U.S. Worlds Team Training Camp Travelogue Photo Vault

Team USA team building, playing legos

Team USA team building, playing legos

What do you do when you’re tapering, whether you are an age grouper, masters swimmer or US National Team member? You play…maybe too much with all of your building energy; blow bubble rings, slide on waterslides, etc. 

Michael Klueh, Connor Jaeger & Coach Mike Bottom

Michael Klueh, Connor Jaeger & Coach Mike Bottom at the 2013 US Worlds Team Training Camp

Jessica Hardy, Blowing Bubble Rings

Jessica Hardy, Blowing Bubble Rings

Michael Klueh and Jimmy Feigen blowing bubble rings

Michael Klueh and Jimmy Feigen blowing bubble rings

Sight seeing

Sightseeing in Bilbao, Spain

Michael Klueh via Twitter, eating something. I don't know what.

Michael Klueh via Twitter, eating something. I don’t know what.

Conor Dwyer, poolside at the US Worlds Team training camp in Bilbao, Spain

Conor Dwyer, poolside at the US Worlds Team training camp in Bilbao, Spain

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Chloe Sutton, sightseeing

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Caitlin Leverenz, sightseeing (with an ice cream cone…I think?)

Tyler Clary via Twitter: "I can say with almost complete certainty that this is the biggest flower puppy you will ever see in…"

Tyler Clary via Twitter: “I can say with almost complete certainty that this is the biggest flower puppy you will ever see in…” (NOTE: Looks like Clary and Coach Mike Bottom in the far right corner of the frame.)

 PARTING SHOT FROM CONNOR JAEGER — TAKEN 4 MINUTES AGO:

Connor Jaeger via Twitter: "This has been our morning walk to the pool. Hey it's not so bad"

Connor Jaeger via Twitter: “This has been our morning walk to the pool. Hey it’s not so bad”

Follow the US World’s Team on Twitter. You follow the U.S. National Teamers in this Photo Vault here:

Chloe Sutton

Shannon Vreeland

Simone Manuel

Missy Franklin

Claire Donahue

Natalie Coughlin

Tyler Clary (#bestbrandedlogoforNATTEAMER)

Michael Klueh

Conor Dwyer

Katie Ledecky 

Jimmy Feigen

Connor Jaeger

Dana Vollmer

Coach Mike Bottom

Follow SwimSwam coverage of the 2013 FINA World Championships on our World Championship Channel here.

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11 years ago

Percebes eat Michael klueh PERCEBES!!!

aswimfan
11 years ago

pbs.twimg.com/media/BPtKyUyCUAA5zqp.jpg

That cryotherapy is very cold, Ricky’s appendages must have shrunk…. and I mean his feet. 😛

EmilyR
11 years ago

hey i posted a lil while ago some more cute pix shared by team members i had found on twitter .

currently under moderation n will hopefully be approved for display later on 🙂

EmilyR
Reply to  EmilyR
11 years ago

well its been 8 hrs since my original post n nothing on here yet so will try again.

hope this wont turn out to be a dupe post, if so sorry 😛

these images were taken by the team n shared publicly, maybe SwimSwam can add them to their writeup here? 🙂

(op)

hey Mel, love all those pix of the team thx!

i think Michael’s eating “percebes” (or gooseneck barnacles which is an expensive delicacy in Spain & Portugal according to wiki). n the 2 swimmers in the bubble rings photo are Maya & Karlee?

found some more images from training camp, some cute ones…

the boys checking out the latest gossip on SwimSwam 😉
pbs.twimg.com/media/BPtU3f1CIAA614k.jpg… Read more »

bobo gigi
Reply to  EmilyR
11 years ago

Your links are very nice but impossible to watch the photos.

EmilyR
Reply to  bobo gigi
11 years ago

thx Bobo!

im sorry but i had to remove the https & www from those links as they were the reason why my original post didn’t go thru (i think).

just copy the addy n paste it into your browser then you should be able to see the pix 🙂

Admin
Reply to  EmilyR
11 years ago

Hey EmilyR – we tried to email you about your initial post, but it seems the email address with which you’re posting isn’t right. Could you email me braden.com please?

Thanks!
Braden

FREEBEE
11 years ago

Is it me is something wrong with the Hardy picture?

bobo gigi
Reply to  FREEBEE
11 years ago

What? She has 2 arms and 2 legs on the picture. Everything seems normal.

FREEBEE
Reply to  bobo gigi
11 years ago

her low body, thighs in particular, looks huge and I know she is quite thin and fit–I just wanted to see if anybody noticed besides me

bobo gigi
Reply to  FREEBEE
11 years ago

Yes, she has muscular thighs.

duckduckgoose
Reply to  FREEBEE
11 years ago

I was amazed by the picture of Vollmer with Missy in the Captain’s article. Vollmer’s feet are huge. Lots of things (ability, training, work ethic, coaching, drive, technique) go into the making of elite swimmers, but it’s hard to ignore the obvious physiological advantages/attributes too.

DanishSwimFan
Reply to  duckduckgoose
11 years ago

I remember reading somewhere that Ruta Meilutyte has had size 43 feet since she was about 13 (US size 11) Considering she’s tall but not hugely so (about 5′ 8″ I think) those are big feet. That’s got to help with getting some propulsion into that breaststroke kick.

SwimFanFinland
Reply to  FREEBEE
11 years ago

Hahah. Bobo, I know you’re kidding. It’s taken underwater and it distorts her shape. Look at the lane lines at the bottom of the pool and how they’re twisting; especially the one which goes under Jessica.

Of course Hardy has powerful legs but not that powerful.

bobo gigi
Reply to  SwimFanFinland
11 years ago

Muscular, powerful, for me it’s the same. You’re right about the distortion underwater. Everything seems normal for Jessica!
And duckduckgoose, I believe Missy’s feets are also big. Always an advantage.
Cool, thanks to freebee, we have a very interesting discussion here about size of thighs, size of feets.

SwimFanFinland
Reply to  SwimFanFinland
11 years ago

Bobo, check Maya DiRado’s account.

https://twitter.com/MayaDiRado

Would you compare that huge ice cream (or Gelato) to eating hamburgers, aka a struggle to follow the puritan life of a professional athlete? I’m starting being worried about these American professionals. They’re spending their time on sounloungers, eating huge ice creams and the meeting is already behind the door! Hahaha. I change my picks, for goodness’ sake, if such an unorthodox behaviour continues 🙂

By the way, I’m following Women’s Euro Champ soccer game, DEN-FRA, just at the moment via my new eurosport player, which I was compelled to subscribe in order to see more aquatics. They’re playing at a mid-sized stadium that is almost full. I’d… Read more »

bobo gigi
Reply to  FREEBEE
11 years ago

If USA again has great results, we now know their secrets! An ice cream every day the week before the start of the meet!
And about the comparison, I believe Miss DiRado is definitely in a much better shape than Leveaux. So she can eat this ice cream. I hope there isn’t a McDonald’s near the hotel of the French team. The result of the men’s 4X200 free relay depends perhaps on that little detail. 😆

SwimMAMA
Reply to  bobo gigi
11 years ago

I started loosing respect for your active commentaries when you start comparing women’s body parts. What is wrong with you guys?

bobo gigi
Reply to  SwimMAMA
11 years ago

Dear swimmama, you are very sensitive! I only answered to a comment about the picture of Miss Hardy and I said everything seemed normal for me. Then came a discussion about the feets. Nothing wrong with that.

SwimFanFinland
Reply to  bobo gigi
11 years ago

I’m sure Americans are right now organizing a mobile McDonald’s to be established at the front of the French hotel. Free Big Macs are offered to French swimmers by Swimming USA on the eve of Men’s relay finals.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
11 years ago

Lovely to see them having fun , relaxing , being creative and most important building up strong team spirit ( many victories ( or best races ) in relays may depend on that factor !! ) .

bobo gigi
11 years ago

Who is the girl on the first picture with Chloe Sutton, Simone Manuel, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano, Missy Franklin and Claire Donahue?

shiki
Reply to  bobo gigi
11 years ago

Jordan Mattern?

bobo gigi
Reply to  shiki
11 years ago
SwimDawgFan
Reply to  bobo gigi
11 years ago

Yes, it’s Jordan. Chloe did not list her on her tweet.

Philip Johnson
11 years ago

I love these in-the-moment photos that shows the other side of these swimmers! Just reminds us they are normal people like us.

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