History of swimming sweater company "Jantzen". In 1922, Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 m in less than a minute, using a six kicks per cycle Australian crawl. Johnny Weissmuller started the golden age of swimming, winning five Olympic medals and 36 national championships and never losing a race in his ten-year career, until he retired from swimming and started his second career starring as Tarzan in film. His record of 51 seconds in freestyle stood for over 17 years. In the same year, Sybil Bauer was the first woman to break a men's world record over the 440
Jim Ellis (swimming coach) the Marcus Foster pool has sent swimmers to the swimming trials for every U.S. Olympic team since 1992. In May 2007, Ellis received the President's Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Since 2010, Ellis has been the coach of the Salvation Army Kroc Aquatics (SAKA) program located in the Salvation Army's Philadelphia-based Kroc Center. Ellis graduated from Westinghouse High School of Pittsburgh Public Schools in Pennsylvania. His name is on the Westinghouse High School Wall of Fame. Jim Ellis (swimming coach) James Ellis (born 1948) is an American swim coach and subject of the feature film "Pride". In