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POOLMAN Laszlo Kiss was very disappointed when he failed to win a medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics. The 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer came up empty in the 200-m backstroke, but he got an unexpected consolation prize when U.S. gold medalist Mike Troy shared some of his training secrets with him. "I immediately saw the difference between the way Mike prepared and the way we did," says Kiss, now 67. "They trained more and harder, and the dry [land] training was very focused." For Kiss--and eventually for the world of swimming--that insight changed everything...
...list goes on, as the Irvine, Calif. native achieved Academic All-Big Ten honors and was nominated for the Honda Broderick Cup, a sports award for female collegiate athletes who demonstrate excellent athletic talent, leadership skills, academic distinction, and community participation. Additionally, Allard earned Michigan’s Conference Medal of Honor, an accolade for the university’s highest-achieving female student-athlete.Two years after her graduation in 1990, Allard’s successes continued as she was chosen to the Big Ten All-Decade Team. Leaving behind an impressive legacy, she finished her career in the top four...
...earned second in an earlier tournament. When Kuld won nationals in 2006, he took first place in four tournaments.Kuld and Turalinski, who plays indoor for York University, will be looking to improve on last year’s result this upcoming season. The two have a good shot to medal in the 21U nationals, but Kuld may choose not to play—he is currently weighing other options for the summer.Although Harvard’s outside hitter might forgo this upcoming beach volleyball season, he has thoroughly enjoyed his time in the sand.“The lifestyle...
Stone also led the United States U-18 squad to a gold medal at the World Championship on Jan. 12 in Calgary, defeating Team Canada in the championship game...
...Executive, a group that welcomed women as potentially less suspect than men. Once there, Cornioley posed as a cosmetics saleswoman and helped arm and organize the Resistance. She commanded soldiers who damaged German communications and presided over the surrender of 18,000 German troops. Nominated for a Military Cross medal after the war, she could not receive it because she was female. She later won honors, including the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire...