Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Yuri’s Going to Need a Coat

We’re back with swimming’s top 10 tweets! From Zane Grothe‘s steady splits to Alys Thomas‘ 27 years of persistence, scroll to see what made the cut.

(TLDR; I couldn’t make a cut, there’s 11 this week. If the Big Ten can keep its name with 14 teams, this can still be TopTenTweets).

#11

My daughter just called from her swim meet. "Dad, you're not gonna believe it!" What? "Someone pooped in the pool!" She was oddly excited.

— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) April 18, 2018

Every swimmer can relate.

#10

Now those are some consistent splits. I was very surprised to see a best time with no rest at this point in my career. #grinding pic.twitter.com/iHnkUa4qyc

— Zane Grothe (@zane_growth_ee) April 17, 2018

0.58 seconds difference between Zane’s slowest and fastest 100s in the middle 1300. Not. Too. Shabby.

#9

https://twitter.com/RyanLochte/status/987786289650028545

Boys just wanna have fun.

#8

Live look of me swimming this morning pic.twitter.com/Ch7Mhje8GB

— Jacob Molacek (@jake_the_jay) April 20, 2018

Live look at most Monday mornings.

#7

Found some super wise advice in my comment section 😂 pic.twitter.com/EU5AmSASAi

— Cody Miller (@swimiller) April 21, 2018

Never. Brush. From. The. Top.

#6

Happy birthday @SwimmerMichael ! Finally 19 – logged some frequent flyer miles with you over the years. Feels as though you were 15-18 for about 7 years 😂

— Mitch Dalton (@MitchDaltonNJT) April 18, 2018

Same Mitch, same.

#5

https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano/status/986386122153562112

Anyone wearing a cap and goggles is a star in our book. But cap and goggles on land? True icon.

#4

Just saw a guy skateboarding to class while doing bicep curls with a dumbbell. Stanford students know how to manage their time.

— Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) April 19, 2018

New training method on the horizon?

#3

T-minus 24 hours until The National Junior Team reunites at #NationalJRcanp18 !

More likely to recreate 👇🏼GIF?

A.) @tfreeman_3 + @carson24foster + @jacklevant10399 + @PatrickCallan1

OR

B.)@graceariola + @reganesmith4 + @erica_sully + @MHomovich

🤷🏼‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/Z0u4r5UmD7

— Mitch Dalton (@MitchDaltonNJT) April 18, 2018

The replies make this one (click on it!).

#2

Persistence…

——

Left: 9year old me, first county medal 200fly.

Right: 27year old me, first major international medal 200fly.

18 years apart, some things take time. pic.twitter.com/BiFghqLseR

— Alys Thomas (@alys_thomas) April 18, 2018

Good things come to those who wait.

#1

Buy a coat.

— Anders Holm (@ders808) April 18, 2018

Sage advice from a Wisconsin alum. Let’s hope Yuri held on to his Maryland gear.