We’re back with swimming’s top 10 tweets, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse. From the plight of swimmer hair to IU’s unreal breaststroke group, scroll to see what made the cut!
#10
Towers in the DARK pic.twitter.com/rnFNLL4hV0
— RIO Salado Swim Club (@RIOSwimTeam) January 31, 2018
We can’t see, so we’ll assume they all have max weight on their racks.
#9
More like a lot of taper to do, am I right? @Stanford_W_Swim ? https://t.co/1sEBPwWuXo
— Ella Eastin (@ella_eastin) January 31, 2018
I think we’re all in agreement: let’s just skip to March.
#8
Happy #SuperBowlSunday! Who you got @Patriots or @Eagles? ? #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/I62pN0P04j
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) February 4, 2018
It’s not easy to find pictures that combine swimming and football, but USA Swimming nailed it.
#7
Tonight we did 7 rounds of 8×75’s best average (scy) Indiana’s breast stroke group pushes the limits.
— Cody Miller (@swimiller) February 1, 2018
……and my body no longer works https://t.co/twuUKUSbQm
— Lilly King (@_king_lil) February 1, 2018
The IU breaststroke crew did more breaststroke in one practice than we’d care to do in a lifetime.
#6
I call it “Contemplating Practice.” pic.twitter.com/fzKgUzgCqf
— AndoverBoysSwim&Dive (@AndoverBSwimDiv) February 3, 2018
A true work of art.
#5
When life gives you lemons… make lemonade, when you get a really bad ear infection and you are not allowed in the pool for a few days…. crush Dryland during practice @SwimOntario academy @aryannaaafer pic.twitter.com/4bN5tIbVCD
— Don Burton (@DonBurtonH2O) February 2, 2018
#NoDaysOff
#4
I will never ever get sick of Olympic fluff this stuff is the greatest https://t.co/BXNvwe7mpN
— Maya DiRado (@MayaDiRado) January 31, 2018
Neither do we, Maya. Neither. Do. We.
#3
Anyone know how to get taller? Asking for a friend.
— Daniel Roy (@droy117) February 2, 2018
Paging Matt Grevers! (Daniel Roy, a Stanford commit, is a full foot shorter)
#2
My hair before and after a chlorine damaged swim season pic.twitter.com/b70vzwJiX0
— Karl Ortegon (@kfortegon) February 1, 2018
Most accurate tweet… of all time?
#1
What swim coaches actually do during the long set they give you… #swimswam @SwimCoachMarsh @swimswamnews @UCSDtritons pic.twitter.com/TVZtv4Hvlx
— UCSD Swim and Dive (@UCSDSwimDive) February 2, 2018
“It’s a Marsh thing” –@alyssa_marsh pic.twitter.com/cYo8EBr6JU
— Isa Paez (@isampaez) February 3, 2018
Like father like daughter. Side note — does anyone have more fun coaching than David Marsh?
“Does anyone have more fun coaching than Dave Marsh?” The Super Bowl for that question would be Dave Marsh vs. Eddie Reese.
Whenever I see stuff about what the IU Breaststroke crew does i just get more and more convinced we’re gonna see something special from Lilly in March. She’s been swimming pretty fast in these dual meets and she’s usually not too fast in season. I think she’s gonna be unstoppable in the breaststrokes with top-5 potential in the 200 IM.
I agree about the breaststroke, but it is going to take insane times to go top-5 in the 200 IM. Eastin and Baker will both be 1:51, there are three other people already at 1:53 (Pickrem, Haughey, Seidt) andtwo others who have been 1:53 in the past (Small, Hansson) While I could see King dropping to a 1:54 high, it may take a 1:54 low to A-final let alone make top 5.
I know it seems a little out there, but she went 4:13 in the 400, and we know she’s more speed based than endurance. Plus she was already 1:55.9 in december when she was only 59.1 and 2:10.9. I may be very wrong, but I got a gut feeling she has a really good 2IM coming up.