Dara Torres

Youth, as expected, was served at the swim trials, but the epic splash was made by 41-year-old Dara Torres, who became the oldest American swimmer ever to qualify for the Games

DARA TORRES REMEMBERS that after she won five swimming medals at the 2000 Olympics, her coach told her, "It's a shame. You're not even at your peak yet." At the time, Torres was 33 years old and coming off a...

Kacie Flinn, FENTON, MO.SoftballKacie, a senior pitcher at Rockwood Summit High, went 22-2 this year (softball is a fall sport in Missouri high schools) while striking out 334 hitters and walking 12 in 164⅓ innings....

Like Marion Jones, who's trying to become the first female track and field athlete to win five events, these Olympians could make history in Sydney: