Katie Hoff

Phelps finishes second in 200 free at UltraSwim Grand Prix

2012-05-11 16:17:00

It was supposed to serve as the trailer for the featured blockbuster swimming smackdown of the London Olympics, but viewers are going to have to wait a bit: Michael Phelps came in second in the 200-meter freestyle race at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand...

Wins don't equal perfection for Phelps

2012-03-29 18:24:00

– Michael Phelpsessentially owns the 100 butterfly race, holding the U.S. and world records for it, and he kept his hold on it Thursday night by gliding to a first place finish at the Grand Prix race at the Indiana University Natatorium. But...

Phelps-led U.S. relay team 3rd in 400 free

2011-07-25 00:00:00

Et cetera Phelps-led U.S. relay team 3rd in 400 free Michael Phelps of Fells Point and his United States teammates finished third in the 400-meter freestyle relay on the first day of the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China. The Americans...

In Indy, Phelps back to familiar position: in front

2011-03-04 00:08:00

For the first time, Michael Phelps looked as though he was pushing toward the London Olympics. The 14-time Olympic gold medalist from Baltimore posted the fastest times in the world this year in both of his events Thursday at the Indianapolis Grand Prix....

From sink to swim, just in time

2010-09-12 18:12:00

As she chugs through the water, Annie Applegarth will never be mistaken for Olympic medalist Katie Hoff. Barbara Thompson will never be in a split-screen comparison to Michael Phelps. The triumph here is that 15 weeks ago, neither woman could swim a...

Hoff takes gold in 400 free at short-course championships

2010-12-18 00:00:00

swimming Hoff takes gold in 400 free at short-course championships Katie Hoff, who spent most of her swimming career at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club while growing up in Towson, won the 400-meter freestyle at the short-course world championships in...

Phelps breezes to victory in 200 freestyle

2010-08-04 21:48:00

If only all problems were so easy to dismiss. Two hundred meters in a pool and Michael Phelps' freestyle stroke problems vanished in the Orange County night air. Phelps, of Fells Point, put down the fastest time in the world this year, winning the 200-...

Phelps' voyage

2008-08-03 00:00:00

Michael Phelps was 15 years old the day he returned home to Rodgers Forge from his first Olympic Games in 2000. He had finished 5th in the 200-meter butterfly in Sydney, Australia, even though he was mostly ears and arms at that point, and it seemed as...

Demanding Bowman puts Hoff through paces

2009-05-06 00:00:00

The day that Katie Hoff realized the Second Act of her swimming life had truly begun, she was struggling to finish a workout at Meadowbrook Athletic Club. Her muscles were shaking, pleading with her brain to give the order to quit. She was so...

Hoff bronzed again

2008-08-13 22:12:00

Katie Hoff won her third medal of the 2008 Olympics, swimming the anchor for the United States on the 800-meter freestyle relay and helping the Americans to a third-place finish today behind Australia and China. The Americans -- who came into the event...

Hoff looking a bit peaked

2008-08-12 22:04:00

Maybe all this simply was too much for 19-year-old Katie Hoff, even if she won't admit it. Talk of gold medals and a sack full of medals. Five individual events -- none shorter than 200 meters -- and a relay. Two finals, the 200 freestyle and 200...

Phelps stands alone in Olympic history

2008-08-12 23:18:00

He was breathing hard. His muscles were screaming. His goggles were full of water and he couldn't see the walls. Michael Phelps was exhausted, and one of his competitors was closing fast. In the stands, his coach looked worried. It didn't matter....

The two-time Olympian won three medals at the 2008 Games, a silver and two bronze, while losing the 400-meter freestyle final by .07 of a second.

2009-07-07 00:00:00

Coach Bob Bowman says Katie Hoff 's troubles in Indianapolis have been mainly physical, not mental. "Physically, she s still not right. She only stopped coughing about 10 days ago. She was so sick in Santa Clara, we contemplated not swimming here."

2009-07-07 00:00:00

Katie Hoff checks her pulse as she trains. Hoff is adjusting to life after a somewhat disappointing Olympics and is now working with coach Bob Bowman.

2009-02-11 00:00:00