DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 1. SOUTH Africa's Penny Heyns, the 1996 Olympic champion in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events, was in Dubai over the weekend to take part in the opening of a new ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa. PHENOMENAL breaststroke record holder Penny Heyns was this week honoured with the Order of Ikhamanga by President Thabo Mbeki. The 29-year-old swimmer's name still echoes ...

Getting accolades isn’t anything new for South African swimming icon Penny Heyns. Heyns, the former Husker standout, has seen them all — two Olympic gold medals in 1996, the 1996 Big Eight Female ...

1965 — The Springboks suffer what is then their biggest margin of defeat as they lose the fourth and Test against New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland by 3-20. Lock Tiny Naude landed a lone penalty ...

Penny Heyns, the South African swimmer who had just won gold in the 100 meter and the 200 meter breaststroke, was standing around the Georgia Tech natatorium, her hair still wet, when Scott Reed ...

Penny Heyns, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, said she had opposed a blanket ban on Russian athletes. By Tariq Panja Even before global antidoping leaders confirmed this week that Russia would be ...

For those who don’t think history can be made at low-key summer swim meets in non-Olympic years, there is real, live precedent in Southern California. Last month at Mission Viejo, U.S. distance star ...

Amanda Beard came to the Olympics with a teddy bear and will leave with a silver medal. And maybe a gold one. In her first Olympic final, the 100 breaststroke, Beard nearly caught 21-year-old Penny ...

But Penny Heyns couldn't play DJ. Things are indeed a blur when you're about to realize Olympic gold. "I recall that I got on the podium before they even said my name. I stepped up on my block. I was ...

In honor of Women's History Month, HuskerExtra is turning the spotlight on female athletes and coaches who have had an impact on Husker athletics throughout the years. Whether it be for country or ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Penny Heyns, the South African swimmer who had just won gold in the 100 meter and the 200 meter breaststroke, was standing around the Georgia Tech natatorium, her hair still wet, when ...