SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 4/9/2014
That’s the last of it. With the exception of high school swimming in California, short-course season is officially over. See who made the Daring (Baker’s) Dozen for the weekend of April 4-6, 2014.
Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: To Breathe or Not to Breathe in Freestyle
Olympians Adam Brown and Peter Vanderkaay discuss when to breathing in freestyle.
Academy Bullets respond: a glimpse into the formation and philosophy of a mega-club
After some thought-provoking discussion in comments sections about multi-site “mega-clubs,” SwamSwam caught up with Academy Bullets owner and coach Bill Schalz to learn more about his club’s origins, structure and philosophy.
Stanford commits load up on wins at Speedo Far Westerns, Howe and Goldman win four each
PASA swimmers and Stanford commits Ally Howe (pictured above), Curtis Ogren and Andrew Liang combined for 10 individual wins on the weekend, while Duke signee Leah Goldman took four of her own.
Meet records for Weaver, Held, Small as YMCA Nationals close
Courtney Weaver of Greater Flint YMCA swept the butterfly events with her meet-record-swim in the 200 fly.
2014 YMCA Short Course Nationals: Final Day GAC Air Quality Report (a Video Interview)
Eric Knight discusses exactly how he and GAC cleaned up the air for YMCA Short Course Nationals.
SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 4/2/2014
It’s crossover season! Short-course is ending, long-course is getting started, and we’ve got notable swims from both. See the Daring Dozen for March 25-27, 2014.
Meghan Small, York Y girls with big day 4 prelims session at YMCA Nationals
Preliminaries of the final day at YMCA Nationals wrapped up this morning, with Meghan Small and the York YMCA girls finishing off the session with two straight top seeds including a 1-2 punch in the 200 IM.
Middle Tyger and Wilton Take Big Team Leads After Day 3 at 2014 YMCA SC Nationals
The Greensboro Aquatic Center will play host to the 3rd night of the 2014 YMCA Short Course National Championships on Thursday.
NCSA Junior Nationals – A View From the Cheap Seats
Kylie Stewart’s winning time in the 200 backstroke at NCSA’s would have also won NCAA’s the same weekend.
Elliott McGill Leaving Eastern Illinois for Job at Nitro in Austin
Eastern Illinois is looking for a new head coach after Elliott McGill resigned to take a club job instead.
Dolan, Molloy, Middle Tyger girls set national records on night 2 of YMCA Nationals
Maxwell Dolan (400 IM), Zachary Molloy (200 free) and the Middle Tyger girls (400 medley relay) all set national records on night 2 of the YMCA Short Course National Championships.
Tickets now on sale for Charlotte Grand Prix, Lochte, Agnel, Schmitt highlight early entries
Ryan Lochte plans to make Charlotte’s Grand Prix one of the next stops on his comeback tour, where he’ll compete alongside French superstar Yannick Agnel and American freestyler Allison Schmitt, among many others.
SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 3/26/2014
Short course season is wrapping up all over the country. Here are our Weekly Wonders for the weekend of March 21-23, 2014.
1946 NCAA Champion, Swimming Philanthropist Charles Keating, Jr. Passes Away
Charles Humphrey Keating, Jr., a juggernaut across many worlds, passed away on Monday in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 90 years…