Teri McKeever is in the 29th year of being the Head Coach of the Women's Swimming & Diving Team at the University of California. She served as the Head Coach...
Feb. 24, 2021
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Three-time Olympic medalist for Australia Matt Targett posted his fastest swims since he retired from the sport back in 2013 at a recent meet in Los Angeles.
Feb. 21, 2021
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Australia's Cody Simpson, a music world pop star, continued his progress in the pool by posting a personal best of 53.85 in the 100 fly.
Feb. 21, 2021
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Cody Simpson reached a new milestone in the 100 butterfly this week, cracking 54 for the first time, becoming the 10th fastest Australian this season.
Feb. 2, 2021
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Cody, 23, told The New York Times he decided he still had a shot at the Olympics after seeing U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel - who is five months his junior - beat a record set by Michael Phelps in 2019.
Jan. 22, 2021
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Will Auburn’s NCAA Men’s 200 Free Relay Record Ever Be Broken? More than a full decade has passed since the shiny suits were outlawed in the sport of swimming, and only one NCAA record still stands from 2009 – the men’s 200 free relay. Heading into 2021, does any team have what it takes to bring it down? Will it ever get broken? The record-setting swim was done by Auburn’s quartet of Jakob Andkjaer (18.89), Gideon Louw (18.33), Kohlton Norys (18.67) and Matt Targett (18.19) of the legendary Auburn sprint program, who were coached by Hall of Fame coach Richard Quick and sprint guru Br ...
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One of the last super suit #swimming records
It did not take long this evening for plenty of NCAA, U.S. Open and American records to start tumbling. Auburn put together the fastest 200-yard free relay o...
Jan. 20, 2021
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World Championships medalist Bruno Fratus of Brazil appeared on Inside With Brett Hawke to discuss his career and his preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Fratus talked about his childhood where he moved around Brazil (5:30) frequently and his early experiences with bullying and how he channeled that into his swimming career. Bruno Fratus talked about his early inspirations in his career (13:00) including naming Gary Hall, Jr. as one of the greatest sprinters of all-time, admiring his confidence he showed on his way to winning the 50 free Olympic gold medal in 2000 and 2004. Fra ...
Jan. 20, 2021
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Australian Swimming legend Ian Thorpe believes that his sensational 1:44.06 World record over 200 metres freestyle in 2001 remains one off the three most competitive four-length swims of the past two decades because “everyone in the world is swimming the 200 freestyle wrong.” “You can’t swim 150 meters easy and then turn it into a sprint. You are going to limit what time you are going to do,” says Thorpe, Olympic 400m freestyle champion at Sydney 2000 and 200m and 400m gold medallist at Athens 2004. Now 37, he believes that the only way the swimmer who cannot match the rare backend s ...
Brett sits down with swimming prodigy, Ian Thorpe.What makes a champion?What is it like being a World Champion at 15 years old?The level of expectation and p...
Jan. 18, 2021
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US National champion Michael Andrew appeared on Inside With Brett Hawke about his 2021 plans and the current status of his Olympic goals. Andrew talked about his surfing tactics, something he took on when he moved out west to Encinitas, California, and how he views it as a good “out of the pool” activity. He talked about the positives that came out of 2020 (7:50) and what he learned during the US lockdown and how he came out of it as a better swimmer and person. Andrew opened up about contracting coronavirus (10:30) in the last few months and how he was able to come out of it healthy ...
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A #swimming conversation with Michael Andrew ...
Jan. 17, 2021
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After qualifying for the Australian Olympic Trials in the 100 fly last month, Australian singer and swimmer Cody Simpson hit another lifetime best, this time in short course yards. According to an Instagram post from Simpson, he swam a new lifetime best time in the 200 free. While the video doesn’t include a time, it appears to be roughly 1:40.0 based on a hand timing of the video. A post shared by Cody Simpson (@codysimpson) Despite not mentioning a final time for the swim, the video does feature his time after each of the first three 50’s. His first three splits were 22.4/47.3/1:12 ...
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Cody Simpson showing his speed in #swimming practice ...
Feb. 10, 2020
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Uno de los mejores velocistas del mundo, el brasileño Bruno Fratus, cuenta con un verdadero apoyo colaborativo en su rumbo hacia Tokio 2020.
