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Just this once, older brother Kiki, had an excuse: the former swimmer now works as an NBA forward; and his employers, the Denver Nuggets, needed...
...While Kiki garnered national acclaim last year when he led the UCLA Bruins into the final of the NCAA Basketball Championship which UCLA lost, 59-54 to Louisville, his swimming achievements are still respected. In 1969, when he and his sister were swimming for Santa Monica Swim Club, the young sprinter set what is now the oldest-standing age-group record with a 31.70 for the boys' 10-and-under 50-meter butterfly...
...first of many UCLA coaches who have enjoyed the luxury of coaching a member of their talented and hardworking family. The Vandeweghes' postive experiences under the tutelage of Bob Horn, a Santa Monica coach who also directed the Bruin water polo program, gave UCLA the inside track when Kiki and Tauna reached recruiting...
...early 1970s the family switched to Culver City Swim Club and continued to excel. After a couple of years, Kiki, who was almost ready for Palisades High School, decided to switch sports...
...Kiki eased himself out of swimming, his sister accelerated her climb to the top of the sport. Deciding he wanted first-class coaching for his daughter closer to the family home in West Los Angeles. Tauna's father found exactly what he was looking for right across the street from the Vandeweghe home, on the UCLA campus. It was 1975, and the Bruin Athletic Department had just lured George Haines away from the highly successful Santa Clara Swim Club. Besides taking on the UCLA men's swim team. Haines consented to accepting Tauna, a female, high-school backstroker...