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Gustafsson was not alone in rousing her teammates with big wins. Chock, a junior, provided some fuel of her own for the fire. Chock sprinted past her competition in the 50 freestyle to touch with a winning time of 24.50 and equaled that effort later in the afternoon with a...
"All of the great performances on Saturday motivated us to do even better on Sunday," said Jo, who won the 100 butterfly against Penn.
"I was really impressed with how we swam," said Machorek. "We were tired from Saturday and most of us have a lot of [school] work to get done right now also. Even in conditions that weren't the best, we went out there and performed well."
The Russian change of guard has mixed forecast for democracy
Like the much-over-hyped Y2K crisis, Boris N. Yeltsin stepped down from the Russian presidency on the last day of 1999 not with a bang, but with a whimper. In a tearful address, Yeltsin apologized to the Russian people for the continued hardships of everyday life across the country...