In a Moment
When seasons (or careers) were abruptly cut short last year, looking back on all of the little moments can help give the perspective that it was all worth it.
Keeping Up With Your Nose Clip
Here are a few tricks to make sure you never have to worry about not having your nose clip handy again.
My First Meet In The Stands
The experience of watching your former collegiate team race can be a strange, emotional one, knowing you’ll never be back on those blocks again.
Shoutout To My Swim Parents
Here are a few little stories of things that my parents did for me that I, quite frankly, could never repay them for.
Falling Off The Block
Being an experienced swimmer in college didn’t prevent me from having a not-so-graceful tumble off of the blocks, and it happened more than once.
Swimming and the Holidays
This may be the most wonderful time of the year, but with the holidays comes one of the most daunting things about swimming… holiday training.
Cold Pool Decks
With winter coming, and as much swimming as possible moving outside, tons of swimmers are on the verge of experiencing these awful moments on cold pool decks.
The Art of Social Kicking
Whether it be a 200 warm-down or a kick set that you decided to make social by “accidentally” pushing alongside a friend, social kick is always a good time.
The Baylor 800
We’ve all been there. It’s moments before a big race, and all of a sudden your goggles break.
Just Swammer Things (Grad School Is Tough, Y’all)
Everyone knows that there is just something about swimmers that make them a little bit different than other athletes, even after you’ve hung up the suit.
Five Seconds Behind… A Poem
Something every swimmer has experienced: the person behind them not leaving five seconds apart.
The Bad Kicker
“We’ve all gone through those kick practices that seem like all you are doing is kicking for your life for the entire time.”
Why Do Swimmers Love Water Polo?
Why is it that swimmers love playing water polo so much during practice?
Pool Deck or Runway? You Decide
People will wear all sorts of things over their swimsuit to stay warm in between their races.
