1.   And to think his most important job before this was making sure University of California beat Stanford every year in the dual meet.

2.   At the recent U.S. Swimming Trials in Indianapolis there were Australian coaches actually comparing times with those of their own swimmers and scoring it like a mock dual meet.

3.   BOXING Fernando Vargas, the most impressive boxer in Olympic team qualifying, was the most impressive U.S. fighter in a dual meet against Germany last week.

4.   A second dual meet between the two teams will be Friday night at Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H.

5.   After qualifying for Sydney earlier this year, he suffered a cut while sparring and had to sit out dual meets against Mexico and Ukraine.

6.   Each team has two more dual meets against Germany and a team of World All-Stars.

7.   He also may compete in a junior-level dual meet against Canada.

8.   One week after competing in a dual meet with Ukraine, a combined senior-junior U.S. team took five of six all-around medals.

9.   Sidney, who had just finished fifth in a dual meet against Dartmouth, somehow won the two-mile.

10.   The American men, like the women, are favored to win their round-robin of dual meets.