SwimSwam Pulse: 75% Pick Gretchen Walsh As Most Impressive Female Freshman
Walsh has had a scorching start to her first NCAA season at Virginia, setting lifetime bests and leading the nation across different events.
The Hungry Swimmer: Trick or Treat Trail Mix
With Halloween being right around the corner as inspiration, here’s a sweet and salty trail mix that’s fit for October 31.
Co-Founders of Nica Nadadores Discuss Growing Swimming to Nicaragua
We sat down with Timmy Hayes, Scot Robison, and Kyle Shoemaker, the 3 co-founders of Nica Nadadores in Nicaragua.
Plant Based Performance: Pumpkin Recipes for National Pumpkin Day
October 26 is National Pumpkin Day in the US! Celebrate with these pumpkin-based snacks that are heavy on nutritional punch that swimmers need.
Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Adam Peaty Reveals His Breakfast of Champions
We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.
SwimSwam’s Official Ballot for the 2021 Golden Goggles Awards
With 5 Olympic gold medals won in Tokyo, Caeleb Dressel is a slam-dunk for the Male Athlete of the Year Golden Goggles Award.
SwimSwam Pulse: 53% Would Prefer USA vs Australia In Future Duel In The Pool
More than half of voters want to see the USA take on Australia, like they originally did from 2003-07, if the Duel In The Pool were to be brought back.
Adam Peaty “Race” Analysis: Strictly Come Dancing Social Media
British Gold medalist Adam Peaty fared well with the judges during last week’s tango dance, but what did social media think?
Jeanette Ottesen’s Book Admits To Ongoing Bullying Of Lotte Friis
Danish Olympian Jeanette Ottesen released her biography entitled ‘Fri’ today; however, some of the subject matter is not without controversy.
To Delay, or Not, NCAA Recruiting? Imperfect Solutions to an Imperfect Problem
The USOPC says that the NCAA should delay swimming recruiting. Swimmers, coaches, and parents are split. How do we solve such a messy problem?
Turning Point
Turning points can be the high points of a career, but also moments where things might’ve not gone your way and can serve as learning experiences.
Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Michael Phelps’ Football-Playing Twin?
We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.
SwimSwam Breakdown: Coaching Changes, NCAA, and Young Guns Firing
We discuss the coaching changes of last week, the wave of new international teenage talent on the men’s side, and the fast weekend of racing from the NCAA
The Odyssey of the Oddo Brothers
Brothers Zee and Kai Oddo certainly had interesting journeys to get to Centre College where they are both members of the swim team.
Putin Calls For State-Run Swimming Lessons Program Within Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the nation’s government to install a new universal swimming lesson program.