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The Morning Swim Show , Oct. 21, 2009: Garrett Weber-Gale on Passion for Cooking, Getting Back in the Pool -- October 21, 2009 PHOENIX, Arizona, October 21.

Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale of the U.S. celebrate after winning the men's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on ... Before the magazine covers and the AT&T commercials, before Leno and Letterman and the awkward turn on, before the Grey's Anatomy parody promo and the ...

As an Olympic champion swimmer, former Longhorn Garrett Weber-Gale keeps his body in top physical condition.

So what does an Olympian do when he's not being an Olympian? Coach? Consult? Color commentary? For Olympic gold medalist Garrett Weber-Gale, a different starts-with-C activity springs to mind: Cook.

Hard work always pays off, just ask two-time Olympic gold medalist Garrett Weber-Gale. Gale, who won two gold medals during the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, told members of the McAllen Swim Club Sunday that they can achieve their goals through trying their best and never letting disappointment keep them from pursuing their dreams.

Texas men's swimming and diving coach Eddie Reese was named the American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year after helping Texas exes Aaron Peirsol and Garrett Weber-Gale, UT seniors Dave Walters and Ricky Berens and Longhorn Aquatics' Eric Shanteau to gold medals at the recent World Championships in Rome.

Agile, tall and athletic, Nicolet basketball center Alex Cohen should be able to write her own ticket in a year or two as far as an athletic scholarship is concerned.

The FINA world championships are aptly named this year, as swimmers from France, China, Brazil, Japan, Russia, Great Britain, Ukraine and other far-flung places around the globe are poised to don their space-age suits and seriously challenge competitors from the United States, the perennial aquatic superpower.

Michael Phelps must share the spotlight at these world championships. Those sleek-but-soon-to-be-obsolete bodysuits are having their last hurrah.

Michael Phelps had an off night. His new windmill stroke just slowed him down. He left his teammates with some catching up to do.

Reporting from Rome -- This may well have been a new one in the storied career of Michael Phelps.

Meet records didn't stand a chance Sunday on the opening morning of the world swimming championships, the last hurrah for high-tech bodysuits.

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 16. The United States Olympic swim team picks up awards and the aquatics community gets ready for the world championships in today's news segment of The Morning Swim Show .

Share + Jul 16, 2009 9:38 am US/Central LOS ANGELES 1 of 1 Michael Phelps speaks to the media after preliminaries during the Charlotte Ultra Swim at the Charlotte Aquatic Center on May 15, 2009, in Charlotte, N.C. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Michael Phelps is still reaping rewards for his record haul of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.

Ryan Lochte of the US leaves the starting block during his men's 200m backstroke preliminary heat at the USA Swimming National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, yesterday.

Michael Phelps is still reaping rewards for his record haul of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

The U.S. team headed to the world swimming championships in Rome has a lot to live up to.

Stabbing part of my careerMonica Seles is comfortable talking about her on-court stabbing 16 years ago even on a day of celebration.Seles was enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame during a ceremony on the grass courts in Newport, R.I., on Saturday.

Aaron Peirsol broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke at U.S. nationals Saturday night, beating previous owner Ryan Lochte and lowering his second world mark in three days.