Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin were named the respective Male and Female Athletes of the Year at last night's Golden Goggle Awards. The event, held in New York City, were hosted by NBC's Bob Costas.

Phelps also won the Male Performance of the Year (100 Fly win in Beijing) and the Relay Performance of the Year (400 Free Relay, come-from-behind win). Jason Lezak swam the anchor leg of that amazing race.

Eric Shanteau won the Perseverance Award for pushing through after his cancer diagnosis. The Breakout Performer of the Year Award and Female Performance of the Year awards went to Rebecca Soni, who shattered the 200 Breast World Record in a thrilling race with former record-holder Leisel Jones.

Once again, Bob Bowman was honored as Coach of the Year. The Athlete Humanitarian Award went to Cullen Jones for his efforts to promote diversity in the sport. (Click here to learn more about his efforts)

The AT&T Blue Room will stream the Golden Goggles tonight.

Ryan Lochte finished competition at the 2008 Minnesota Grand Prix with wins in the 200 IM (1:45.59), 100 Back (46.85)

Ryan also made the podium in the 100 Breast, taking 2nd in 55.04. Taking a rare turn in the 50 Free, Ryan hit the wall in 20.40 for 5th place.

Ryan scratched the Day 3 finals session and is tied for 3rd overall on the Grand Prix leaderboard. He accumulated 13 points during competition.

BONUS: Check out the race footage and full results, courtesy of Swim Network.

Megan Romano competed in her final Florida State High School Championship meet, and finished with 2 more individual titles; in the 100 Back and 200 Free.

Megan was shooting for some record-setting swims, but came up a little short on those goals. In the 200 Free, she stopped the clock at 1:46.06, just .17 off the record. Meanwhile, in the 100 Back, her 54.12, was .28 short of the state mark. Still, extremely impressive times that were also served as career bests.

On the relay front, Megan and her Northeast teammates combined for a 3rd place finish in the 200 Medley relay with a 1:51.79 finish.

Congrats on a great prep career, Megan!

Ryan Lochte is in Minneapolis for the weekend to compete in the Minnesota Grand Prix. (Psych Sheet)

The Minnesota stop is the first of USA Swimming's 2008-09 Grand Prix circuit which will then continue to Long Beach (CA), Columbia (MO), Austin (TX), Charlotte (NC), and Santa Clara (CA) next year.

The meet will be contested in short course yards and runs Friday through Sunday.

Ryan's events include the 100 Breast, 200 IM, 50 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, and 100 Free. Mary Descenza, Allison Schmitt, and Chloe Sutton are other National Teamers expected to compete.

Megan Romano made it official today. She signed her Letter of Intent to swim for the Georgia Bulldogs beginning next fall.

Congrats, again, Megan!

Saturday, Megan will swim in her final Florida High School State Championship meet. Her events are the 200 Free and 100 Back. The meet is being held in Orlando at the Central Florida YMCA Aquatic Center.

Follow her results live with Hy-Tek!

I know I have been slacking on updating these pictures. I can give you the long list on why I have not been on top of this but it will just bore you to tears. What counts now is that I did it! I promise updates more frequently.

Aaron Peirsol's 100 Back Semifinal

Amanda Beard's 100 Breast Semifinal

Brendan Hansen's 100 Breast Final

Chris Dejong's 200 Free Semifinal

Erik Vendt's 200 Free Semifinal

Erik Vendt's Mixed Zone

Jessica Hardy's 100 Breast Semifinal

Katie Hoff's 400 Free Final

Matt Grever's 100 Back Semifinal

Peter Vanderkaay's 200 Free Semifinal

Ryan Lochte's 100 Back Semifinal

Ryan Lochte's 200 Free Semifinal

Tara Kirk's 100 Breast Semifinal

Megan Romano has chosen the college where she'll continue her swimming career.

She will head north, and out of her home state of Florida, and swim for Jack Bauerle at the University of Georgia.

Congrats, Megan!

Tara Kirk is in Brazil ready to compete at the opening stop of the FINA/ARENA World Cup circuit in Belo Horizonte. Other Americans slated to race include Randall Bal -- last year's male high point award winner -- and Brooke Bishop.

You can watch all the action live from Universal Sports and keep up with the results, which will be provided by Omega.

For more information on the FINA World Cup, visit www.fina.org.

Port Orange, FL -- Ryan Lochte's hometown -- renamed part of the local street, YMCA Drive, as "Lochte Way".

It was part of their annual Port Orange Family Days celebration.

Ryan was on hand for the ceremony and signed autographs for him hometown fans.