New York Times
SWIMMING; Day of Records for 15-Year-Old
By Frank Litsky
"Murray Stephens, Nall's coach, said Nall swims in about eight practices a week and does not spend more than 20 hours a week in the water. She does not lift weights, although she does dry-land training daily and aerobics occasionally. She also trains seven days a week."
Baltimore Sun
Only the Best
By Childs Walker & Candus Thomson
"The aquatic club produced its first Olympic gold medalist in 1984 and became famous when Phelps won six golds in Athens 20 years later. Swimming aficionados speak in awe of the little East Coast club that has produced more than 180 age group record-holders and attracts more talent every year."
Pool Shows Ripple Effects
By Paul McMullen
"Founded in 1968, the NBAC has grown from a team without a home into a rarity. Murray Stephens, the head coach, owns its base of operations, the Meadowbrook Aquatic & Fitness Center. His team and facility were built on persistence, sweat and little small talk."
Driving hard to the Games Swimming: Murray Stephens has put Baltimore on the map and two more athletes into the Olympics.
By Peter Schmuck
"Murray Stephens will be very much in his element when he arrives in Atlanta this week. He has coached Olympic swimmers for the better part of the past two decades, and his appointment as an assistant coach for the 1996 Games was long overdue."
Not on U.S. staff, Stephens still will back Nall in Barcelona
By Peter Schmuck
"He will sit in the stands. He will watch the split times. He will offer advice.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Murray Stephens will officially be nothing more, or less, than a spectator. But as the coach of 15-year-old swimming superstar Anita Nall of Towson, Stephens will be heard."
The Cathloic Review
Jesuit schools influence Olympic swimming
By Paul McMullen
"Nearly a million laps in a 50-meter pool have perfected the form and fitness of Michael Phelps, the star of the 2004 Summer Olympics and the presumptive ace of the 2008 games that begin Aug. 8 in Beijing."