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Richard Quick is the head coach of the women's swim team at Stanford University, California, USA. He has been a coach for the US Olympic team for five Olympics - 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000. At the Sydney Olympics he lead the women's team to sixteen medals. At Stanford he has developed 35 NCAA Champions and has won five NCAA Coach of the Year honors and three Pac-10 Coach of the Year awards. His most successful swimmer is proably Jenny Thompson who has won eight Olympic Golds. Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page is about the year 1984. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Jennifer Thompson (born February 26, 1973), a swimmer, is one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight golds, while representing the United States of America in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. ...


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CollegeSwimming.com::It's Official, Richard Quick is Resigning at Stanford (889 words)
Stanford's Richard Quick announced today that he will retire after a 28-year career as a collegiate swimming head coach, including the past 17 seasons at Stanford, effective at the conclusion of the 2005 summer season.
Quick won seven of his NCAA titles at Stanford, guiding his first Cardinal team to a national championship in 1989 before winning five in a row from 1992-96 and one more in 1998.
Quick's success as a collegiate head coach was not just limited to the Stanford campus as he compiled an overall dual meet record of 212-39 (.845), including a 180-30 (.857) mark as a women's head coach.
Quick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (424 words)
Quick is a family name, a trade name, and a word in the English language whose meaning has gradually shifted.
In its original sense the chief uses are such as the quick and the dead, of the Apostles Creed, a quickset hedge, i.e.
The phrase quick with child means pregnant and the quickening is the moment a pregnant mother first feels the child move.
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