In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges, Garrett McCaffrey, and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
In this episode of the SwimSwam podcast, we sat down with Lucas Henveaux, the NAIA golfer-turned-NCAA swimmer who ended up helping the Cal Golden Bears win the men’s swimming title last month. Henveaux tells us how he circled back around to swimming, what his goals are now in the pool, and what he makes of Summer McIntosh’s monster mid-distance swims from last week.
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Very true about the NCAA’s wild and infectious ambiance, Only comparable European soccer games. It’s a great experience. The UofM venue was perfect
Interesting path to US in both golf and swimming!
Glad he said it is not difficult to swim SCY…maybe SwimSwam writers and journalists will stop saying “if they can adapt to yards….” It isn’t a big deal.
I think Americans are brought up to swim fast in prelims just because of the depth of Usa swimming. And that does them well at International meets.
Hope Durden takes Lucas to Pebble Beach to play a couple rounds before he goes back home!
Good luck at Trials!
The olympic bronze medallist in the 200 fly topped out at 4th at Big Tens and never scored a point at NCAAs. Plenty of swimmers struggle to cross over between SCY and LCM.
So it couldn’t be any other reason but adaptation to yards? So the training was not to blame? Or various other reasons? And all these swim SCM but you don’t mention how he or she does SCM?
Idk I didn’t do a case study or exit interview. Just a quick example that popped into my head. I don’t think pointing out that yards swimming emphasizes underwaters more which is a different skill from LCM is that controversial.
Jay Litherland got 2nd at the Olympics, think he got around 4th or 5th at NCAAs.
Condorelli got an Olympic silver in relay and 4th individually but 5th at NCAAs.
Still successful but not quite the same level. Some people favor the big pool, and when someone has credentials in one format but no results in the other it’s valid analysis to ponder whether they’ll fully translate it.
don’t even have to go international to find examples. Looking at the worlds roster from last year for example, Bacon/White are clearly stronger in the LCM 200 back than SCY, Weyant is strong in LCM 400 IM, Armstrong is stronger in LCM 100 back, Foster is stronger in LCM 200 IM, Weinstein probably stronger in LCM 200 free etc. Curzan looks to be stronger in long course free/back right now too tbh given that the 53 sec LCM 100 free barrier feels a lot more significant that 47 in SCY
I think the struggle is moreso in 200s and under where UWDs still play a huge role (Marchand 4IM the exception)
who was this?
probably burdisso
The adaptation will be hard for any swimmer that stinks at turns and/or underwaters… but still more difficult to adapt from scy to lcm
For the events he swims, it’s definitely easier to switch from meters to yards. Other yards events seem like much different beasts than their meters counterparts.