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SWIMSWAM
Jan. 20, 2021—
We sat down with Olympic champion Leah Smith , who was one of few national teamers who didn’t attend a Pro Swim this past weekend. Leah was planning on attending the meet in Irvine, but as that one was canceled she opted to stay home and train. Smith details her last 10 months through the COVID pandemic, including prepping for ISL with Matt Grevers , being on a non-US based team for the ISL, and her newfound coffee love with all this time at home. Music: Otis McDonald www.otismacmusic.com RECENT EPISODES Leah was planning on attending the meet in Irvine, but as that one was canceled ...
@SwimXps Great podcast featuring Leah Smith #swimming
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
Jan. 19, 2021—
Ryan Held Assesses His Career on the Ultimate Swimmer Podcast The latest episode of the Ultimate Swimmer Podcast with Josh Davis featured Team USA sprinter Ryan Held, a member of the 2016 gold-medal winning 400 freestyle relay at the Olympic Games in Rio. Here is a look at some of the topics that Held discussed during his Ultimate Swimmer Podcast visit. By Noah Yanchulis Ryan Held is among the elite when you talk about sprint talent in America. He was a multi-time Illinois state champ in high school, multi-time NCAA champion in college, has won national titles on the pro level and ha ...
SWIMSWAM
Sept. 5, 2020—
The NCAA Championships is one of the most intense competitions a swimmer might compete in, and falls just short of the U.S. Olympic Trials in terms of the cut-throat attitudes of the athletes and coaches vying for titles and a spot in history. First place in a relay at the NCAA Championships will earn a team 40 points, while eighth place is worth 22 points–2 points more than an individual victory. Needless to say, there is a lot of pressure to perform well on relays. The stage was set for the final of the men’s 200 yard medley relay at the Men’s 2007 NCAA Championships. 32 men on 8 t ...
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
July 14, 2020—
The Traits Found in 6 Different Types of Swimmers Not all swimmers are created equal. Some are sprinters. Some are distance swimmers. Some are everything in-betweeners. Some swimmers like butterfly more than backstroke. No matter their stroke, swimmers come in all shapes, mentalities and speeds. Despite these differences, some common traits emerge among those who specialize in certain events in our sport. To celebrate our differences (and poke a little fun), here is a list of the traits found in six types of swimmers. Of course, many of these traits are transferrable, so take this pi ...
@SwimXps Six different traits of #swimmers ...
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
July 14, 2020—
Olympic gold medalist and former Stanford women’s head coach Lea Maurer , who guided the Cardinal for seven years, has been named USC men’s and women’s swimming associate head coach, first-year Trojan head coach Jeremy Kipp announced today. Maurer and is the newest addition to Kipp’s staff, which also includes seventh-year assistant coach Chase Bloch , first-year assistant coach Meghan Hawthorne (who joined Kipp at USC after stints with him at Northwestern and Boise State) as well as 22nd-year head diving coach Hongping Li . “Lea Maurer is one of the best coaches in the country,” Kip ...
@SwimXps Lea Maurer Hired as #USC #Swimming Associate Head Coach
SWIMSWAM
July 13, 2020—
Jeremy Kipp has added one more name to the newly-constructed swimming & diving coaching staff at USC, and it’s a big one in Pac-12 circles. Lea Maurer has been named the program’s new associate head coach. Maurer, a 1992 Olympic gold and bronze medalist and 1998 World Champion, was the head coach of the women’s program at Stanford from 2005 through 2012. During her time there, she led the program to 7 consecutive top 5 finishes at the NCAA Championships and back-to-back Pac-10 titles in 2010 and 2011. While she was the head coach at Stanford, the team’s highest NCAA Championship fini ...
SWIMSWAM
April 10, 2020—
1213 swimmers are already qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, now scheduled for 2021. We’ve broken that group down by age, event, LSC and more. More names could join this list when the sport eventually resumes after the current pandemic pause in competition. But USA Swimming has said it will introduce different qualifying standards for new swims in an effort to keep the size of the meet more manageable.
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
March 8, 2020—
Regan Smith will get another chance to show what she’s got in Saturday night’s final day of the TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Des Moines. She enters the evening as the top seed in the 100 backstroke, an event where she holds the world record, after a morning swim of 58.79 seconds. The second seed is Olivia Smoliga in 59.60 with Kathleen Baker also under a minute in the morning prelims.
SWIMSWAM
March 7, 2020—
The final prelims session of the 2020 Pro Swim Series in Des Moines will feature the 100 back, 200 breast, 200 IM, and 50 free. After winning both the 200 back and taking 2nd in the 100 fly on Friday, Regan Smith will cap off her Des Moines campaign with her top seed in the 100 back.
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
March 7, 2020—
Three winners from Thursday night at the TYR Pro Swim Series Des Moines are set to show down Friday night in the women’s 200 freestyle. Katie Ledecky earned the top seed in the morning with a time of 1:56.19. She’s chasing her third title of the meet, after winning the 1,500 free and 400 free the last two nights. The second seed is Hali Flickinger, winner of Thursday’s 200 butterfly, in 1:59.16. She’s just .02 ahead of 100 free champ Siobhan Haughey, who Friday made the move to ISL club Energy Standard .
SWIMSWAM
March 6, 2020—
Here are SwimSwam's NCAA women's DI power rankings. Good list of predictions.
Women's NCAA Power Rankings- Stanford University
- University of Virginia
- Cal Berkeley
- University of Michigan
- University of Tennessee
@SwimXps Here is a good preview of the women's NCAA D1 #swimming championships
SWIMSWAM
Jan. 15, 2020—
After a narrow victory over Sun Yang on Day 1 in the 200 free, Lithuanian Danas Rapsys will rematch the crowd favorite on Day 2 in Shenzhen in the 400.
@SwimXps 2020 #FINA Champions Series recap #swimming
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
Jan. 14, 2020—
Arno Kamminga moved up to sixth all-time with a Dutch 100m breaststroke record and Danas Rapsys made up a deficit of 0.49secs at the final turn to beat Sun Yang.
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
June 3, 2019—
The first FINA Champions Series came to a close in Indianapolis with some of the strongest performances of the entire series. Hear about the top swims from the meet and
SWIMSWAM
June 1, 2019—
The FINA Champions Swim Series will come to a close with day 2 of the Indianapolis stop.
SWIMSWAM
Dec. 11, 2018—
Day One will end with the men’s 4×100 freestyle in which Russia and the United States each have a good shot at winning gold.
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
Dec. 11, 2018—
Men’s 4×100 Free Relay Caeleb Dressel got things started with a new American Record in the 100 free in the final of the 4×100 free relay at 45.66, breaking the hours
SWIMSWAM
Dec. 11, 2018—
Ryan Held smashed the American SCM 100 free record by over four-tenths in 45.82.
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
Nov. 14, 2018—
This week’s Performance of the Week goes to Xu Jiayu for his world record in the men’s 100 backstroke this week at the 2018 FINA World Cup in Tokyo.
SWIMSWAM
Nov. 1, 2018—
Over the past few weeks, names of committed athletes for the 2018 Energy for Swim meet in December have been trickling out, one-by-one. So far we’ve reported confirmations from Sarah Sjostrom…
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