1.   Among the men, Yoav Gath, a backstroker from Israel, and Nicholas Kintz, a freestyler from France, are the top swimmers.

2.   It is a perennial powerhouse, attracting top swimmers from around the world.

3.   Jenny Thompson, another of his top swimmers, has not been tested out of competition since April, Quick said.

4.   Odds are, though, that a top swimmer would be tested more than once at a big meet.

5.   One disappointment, Fitzgerald said, is that several top Russian swimmers who were expected to be the strongest of the foreign challengers will not appear.

6.   Quick said he believed the top swimmers should be tested more regularly.

7.   The guests, more than half of them women, also included top swimmers, snowboarders, surfers, skiers, sailors and soccer and volleyball players.

8.   The top eight swimmers in each event advancing from preliminary rounds in the final.

9.   Top swimmers such as Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres take two dozen supplements a day.

10.   A few soccer players compete in Europe and a top swimmer trained in the United States.