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...suspensions resulted from two separate incidents in 1978. The first--which reportedly involves Caulkins, Pennington, Linehan, Cynthia Woodhead (3 golds, 2 silvers at the World Championships), Stephanie Elkins, Kim Dunson, Gina Layton, Dawn Rodighiero, Greg Jagenburg, Marc Foreman, and two other unidentified swimmers--occurred after the conclusion of a U.S.-USSR dual meet in Austin, Tex., last April. The swimmers had been attending a birthday party for an American team member, a party which sources claimed was sponsored by AAU money and attended by American coaches and Russian team members. Apparently, the swimmers violated curfew (said...
...training schedules, and there will still be some other fast meets this spring," said Caulkins, explaining why she decided not to pay her own way to Cambridge. The AAU customarily picks up travelling expenses for U.S. Team members. Hogshead agreed that "three months is zero," but both she and Woodhead expressed some mild disappointment that the strongest U.S. team wasn't present. AAU officials and U.S. team coach Jack Nelson tried to downplay the effect of the suspensions on the meet by keeping no running team scores and saying things like. "Let's concentrate on the swimmers that are here...
...after telling a Boston Globe reporter that the rules were unnecessary, that she thought three months was too severe a penalty in light of the fact that curfews are broken all the time, and that she thought the way the AAU handled the whole thing was "rotten," Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead told members of the press that "I'm not supposed to talk about that at all," under orders from her coach...
Last night the atmosphere at Blodgett was completely different. Led by 17-year-old workhorse Nancy Hogshead, who swam a phenomenal total of seven events during the two-day swimfest, American swimmers(including 4-year-old phenom Cvnthia Woodhead, who swam for Riverside Aquatic Association instead of the national team because she was under suspension) took all three of the individual high point scorer awards...
...cheer about. As usual, the U.S. men's team won handily, with Soviet and East German swimmers trailing badly. Meanwhile, as the competition entered its final weekend, the American women had won 19 gold medals while the East Germans had not won a single final. California's Cynthia Woodhead won three golds, as did fellow Californian Linda Jezek, who swam off with a world record in the 200-meter backstroke. She finished in 2:11.93, more than two seconds ahead of East Germany's Birgit Treiber, the former record holder and the winner of a gold medal in Montreal...