http://pressboxpreps.com/sports/swimming_boys A sport's landing page en http://pressboxpreps.com/node/7826 <p>As Michael Phelps stood on the victory stand last weekend in Beijing, wearing his eighth gold medal around his neck, Cal Ripken Jr. and Juan Dixon came to mind. </p> <p>Like Phelps, Ripken and Dixon are homegrown high school athletes who reached the pinnacles of their sports while earning the respect of their coaches and teammates, the admiration of their opponents and the adulation of an entire nation.</p> <p>Of course they weren't the first Baltimore natives to win championships on the national and international stages, and hopefully they won't be the last.</p> <p><a href="http://pressboxpreps.com/node/7826">read more</a></p> http://pressboxpreps.com/node/7826#comments Swimming (Boys) Other Other Keith Mills Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:48:00 -0700 pressbox 7826 at http://pressboxpreps.com