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I tried to capture the spirit of the thing . . . by peeps
In fairness, the other posters' research and insights prompted quick research on a slow work day (which began shortly after watching the Nassar sentencing online).
It was pretty easy to just google Swarbrick and USA Gymnastics, find KByrnes' great 12/26/17 post (the 1st item shown thankfully), scroll down and find Technique Magazine online where he was mentioned in 1998, run Swarbrick name searches across issues further back, and then run into the USA Gymnastics Magazine prior issues.
If I can do this, then no doubt IndyStar reporters have already done this. Hopefully. And I don't expect the same from the South Bend Tribune.
[Edited to add watching the Nassar footage . . . that re-directed the day pretty dramatically]