Gretchen’s Greatness, Corbeau/Guiliano, & is Swimming a Bad Product? | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss Gretchen Walsh becoming an All-Time great swimmer, Chris Guiliano & Caspar Corbeau‘s NCAA debuts with new teams, and if Swimming is a bad product.

  • 0:00 SwimSwam Breakdown Introduction
  • 2:31 Are we getting Gretchen Walsh Fatigue?
  • 10:32 Katie Grimes NCAA Debut
  • 15:32 Guiliano/Corbeau make NCAA Season Debuts
  • 29:12 Is Swimming a Bad Product?
  • 49:35 Was Marchand Winning 4 Golds at Home Olympics the Biggest Swim Story of 2024?
  • 58:06 Will MacGuire McDuff or Adam Chaney Swim Again?

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Argentina on top 🇦🇷
1 month ago

Greatness ?? Lol 😂 Give me a break.
She’s a bathtub merchant that spends 60% of all the races underwater.

If you want talk about greats, maybe schedule a visit to the Sarasota Sharks to see true Greatness in Summer McIntosh. That would be a fantastic Practice and Pancakes.

Last edited 1 month ago by Argentina on top 🇦🇷
pea brain
Reply to  Argentina on top 🇦🇷
1 month ago

lies

saltie
Reply to  Argentina on top 🇦🇷
1 month ago

Bathtub merchant? Gretchen Walsh has more long course world records than McIntosh. Try again.

Swimmer.thingz
Reply to  saltie
30 days ago

1 each?

Cassandra
1 month ago

were a bit removed from it now but i feel like team usas poor performance in paris was a big deal! it was one of the main swimming-related takeaways for the general public — was heavily covered by the us media (buoyed by unfavorable comparisons to leon/summer and comments from lochte and phelps criticizing the team), was all over social media w ppl complaining about all the silvers and bronzes, and was the main reason why bobbys final swim was filled w so much gravitas (bobby was the only swimmer other than ledecky to land a solo today show appearance because he rescued the us men from historical ignominy!).

lol for me the biggest clue this broke into the us… Read more »

gosharks
1 month ago

Just curious because it wasn’t really addressed in the podcast, but by what metric are you measuring “Gretchen Fatigue?” There was an article about the fly split that had 50+ comments, and an article about the meet itself has almost 100 comments.

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  gosharks
1 month ago

There is definitely University of Texas fatigue.

Andrew
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

LMAOOOOO

nonrevhoofan
1 month ago

Just a quick shout-out to the VT men: They performed out-of-body this past weekend. In particular, Carles Coll Marti, Youssef Ramadan, Brendan Whitfield and Mario Molla Yanes were “guilty” of setting multiple pool records at UVA and showing that they will be a force during Championship Season.

Popovicitis
1 month ago

I don’t have Walsh fatigue, but I am sick of hearing about Ledecky. She hasn’t had a long course PB since 2018, and I have never watched an 800 or 1500m race of hers in its entirety. I guess it’s a bit funny to watch Titmus crush her in the 400m each time.

saltie
Reply to  Popovicitis
1 month ago

We found Jazmin Carlin’s burner account

Argentina on top 🇦🇷
Reply to  Popovicitis
1 month ago

They keep overhyping Ledecky all the time, when everyone knows that distance events have always been weak and lack depth. Coleman forgot when Summer ate her for breakfast in the 800 free last year.

Pea brain
1 month ago

Can we pls hype up the Texas duals that are in like 10 days

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  Pea brain
1 month ago

The knives are out.

mds
Reply to  Pea brain
1 month ago

Especially because it will have not only fine Texas athletes but men and women from Virginia, ASU and North Carolina State in the pool at the same time.

Some world class head knocking is on tap.

I LOVE IU
1 month ago

Are swimmers like Mcduff and Chaney in the portal for the spring semester ?

Admin
Reply to  I LOVE IU
1 month ago

One never knows, but it seems unlikely they’d be eligible this semester.

bobthebuilderrocks
1 month ago

Am I crazy for does Coleman kinda look like Ben in this

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Admin
Reply to  bobthebuilderrocks
1 month ago

Ben who?

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  Braden Keith
1 month ago

The Swimswam Fantasy Draft GOAT

Admin
Reply to  bobthebuilderrocks
1 month ago

BEN!

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  Coleman Hodges
1 month ago

phew

About Coleman Hodges

Coleman Hodges

Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1, and although he actually has no memory of that, something must have stuck. A Missouri native, he joined the Columbia Swim Club at age 9, where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks. After giving up on …

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