evans earns Sullivan Award and USOC SportsWoman of the Year as the nation’s most outstanding amateur athlete.
• The NCAA moves to restrict swimming’s practice time.
• Tracy Caulkins is inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Swimmer of the Year
Mike Barrowman

Phillips Performance Award
Mike Barrowman (200m breast)

World Records
Mike Barrowman (200m breast)
Tom Jager (50m free - twice)

1991

• Team USA wins most medals, most gold medals, most points for men’s, women’s and combined at the World Championships.
• Mark Spitz loses to Tom Jager and Matt Biondi in two separate, high-stakes races of 50m butterfly on ABC.
• USOC unveils plans for an $18 million facility construction project, including major funding for a state-of-the-art aquatics center.
• Partner’s Program debuts.
• USA dominates Pan Pacifics, Pan Ams, and World University Games compeuuons, winning most medals and most gold medals.
• Phillips Petroleum extends their sponsorship for four more years with $1 million.
• Bill Lippman dies at 83, after 22 years of service to the sport of swimming; Lippman Cup for combined team champions at senior nationals debuts.
• House of Delegates mandates a balanced budget in 1992.
• USS Bulletin Board System debuts.

Swimmer of the Year
Mike Barrowman

Phillips Performance Award
Mel Stewart (200m fly)

World Records
Mike Barrowman (200m breast twice)
Jeff Rouse (100m back)
Mel Stewart (200m fly)

1992

• USS lines up 26 sponsors offering more than $1.5 million in support.
• Peter Daland, winner of 9 NCAA titles, reures from coaching after 35 years at USC.
• USS signs on to participate in the USOC Short Nouce Drug Testing program.
• The U.S. team earns 27 medals in Olympics, one-quarter of the entire U.S. delegation totals; seven American win individual events.
• Strategic planning debuts.
• Helene Madison is inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
• USS joins forces with the American Red Cross on new teaching materials.
• Ground is broken for the Olympic Training Center Aquauc Center.
• USS tracking program debuts.
• Team Atlanta concept is born.
• USS athlete membership tops 200,000 for the first time in history.

Swimmer of the Year
Pablo Morales

Phillips Performance Award
Mike Barrowman (200m breast)

World Records
Mike Barrowman (200m breast)
Jenny Thompson (100m free)
Anita Nail (200m breast - twice)

1993

• Pablo Morales is named USOC SportsMan of the Year.
• USS reorganizes headquarter’s staff structure.
• Comprehensive communications package is approved, including Splash! and the SwimFax, which give USS it’s own fax-ondemand system, an NGB first.
• Athlete’s Assistance features money-formedals; $600,000 in support fund.
• Swimming places three finalists--Mike Barrowman, Summer Sanders, and Pablo Morales--on Sullivan Award slate.
• Matt Biondi, winner of 11 Olympic medals, retires.
• Barney Favaro, author of the USS Rulebook "white pages," resigns as USS General Counsel.
• Mary T. Meagher wins Phillips 66/USS 20th Anniversary Award for the single greatest overall performance at a senior nauonals between 1973 and 1992, based on her two World Records at the 1981 summer nationals.
• Splash! debuts; gift service orders jump from 14 to 105 a week; SwimFax requests go from 2,000 in two months to 9,000 in one week.
• Jenny Thompson earns six gold medals at the Pan Pacific Championships.
• Coaches Incentive Program debuts, which awards cash to coaches of top performing swimmers at senior nauonals.
• UCLA drops men’s swimming due to gender equity after 29 vears of finishing in the top 10 at the NCAsi Championships and having a 98 percent graduation rate.
• Olympic Training Center pool opens with 17 Olympic greats representing U.S. Olympic teams from 1936 to 1992.

Swimmer of the Year
Jenny Thompson

Phillips Performance Award
Eric Namesnik (400m IM)

1994

• Carol Zaleski pulls a Grover Cleveland, earning reelection as USS President.
• Camp with swimmers from seven disabled sports organizations is held, an NGB first.
• IU Natatorium is awarded ‘96 Trials.
• Chad Carvin becomes the first man to hold American records in both the 500y and 1650y freestyles since 1983 at NCAAs.
• Resident National Team debuts.
• Tom Dolan becomes the first male since Mark Spitz in 1972 to win four U.S. national titles in one meet.
• Outreach Weekend debuts, featuring a minority swim camp, coaches college and a swimming agency summit (American Red Cross, YMCA, Boy Scouts, etc.), an NGB first.
• Chad Hundeby breaks English Channel crossing record; Karen Burton breaks the Catalina Island crossing record.
• wins most medals, most points at World Championships;Janet Evans becomes first woman ever to win back-to-back Olympic and World Championship utles; Tom Dolan wins the 400m IM with a world record.
• Richard Quick and Skip Kenney are named U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Head Coaches for 1996.
• Chinese swimmers, including two world champions, test positive at the Asian Games.
• USS hires Performance Development Division Director and Athlete Development Director.

Swimmer of the Year
Tom Dolan

Phillips Performance Award
Tom Dolan (400m IM)

World Records
Tom Dolan (400m IM)

1995

• USOC grants USS $322,500 to fully fund the Resident National Team for 1995.
• The Pan Pacific Associauon, at the urging of the USS Board of Directors, bans China from competing in the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships.
• USS Bulletin Board joins the InterNet.
• Summer Sanders, who won four medals in the 1992 Olympics then retired, joins the Resident National Team.
• For the second time in history, the U.S. tops 50 medals at the Pan Am Games.
• Tom Dolan becomes the first swimmer sincl Matt Biondi to win three events at NCAAsl American-record time.
• Russian National Team defeats Team USA for the first time in a men’s-only dual meet
• Eunice Kennedy-Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, visits the Olympic Training Center for the USS Disabled Sports Organizauon Camp II.
• USS hosts Pan Pacific Championships for l the first time; meet conducted in the Olympic competition pool venue.

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