The psych sheet for this weekend's Santa Clara International is now available.

The majority of Swim Stars covered here will be making the trip to Santa Clara for this competition.

The meet begins at 4:00 PM Thursday with the preliminary heats of the women's 800 Free and men's 1500 Free. Friday through Sunday, prelims start at 9AM and finals commence at 5PM.

All session passes are available for $25, while individual prelim sessions cost $4 and finals $8.

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To promote the upcoming Olympic Games Coca-Cola is launching a program, with help of several Olympians and hopefuls.

Beginning May 19t, the campaign will feature in-store displays, special product packaging, and online content at MyCoke.com. In addition, the athletes have already filmed promo spots for NBC that will air during the summer.

Natalie Coughlin is one of the athletes selected to participate. She is joined by Steven Lopez, Sanya Richards, LeBron James, Andy Potts, and Shawn Johnson.

More than 15 members of the U.S. National swim team will compete at the 41st Toyota Santa Clara International Grand Prix, May 15-18 in Santa Clara, Calif. Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.), Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.), and Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) are expected to compete at the final West Coast stop on the eight-meet Toyota Grand Prix Series.

Swimmers competing in the meet will look to add to their Toyota Grand Prix Series point totals with strong finishes in Santa Clara. The top medal-winner at the end of the Toyota Grand Prix Series will be awarded $20,000, courtesy of Toyota and USA Swimming.

Other members of the U.S. National swim team expected to compete in Santa Clara include Olympians Kaitlin Sandeno (Lake Forest, Calif.), Erik Vendt (North Eaton, Mass.), Kara Lynn Joyce (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Amanda Beard (Irvine, Calif.), Jason Lezak (Irvine, Calif.), Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich.), and Margaret Hoelzer (Huntsville, Ala.). The star-studded field will also include top '08 hopefuls such as Bay Area native Kim Vandenberg (Moraga, Calif.), and world record-holder Kate Ziegler (Great Falls, Va.).

Phelps currently tops the leaderboard for the 2007-2008 Toyota Grand Prix Series with a total of twelve gold and three bronze medals for 69 points. Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) is tied for second with Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) each with 51 points. The full leaderboard can be found here.

Tickets for the 41st Toyota Santa Clara International Grand Prix, held at the George F Haines International Swim Center, are $4 for prelim sessions, $8 for final sessions, and an all-session pass is available for $25. Tickets can be purchased at the door. The complete competition schedule can be found online here. Prelims begin each day at 9 a.m and finals commence each day at 5 p.m. On Thursday, May 15, there will be no morning session, and the prelims for the women's 800m and men's 1500m free will begin at 4 p.m.

The Toyota Grand Prix Series serves as an opportunity for athletes to race against top-notch competition as they continue their preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Other stops in the series include Charlotte, N.C. and Omaha, Neb. the last which will take place at the same location of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming.

At the WFLA Spring Open, over the weekend, Megan Romano took first in each of her individual events.

In the 100 & 200 Back finals, she posted respective times of 1:06.31 and 2:25.16. The rest of her events were of the freestyle variety. She hit the wall in 27.36 for the 50 and 59.83 in the 100 while also securing victory in the 200 (2:09.07) and 400 (4:32.45) distances.

Megan also contributed to St. Petersburg's winning 200 Free Relay with teammates Kaitlin Frehling, Kelsey Krauss, and Melanie Margalis. They combined for a 1:52.85 finish.

Complete results are now available from Florida Swimming.

This weekend, Megan Romano is competing at the WFLA Spring Open in Largo, FL.

Megan's events during the competition are the 50 Free, 100 Back, 400 Free, 100 Free, 200 Back, and 200 Free.

Meet information can be found here, courtesy of Florida Swimming.

Amanda Beard has been named to People Magazine's annual "100 Most Beautiful People" list.

See a sneak peak here.

The issue hits newsstands on Friday with actress Kate Hudson is on the cover.

On the final night of the 2008 TYR Swim Meet of Champions, Jessica Hardy made it a perfect 3-for-3 with her 100 Breast win this evening.

Jessica hit the wall in 1:06.76 - just off her own American Record - giving her a 3rd impressive performance this weekend. Her time moves her into the world's Top 5 for 2008 with fellow Swim Star Tara Kirk. Jessica's Trojan teammate Lindsay Payne finished 2nd in 1:08.45, followed by Jessie Schmitt in 1:11.12.

Cal's Dana Vollmer won the 100 Fly and 200 IM finals, Fran Crippen took the 800 Free title, while Peter Marshall won the 100 Back with a new meet and pool record.

Final results are available here.

Jessica Hardy and Jason Lezak won their respective sprint freestyle finals again on the 3rd night of the TYR Swim Meet of Champions.

In the women's 50 Free final, Jessica challenged Dara Torres' American Record. After breaking the meet recrd in prelims, Jessica set the pool ablaze with a 24.88 performance; another lifetime best and the 10th fastest time this year. She broke her meet record and set a new pool mark as well. Madison Kennedy (26.02) and Dana Vollmer (26.05) battled to the finish, taking 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Jason followed suit in the men's Championship Final. He bettered his pool and meet records with a blistering 22.18 effort. Gabe Woodward finished second in 22.85, followed by Joseph Hale, after a 23.17 swim.

Dana Vollmer (1:59.50) and Larsen Jensen (1:51.50) emerged victorious in the 200 Free final, while Rebecca Soni (2:25.33, pool & meet record) and John Criste (2:17.69) won their respective 200 Breast titles. Fran Crippen turned in a 4:25.11 swim to take 1st in the 400 IM. The women were led by Lyndsay De Paul's 4:51.48.

Hy-Tek results can be found here.

Ryan Lochte is currently being feature in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of of VMAN Magazine with actor Ashton Kutcher on the cover.

Ryan talks about how he got into the sport, his motivation, and letting his personality shine. The interview ends with a very classic quote.

See the scans in Ryan's gallery here.

VMAN is on newsstands now, but is not widely available. Visit the magazine's website to see the locations where it is sold.

On the second ngiht of the TYR Swim Meet of Champions both Jessica Hardy and Jason Lezak posted solid victories in their respective 100 Freestyle finals. In doing so, the pair also recorded new meet and pool records.

Jessica improved her best time en route to a 54.54 win in the women's 'A' final. Madison Kennedy finished a distant second in 56.39.

Jason hit the wall in 48.75 to win easily. Gabe Woodward took second with a 50.49 effort.

Other winners on night two include a blistering 200 Fly swim from Tanya Krisman (2:08.66) and a dominant 3:49.98 400 Free victory by Larsen Jensen.

Check out the full results here.