2012 Best Performers (Long Course - Male) 4X50 MEDLEY RELAY # Country Time Team IPS Meet 1 ISR 1:41.21 Hapoel Jerusalem 948 ISRLCJUL 2 ESP 1:41.31 Fed.Catalana 946 MADRDFEB 3 ESP 1:41.81 Fed.Madrilena 939 MADRDFEB 4 ESP 1:41.96 CD SEK Castillo 937 TERRSAPR 5 ESP 1:42.00 CN Sabadell 936 TERRSAPR Where can you find what follows all in one place? The changing face of NCAAs; the life and times of Sarah Sjostrom, James Magnussen and Jessica Hardy; Julia Wilkinson's Olympic diary from Olympic trials in Canada; the aim of the the Swedish Centre for Aquatic Research and the work of American guru Bill Boomer; the obituary of a man much missed, journalist Randy Starkman; and the development of an essential piece of swimming kit - goggles. With the Canadian Olympic Trials held only once every four years, it becomes the most important competition for all those dreaming of an Olympic berth. This year the meet was scheduled for 27 March to 1 April in Montreal's Olympic Pool. There was great media interest and because 600 swimmers took part, the stands were full. Nikki Dryden , a two-time Olympian herself, covered the trials, and we have extensive coverage over 11 pages, including Julia Wilkinson's diary . Julia was one of the stars of the meet with three individual wins and a breakthrough sub-minute swim in the 100 backstroke. There were 31 swimmers named to the team, 13 men and 18 women. There were only 3 men with FINA "A" times, while