Olympic Icon Janet Evans inducted to Hall of Fame

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 for 18 and 19 years respectively in the  1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Her world record in the 800-meter freestyle set in 1989 was not broken until the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  One of the greatest Olympic moments involved Evans during the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Games where she passed the torch to boxing legend Muhammad Ali to light the cauldron.