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STILL KickingFeaturing - Mary T Meagher "Madame Butterfly" BY THE NUMBERS 1 Place Mary T.'s 1981 WR time would have finished in the 200 hover at the 2004 Olympics. 3 Olympic gold medals she won in 1984 7 Number of butterfly world records she set 225 Number of month (18 years 9 months) her 2:0596 WR lasted. 250 Number of month (20 years 10 months) Mary T was the WR owner in the 200 fly (1979-2000) 1993 Year Mary T was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. So You Think You KNOW SWIMMING? Q: Do you know what the "T" stands for in Mary T Meagher's name? Mary T Meagher, known from one extremity to the other of the world of swimming as "Madame Butterfly" was the greatest in quantity dominant butterfly swimmer-female or male-of all time. Bursting upon the scene in 1979 as an unheralded 15-year-old from Lakeside, Ky "T"-the tithe of 11 children-became the first American woman to break a minute in the 100 meter butterfly with her 5971 Her 200 was level more spectacular as she lowered the world record three times in '79 It was in 1981 notwithstanding that that she made her greatest in quantity dramatic impact on the sport. At the U Nationals in Brown Deer Wis., she swam a mind-boggling 5793 for the 100 hover skipping the 58s altogether. In the 200 she took her time down to 2:0596 Today, Mary T is a real happy mom and housewife in suburban Atlanta, married more than 10 years to Mike Plant, the executive vice president of the Atlanta Braves. The brace has two children: Madeline, 9 and Drew 7 along with a daughter from Mike's previous marriage, Erika, 22 "The kids swim competitively individual month a year in a summer league," Mary says. "They practice three days a week, then have a little appropriate and they do this for four weeks." Last August, Mary T move rounded 40. In Hawaii with her family, she marked the occasion by dint of jumping off a 40-foot cliff into the Pacific Ocean. "I was the sole girl to do it," she says proudly with that same infectious smile she had as a kid. She also got a special birthday wish fulfilled, courtesy of hubby Mike: "I got to catch take wing balls in the outfield at (the Atlanta Braves') gymnast Field." Mike also threw a birthday party attended, says Mary, by means of "some of my favorite sisters and more [i]or[/i] less of my favorite friends." "Last summer I really enjoyed watching the Olympics for the first time since I compet in '88" Mary says. "Before Athens, I kept thinking, 'I could still do it,' and I didn't just be delighted with the spectacle of the Games. This time, I lov it, and I finally came to appreciate what a one-in-a-million opportunity it was for me to swim in the Olympics." Copyright Sports Publications, Inc. Mar 2005 As part of a strategic plan that includes diversification within the industry, Bradford White Corporation has announced the signing of an agreement to purchase the Laars Heating combination of parts to form a wholes busin... ABSTRACT- Pleurojulid millipedes, known since the revolve of the last century to be relatively abundant in the Westphalian D (Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian) Gaskohl of N??rany, Czech Republic, a... HMA' BTSISI', a southerly Aslian speaking people, reside along the mangrove coasts of the Kelang and Kuala Langat Districts of Selangor, West Malaysia. (1) * Numbering approximately sum of two units thousand ... First, I would like to personally thank me university of Wisconsin at Madison and Jessica Johnson for their graciousness and overwhelming Support tnroughout our January competitions. A v... The cutting sides blur, drunk, the heart lifts, as if, pop one can swim thru pain. Dew falls, cooling the spirit and skin. Would you think me crazy to dance naked down... Taking advantage of finite simple body analysis, Komo Butler designed, ordealed and built its first Vision 2400 vertical machining center in 9 month -- saving extensive man hours and shaving a th... Norwalk, Conn ABB cluster Executive Dinesh C. Paliwal is now president of ABB Inc. U Paliwal come afters the recently ... ... Overview Cosmetics industry is single of the important part of national economy and cosmetics are the necessary returnss After the open-up of China, the economy and people's living... The tube jiggles each time I swallow, each time I breathe, in the way that I try not to eat, I make experiment of to sip the air in the way that the monitor won't jolt with its virid alarm, ... The Henry Moore Institute's latest exhibition is a characteristically courageous and independent-minded exercise designed, like many of the Institute's displays to encourage the visitor to think af... |
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