For UT Invite Pictures check out SwimStars.org.

For the complete list of results check here.

Men 500 Yard Freestyle Prelims
12 Peirsol, Aaron TXLA 4:28.04
23.95 50.64 1:17.33 1:44.22
2:11.05 2:38.02 3:04.93 3:32.37
4:00.51 4:28.04

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Big Thanks to Helga and Belinda:
I updated the Fansection with a really good drawing made by Helga.
It can be found under Fanart.

The link to Belinda’s site The Natatorium changed and she added new fanart to her site. She provided a new wallpaper to the Fansection as well. It can be found under Wallpapers

The new “Most popular Pic” has been added as well and no surprise, it is one from the “Golden Goggles”.

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To finish this update I want to say Thank you to everyoneone who supported me the last months, who helped me keeping and mainteining this site and who encouraged me to go on with APO. I appreciate the help and support very much. Thank you guys, you have been great.
And you are the reason why I decided to go on.
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Longhorns Swim Camp 2006
Aaron along with Ian Crocker, Brendan Hansen and Josh Davis is listed as “featured athlete” for the 2006 Swim Camp. Check out the site for the 2006 Longhorn Swim Camp
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Go and vote for Aaron as Athlete of the Year
USA TODAY AND SPORTS ACADEMY OPEN VOTING FOR 2005 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD Votes will be collected online from 1-24 December. To submit your vote,please visit http://www.ussa.edu/aoy/index.asp or http://www.usatoday.com/sports/front.htm. 

For more please

DAPHNE, Ala. –On 1 December sports fans worldwide can vote online for the
United States Sports Academy’s 2005 Athlete of the Year award. The ballot,
run in conjunction with USA Today, attracts tens of thousands of votes from
sports fans around the globe.

Votes will be collected online from 1-24 December. To submit your vote,
please visit http://www.ussa.edu/aoy/index.asp or
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/front.htm. Media outlets and sports
organizations are welcomed to link to the online vote, for questions please
contact Mark Stevens at (251) 626-3303.

The Athlete of the Year ballot is the culmination of the Academy’s yearlong
Athlete of the Month program, which recognizes the accomplishments of men
and women in any sport around the globe on a monthly basis. USSA holds
online voting for the Athlete of the Month in which a committee comprised of
media representatives and sports leaders from around the world vote on the
top male and female athletes.

The 2005 male ballot includes Lance Armstrong, Ole Einar Bjoerdalen, Tom
Brady, Reggie Bush, Tim Duncan, Jermaine Dye, Roger Federer, Matt Leinart,
Peyton Manning, Bode Miller, Asafa Powell, Aaron Peirsol, Tony Stewart and
Tiger Woods.

This years female ballot includes Kim Clijsters, Natalie Coughlin, Tirunesh
Dibaba, Yolanda Griffith, Gao Jun, Deena Kastor, Nastia Liukin, Danica
Patrick, Paula Radcliffe, Irina Slutskaya, Annika Sorenstam, Venus Williams
and Yelena Isinbayeva.

As in years past, the male or female athlete receiving the most votes will
be named the Academy’s Athlete of the Year. Past winners include Lance
Armstrong, Barry Bonds, Mia Hamm, Michael Jordan, Annika Sorenstam and Tiger
Woods. In addition to the overall winner, a Female Athlete of the Year and
Male Athlete of the Year will also be selected.

“Opening the vote to a worldwide audience is exciting because we receive
feedback from a wide range of sports fans, who will ultimately decide which
athlete is best of the best,” said Vice President of Development and
Communications, Mark Stevens. “This year’s ballot is strong in the male and
female categories, so for anyone who participates, the decision will be
difficult.”

Since 1984, the American Sport Art Museum and Archives, a division of the
Sports Academy, has recognized outstanding athletes and artists in all
sports through its Awards of Sport program. USSA presents awards each year
to pay tribute to those who have made significant contributions in sports
through their athletic, coaching, administrative or artistic achievements.

Last year, as the leading overall vote getter in the male and female
categories, swimming sensation Michael Phelps won the 2004 Outstanding
Athlete of the Year. Fellow Olympian Carly Patterson received the most votes
in the women’s category to take home 2004 Female Athlete of the Year honors.
Six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, who has almost
single-handedly revitalized the greatest race in cycling, won the men’s
category and title of 2004 Male Athlete of the Year.

The United States Sports Academy, “America’s Sports University,” is an
independent, nonprofit institution that offers sport-specific programs to
students, teachers, and administrators around the world. The Academy has a
special mission to serve the sports industry as a resource in instruction,
research, and other vital sports-related services. It is the only
freestanding institution of higher learning in the United States offering
bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in Sport Science and Sport
Management, in addition to its extensive certification programs.

For more information about the United States Sports Academy, call
251-626-3303 or visit the Academy’s website http://www.ussa.edu

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Aussies Hackett, Jones Named World Swimmers of the Year
World Swimmers of the Year
1. Grant Hackett (AUS) , 2. Aaron Peirsol (USA), 3. Michael Phelps (USA), 4. Ian Crocker (USA), 5. Roland Schoeman (RSA)

American Swimmers of the Year
1. Aaron Peirsol, 2. Michael Phelps , 3. Ian Crocker, 4. Brendan Hansen, 5. Larsen Jensen (USA)

For the whole article and all the results

Aussies Hackett, Jones Named World Swimmers of the
Year—November 29, 2005

PHOENIX, USA, November 29. AUSTRALIANS Grant Hackett and Leisel Jones were
named male and female “World Swimmer of the Year” for 2005 by Swimming World
Magazine in the authoritative publication’s December issue, released today.
The Aussie sweep of World honors has happened only once before in the 26-year history of the prestigious awards. That was in 1994, when Kieren Perkins and Samantha Riley were the honorees. Coincidentally, they were world-beaters in precisely the same events: distance freestyle for the men, breaststroke for the women.
The contest for top male honors pitted Hackett, who broke Ian Thorpe’s world record in the 800-meter freestyle and was the only triple winner at the World Championships in Montreal, against the USA’s Aaron Peirsol, a double gold medalist in Montreal and the only swimmer to set two long course world records in 2005.
Michael Phelps, the World Swimmer in 2003 and 2004, finished third. The USA’s Ian Crocker, who finished fourth, was honored for the outstanding Performance of the Year – his mind-boggling world record of 50.40 seconds for the 100-meter butterfly.
Hackett’s triumph is in keeping with what has almost become a tradition of late: Australian men have dominated the World Swimmer honors, winning six of the last nine years: Michael
Klim in 1997, Ian Thorpe in 1998-2000 and 2002, and Hackett this year.

Australia’s Leisel Jones, with her double triumph in Montreal, world record in the 200-meter breaststroke and near-world record in the 100 meters, was the No. 1 women’s choice over the USA’s teen phenom, Katie Hoff, also a double winner at Worlds.

In contrast to the Aussie men, the women from Down Under have won the World Swimmer awards only twice in 26 years: Samantha Riley in 1994 and Jones this year. Jones graces the cover of the December issue
of Swimming World.

The honorees were selected by a panel of swimming experts from around the world. This year the panel included 21 experts from 12 countries: Australia, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and the USA.

The panel also selected regional swimmers of the year as well as the top Open Water and Disabled performers.


The top five male and female vote-getters for World
Swimmer of the Year:

Male
1. Grant Hackett (AUS)
2. Aaron
Peirsol (USA)
3. Michael Phelps (USA)
4. Ian Crocker (USA)
5. Roland
Schoeman (RSA)

Female
1. Leisel Jones (AUS)
2. Katie Hoff (USA)

3. Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
4. Lisbeth Lenton (AUS)
5. Otylia
Jedrzejczak (POL)




American Swimmers of the Year: Aaron
Peirsol and Katie Hoff

There was a changing of the guard in American
swimming as Aaron Peirsol and Katie Hoff were selected American Swimmers of the
Year for the first time.

Peirsol, the undisputed king of the dorsal events since 2001, was nothing short of dazzling in 2005, setting a pair of world records and claiming a gold medal trifecta in Montreal, his wins coming in both backstrokes and the medley relay.

A southern California native and two-time Olympian, Peirsol supplied a stunning swim in April at the US World Championship Trials, blasting a world record 53.17 clocking for 100 meters. In
Montreal he captured his third straight World 200 meter crown with a world record 1:54.66. Peirsol now owns the two fastest 100-meter times, as well as five of the top six. In the 200, the 22 year-old has the six fastest times ever swum and eight of the top nine.

Sixteen year-old Katie Hoff was an easy choice for top American female, despite some superb efforts by several other young women. In Montreal, the just-turned 16 year-old snared the 200-meter individual medley title in 2:10.41 – the second-fastest time in history behind China’s Wu Yanyan’s drug-tainted world mark of 2:09.72. The multi-talented Hoff also took the 400 IM in a meet record 4:36.07.


The top five male and female vote-getters for American Swimmer of the Year:

Male
1. Aaron
Peirsol (USA)
2. Michael Phelps (USA)
3. Ian Crocker (USA)
4.
Brendan Hansen (USA)
5. Larsen Jensen (USA)



Female
1. Katie
Hoff (USA)
2. Jessica Hardy (USA)
3. Kate Ziegler (USA)
4. Natalie
Coughlin (USA)
5. Brittany Reimer (CAN)

European Swimmers
of the Year: Laszlo Cseh and Otylia Jedrzejczak

Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh found out what life was like this year without Michael Phelps, who opted out of his two best events. The 19 year-old captured gold in Montreal in the 400 individual medley in a Euro record 4:09.63, making him the second man besides Phelps to swim under 4:10.

Cseh was one of only five European men to win an individual event in Montreal but he was the only one among the five to win medals in three individual events, finishing second in the 200 IM and third in
the 100 backstroke.


Poland’s Otylia Jedrzejczak had a roller-coaster year. She won gold, set a world record, found herself in the midst of a controversy then lost her younger brother, Szymon, when she lost control of her car and slammed into a tree in October. She, herself, is recovering from serious
head and spinal injuries suffered in the accident.

Jedrzejczak was the only European of either sex to set a world record in 2005, as her 2:05.61 for 200-meters butterfly shaved 17-hundredths off her own global standard set in 2002. Her win, however, was not without controversy, as videos of her finish showed that she stopped the clock with a one-handed finish, a violation of FINA rules.


The top five male and female vote-getters for European Swimmer of
the Year:

Male
1. Laszlo Cseh (HUN)
2. Filippo Magnini (ITA)

3. Pawel Korzeniowski (POL)
4. Yuri Prilukov (RUS)
5. Mark Warnecke
(GER) and
Aristeides Grigoriadis (GRE)


Female
1. Otylia
Jedrzejczak (POL)
2. Laure Manaudou (FRA)
3. Solenne Figues (FRA)
4.
Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
5. Flavia Rigamonti (SUI)

African Swimmers of the Year: Roland Schoeman and Kirsty
Coventry

One year ago, Roland Schoeman and Kirsty Coventry became
Swimming World’s first-ever African Swimmers of the Year, reflecting the growing quality of the sport in Africa. In 2005, the same two athletes renewed their claims as the best swimmers on the continent. What’s more, despite some superb swimming in Africa – particularly on the men’s side – they both were unanimous first-place picks from our panel of experts.

South African Schoeman was spectacular in Montreal, winning the 50-meter butterfly in world record time (22.96) and taking the 50 free in history’s second-fastest time, and the fastest in actual competition (21.69). Poised to break the 100-meter freestyle world record, he came down with a cold and finished second in 48.28, just shy of his winning 48.17 in Athens last year.


Coventry, the pride of Zimbabwe, followed her spectacular 2004 Olympic performance, where she won a medal of each color, with an even more spectacular World Championships in ‘05. Coventry won gold in both the 100 and 200-meter backstroke events, coming from behind to upset world record-holder Natalie Coughlin over 100 meters, then added
silver medals in the two medleys behind the USA’s Katie Hoff.



The
top five male and female vote-getters for African Swimmer of the Year:


Male
1. Roland Schoeman (RSA)
2. Ryk Neethling (RSA)
3. Ous
Mellouli (TUN)
4. Salim Iles (ALG)
5. Ahmed Hussein (EGY)

Female

1. Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
2. Suzann van Biljon (RSA)
3. Amanda Loots
(RSA)
4. Tamaryn Laubscher (RSA)
5. MelissaCorfe (RSA)

Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year: Grant Hackett and Leisel
Jones

Of course Grant Hackett and Leisel Jones, the 2005 World Swimmers of the Year, also took top regional honors.

Hackett beat out Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima and Takeshi Matsuda for male Pacific Rim honors. Jones topped teammates Lisbeth Lenton and Jessicah Schipper as Aussies snared the top seven spots in the balloting.

The top five male and female vote-getters for Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year:

Male
1. Grant Hackett
2.
Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
3. Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)
4. Matt Welsh (AUS)

5. Jim Piper (AUS)

Female
1. Leisel Jones
2. Lisbeth Lenton

3. Jessicah Schipper
4. Alice Mills
5. Jade Edmistone

Open Water Swimmers of the Year: Thomas Lurz and Chip Peterson
and Edith van Dijk

This year’s battle for male open water supremacy ended in a tie between German Thomas Lurz, 25, and the USA’s Chip Peterson, 17. The two duked it out in Montreal with Lurz beating Peterson by 1.6 seconds in the 5K and the teen returning the favor in the 10K with a 7.1 second victory margin.


On the women’s side it was no contest. Dutchwoman Edith van Dijk, capped a brilliant career, by winning the FINA Marathon Cup title as well as the 10K and 25K races at the World Championships.

Handicapped
Swimmers of the Year: Benoit Huot and Erin Popovich

Canadian Benoit Huot, who has won 12 Paralympic medals in his career, hopes some day to reach 20. If he continues to swim the way he did in 2005, there’s no stopping him. Huot won six golds at the Disability Sport England Swimming Championships. He then went on to take a gold and a silver at the inaugural Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in events that were swum just 15 minutes apart.

After winning 10 gold medals at the last two Paralympic Games in Sydney and Athens,
Erin Popovich continued her success at the US Disabled Nationals in 2005, where she won five golds and a silver. This fall she was honored as Athlete of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation.

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Hayley Peirsol on 20 Questions

Hey, since your brother, Aaron Peirsol, is doing so well now, are you going to hit him up big-time for a Christmas present?
Hayley: No kidding! He is very good with his money. He’s also very thoughtful. He got me a very good birthday present (Aug. 9 is Hayley’s birthday), a Marc Jacobs bag. I use it every day. It’s a girl thing (laughs), so I know he got a little help from our Mom. But Aaron is definitely very generous with his money.

When USASwimming started 20 Question Tuesday, Aaron was one of the first participants, and he related a story about you calling the police on him for no reason- is your take different?
Hayley I was such a little hellion! I could literally do anything and get away with it. I would run to my grandpa and tell him that Aaron as hitting me just to see Grandpa give Aaron the talk! Aaron really did have to put with quite a bit. ... Read on

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University of Texas Invite
UT Invite - 12/1/2005 to 12/3/2005
Psych Sheet
Aaron is registered for:
* Men 500 Yard Freestyle
* Men 200 Yard Freestyle
* Men 100 Yard Backstroke
* Men 200 Yard Backstroke
* Men 200 Yard Butterfly

Meet Information

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I am still working on the additicons to the fansection, I am sorry that this taking so long.
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