Feb. 25, 2021
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FEB 26, 2021 - JENKS — Aiden Hayes was ready to see what he could do. Competing in the final Class 6A swimming state meet of his career, the Norman North senior locked in from the start and got into a zone. Hayes knew he was going to win his two individual races. It was just a matter of how fast he could finish. At Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center on Thursday, Hayes shattered his own expectations. The North Carolina State signee set two national high school records, winning the 50-yard freestyle in 19.20 seconds and 100 butterfly in 45.47. The previous national hi ...
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Aiden Hayes finishing OK High School making a huge impact on #swimming
Feb. 9, 2021
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Jenna and Ciera Fujiwara visited us from Hawaii to work with coach Gary in San Diego. Ciera has incredible shoulder flexibility allowing her to recover her arms straight above her head. Coupled with a late breath this technique can be the fastest way to swim butterfly with the likes of Joseph Schooling and Rikako Ikee. This technique isn’t for everyone as Ciera’s sister Jenna has better success with a wider/lower arm recovery. Find out what makes Ciera a perfect candidate for this technique and how we use swim drills to improve!
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Jenna and Ciera Fujiwara visited us from Hawaii to work with coach Gary in San Diego. Ciera has incredible shoulder flexibility allowing her to recover her a...
Jan. 27, 2021
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The man. The legend. The staggering number of titles. Here are some of legendary swim coach Eddie Reese's favorite sets for getting swimmers in shape.
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Here's how Eddie Reese does it #swim #training
Sept. 8, 2020
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Holden Smith has de-committed from the University of Alabama and chosen the University of Texas for his college swimming career. Smith, originally a member of the class of 2021, previously announced that he would be taking a gap year and beginning his college career in the fall of 2022. “I feel blessed and honored to announce my verbal commitment to further my academic and swimming goals at the University of Texas. I want to first thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Also, I want to thank (Texas head coach Eddie) Reese and (Texas Collins for this amazing opportunity, and I can’t wa ...
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Holden Smith now Commits to Texas #swimming
June 4, 2020
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According to NISCA, the tournament is intended to create a fun activity in light of the coronavirus pandemic, especially since swim meets around the country have been canceled. In order to enter, teams had to fill out a form and include their top times all-time for their entries. Each swimmer was allowed to “swim” up to two individual events and two relays like they would in a traditional high school dual meet. The big absence here is The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, which appears to have not submitted an entry. The school is the alma mater to Olympic gold medalists Ryan M ...
March 29, 2020
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Now that the dust has settled on the decision to postpone the next Summer Olympic Games originally to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes and coaches are taking stock of what the extra preparation time may mean for them. At SwimSwam we already reviewed some initial circumstances that may potentially benefit from the Olympic postponement, which you can read here. But, more potential storylines are emerging as the sporting world has had a few days to digest the news. For Singaporean Olympic champion Joseph Schooling , the Olympic delay is thought to be a good thing by nati ...
March 29, 2020
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As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to unfold essentially minute-by-minute around the world, one thing we know is that athletes across all sports are off the field, away from the court and out of the pool indefinitely. Most swimmers already had comprehensive strength and conditioning programs built into their overall training regimens, but they are now forced to rely on just those athletic outlets until they’re able to finally get wet once again. Besides dryland training, your favorite elite stars are also keeping their minds sharp by catching up on books they’ve been me ...
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What elite #swimmers are doing around the world during crisis.
March 15, 2020
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Surprise, followed by a resounding yes. That was the common refrain from former swim stars in response to whether Joscelin Yeo should be inducted into Singapore's Sport Hall of Fame (HOF). Yeo's omission from the HOF, which has inducted over 50 athletes, including Patricia...
Feb. 13, 2020
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Singaporean swimmers such as Joseph Schooling will have additional qualification time for the 2020 Olympic Games with the rescheduling of events due to virus.
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#coronavirus virus is impacting #swimming competition schedules ... @GoodbyeChlorine
Swimming schedules impacted by #coronavirus ...
Feb. 7, 2020
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National swimmer Joseph Schooling will reunite with former coach and mentor Sergio Lopez in a bid to regain his mojo and retain his gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Don't count Schooling out of this year's Olympics just yet. #swimming
Dec. 31, 2019
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With the 2010-2019 decade officially ending, we're looking back at the top 15 swimming moments of the past ten years from a U.S.-based lens.
June 19, 2019
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A slight jerk turned into a hard lesson learnt for national swimmer Joseph Schooling, who was "too excited" during the 50m butterfly final of the Singapore National Swimming Championships last night. While on the starting blocks at the OCBC Aquatic Centre, the 24-year-old...
