2008 Woodie Awards
The moments the Natatorium put into the record books
Issue date: 11/28/07 Section: Sports
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Rick Carey, Men's 200 Meter Backstroke, 1:58.86, 6-27-1984, United States Olympic Trials-Swimming. Three-Time Olympic Gold Medal Winner at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He broke nine World Records in total. Carey also won two gold medals in 1985 at the Pan Pacific Games in Tokyo.
Steve Lundquist, Men's 100 Meter Backstroke, 1:02.53, 8-21-1982, US Swimming Long Course Championships. Two -Time Olympic Gold Medal Winner at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Lundquist was inducted in 1990 to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. First swimmer to ever break the two minute mark in the 200 yard Breaststroke.
John Moffet, Men's 100 Meter Backstroke, 1:02.13, 6-25-1984, United States Olympic Trials. Held the world record until an injury forced him to retire and he took up competitive cycling.
Michael Phelps, Men's 400 Meter Individual Medley, 4:10.73, 4-26-2003, Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool. Phelps took six gold medals and two Bronzes at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Phelps draws comparisons to Mark Spitz and will chase his eight gold medal performance.
Pablo Morales, Men's 100 Meter Butterfly, 53.38, 6-26-1984 United States Olympic Trials-Swimming. Morales won two silvers and one gold medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won two golds at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. In 1992 he became the oldest swimmer ever to achieve a gold medal performance.
Aaron Piersol, 110-Meter Backstroke, World Championship Trial. Piersol took three gold medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. In 2000 at the Sydney Olympics he took silver.
Jenny Thompson, Women's 100-Meter Freestyle, 54.48, 3-1-1992 Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships. Spanning a 12-year period from 1992-2004 Thompson won eight Olympic gold medals, three silvers and one bronze making her the most successful US Olympian of all time.
Anita Nall, Women's 200 Meter Breaststroke, 2:25.92, 3-2-1992, Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships. In the 1992 Olympics, Nall won a gold, silver, and bronze at Barcelona. She broke the 200-meter Breaststroke twice in one day at the Natatorium.
Anita Nall, Women's 200 Meter Breaststroke, 2:25.35, 3-2-1992, Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships
SHORT COURSE
Haley Cope-Short Course, 50 Backstrokes, 27.25, 3-17-2000. In 2004 Cope placed eighth in the 100-meter backstroke in Athens. At the 2004 World Championships she took first in the 50-meter backstroke and 100 meter backstroke.
UCLA: Haley Cope, Staciana Stitts, Waen Minpraphal, Joscelin Yeo Short Course, 200 Medley Relay, 1:49.23, 3-17-2000. Stitts took gold at the 1999 Pan American games in 1999 for the 100-meter breaststroke. Yeo has won six gold medals at the 1998 Southeast Asian Games.
University of Georgia: Courtney Shealy, Kristy Kowal, Keegan Walkley, Maritza Correia Short Course, 400 Medley Relay, 3:57.46, 3-17-2000. Shealy took two gold medals at the Sydney Olympic games in 2000. Kowal took silver in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and was the NCAA Woman of the Year in 2000. Walkley was a teammate of Kowal's at Georgia and helped the Bulldogs to a National Championship. Short was the first Hispanic American to set an American swimming record.
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