Katie Hoff, swimming
July 8, 2009
For Hoff, a difficult swim at U.S. nationals
For several days leading up to the U.S. nationals, Katie Hoff swore she felt better. Sure, a respiratory illness earlier this month had wiped her out, forcing her to nearly drop out of a meet in California, and she was coughing nonstop. But with rest, she said, she felt like herself again. She was ready to prove she was still one of the world's elite swimmers.
May 24, 2009
Sports Digest: Former Hoff coach Yetter named Auburn assistant
Paul Yetter, who worked at North Baltimore Aquatic Club since 2001 and was an assistant coach with the 2008 U.S. women's Olympic team, has been named an assistant coach with the Auburn swimming and diving program. At NBAC, Yetter coached Katie Hoff, who during the 2007-08 season set 11 American records in nine different events and won three Olympic medals before switching to Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps' coach, after the Games. Yetter was an assistant at NBAC under Bowman before becoming the lead coach at the club's Harford County site from 2002 to 2004. Since 2004, Yetter has served as the club's senior elite coach. Before joining NBAC, Yetter was head coach at Bel Air Aquatic Club.
May 10, 2009
Candus Thomson: Late check-in for big catch
In sports, we mostly write about the winners. Have an off day, finish off the podium, maybe you'll be listed in the fine print, but probably not.
May 6, 2009
Demanding Bowman puts Hoff through paces
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 emotionally strung out, she fell to the ground and started to bawl.
March 7, 2009
Sports Digest: Hoff wins 200 free; Martin earns rare pole
American record-holder Katie Hoff won the 200-meter freestyle at the Austin (Texas) Grand Prix in 1 minute, 58.39 seconds. Hoff, of Towson, edged out Kara Lynn Joyce by more than a second. ... Mark Martin (187.045mph) claimed the pole for tomorrow's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his first since 2001. ... Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero inadvertently revealed that he is 34 years old, not 33, as listed in the team's media guide. ... Mark Sweeney, whose 175 pinch hits rank second in major league history, announced his retirement and joined the Dodgers' coaching staff. ... Y.E. Yang shot a 5-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead halfway through the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. ... Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Andy Roddick beat Marco Chiudinelli, 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5), to move the United States into a 1-1 tie in its opening-round Davis Cup tie with Switzerland in Birmingham, Ala.
February 15, 2009
Sports Digest: Hoff wins twice in Mo.; Stanford beats Wie by 3
Towson's Katie Hoff won two events on the second day of the Missouri Grand Prix on in Columbia. Hoff won the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 13.21seconds. Hoff also finished first in the 400 freestyle, nearly two seconds ahead of the competition.
November 17, 2008
Switching coaches, Hoff will work with Bowman
Olympic swimmer Katie Hoff confirmed last night that she has decided to change coaches, saying she'll be working exclusively with Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps' coach.
November 2, 2008
'His words were golden'
Jim McKay probably would have been a little embarrassed that an entire ballroom of people made such a fuss in his honor last night at the Hilton Baltimore.
September 25, 2008
Sports Digest: Chinese gymnasts' ages in Sydney looked into
China's gold-medal gymnasts aren't the only ones whose ages are getting a closer look. International gymnastics officials' investigation into the eligibility of the Chinese women's team in Beijing has been expanded to include members of the 2000 squad, which won the bronze medal in Sydney, the Associated Press reported. Officials are examining whether Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao, in particular, were old enough to compete.
September 14, 2008
Sports Digest: Heels' Barnes remains in critical condition
Allison Barnes (C. Milton Wright), a sophomore freestyle swimmer for North Carolina, remains in critical condition after being hospitalized last week, according to a statement from her parents, Keith and JoEllen. Barnes, 19, swam for the same North Baltimore Aquatic Club program that produced Olympians Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff. She was also a cross country star at C.Milton Wright and graduated in 2007. Tar Heels teammates and coaches noticed that Barnes was struggling during practice Tuesday and immediately called 911. She was taken by ambulance to a university hospital. Her parents also said, "Our family continues to covet your prayers for Allison during this journey, and we hope soon to be able to speak to you with encouraging news."
September 11, 2008
Bel Air's Barnes in hospital
Bel Air native and University of North Carolina swimmer Allison Barnes remained hospitalized yesterday after experiencing "some level of distress" during practice the day before, a university athletic spokesman said.
August 20, 2008
With work done, time for fun in sun
The Sun's Olympic correspondents, Rick Maese and Kevin Van Valkenburg, are blogging to each other at baltimoresun.com/olympicsblog. An excerpt:
August 15, 2008
Out of gas, Hoff sinks
Katie Hoff looked exhausted when she pulled herself out of the pool yesterday inside the Water Cube. She was the last competitor in her 800-meter freestyle heat to climb onto the pool deck, and her expression was one of weary disappointment.
August 14, 2008
Concerns on Hoff's times fair, but 2 medals not bad
The Sun's Olympic correspondents, Rick Maese and Kevin Van Valkenburg, are blogging back and forth to each other at baltimoresun.com/olympicsblog. An excerpt:
August 14, 2008
Hoff bronzed again
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.
August 14, 2008
Where only swimmers' best will do
The home of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club doesn't look like much.
August 13, 2008
Rick Maese: A full morning
6:45 a.m.: In separate rooms in separate quarters of the Olympic Village, Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff wake up for the biggest, the busiest and the most demanding day either will face at the Olympics. Swimming in two finals in a single session is an arduous task. Only a handful of swimmers have ever attempted it.
August 13, 2008
Today’s highlights
ALL-AROUND COMEBACK: China's Yang Wei should do well in the men's all-around gymnastics finals after a disappointing fall cost him in 2004. 8 p.m., chs. 11, 4
August 11, 2008
Rick Maese: Hoff shows she has guts
You can easily measure the distance between gold and silver. In heartbreaking fashion, for Katie Hoff today, it amounted to just .07 of a second.
August 11, 2008
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
CONTINUING TO MAKE A SPLASH: Michael Phelps comes back for more in the 200-meter freestyle (scheduled for 10:16p.m.). Natalie Coughlin, Katie Hoff and Aaron Peirsol are other headliners in the pool. Chs. 11, 4
August 9, 2008
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
IT BEGINS FOR PHELPS, HOFF: Swimming is one of two sports NBC insisted on having in prime time for U.S. audiences. The other was gymnastics. Michael Phelps of Rodgers Forge goes for gold medal No.1 tonight in the 400-meter individual medley between 10 and 11p.m. It might be the most challenging of the eight races he plans to swim because of anticipated competition from U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte. Katie Hoff of Towson also swims the 400 IM tonight and faces a challenge from Australia's Stephanie Rice. Hoff is seeking her first Olympic medal. Chs. 11, 4
August 8, 2008
Baltimore's other champ
For now, Katie Hoff is content to be the other swimmer from Baltimore, the one not named Phelps, the one without the massive public relations machine and Olympic gold.
August 7, 2008
Hoff 'in control and ready to go'
If karma counts for anything, Katie Hoff deserves to win a gold medal at these Olympics.
July 7, 2008
Competitive drive fuels Phelps, Hoff
Michael Phelps did not grow up a dreamer of small dreams. His reach, even from a very young age, always managed to exceed his grasp, as poet Robert Browning once wrote.
July 6, 2008
Phelps, Hoff up to the challenge
It was supposed to be Rivalry Night at the U.S. Olympic swim trials last night.
July 5, 2008
On Making Swimming History
Olympics will shine Phelps-like spotlight on Hoff
In the universe of hypotheticals, the most popular impossibility buzzing around the pool is this:
July 4, 2008
U.S. Olympic Trials
Few are multitasking at U.S. Olympic trials
Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff don't swim in every event at the U.S. Olympic trials. It just seems that way.
July 3, 2008
Hoff races to finish
In the eyes of the world, Katie Hoff has always been a great swimmer. That was obvious, even when she was 14 years old.
July 1, 2008
U.S. Olympic trials
Hoff is all business
At some point over the past several years - it's difficult to pinpoint exactly when - Katie Hoff figured out a way to channel all her nervous pre-race energy into a frenetic, yet disciplined, routine.
June 30, 2008
Hoff again on top of the world
In March, when Australia's Stephanie Rice broke Katie Hoff's world record in the 400-meter individual medley, Hoff wanted to jump back in the pool and offer an immediate rebuttal.
June 29, 2008
Rick Maese: Smutz is getting back in the swim
Whether it's on the medal stand or on the starting blocks, the movement is nearly the same. The long athlete bends over, head deliberately bowed - ready for a medal or ready for the water.
June 29, 2008
Hoff puts value in staying humble
Katie Hoff doesn't do cocky. And unlike the way some elite athletes try to come off as humble, it's not an act.
June 26, 2008
Hoff to coach, take classes at Loyola
Olympian Katie Hoff will join the Loyola swimming coaching staff this fall, the school announced yesterday.
June 19, 2008
Phelps, Hoff have busy trials schedules
In the competitive run-up to the U.S. Olympic swimming team trials, Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff carried a heavy workload.
June 9, 2008
Swimming
Hoff takes cake with best times
For four days, the menu has been propped up in Katie Hoff's hotel room, opened to the picture of a gooey slice of cheesecake smothered in caramel and chocolate.
June 7, 2008
Swimming
Phelps, Hoff warm up for trials
The pieces of Katie Hoff's aquatic Chinese puzzle are beginning to come together. One stroke strengthens another. Distances seem to shrink. A skill honed gets her closer to her goal: the starting blocks in Beijing.
June 6, 2008
Hoff, Phelps aim to relax
With about three weeks to go before the competition to determine the U.S. Olympic swimming team, elite athletes like Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps don't have to turn heads at the final Grand Prix meet this weekend.
May 11, 2008
Swimming
Phelps returns to attend NBAC fundraiser
Michael Phelps showed up at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center last night and climbed into the pool.
April 16, 2008
NBAC coach Yetter honored by U.S. Olympic Committee
With his best swimmer poised to go to the Beijing Olympics in four months and a stable of younger athletes in the pipeline for 2012 and beyond, Paul Yetter has an eye for talent and the ability to nurture it.
April 13, 2008
Swimming
FINA reaffirms its approval of controversial Speedo suit
The great swimsuit competition pitting Speedo against other high-end manufacturers is over.
April 7, 2008
Swimming: Toyota Grand Prix
Hoff wins 2 more in prep for Olympic trials
In the span of 42 minutes last night, Towson's Katie Hoff won two gold medals and a silver at the Toyota Grand Prix competition.
April 6, 2008
Hoff is right from start
When Katie Hoff finished the 400-meter individual medley last night, everyone assumed she just had set a U.S. Open record. It was announced over the public address system at the Ohio State Grand Prix, the crowd roared, and a representative from USA Swimming tried to congratulate her.
February 18, 2008
Missouri Grand Prix
Hoff makes her mark
Katie Hoff took two more gold medals yesterday at the Missouri Grand Prix and $20 from Michael Phelps.
February 17, 2008
'Shocked' Hoff sets U.S. mark in 400 free
When Katie Hoff was less than two pool lengths into the 400-meter freestyle final yesterday, everyone at the Missouri Grand Prix - including the swimmer - sensed something special might be happening.
February 8, 2008
On swimmer Philip Scholz
Rick Maese: Loyola athlete charting course for Paralympics
There's just something about the water in Baltimore. Maybe you knew that already, but it's worth repeating. The water here, it enables you to do almost anything. Michael Phelps sprang from these waters. Katie Hoff, too. But the swimming story I hope we'll all be able to appreciate this summer is Philip Scholz's quest to represent the United States in the Paralympics.
January 18, 2008
Hoff again named SportsWoman of Year
For earning 11 medals last year in international and national swimming competition, Towson's Katie Hoff has been named 2007 SportsWoman of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
December 8, 2007
Sports Digest: Sports Digest
• Swimming // Katie Hoff of Towson set two American records at last night's North Baltimore Aquatic Club Christmas Meet at the Naval Academy. She finished the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:10.77, beating the old record by 11 seconds. She had a time of 1:53.77 in the 200 IM.
November 20, 2007
Swimming
Phelps, Hoff honored as best U.S. swimmers
Michael Phelps won a leading three Golden Goggles awards, including Male Athlete of the Year, on Sunday night when USA Swimming honored the year's top American performers.
October 17, 2007
Special Olympics
World Games Wetzler's pinnacle
The walls at Meadowbrook Aquatic Center in Mount Washington are adorned with poster-sized portraits of past and future champions who cut their competitive teeth there. But while the record-breaking performances of world-class athletes such as Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff garner most of the swimming facility's attention, another Meadowbrook member recently enjoyed his moment in the spotlight.
October 12, 2007
Ravens vs. Rams: The picks
August 5, 2007
Phelps, Hoff awash in gold
Baltimore's best swimmers traveled to the Midwest and spurred high hopes for what they might accomplish a year from now in the Far East.
August 1, 2007
No gold, no worry for Hoff, Phelps
For a pair of the nation's top swimmers, the chlorine that was in the air in the Indiana University Natatorium proved to be much thicker than any competitive tensions.
April 13, 2007
Sports Digest: Sports Digest
March 30, 2007
U.S. women set record in 4 x 200
The veteran Olympian -- a gold-medal winner and a world-record holder -- was nervous. The American's 4 x 200 freestyle relay team didn't look good in qualifying, was stuck in Lane 8 after barely making the final and now a tired Natalie Coughlin was going to have to put together a strong swim in the opening leg, or the U.S. might be in trouble.
March 18, 2007
World class acts
At 17, Katie Hoff and Kimmie Meissner are already Olympic veterans, each making her mark by bending water to her will.
February 20, 2007
Swimming
Phelps finishes meet with 100-meter wins
Michael Phelps capped a dominating three days at the Missouri Grand Prix last night with victories in the 100-meter butterfly and the 100 backstroke, and Katie Hoff added two victories.
December 3, 2006
Swimming
Phelps gets 2 more wins at U.S. Open
Two-time Olympian Michael Phelps of Rodgers Forge won two events yesterday at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships, giving him six gold medals during the three-day meet at Purdue's Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
December 2, 2006
Swimming
Hoff sets record in winning 400 IM
Katie Hoff of Towson broke a 19-year-old meet record on the way to winning the 400-meter individual medley last night at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships at Purdue's Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
November 21, 2006
Sports Digest: Sports Digest
August 21, 2006
Pan Pacific Championships
Phelps breaks record in 200 IM
Fueled by a big defeat to teammate Aaron Peirsol a night earlier, Michael Phelps responded with a world-record win for his fifth gold medal at the Pan Pacific Championships last night.
August 20, 2006
Peirsol tops Phelps, sets record
Aaron Peirsol defeated Michael Phelps by 2.37 seconds and set a world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships last night.
August 17, 2006
Phelps explores at Pan Pacific
While Ian Thorpe remains off the international stage, Michael Phelps is busy experimenting in the pool.
August 7, 2006
Different strokes for Hoff, Phelps
As the sun went down Saturday night, bringing the USA Swimming National Championships to a close, two of the world's best swimmers attempted to unwind in two distinctly different ways.
August 2, 2006
Winning strokes for Hoff, Phelps
IRVINE, Calif. // Standing at the starting blocks last night at the U.S. nationals, roughly 45 minutes apart, Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps couldn't have looked more different had they tried.
June 11, 2006
Phelps, Hoff make big splash at UltraSwim meet in Charlotte
Six-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps of Rodgers Forge won the 200-meter butterfly yesterday at the Charlotte (N.C.) Ultra- Swim, and Katie Hoff of Towson set her third meet record in winning the 400-meter freestyle.
April 13, 2006
Faces of the future
If the average person were to walk up to Katie Hoff tomorrow and explain in a calm and rational voice that, at age 16, after the year she has had, Hoff might have earned the right to call herself the best female swimmer in the world, her reaction would likely be something like this: nervous laughter, some significant eye rolling, plenty of blushing, then most importantly, denial, denial, denial.
April 6, 2006
USOC honors Hoff as '05's best
Not that long ago, people were calling Towson teenager Katie Hoff the future of swimming in the United States. Not anymore. The title of future prodigy no longer fits. After spending the past year collecting records and medals at a furious pace, Hoff has suddenly become a star in the present tense, not the future one.
January 12, 2006
Swimmer Hoff, 16, signs 10-year deal
The face of Towson teenage swimmer Katie Hoff could be coming to a billboard near you or popping up in commercials on your television soon, and staying there for the next decade.
December 3, 2005
Sports Digest: Sports Digest
September 14, 2005
Hoff passes up college eligibility, decides to turn professional at 16
Katie Hoff's small world is about to get a lot bigger.
August 3, 2005
Phelps wins 4 events in 'Duel'
Michael Phelps won three individual events and anchored the United States to an easy victory in the 400-meter medley relay yesterday at the Duel in the Pool meet in Irvine, Calif., with Australia.
August 1, 2005
Hoff shows growth at championships
MONTREAL - Early on at the FINA World Championships, Katie Hoff's coach, Paul Yetter fielded a question that made him stop and ponder for a moment. Did he think that Hoff - listed in the media guide at 5 feet 9 - had grown a few inches in the past year?
July 26, 2005
Hoff's world-class effort wins gold medal in 200 IM
MONTREAL - When the national anthem started to play last night, Katie Hoff took a deep, cleansing breath. And then another. She swallowed hard, then bit her lower lip. Was it really real, she may have wondered? Was there actually a gold medal dangling from her neck?
August 15, 2004
Athens Olympics
Debilitating start decks Hoff in 400 IM
ATHENS - Katie Hoff's Olympic debut was a disaster.
August 13, 2004
Phelps' 1st real Athens dip dripping with anticipation
While Baltimore sleeps, Michael Phelps will begin his quest to make Olympic history.
July 11, 2004
Hoff takes down Olympian Beard for win in 200 IM
LONG BEACH, Calif. - For those of you keeping score at home, it's 8-5, with the rest of the U.S. leading the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.
July 8, 2004
Hoff, 15, captures 400 medley, Athens spot
LONG BEACH, Calif. - As the finalists paraded for the women's 400-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, the sound system blared a version of "American Woman."
July 7, 2004
Hoff, 15, can end suspense quickly
LONG BEACH, Calif. - A little over six weeks ago, Katie Hoff dived into a chilly and choppy pool up the coast at the Santa Clara International and announced the feasibility of her making the U.S. Olympic team.
June 29, 2004
Athens Olympics
It's fast lane for 15-year-old
Blue is for first, red is for second ...
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