The newest member of the swimming YouTube vloggers is American Olympian Carson Foster.
He posted his first video earlier today, titled “MY FIRST VIDEO | How I raced the 800m Freestyle”. In the vlog, he talks about his day leading up to his 800 freestyle race at the recent Longhorn Elite Invite.
In that race, he set a lifetime best time of 7:52.00 to win the event, taking more than three seconds off his previous best of 7:55.51, which he swam at the U.S. Open in December.
Foster talked about his decision to start the channel, saying “I have been wanting to be able to share my life more with people over social media to show people what it’s like to be a professional swimmer, specifically in the Texas pro group and on Team USA.”
The Texas pro group is one of the most famous pro groups in the world of swimming right now with world record holders Leon Marchand and Summer McIntosh headlining the roster.
His channel already has 21.4k subscribers, which is partially due to the fact that he is sharing the page with his dad, who has been posting videos of him and his brother, former Texas swimmer Jake Foster, since 2014. He said that his dad would continue to post his race videos on the page, with his new vlogs.
Foster joins a growing number of swimmers who have begun YouTube channels in recent years, including current Texas freshman Campbell McKean, who gave him a shoutout in his recent video and briefly appeared in the vlog.
Other notable swimmers who run YouTube channels are former U.S. Olympian Cody Miller, Irish twins Daniel Wiffen and Nathan Wiffen, and, briefly, Caeleb Dressel, though he hasn’t posted in more than a year.
Foster’s vlog featured appearances from fellow Texas pro swimmers Chris Guiliano and Jack Kelly as well as Foster’s golden retriever, Gus.
Random observation, he had a striking resemblance to Santo Condorelli when he was talking in his garage
It’s the stache
Awesome kid, great ambassador of our sport. I hope this works for him. Good luck Carson. We’re rooting for you bud.
Such a nice guy. His post race interviews are always so humble and adorable.
I think this is a great idea, Carson has great energy!
His accent is adorable.
LOL! Other than how he said “bagel” I don’t think he has any “accent!!”
Ilya Kharun also has a good channel
How much does it cost to join?
Swimswam, who is the best overall add-up swimmer? I’m talking every even on the Olympic program, added up. Foster has to be one that comes to mind.
Shaine’s 24.00 LCM 50 back and 3:56 SCM 400 IM still boggles my mind
Carson’s been 21.0 in a 50 yard back and 7:52 in the 800. Rex has been 20.9 in the 50 back and 14:25 in the 1650
I raise you Kaylee McKeown
WR 50 back
3rd fastest all time 400IM in 4:28 (only behind Summer and Hosszu, in an event that she only swam once a year because her coach made her)
Also has the following PB’s: 1:56.0 200free, 1:06.8/2:24.1 100/200breast,
Katie Hoff? 54 LC 100 free (where not many broke 54 at the time) and also a 15:24 1650 free. She qualified for every single event at the 2008 Olympic trials. Not to mention her world-leading IM swims as well
I think you got my ass. McKeown might be #1 across men and women.
For females, I’d throw out MSH
Ledecky could definitely be #1, the 400 free, 800 free, and 1500 free are weighted so much, and her 400 IM isn’t terrible
That would be fun. Would be really hard to do globally…could probably do it for just the US.