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	Pac-10 Men's Swimming Championships Day Three Recap :: Five more individual champions were crowned on the third day of ...
		The 100 butterfly was won by Burnett's teammate, Lyndon Ferns, who had finished second in the race last year.
		Ferns took the early lead with a 21.30 split in his first 50 yards, then held off Stanford's Ben Wildman-Tobriner and USC's Sam Masson, who both were slightly quicker on the final 50.
		Ferns won with a time of 46.43 in a loaded field that featured six different swimmers posting NCAA automatic qualifying times.
	www.pac-10.org /sports/c-swim/recaps/030406aaf.html (855 words)

	Paul Shippey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lyndon Ferns took over and swam even faster to extend their lead.
		He handed over to Darian Townsend, who although marginally slower, maintained the pace and lead over the field and then it was up to the big powerhouse – Ryk Neethling, to literally explode for the final 100m, which he swam faster than anybody else to break the world record and upset the party.
		Under US scholarship laws Darian and Lyndon may not receive any compensation for swimming, but Ryk and Roland may, as they are done with their scholarships.
	www.paulshippey.com /photojournalpage.html (1186 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today Schoeman, Ferns make 50m sprint semis
		Working from lane six, Lyndon Ferns had Schoeman to use as a marker and although slower to the water, he fought hard to finish fifth in his heat and just crept into the semifinals in 22.53 seconds.
		Focus is the name of the game as Schoeman and Ferns swiftly side-stepped their way through the media to prepare their attack on Thursday's semis.
		Hall is the top ranked 50 metres exponent of the season with a 21.91 from the national trials to his name, with Schoeman second recording 21.98 from the nationals in Durban, a time he shares with USA's Jason Lezak who only qualified in third place in heat three.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/342364.htm (512 words)

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		Johannesburg - Four years ago Lyndon Ferns was given a choice: keep on swimming or get out.
		Ferns remained in the water, and on Sunday in Athens, he, Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling and Darian Townsend made history by winning the 4x100m free-style relay.
		Dougie Eagar, a famous swimming coach who was one of the first to teach Ferns to master the finer art of swimming, recalled on Monday that the first time he saw the young Ferns in action he knew the young man had it in him to make it internationally.
	www.news24.com /News24/Olympics2004/SANews/0,,2-1652-1653_1573992,00.html (352 words)

	SABCnews.com - sport/olympics
		The quartet of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling completely dominated both Sunday morning's heat and the evening final.
		Ferns said it was no surprise they had done well.
		For Ferns the best thing about winning was knowing that all the work they had done had paid off.
	www.sabcnews.com /sport/olympics/0,2172,85806,00.html (598 words)

	Wildcats travel to Long Island for NCAA Championships :: Eleven Male Athletes to Compete
		Sophomore Lyndon Ferns took second place in the 50y freestyle, setting an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 19.62.
		The 200y free relay team of Ferns, senior Eric La Fleur, junior Byron Jeffers, and Rollins placed third with an NCAA consideration time of 1:19.36.
		In the 400ymedley relay, the team of Rollins, Stevens, Ferns and La Fleur took third place with an NCAA consideration time of 3:12.84 In the 1650-yard freestyle, DeBerry finished in eighth place with an NCAA consideration time of 15:22.42.
	www.cstv.com /sports/c-swim/stories/032304aag.html (1358 words)

	Pac-10 Men's Swimming Championships Recap Day Four :: Stanford wins 25th straight Pac-10 Championship.
		Cal finished in 2:51.27, followed by Arizona's quartet of Simon Burnett, Lyndon Ferns, Nicholas Nilo and Ritter who swam 2: 51.73.
		Lyndon Ferns (100 Butterfly, 46.43; 100 Freestyle, 43.23)
		800 Freestyle Relay (Simon Burnett, Lyndon Ferns, Tyler Deberry, Adam Ritter) 6:18.70
	www.pac-10.org /sports/c-swim/recaps/030506aac.html (1423 words)

	ATHENS 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Former University of Arizona swimmers Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns and Ryk Neethling helped the South African 400-meter freestyle relay team win the gold medal yesterday in a world-record time of 3 minutes, 13.17 seconds.
		In 1992, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton of Benson won a silver in the 100 butterfly and took gold in the 400 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay.
		Schoeman, Ferns, Darian Townsend and Neethling shattered Australia's 400 free record of 3:13.67.
	www.amandabeard.net /Articles/athens_2004.htm (916 words)

	SABCnews.com - sport/other
		Roland Schoeman, the double medallist, was back in action this morning to qualify through the men's 50m freestyle heats along with Lyndon Ferns, the relay gold medallist.
		Working from lane six, Lyndon Ferns had Schoeman to use as a marker and although slower to the water, he fought hard to finish fifth in his heat and just crept into the semi-finals in 22.53 seconds.
		Focus is the name of the game as Schoeman and Ferns swiftly side-stepped their way through the media to prepare their attack today's semis.
	www.sabcnews.com /sport/other/0,2172,86070,00.html (568 words)

	SA swimmers stun the world - SouthAfrica.info
		Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling took the four-by-100 metres freestyle relay by storm on Sunday night, beating some of the biggest names in swimming and shattering the world record to take South Africa's first Olympic gold medal since the marathon in Atlanta eight years ago.
		It was a dominant performance by the South African quartet, and it started with Roland Schoeman, who destroyed the opposition with a devastating first leg that gave the South Africans a lead that was never closely challenged.
		Anriette Schoeman struggled with the heat and failed to challenge in the women's cycling road race, and badminton's Chris Dednam was thrashed 15-1, 15-0 in the men's singles.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/athensswim-gold.htm (549 words)

	UA banks on duo to topple Auburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ferns and Burnett will bring their 2004 Olympic experience to the University of Minnesota pool in Minneapolis today through Saturday in an attempt to knock off favored Auburn, which is attempting to become the 12th team in NCAA history to complete the triple.
		Ferns, a gold medalist on South Africa's world-record-setting 400 freestyle relay, is a contender in four events - the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
		Of those, the junior's best shot might be in the 100 butterfly.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/ua/articles/0324ncaaswim0324.html (234 words)

	Lane 9 News Archive: Lyndon Ferns (Who?) Swims Blazing 50 to Highlight Day One of Texas Invite
		UNIVERSITY of Arizona sophomore Lyndon Ferns -- a virtual unknown -- shocked the field to win the 50 free on the first day of the three-day University of Texas Invitational.
		The meet is using an unusual format: qualifying is swum in short course yards, while the finals are swum long course meters.
		Ferns took advantage of the dual-venue format to record the fastest times -- by far -- this year in both.
	www.swimmingworldmagazine.com /lane9/news/6327.asp (617 words)

	SA's golden swimmers make world waves : Mail & Guardian Online
		South Africa's golden boys led Olympic news in Greece and the United States after Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling broke the world 4x100m relay record for gold in the biggest upset of the Athens Olympics so far.
		The Greek TV coverage highlighted that one heart-stopping moment when Ferns, in his wild excitement, reached way down from the block to give Neethling a high-five and almost fell forward into the pool, but he was grabbed and steadied by Schoeman at the last moment.
		Ferns was quicker than Phelps (48,74 seconds) in his leg with 48,13 seconds and Townsend kept the momentum going with 48,96 seconds.
	www.mg.co.za /Content/l3.asp?ao=120473 (1148 words)

	No 'Fab Four' for World Champs - SouthAfrica.info
		For most South Africans, the enduring image of the 2004 Athens Olympics is that of Roland Schoeman, Darian Townsend, Lyndon Ferns and Ryk Neethling - the "Fab Four" - destroying the challenge of the powerhouse Dutch, American and Australian teams to win gold in world record time.
		The first reason, Naidoo said, was the unavailability of Lyndon Ferns.
		According to SSA performance manager Rushdee Warley, Ferns withdrew from the team some time ago because of study commitments.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/wsc-montreal-2005.htm (642 words)

	Auto racing results \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		200 Medley Relay: 1, Arizona (Albert Subirats, Dave Rollins, Lyndon Ferns, Simon Burnett), 1:23.88.
		800 Freestyle Relay: 1, Arizona (Simon Burnett, Lyndon Ferns, Tyler Deberry, Adam Ritter), 6:16.67.
		400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Arizona (Simon Burnett, Lyndon Ferns, Albert Subirats, Adam Ritter), 2:48.39.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060326/news_1s26agate1-a.html (127 words)

	News24
		South African swimmers from left: Lyndon Ferns, Roland Schoeman and Gerhard Zandberg celebrate after winning the gold medal in the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final at the Sports and Aquatic Centre during the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
		South African swimmers from left: Roland Schoeman, Gerhard Zandberg, Lyndon Ferns and Ryk Neethling celebrate on the podium after winning the gold medal in the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final at the Sports and Aquatic Center during the Commonwealth Games.
		South African swimmers from left: Roland Schoeman, Gerhard Zandberg, Lyndon Ferns and Ryk Neethling celebrate on the podium after winning the gold medal in the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final at the Sports and Aquatic Centre during the Commonwealth Games.
	www.news24.com /News24/Gallery/Home/0,,galleries-1-2175,00.html (343 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		From left are Lyndon Ferns, Roland Mark Schoeman and Darian Townsend, with Ryk Neethling in the water.
		PHOTO: AP One relay swimmer was posing on the starting block, flexing both arms at the crowd.
		The victory earned the South African men their first ever swimming gold, with an unlikely team of Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/sport/archives/2004/08/17/2003199148/print (1115 words)

	The Race Club Column: May 2005
		Nick was left off the South African Olympic team despite finishing fifth at his country's Olympic Trials.
		Instead they are taking their sixth finisher in the 100 freestyle (Ferns) because he swam a faster time four months before the trials.
		Ferns choked at trials and I'm sure the experienced Olympic veteran Folker will prove any time - any place that he can whip Ferns in a head-to-head battle.
	64.70.236.56 /columns/archives/2005_05_01_swimming-news-archive.html (3212 words)

	- NCAA Sports.com
		Arizona 'B' (S. Burnett, G. Owen, L. Ferns, E. La Fleur, 3:19.86).
		Arizona 'B' (L. Ferns, E. La Fleur, S. Burnett, A. Ritter, 3:00.10).
		Texas 'D' Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1.
	www.ncaasports.com /swimming/mens/story/7063020 (261 words)

	SA Government congratulates swimmers on clinching gold at the Olympic Games
		The four also managed to set a new world record.
		Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling, Darian Townsend and Lyndon Ferns earned South Africa its first gold medal at the tournament beating off medal favorites Australia and the United States of America.
		Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad said today that the victory showed what stunning success could come out of a democratic South Africa.
	www.saembassy.org /swimminggold.htm (263 words)

	Articles
		After winning gold on the opening night, Phelps had to settle for bronze as the United States suffered a shock defeat in the men's 4x100 meters freestyle relay, ending his chance of beating Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics.
		The Americans finished third with the Netherlands second as the South African quartet of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling wiped half a second off the world record to claim the gold.
		"We knew we had it in us," Ferns said.
	www.michaelphelpsonline.com /articles/pg.htm (674 words)

	SI.com - Olympics - Schedules & Results
		Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman, Darian Townsend
		Johan Kenkhuis, Mark Veens, Mitja Zastrow, Klaas-Erik Zwering, Pieter van den Hoogenband
		Johan Kenkhuis, Mitja Zastrow, Klaas-Erik Zwering, Pieter van den Hoogenband
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2004/schedules/162035ByEvent.html (380 words)

	About SA - Sport and recreation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Team South Africa brought home six medals, improving on the tally of five at the Sydney Games in 2000.
		One of South Africa's golden moments was undoubtedly the gold won by the swimming foursome Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling and Darian Townsend.
		Not only did the team shatter the world record in a time of 3:13.17, but they became the first South African male relay team to win the 4x100 m free-style event at the Olympics.
	www.info.gov.za /aboutsa/sport.htm (6093 words)

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