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The article features American swimmer Mark Andrew Spitz and his victory during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. It states that Spitz lead the American team and gather more gold medals and new records for the butterfly and freestyle relay. It also mentions that in 1967, Spitz was named Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine. It also mentions Spitz's complete in command with his sport and interests in women.

The article features athletes that will compete in the 20th Olympic Games in Munich, Germany in 1972. It states that swimmer Mark Spitz seeks to attain a new world record in the Olympic Games even if he has already achieved two records for swimming. It also adds that Roland Matthes, who is the favorite of East Germans, has a goal of winning new gold medals to be added to his previous two. Moreover, it states that Dan Gable is the contender of the U.S. for the freestyle wrestling event.

The article reports that the U.S. swimming team has performed well in the Amateur Athletic Union Championships held in Lincoln, Nebraska. Debbie Meyer won in the 400-meter freestyle with a world record time of 4 minutes and 26.7 seconds. She also won in the 1,500 meters, setting a world 800 mark. However, she was defeated in the 200-meter freestyle by Eadie Wetzel. Ralph Hutton and Mike Burton won in the 400-meter freestyle. Catie Ball won a gold medal in the breast-stroke relay.

The author presents accounts of successful and failed attempts at conquering the English Channel from Cap Gris Nez in France to Dover, England. He interviewed Mr. J. Unicume Wood, the retired Honorable Secretary of England's Channel Swimming Association. In a separate interview, Sam Rocket, who beat the Channel in 1950, talked about the notable swimmers, such as Antonio Abertondo who swam non-stop, round-trip from England to France and back, Ted May who was found a sea corpse in Holland and Donald Dunlap who was dismissed as a bored swimmer.

This section offers sports-related news briefs as of November 30, 1964. Statistics show that there are few fatalities among collegiate and professional league football players, about 3 in 300,000, while the numbers among high school players are high. Donna de Varona, Olympic winner in the 400-meter swim, conditioned herself for the race by jumping into the pool as the starter raised his gun which appears as an intentional false start. Lehigh University and Lafayette college celebrated their 100th game against each other in November 1964.

The article provides information on U.S. women's swimming team member Donna de Varona, who became the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team at age 12 in 1960. It says that de Varona holds the world records in the 400-meter and 440-yard individual medley as well as the U.S. long-course medley records for 200 yards, 200 meters and 400 yards. According to the author, the development of age-group swimming in the U.S. is the primary reason for the dominance of virtual children in swimming. The family background of de Varona is also presented.

This section offers news briefs on sports in 1961. The Big Ten swim meet decided to award points for 12 places instead of the usual six. Duke Quarterback Don Altman will be signing a major league baseball contract and will lose his senior year of eligibility. American Football League plans to give club owners and players lie-detector tests to resolve disputes over players' services.

The article focuses on American swimmer Mark Spitz and his mission to win gold in the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Spitz is aiming to win seven Olympic gold medals which include four in individual races and three in relays. Some of the credentials of Spitz include world records in 100 and 200 meters in both freestyle and butterfly styles. In Munich, Spitz has won the 200 butterfly in individual race and the 400 freestyle relay. A description of Spitz's competitor and his relationship with his team is provided.

The article discusses the highlights of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming championships in the U.S. in March 1972, in which Indiana captured its fifth consecutive national title. It says that the strategy of the University of Southern California (USC) failed as it cheered on its players with chants that sounded like the U.S. Military Academy. The author adds that Indiana outscored USC despite the latter's best efforts, which has been the runner-up in the last three championships of Indiana.

The article forecasts the likelihood of the Indiana Hoosiers swimming team to win in the 1971 National Collegiates Athletics Association (NCAA) championship. Based on records, the Hoosiers swimming team, which includes Mark Spitz, Gary Hall, John Kinsella and Mike Stam, rank among the top five or six swimmers in the world. Under coach James S. Counsilman, the Hoosiers put in more hours and yardage than any college team and maintains camaraderie by giving each swimmer his due amount of attention and handles them differently.

The article points out that Olympic champion swimmer Debbie Meyer has just turned 18 in 1970, which is considered to be old in the field of female swimming. Meyer has decided to continue swimming until the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. She had explained that she wants to defend the titles she earned in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

News briefs on sports and athletes in the U.S. are presented. Swimmer Jack Wardrop representing the University of Michigan achieved a record in the 220-yard freestyle in Big Ten championships at Columbus, Ohio. San Francisco defeated College of Pacific 67-57 in a basketball tournament. Joey Giardello defeated Peter Mueller in the middleweight boxing tournament.

The article reports on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming competition in California. It highlights the performance of the top collegiate swimmers, Zac Zorn and Mike Burton, who made new records for the NCAA indoor championships. It notes that Zorn clocked a phenomenal 45.3 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle and Burton made his own record in the 1,650-yard freestyle.

The article discusses the challenge uttered by U.S. Corporal John Uelses to anyone who desires to compete his swimming ability. It states that Uelses is open to anyone who will challenge his extraordinary ability on swimming competition. The article also explores the swimming influence of Uelses and his trainings.

The article focuses on the sports competition during the 1960 Olympic Games. It stresses the Olympic's tensions and fantastic emotional ups and downs among the participants, such as firing of 15 boxing referees and judges for their incompetence, citing the brilliance of the athletes in Rome. It features several players in different sports category which include John Thomas of Boston University and Army Lieutenant Bill Nieder in the high jump as well as Dawn Fraser of Australia in swimming.

The article focuses on the loss of Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (AAU) champion Jeff Farrell in the 100 and 800-meter Olympic swimming trials the U.S. It states that Farrell underwent an emergency appendectomy six days before the trials that would hurt everytime he hits the water. It claims that he had the fastest time during the first 100-meter trial and semi-finals and finished the 800-meter relay in fourth place despite his appendectomy.

The article focuses on 22-year-old swimmer Dawn Frasser who staged one of the sport's great performances in 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales. During the competition, Frasser knocked 1.2 seconds off her own world record for 110 yards. The champion will be added to the Australian swimming team which will be representing the country in the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.

The article discusses the victory of the U.S. swimming team over the East Germans in the East German-U.S. meet that was held in Concord, California in September 1974. U.S. fast-improving athlete John Naber who competed in the 200-meter backstroke ended the winning streak of East German champion Roland Matthes. The event was the first defeat of Matthes since he lost a 100-meter backstroke race to East German swimmer Joachim Rother in April 1967.

The article features the winners at the 1969 Santa Clara International Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet. First on the list is Mark Spitz who tied his own world record of 55.6 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly and then tied Don Schollander's record of 1:54.3 in the 200-meter freestyle. Other winners are Gary Hall, 17, who broke Charlie Hickox's world record in the 400-meter individual medley at 4:38.7 and Brian Job, who broke the breastroke U.S. and world record times twice.

The article discusses the role of swimmer Mark Spitz and four other Indiana University (IU) freshmen in winning the 1969 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming tournaments. Spitz moved from Long Beach State College earlier in 1969 to IU because he preferred to attend the latter's dental school. He won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly competitions. He also set two U.S. records in April 1969 and partnered with Olympic swimmer Charlie Hickcox to lead IU to its second straight national title.

The article considers the victory of the Yale swimming team over Stanford during a tournament in New Haven, Connecticut in June 1969. The 1,000-yard freestyle was dominated by John Nelson, who expressed his irritation about the idea that the end of the Don Schollander era will negatively affect the team. Yale coach Phil Moriarty prefers Stanford as a contender than Princeton and Harvard. Also noted is the 45.2 record set by Steve Job, Schollander's replacement in the 4 x 100 event.

The article discusses the two-team competition between the University of Southern California (USC) and Stanford in preparation for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming tournament in the U.S. in February 1968. It says that USC's fear of Stanford started when both teams were tied in the 1967 meet, which imposed the only flaw on the winning record of USC. It adds that Stanford defeated USC by 15 points at the NCAA championships. The winning record of USC in swimming under coach Peter Daland is also discussed.

The article profiles Scottish swimmer Bobby McGregor. According to the author, McGregor is one of the fastest swimmers of all-time and is the leading contender for the 100-meter freestyle gold medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The author reports that two weeks before an important meet, McGregor drastically reduces his workouts, often swimming less than 500 yards a day. Despite his seemingly lackluster preparation, McGregor has produced excellent results in competitions.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Football's Greatest Scout" and "Why Can't We Beat This Girl," both in the September 30, 1963 issue, and an article about the 50-mile swimming event organized by the Amarillo Sailfish Aquatic Club in the September 16, 1963 issue.

The article discusses Indiana Hoosiers' success in winning its sixth straight National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) swimming title at the University of Tennessee's Student Aquatic Center. Top Indiana swimmers include John Kinsela, Gary Hall, Fred Tyler, and Mike Stamm. Host Tennessee surged to second place with strong performances by John Francis Trembley II, while the Southern California Trojans were third with record-breaking performance by Olympian Steve Furniss.

The article predicts that the swimming events in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany will be dominated by American Mark Spitz, Australian Shane Gould and East German Roland Matthes. The 15-year-old Gould is expected to command immediate attention because it is her first Olympics while Spitz is expected to win seven gold medals. Matthes is believed to be the best swimmer capable of preventing the competition from degenerating into a U.S.-Australian dual meet.

The article focuses on the performance of Mark Spitz at the national Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) swimming championships in Houston, Texas in August 1971. He won four events as well as set two world records at the championships which has earned him a place on the U.S. team. Spitz trained at the Arden Hills Swim Club in Sacramento, California. Also mentioned is the performance of such swimmers as Spitz and Debbie Meyer in the Pan-American Games.