Peter has his photos up at PeterBick.com

I should have posted this a few days ago but I've been a little under the weather. I know I've already said it in person but great job Peter!

Wheeee! Swim Meets are FUN!

I've finally finished uploading my pics from Michigan to the gallery. Enjoy!

This weekend I'm in SoCal with Lala for the Speedo Grand Challenge. Lala, Crackinup, Teagan and myself met up last night for finals and then had a great dinner at this Brazillian BBQ place where they basically keep bringing you meat until you threaten to hurl. IT WAS AWESOME! I hope everyone else is having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I leave for home on the redeye tonight and then start back to school on Tuesday but it's been a great few weeks of hanging out with BHOer's at swim meets and celebrating my own birthday and my son's 21st b'day.

I'd also like to give a few nods of congrats to some members of BHO. CarolinaBlue recently told me that she's been nominated for another Emmy. Some of you may remember that she won one last year. This year she's up against the Discovery Channel and TLC, some stiff competition, and she's not confident she'll win, but that's pretty amazing company to be keeping so this really is a case where being nominated is a victory in itself so congratulations and good luck! Also, our own lovely Jenny graduated from the University of Texas last week, a university some of you may be familiar with. ;) That's such a huge accomplishment and I wanted to give her a thread of her own but she's too shy so I'll just give her a shout out here. And finally, Lala is doing a kid's play at her local theatre (she plays the cow, the frog and Granny I believe) and it got an incredible review by a local paper. I'll try to post some of the passages later when she's awake and I can get it, but congrats to her on being so good at what she loves.

Does anyone else have some good news they'd like to share?

Photos up from the Namesnik Memorial GP...

I've begun uploading the many, many photos I took in Michigan, but it's going to take a few more days to get them all done. Peter loaned me two of his lenses to play with while I was there and I had a great time snapping away. Lot's of the Michigan boys, Timmy's favorite girls, and Crocker of course. You can find them in the gallery.



There is an entire series of Klete and Erik at the end of Saturday that is just hilarious. Not sure what was going on but Blair and I noticed them from across the pool and they were having more fun than anyone else in the building.

I had such a great time seeing Peter and Blair again (she's a great roomie and roadtrip companion) and of course the star was Timmay who gave us the grand tour of his hometown and got Ian to autograph my Longhorn jacket. It was a really great trip!

Lohn: Class of 2000 just continues to excel

A little more than two years ago, this column space was dedicated to a quartet of Delaware County athletes who had the potential to define the Class of 2000 as one of the finest to come through this part of Pennsylvania. At the time of that column, Brendan Hansen was already at the top of his sport, a world-champion swimmer with Olympic aspirations. The other three standouts -- Taylor Buchholz, Mark Jones and Jameer Nelson -- were threatening to make their names known in their sports.

Surely, success would not pan out for each member of the foursome. For all four to excel at the highest level of their sport, wasn't that asking too much? Apparently not.

Nearly six years after they earned their high school diplomas, Hansen, Buchholz, Jones and Nelson have vaulted their class into elite company, right alongside the 1969 crew that eventually landed five players in the National Football League.

Here's an updated look at the Class of 2000.

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Brendan Hansen: Of any member of the Class of 2000, Hansen was the athlete adorned with the can't-miss tag. After all, as a high school athlete, he was ranked among the top breaststrokers in the world.

Experienced at the international level as a Haverford High student, Hansen went on to win eight NCAA individual crowns at the University of Texas and walked away from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with three medals, one of each color.

The world-record holder in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events, Hansen has 11 world-championship medals to his credit and a busy summer on the horizon. Following the United States Nationals in California in early August, the swimming sensation will race at the Pan Pacific Championships in British Columbia, Canada.

Regularly giving motivational speeches and clinics, Hansen's future schedule is jammed. Aside from next year's World Championships in Melbourne, his long-term focus revolves around the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Just two more meets that will allow his legacy to grow.

Amok Amok Amok!

So, Michelle is not here as she went to the Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix.. With Blair.. And Peter... and Timmay and.. and.. and... Not me! So I guess that means that I am in charge. Woot! Here is a article about the meet:

U-M hosts 400 swimmers in first Namesnik Memorial meet

ANN ARBOR - Eric Namesnik would've loved this.
More than 400 of the nation's top swimmers, including nine who brought home a combined 24 medals from the 2004 Athens Olympics, will be in action this weekend at Canham Natatorium on the University of Michigan campus. It's the first stop on USA Swimming's summer circuit, and while it is the sixth edition of this event in Ann Arbor, it's the first time it'll be called the Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix.
Namesnik, a two-time Olympic medalist and former Michigan All-American, died in January as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. But everyone agrees this weekend's meet - it runs Friday through Sunday - is a fitting tribute to "Snik," a fierce competitor who spent seven years as a U-M assistant coach and then began coaching age-group swimmers in Ann Arbor.
"This kind of competition is what Eric loved," said Jon Urbanchek, the retired U-M men's head coach who has stayed on, helping his successor, Bob Bowman, coach the elite-level Club Wolverine team at Canham. "And this meet was Eric's idea. He put the work into it, he labored over it. He did all the legwork, all the sponsorships, all the organization. So it's very appropriate to have it named after him."
Appropriate, too, that Namesnik's wife, Kirsten, will hand out the awards after Saturday night's first event, the 400-meter individual medley. That was Snik's specialty - he won a pair of Olympic silver medals (in 1992 and '96) in the 400 IM.
There's little doubt who will be at the top of the podium after that race Saturday. Michael Phelps, who won an record-tying eight Olympic medals in Athens, owns the fastest 400 IM time in history and is rounding in top form again. Phelps, who will race in six events at this weekend's meet, was part of a group of 19 U-M and Club Wolverine swimmers that spent the past three weeks training at altitude in Colorado Springs, Colo.
And while no one expects any records to be broken this early in the season - swimmers have their sights set on the U.S. nationals in August - the fans certainly should get their money's worth this weekend.
"I think we're all just excited to get in the water and race - and it'll show," Phelps said. "I know the group in Colorado trained really well. This is a chance for everybody to see where they stand."
Phelps is hardly the only golden boy in a field that includes world record-holders in seven different events. His friendly rival, Ian Crocker, is entered in three races, including his specialty, the 100-meter butterfly. Natalie Coughlin, who won five medals in Athens, will swim in five events this weekend. And double Olympic medalist Kara Lynn Joyce (Ann Arbor Pioneer), recently named NCAA swimmer of the year at Georgia, will compete in four events.
Meanwhile, training partners, Klete Keller and Peter Vanderkaay, both of whom also won gold in Athens, will challenge Phelps just as they do every day in practice. One of the best races will get the meet started Friday evening, as those three compete in the men's 400 freestyle. Also giving chase will be two-time Olympic silver medalist Erik Vendt, one of two new high-profile additions to the Club Wolverine stable. Vendt, 400 IM specialist who was runner-up to Phelps in Athens, is ready to race again after coming out of semi-retirement this spring.
"I was worried: I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get back to the level I was at," said Vendt, 25, a former Southern Cal standout. "But the way I've been training lately, I'm pretty confident."
This week's meet kicks off a busy summer for the Club Wolverine swimmers, who will travel to Grand Prix events next month in Charlotte, N.C., and Santa Clara, Calif., where Australian star Ian Thorpe is expected to compete. (And a certain B Hansen) A meet in July at the University of Georgia will be the final tune-up for nationals (Aug. 1-5 in Irvine, Calif), which double as the U.S. team trials for next year's world championships.
Notable:
Another big fish is ready to join the school in Ann Arbor. Four-time Olympic medalist Kaitlin Sandeno arrived in Ann Arbor on Thursday to begin training full-time with Club Wolverine, where she joins former USC teammates Keller and Vendt. Sandeno, 23, won't compete this weekend, but like Vendt, she says she's looking forward to a change of scenery as she prepares for the 2008 Beijing Games.
"They're big additions, and it's a big responsibility," Bowman said. "I'm honored they'd choose to come here to prepare for what, in all likelihood, will be their last Olympic Games. It's great for our program, great for everybody involved."

Sounds like it will be pretty cool and that Michigan is getting a cool club together. But let's not forget TEXAS LONGHORNS! Wouldn't it be much better to see horns Tattoos everywhere than those big block M's?

Speaking of which: Longhorn Aquatics Hooks USA Swimming Club Excellence Title

Hee Heee... Play this funny game too. Being that it is the end of the year and there are a few college parties. Dont drink and drive. Help The Drunk Get Home.
Oh and Happy Belated Birthday Jen!

Photos from "Uncle A"

From Uncle A...

Bren came out to visit us (Aunt Bernadette, Cousins Stuart, Mackenzie and Brooke and myself) last weekend. He did a real nice intimate clinic for our club (Spartan Aquatics, Orange Park, Florida) plus we chilled out at St. Augustine Beach a day too. He is awesome with the kids. The parents were in awe too.

And he shared some photos with us which I've added to the gallery.


Brendan with the kids from Spartan Aquatics


Brendan with his cousin Stuart


Brendan's cousin Brooke modeling his Olympic gold medal and some fabulous purple crocs.


Brendan doing something undescribeable on the beach. Was he being attacked by jelly fish? It's unclear.

Brendan and Josh Davis...

at the Minnesota Train with a Champ Swim Camp.



So, so cute. I found it at the Jet Stream Aquatics home page. Click the little one to see it larger.

Happy Birthday Michelle!

These photos should give you a small idea of how li'l Michelle loves her desserts!

Michelle, I hope your birthday brings you just a little bit of the happiness you have brought those who appreciate you, and all you do, so very much. And if it does, you'll have a really great day!

And Happy Mother's Day Too!

Happy Birthday Megan and Lena!

Photo of the beautiful Megan Hansen and the maybe-a-lil'bit-toooooo-good-looking Sean Hansen compliments of lala.

And Happy Birthday Lena! How old are you now?




Also, the Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix Psych Sheet has been posted. Anyone up for a prediction contest?

Thanks Anna and Happy Birthday Steph!

Earlier this week I got a lovely email from an Italian girl named Anna who is a fan of Brendans, and a visitor to BHO. She offered to do a proper translation of Brendan's interview with nuoto.it and I gladly accepted! Everyone thank Anna for doing this for us. I'm sure it was time consuming but it's a great interview and I'm glad to be able to read it.

During the 8th edition of the International Swimming Meeting of Mondovi we met Brendan Hansen, World Champion and Record holder of the 100 and 200 m. breaststroke. We spent two days with him: both in the pool and during dinner we had the chance to know him a bit better. He surely is a funny guy, always ready to joke, but he is also very determined and careful when it comes to training. He always gives everything he has got to improve constantly and keep swimming bloody fast!

Hello Brendan, thanks for being here with us. How and when did you actually start swimming?
Well, I started swimming when I was four, basically because my parents pushed me into it. I have never stopped since then.

Tell us about your typical training day. Which aspects of your training sessions do you like the most and which are a burden, so to speak?
I wake up at 6:30 in the morning, and I train from 7 to 9, swimming all the strokes. After that, I go to the gym and lift weights from 1 to 3. From 3 to 5 I'm back to the Olympic pool and finally I go home and rest a bit. I do love training with my friends of the team, you know, Aaron Peirsol, Neil Walker and Ian Crocker, but the training itself is pretty boring...

What would you say are your worst fault and your best quality?
Hmmm, well, my friends say I'm cheerful and funny, 'cause I make them laugh. My worst fault, hmmm...I don't know. My friends never complained about any, so I guess I'm perfect (laughs)...

What do you do apart from swimming? What are your hobbies?
I actually go hunting and fishing a lot. I have a dog and I love walking him, but I also love cycling and hanging out with friend, have fun, that is...

Are you satisfied with last season's results, especially with the two World Titles in the 100 and 200 Breast back in Montreal?
Oh yes, totally! I think the final of the 100 m. was the best of the two, because I actually got to beat the Japanese Kitajima: he had defeated me in Athens, even if at the time I had just set a new WR in Long Beach for the distance. I wanted this victory so bad: it was a sort of return match for me and I believe I succeeded because I trained harder and better and believed in my potential!

How is your relationship with your coach, Eddie Reese and with your team, the Longhorn Aquatics?
Eddie is like a father to me, since my parents live in Pennsylvania and I train in Texas. I do miss them a lot, I see them only twice a year. Eddie and my team-mates are my family while I'm in Texas.

What about your relationship with the guys of the U.S. national team?
Aaron Peirsol is my best friend. Many of the other guys train in different places around the USA, but every time we get together we are just fine: we are a great group, we are friends, have fun and share the same experiences.

What are your goals for next season and, of course, for Beijing 2008?
First I'll be at the PanPacifics, which will take place in August. I hope to improve the records of both the 100 and the 200 Breaststroke; then I'll try to win all the golden medals at the World Championship in Melbourne and at the Olympics in 2008. I'm working bloody hard to reach all this!

In the last two years you improved your times a lot: you set both the WR in the 100 m. with 59.30 and in the 200 m. with 2.09.04. Do you actually think you can improve again in both events and which is your favourite of the two?
Well, I think I can improve my time in the 200 m. This is my favourite event.

What is your opinion of Italian swimming after Montreal 2005 and Shanghai 2006? Which Italian swimmers do you know?
I wasn't in Shanghai and I haven't watched the races on TV. I think that Pippo Magnini's performance in Montreal was really great. He proved he can bring Italian swimming to higher levels. Filippo is actually the Italian swimmer I know better.

Have you ever swum in Italy before? What do you like of our country?
No, this is the first time I swim in Italy. Hmmm, I like red wine and I like the people: you are always very kind, nice and hospitable, which I really appreciate. I actually feel a bit Italian myself: my maternal grandparents' last name is Savini and that comes from Abruzzo.

Do you like this idea of Mondovi to put together the youngest swimmers and the bigs and give the champions of tomorrow a chance to meet and race the ones of the present?
Yeah, sure! It's awesome because this is a promotion for swimming itself. These young guys here swam side by side with Olympic champions and, who knows, maybe amongst them there will be the great swimmers of tomorrow. We'll see...

I saw that you have a really great Website, with a lot of news and pictures, www.brendanhansenonline.com. On www.nuoto.it, we try to give news about swimming in general, not just about Italian athletes. Do you think the presence of many Websites is important for a sport like swimming?
- Yeah, BHO is really good, thanks. I definitely believe Internet is a great way to communicate fast and globally. The Websites help give our sport a bit more visibility.

Thanks a lot, Brendan. You've been really funny and nice.
- Thank you! Ciao!

Happy Birthday Steph!

Timed Finals a Great Resource for Swimming News...

I know I just posted a link to Scott's new website a few weeks back but it really is a great resource for news and I want to post it again since I haven't added it to the links page yet (I'll be updating soon though, I promise!). This morning I learned that...

Janet Evans' 18 Year Old World Record Broken

Scott has a lot of really great information available for swimmers and fans at all levels. It's a very impressive resource.

Check it out.

Holly picks a Winner!

Hahaha. Sorry Holly, but I had to post this one. Everyone tell Holly's fiance David what a fortunate man he is and congratulate them on their recent engagement. I've added several photos from the engagement party to the gallery.

A belated Happy Birthday to Bee! Sorry I missed you on the 6th.

Interview with Brendan...

Ok, I'd intended to post Holly's engagement party pictures today (Holly doesn't post on the blog but joins us in chat every Sunday - lovely Aussie girl) BUT...then this nice man named Gianni sent me a link to the interview he did with Brendan in Italy. Unfortunately, he didn't translate it for us () and once again we must rely on Google. Enjoy, and thank you Gianni Dulbecco for sending me the link. (I'll get Holly's pics posted soon so y'all can congratulate her fiance on such a great catch.)

Mondovi' - the eighth edition of the International Meeting of Swim City of carried out Mondovi' the 22-23 you open them past, organized from the enriched Libertas Mondovi', from the presence of many big Italian and foreign which Pippo Magnini, Roland Schoeman, Salem Iles, Jennipher Thompson and Brendan Hansen have given the possibility to us to meet the champion and primatista of the 200 world of 100 and frog, the American Brendan Hansen. Having passed with he two entire days, it is to edge bathtub that to supper, we have been able to appreciate its dowries of likeable boy, always ready to the joke, but also extremely serious, determined and scrupulous in the allenementi you always turn to the attainment of the maximum in order to try to improve itself constantly.

Hello Brendan, thanks for your availability. How six approached the swim and which age to you?
I have begun to swim to the age of four years, because my parents have pushed to me in water to swim, and from that day I have continued, also because I love to be in water.

He tells one your day to me type of training. Which are the aspects of the training that you prefer and those that they weigh to you mainly?
I raise myself to the 6,30 of the mattino, from the 7 to the 9 I train in bathtub swimming all the styles, then I go in arena to make weights from the 13 the 15 and from the 15 to the 17 anchor training in water in an olympic swimming pool from 50 meters, then I go to house and to rest. The thing that it appeals to to me tantissimo is to train with my friends the olympic champions to me Aaron Peirsol, Neil Walker, Ian Crocker, which hung to me more is the training in if, decidedly boring.

Which is your better quality and peggior the defect? My friends say that they are a lot amusing and likeable, make to laugh. I do not know which defect, also because my friends do not find any to me; they are perfect, (n.d.r says it joking).

To outside of the swim and the study, which are yours hobbyes?
I love to go hunting and to peach I have also a dog, but it appeals to also the bicycle to me and to exit with the friends to amuse to me.

Six satisfied of the slid season culminated with the title world-wide it in 100 and 200 frog to Montreal?

Totally they have been satisfied of the slid season with the gold gained in 100 and 200 frog to the World-wide ones. I think the end of the 100 frog the best one having struck the Katajima Japanese, than it had preceded to me to Giochi di Atene, although two months before you had established the supremacy of the world to Long Beach. This Victoria wanted to us, it has been one rivincita and are successful to obtain it because second me they are successful to train best to me and I have believed to us until in bottom.

Which is your relationship with your society the Club Longhorn Aquatics and the technician Eddy Reese?
My trainer is like a father for me, in how much my parents live in Pennsylvania, while I train myself in Texas, feel much the lack also because I see two times to them alone the year, therefore the trainer and the society is my family in Texas.

Your relationship with the companions of square of National the USA?
Aaron Peirsol is my better friend. The boys of the national one train themselves in various places of the United States. Every time that we find again ourselves, we feel a great group of friends, we amuse ourselves together, we are well and we share the same experience.

Which are yours object you for this season, and in perspective for the Games of Beijing 2008?
The more important appointment to short is the Pacific Pan games in program to August and obviously the objective is that one to improve the record of the world in 100 and 200 frog. In the mid term perspective is that one to gain all the medals of gold to the World-wide ones of Melbourne 2007 and Olympic Giochi of Beijing 2008. I am working a lot hardly and seriously in bathtub just in order to center all this.

In last the two very many years six improved from the cronometrico point of view, establishing the records of world 59,30 on the 100 frog and 2.09.04 on the 200. Where you think of being able to improve ulteriorly on the short one or the double distance? Which contest you prefer?
Task to improve ulteriorly on the double distance, contest that is my preferred one.

A your judgment on the Italian swim, as it judges turns out you of Montreal 2005 and Shanghai 2006 for the blueta? Which athletes you know?
I have not participated and not followed the World-wide ones of Shanghai. To Montreal the test of Pippo Magnini has been much entusiasmante, has demonstrated of being able to carry the blue swim to highest international levels. The blue swimmer that I know better is just Filippo.

And' before the time that you swam in Italy? What appeals to you of our country?
And' before the time that I come in Italy to swim to Mondovi. It appeals to the red wine to me, appeals to people very to me, always much cordial, you are simpati to us and available, quality that I appreciate truly a lot. I feel also a little Italian one, my maternal grandfathers make Savini of last name and are original of the Abruzzi.

He appeals to this created formula to you to the Meeting di Mondovì to bind together the young swimmers to the big with the final involvement of all in the staffettone, rising of passage of witness between the swim of the future and the champions he asserts to you, in this great festivity of the swim?
Yes, Extraordinary what is one because it promotes the swim, these children swims to flank of world-wide champions when tomorrow between they us it could be an asserted champion.

I have inasmuch as you have a situated beautiful Internet much and complete one, www.brendanhansen.com equipped also from many photographies. We of nuoto.it give information on the swim 360. You think important for the increase of this Internet sport?
Ringrazio to you. Internet is a fast way much and total one to communicate. Situated the Internet very helps to give to image and visibility to our sport.

Thanks Brendan for your enormous sympathy and availability.
Thanks to you, hello

Um, I think they meant to type www.brendanhansenonline.com up there, but they got the link right at the bottom of the article and that's what matters! Thanks Gianni and Nuoto.it

Upcoming Events

Brendan is in Minnesota for Train with a Champ Swim Camp with Josh Davis and Glenn Mills this weekend and next weekend is Mother's Day and the Dave Denniston Relay.

IRVINE, California. May 4. THE Novaquatics Swim Team will be hosting the Dave Denniston Relay Across America again this year on May 13th at the Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine. After a tremendous turn-out and positive feedback from last year's event, the Novaquatics decided to try and make it an annual event. With the majority of Dave's medical expenses covered from his sledding accident last year that left him paralyzed from the waist down, this year's event will help other kids and young adults who are paralyzed. Those benefiting from this years event are currently trying to learn to walk again, like Dave, at Project Walk in Carlsbad, California.

At this year's event, Olympians Natalie Coughlin, Lenny Krazelburg, Jason Lezak as well as Jessica Hardy and several National Team members past and present will be on hand and participating in the relays. Of course, Dave Denniston will be on deck and in the pool swimming. This year Dave will walk to the pool to start off the event!

"This is going to be a lot of fun," says Denniston. "Last year I was given so much through this event, now I'm trying to give back. All of the volunteers and organizers have done a wonderful job of making this happen again."

All of the proceeds will go to the National Transplant Assistance Fund which will then help pay for paralyzed children and young adults to attend Project Walk and regain the ability to stand and walk again. The National Transplant Assistance Fund has over 23 years experience empowering people to raise money in their communities to cover uninsured medical expenses related to transplantation and catastrophic injury. NTAF works hand-in-hand with Project Walk to help paralyzed people regain mobility.

Participants raising $50 or more will receive a t-shirt designed by Dave and raffle tickets for prizes.

The Dave Denniston Relays will feature:
-Relays of up to 5 people racing 500 yards.
-A DJ
-Raffle Prizes such as ipod's, Surfboards, Video Games, Digital Camera's, Movie Tickets and more.
-Fun Relays
-Lots of food from shaved ice to homemade tamales.

Sign-in starts at 8:30 am and is followed by a free pancake breakfast.

The event is not just for swimmers. Parents, coaches, celebrities, or anyone who wishes to participate are welcome to join in the festivities. Those that want to swim can sign-up on the day of the event. Registration packets and information can be found at www.novaquatics.com or www.davedenniston.com.

Lala, Crackinup, Teagan and Atrophy all had a great time at last years relay and it sounds like this year is going to be just as much fun. Wish I could be there!

BHO Get-Togethers or Conventions, whateva

I've started a new schedule in the sidebar to help people planning get-togethers or BHO Conventions or whatever you'd like to call them. (Seriously, do you prefer "conventions" or "get-togethers"?) The list is not necessarily comprised of events Brendan will be attending, but of events that BHOer's are in the process of planning for. The schedule will link to the specific blog threads discussing hotel and meet info to help those interested in meeting up better plan for the events.

So far I only have a thread started for the upcoming Michigan meet but I'll soon be adding one for the Speedo Grand Challenge, Santa Clara Invitational, Summer Nationals, Pan Pacs, Worlds and Olympic Trials, all events that we already have some info about and BHOer's plan on attending. If two or more of you plan to attend something and would like to let others know please shoot me an email and I'll add it to the list and start a thread with information where you can coordinate.

I've attended three meets with BHOer's this year and have to say, we are the nicest people.

I hope to meet many more of you in the next year.

Some News Links...

Jim Henry Returns to Texas Under Brackin

AUSTIN, TX. May 1. AFTER leading the University of Denver men and women's swimming and diving programs to a 61-29 record and being named Sun Belt Conference Female Coach of the Year and Male Coach of the Year, University of Denver Head Swim Coach Jim Henry has taken a position at the University of Texas as an assistant coach to the women's program.

"It is with a heavy heart that I leave the University of Denver," Henry said. "It was a tough decision to make but it's a great opportunity for me to give back to my alma mater. The progress that we have made during my time here has been tremendous and there are only great things in store for both the swimming and diving programs here at DU."

Henry spent three years at DU as head coach of both the men and women's teams. He helped the Pioneers to back-to-back runner up honors at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in 2005 and 2006 and was named Female Head Coach of the Year in 2005 and Male Head Coach of the Year in 2006. He has coached two Pioneers to Sun Belt Conference Swimmer of the Year honors.

"We are sad to see coach Henry leave," DU Director of Athletics and Recreation Peg Bradley-Doppes said. "We were fortunate to have Jim as a part of our Pioneer family for three years as he has taken our swimming and diving programs to new heights. He is an outstanding coach and person and will be dearly missed by the entire DU community."

Henry served as assistant coach at SMU from 1999-2003. Henry enjoyed his finest season at SMU in 2001-02, where he helped the Mustangs finish 12th at the NCAA Championship including five individual All-American performances. SMU also won its sixth consecutive Western Athletic Conference crown.

The former Richardson Berkner High School standout returned to the Lone Star State after coaching at The Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J., from 1995-98. Henry led Peddie to the 1998 Junior National Team Championship and four Eastern Interscholastic Championships from 1996-1998. In addition, Peddie earned a fourth-place finish at the 1997 U.S. Nationals and was also second at the U.S. Open that year. Henry's 1996 team yielded six U.S. Olympic Trial qualifiers and he developed 31 high school All-Americans from 1995-1998.

A three-time NCAA national champion and four-year letterwinner at Texas, Henry was a team captain and All-American in the 400-IM his senior year. The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference Championship each of Henry's four years and were NCAA champions in 1988, 1989 and 1990. A nine-time SWC finalist, Henry also earned the Bob Cone Spirit Award three times from 1988-1990.

Phil Whitten Accepts New Assignment: Swimming World Magazine Searches for New Hire

Pan Pac tickets on sale now

20 Question Tuesday with Sarah Wanezek

Photos of Brendan in Italy

From various parts of the Nuoto.it website which also has some results and such (if you happen to read Italian.

Google translation...

MONDOVI' - Departure with the botto in the second day of contests in the monregalese bathtub. The Turinese Loris Makes us removes the satisfaction to touch in front of the world-wide primatista Brendan Hansen in the first contest of the big in program, the 200 frog.
In first part of contest, between protagonists (the two already cited and Michele Vancini) they travel to the same rhythm, but in the third party the fifty Italian finalist to Montreal the 2005 and Champion of the World make the break in order to play itself all for all in last the 20 meters that see just the dominion Make us that it closes in 2:11.03.
"I have accused the large workload of this period and the travel from the United States here, however it has been a beautiful challenge", has said Hansen endured after the contest. On purpose of travels, we remember that It makes us has arrived to Mondovì after the first day of contests of the Trophy of the Doge (Mestre). "a beautiful satisfaction is removed Me - comments satisfied Loris - but I will grant the rivincita one to it..."

Um, yeah. Whatever. Nice pics!



















Name all the swimmers in those photos...Brendan, Roland, Jenny Thompson, Francesca Segat, Filipo Magnini, Loris Facci, Michele Vancini and I'm not sure who else. I'll be adding them all to the gallery later today (after my LAST FINAL) and more if I find them. They look like they had a great time!

BHO Get-Together in Ann Arbor...

For the Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix meet May 19th - 21st. No, Brendan isn't scheduled to swim but several of us are going to be in attendance. Peter Bick will be shooting the meet...Timmeh has been counting the days and I'm driving up and picking Blair up along the way (we've got room for two more if need be). We'll be staying at the Courtyard Marriott on Boardwalk (they have a special grand prix rate) and anyone else who'd like to join us is more than welcome. We always have a GREAT time. Give us a shout if you're going to be there!

Some of the swimmers who will be in attendance...

Kara Lynn Joyce, Felicia Lee, Maritza Correia, Katie Hoff...ok, so Tim is my source for this information if you couldn't tell. In addition to the ladies I think we can count on seeing Phelps, Keller, Vendt and some Vanderkaays.

I'll be posting a thread with details about an even larger get-together for Summer Nationals in August as well - as soon as we figure out which hotel to stay at and useful info like that.