Practice + Pancakes: Penn Breaststroke Group Goes SCM Pace 50s, Friday Power

While in Philadelphia, I took a visit to the University of Pennsylvania to come see what their Friday breaststroke group looks like. Penn, the new home to national teamer (200 breast) and freshman Matt Fallon, is no stranger to elite breaststroke, having produced national teamer and American record-holder in the 50m breast, Brendan McHugh. On this particular Friday, the team did a little IM work (75s transition capped with a 200 IM for time), 50s breast at pace (the top group going 8×50 @ :40 and 5×50 @ :45), and finished things off with some power work.

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2 years ago

Whose idea was it to mount the camera on the kickboard?

"I was watching Squid Game"
2 years ago

Mans really just hit my 200 IM PB mid-training off a push and then went on to hit a 29 second 50 breast off a push… what the hell

Scotty P
2 years ago

Is Fallon the kid that came out of nowhere at Trials?

PVSFree
Reply to  Scotty P
2 years ago

That’s the one. Love watching his breaststroke technique, it’s so fun

Last edited 2 years ago by PVSFree
Anonymoose
Reply to  PVSFree
2 years ago

Gyurta-esque

ArtVanDeLegh10
Reply to  Scotty P
2 years ago

I wouldn’t say he came completely out of nowhere. He was a 1:51 breaststroker before trials – no what I’m saying?

a b
2 years ago

Penn University?

cmon
Reply to  a b
2 years ago

Nah, UPenn.

Konner Scott
2 years ago

It’s worth saying that Fallon’s practice was SCM. Puts that 2:06 into perspective 😳. Go Quakers!

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2 years ago

Yes, the bulkheads are back-to-back.

Swamererer
2 years ago

What was the power set?

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