Peter Vanderkaay lit up the pool Saturday night, breaking the American record in the men's 400m free at the 2008 Toyota International Invitational Grand Prix in Santa Clara, Calif. Vanderkaay won gold in 3:43.82, breaking Klete Keller's American record set in August of 2004. In addition to Vanderkaay's standout swim, a total of seven meets records fell on the second night of competition. Erik Vendt finished behind Vanderkaay in the 400m free to earn silver in 3:46.56. Michael Klueh took home the bronze in 3:48.79. (Photo of Peter Vanderkaay by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Natalie Coughlin broke her own 100m free American record Friday night at the 2008 Toyota International Invitational Grand Prix in Santa Clara, Calif. Coughlin finished with a time of 53.39 to earn silver behind Australia's Cate Campbell, who won gold with a new U.S. Open time of 53.30. Lacey Nymeyer was third in 54.92. A total of four meet records fell during the first full day of competition in Santa Clara. In addition to the women's 100m free, records were broken in the men's 100m breast, 200m free, 200m fly and the women's 400m free. (Photo of Natalie Coughlin before the 100m freestyle by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Do you feel a tremor of desperation go through your mind when a swimmer passes you in a race? Relax! You never have to feel this again. Believe it or not, even when you feel like you are about to die from fatigue and pain during a race, you still have the capacity to find power and energy that you do not even know you possess!

SwimNews is reporting on a lawsuit about swimsuits, brought by TYR, against Speedo, USA Swimming, USA Swimming Head Coach Mark Schubert, and Swimmer Erik Vendt. They report that an LA Times articles states: "'Huntington Beach's TYR Sport Inc. upped the stakes by filing suit on Monday in federal court against Warnaco Swimwear Inc., parent company of Speedo and producer of the news-making LZR Racer swimsuit. TYR did not specify the damages it was seeking but did estimate that the long-term loss to the value of its brand could reach $500,000."

The first day of the meet saw Kate Ziegler swim a 8:30.29 in the 800 Freestyle to claim the top preliminary spot, with Kylie Palmer in second (8:32.63) and Alyssa Anderson third (8:37.22). In the men's 1500 Freestyle prelims, Erik Vendt had the top time, 14:54.89. Michael Klueh qualified for second for finals with a 15:18.75 and Tyler Clary took the third spot with a 15:35.01. Finals for both events are on Sunday 18 May. Fans can view all the action from the 41st Toyota Santa Clara Grand Prix online.

There is a lot of confusion about various filters, and many different opinions. Here are a few facts to consider. The first is that a pool can be properly maintained with any of the filter systems available: Sand, Cartridge, or Diatomaceous Earth (DE). Here is a brief description of each type of swimming pool filter.

The home for swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, is the National Aquatic Center - or the Watercube. The award winning Beijing Watercube is designed by Chris Bosse. Some of the original architectural plans and concepts for the Watercube, including perspectives, models, floor plans, and the idea behind the bubble-like outer structure, are on the architects web site. There is even a short Watercube animated video that almost makes you feel like you are there. (Watercube Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

The 2008 Toyota Grand Prix Swim Meet Series moves to Santa Clara May 15-18, 2008.

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This is a story designed to inspire those who have been doing it tough, and are searching for some inspiration to keep them going, because everyone needs this at some time in their life. Twenty-four year old Australian Bill Kirby is not a household name around the world and yet he is a miraculous human being. His main goal in life was to make an Olympic team, but in 1996, in his preparations for the Olympic swimming trials, he was battling with health problems which threatened to de-rail his dreams.

The New York Times is reporting on a research study that shows some humans could fool a drug test through a naturally occurring trait. Some people are missing a gene that allows testosterone to dissolve in urine. These people could inject testosterone, but it would never show up in a standard urine screening test for doping. (Gina Kolata/New York Times)