Here are some pictures of the Duel.
Bigger version are in the Misc 2005 Gallery

Peirsol: Athelete of the week

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All Results here or on OmegaTiming.com

* Event 8 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke
1 Peirsol, Aaron 22 U.S.A. 54.04
2 Lochte, Ryan 20 U.S.A.  54.55
3 Bal, Randall 24 U.S.A.  54.66
4 Welsh, Matt 28 Australia 55.00
5 Lauterstein, An 17 Australia

* Event 18 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
1 Peirsol, Aaron 22 U.S.A. 1:57.31
2 Cramer, Jayme 22 U.S.A.  1:59.81
3 Welsh, Matt 28 Australia 2:03.82
4 Bal, Randall 24 U.S.A.  2:04.28
5 Murphy, Patrick 21 Australia 2:05.02

* http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/9851.asp
* The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool is Tuesday
Television: NBC air dates are Aug. 6 from 4:30-6 p.m., and Aug. 7 from 1-2:30 p.m.

USA Swimming Launches Inaugural `We Want You on Our Team’ Campaign

USA Swimming Launches Inaugural `We Want You on Our Team’ Campaign
Tuesday August 2, 9:15 am ET
-- Public Service Announcements, Web Site, Teen Choice Awards Contest, and Nationwide Events Will Educate Youth on the Benefits of Joining a Swim Team—

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/—USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of competitive swimming, today announced the launch of its first annual “We Want You on Our Team” campaign from the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool competition in Irvine, California. The educational initiative, which runs throughout August and September, is a multi-faceted promotion to encourage youth participation on swim teams and raise awareness of the social and health benefits of swim team membership. By partnering with Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps, Ian Crocker, Brendan Hansen, Amanda Beard, Aaron Peirsol and Lenny Krayzelburg, the campaign will use in-school promotions, Public Service Announcements (PSAs), a unique web site (http://www.usaswimming.org/ontheteam), a Teen Choice Awards contest, and club events nationwide to bolster swim team membership among youths ages six to 16.
“Swimming is a fun team sport and a great way for kids and teens to stay healthy while making lifelong friends,” commented Rod Davis, chief marketing officer for USA Swimming. “USA Swimming’s ‘We Want You on Our Team’ campaign will educate and motivate youths to become active and join a swim team, ultimately helping grow the sport of swimming at a grassroots level.”

USA Swimming will launch a series of PSAs during the August 6th Mutual of Omaha “Duel in the Pool” Broadcast on NBC. The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool is an annual competition between the United States and Australian national teams. The PSAs will continue airing throughout the fall during “The Menu” on FOX and will activate youths and teens to join a swim team.

Additionally, in an effort to further boost swim team membership, USA Swimming will host a variety of events and promotions throughout August and September as part of the “We Want You on Our Team” campaign:

—Kids and teens who join a USA Swimming team and register online at
http://www.usaswimming.org/ontheteam can win a variety of fun prizes
each week.  USA Swimming will be giving away three prize packs per
week to kids and teens that enter for a chance to win the ultimate
grand prize - a trip for four to the 2006 Teen Choice Awards.  Every
day a kid or teen logs onto the site, they will receive another entry
into the sweepstakes.

—The contest web site: http://www.usaswimming.org/ontheteam, designed
by ePrize, will also host online chats with Olympic swimmers and
feature a variety of health and fitness tips.  Additionally, the name
of every prizewinner will be posted on the site each week.

—More than 2,800 USA Swimming clubs have been invited to host “Friends
and Family Swim Days” in communities across the country.  Family
relays, stroke and turn demonstrations, and diving clinics will
demonstrate the social and health benefits of being on a swim team.
Club members can invite friends and family to spend time at their
pool and experience life on a swim team first-hand.

—USA Swimming will promote the “We Want You on Our Team” campaign in
more than 2,000 elementary schools across the country.  Schools will
receive campaign-branded book covers featuring the faces of Olympic
swimmers, driving kids to http://www.usaswimming.org/ontheteam and
encouraging them to join a swim team.

In addition to USA Swimming’s “We Want You on Our Team” campaign, Toyota - a USA Swimming sponsor - will be hosting swim clinics featuring Olympians Dara Torres and Rowdy Gaines. Held at select USA Swimming clubs nationwide, the Summer Splash Clinics are open to the public and feature a variety of fun educational events.

ABOUT USA SWIMMING (http://www.usaswimming.org): USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. USA Swimming formulates the rules, implements policies and procedures, conducts national championships, disseminates safety and sports medicine information, and selects athletes to represent the United States in international competition. USA Swimming has more than 300,000 members nationwide and sanctions more than 7,000 events each year.
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I added pictures to the Montreal Gallery and to the Montreal 200m Back Gallery

More to come later.

Aaron will participate in the Duel in the Pool on Tuesday.
There is an interview with him on the official Duel site.  Click here to listen to it. It’s funny!  And pretty long.
He compares the first Duel with the next one and speaks about Southern Cal and having such a meet in his hometown.
ETA: Concerning the interview
The interview is linked on the homepage. It should be the first article on there. If you use AOL, please empty your cache, otherwhise the updates on those sites are not viewable.

The direct link to the Interview:  Here

Check USA Swimming and the official site Duel in the Pool.com.
The Duel will be televised on NBC.
Check your local times.

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Updates will follow tonight. So check back
I added new Results and a new wallpaper to the fansection. More to come later.

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