PRLog.Org - One of the greatest Olympic Icons Janet Evans was inducted on Saturday in San Diego into the National Federation of State High School Association's National High School Hall of Fame.

The five-time Olympic medalist is considered to be the greatest long-distance swimmer in history. Evans set 10 CIF Southern section records and two national records while swimming for El Dorado High in Placentia from 1987 - 1989. Her 500-yard freestyle time of 4 minutes, 37.30 seconds was the standard for nearly 20 years.

While still in high school, Evans set world records in the 400-meter freestyle and 1,500 meter- freestyle that stood

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - Young swimmers have converged on Indianapolis for the US Swimming Championships and Janet Evans will be there too. But instead of making a splash in the pool, she will be promoting two new projects aimed at increasing participation and enjoyment of swimming. Twenty years after she first broke three swimming world records, Janet Evans uses the same pace to bring swimming to a new generation.

Evans has thrown her support behind USA Swimming's new "Make a Splash" initiative to combat drowning statistics and promote swimming to people who otherwise might not learn to swim. She serves as a spokesperson for the

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA - Four-time Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans, her eight-month-old baby, Sydney, City Councilman Bernard Parks and City Councilwoman Jan Perry, and dozens of eager children kicked off LA84 Foundation’s 22nd annual learn-to-swim program today at LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium in Exposition Park.

The program, aimed at making swimming lessons available to as many kids as possible in the region, will take place at 102 pools throughout Southern California. Approximately 12,000 youngsters are expected to participate, according to LA84 Foundation President Anita L. DeFrantz.

Evans’ daughter, Sydney, who has been swimming since she was five-months-old, was the youngest swimmer on hand for

SwimmingWorldMagazine.com - Phoenix, AZ, USA - SHE'S been tracking her idol for years, winning world titles and living up to the high expectations placed on her shoulders. Sunday night, swimming at the TYR Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, Calif., Kate Ziegler passed Janet Evans on the long-course scene. Contesting the 1500 freestyle, Ziegler lopped an unheard of nine-plus seconds from Evans' 1988 standard of 15:52.10.

Already the winner of the 200, 400 and 800 freestyles at the meet, Ziegler saved her best for last and went 15:42.54, a time that is almost unfathomable. Ziegler, the two-time defending world champ in the 800 and 1500 freestyles, has