SwimSwam Pulse: 52% More Excited For Bloomington Than Atlanta
In a narrow poll results, slightly more than half of fans were more excited for the Bloomington Pro Swim Series than the Atlanta Classic running concurrently.
SwimSwam Pulse: 57% Pick Urlando Over Foster For #1 Junior Recruit
57.1% of voters picked Luca Urlando as the #1 junior recruit in the country, compared to 42.9% picking Carson Foster.
Navigating the MAAPP: Potential Solutions For Common Complaints
This spring, USA Swimming announced its Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy (MAAPP), which governs interactions between adults and minors to…
SwimSwam Pulse: 53% Pick Winter As Ideal High School Swimming Season
More than half of voters picked the winter as the best season for high school swimming, with fall and spring coming in at a near-tie for second.
SwimSwam Pulse: 59% Prefer London Roar To Other European ISL Franchises
59% of fans voted for the London Roar as the best team name among the four European International Swimming League franchises.
Who Wore it Better: Hugo Gonzalez Transfer or Maxime Rooney Transfer?
Hugo Gonzalez (above) is a little harder to project, given that he didn’t swim the 2018-2019 NCAA season.
SwimSwam Pulse: DC Trident Is Fans’ Favorite U.S. ISL Team Name
Our latest poll was a little bit of informal market research, with the DC Trident proving the most popular team name among the four American ISL franchises announced earlier this month.
SwimSwam Pulse: 70% Pick Dressel Over Chalmers For 100 Free Gold
Despite a big swim from Australia’s Kyle Chalmers last week, nearly 70% of voters are still picking Caeleb Dressel to win this summer’s World Championships gold medal in the 100 free.
Shouts From the Stands: Victory & Defeat
Are winning and victory the same thing? Therefore, are losing and defeat then also the same? Can I win and lose at the same time? Do I know what victory feels like? How about defeat?
SwimSwam Pulse: 73% Pick Cal As Favorites For 2020 NCAAs
Almost three-quarters of voters selected California as the favorites to repeat for the men’s NCAA title next year. Cal won this season’s title after a dominant showing, ending a four-year run by the Texas Longhorns.
Sam Freas: So Much More Than a Winning & Innovative Coach
For the past 30 years I have proudly considered myself a disciple of Sam Freas.
SwimSwam Pulse: 53% Disagree With Haughey DQ In 200 IM
More than half of voters disagreed with a controversial DQ of Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey out of 200 IM prelims at women’s NCAAs.
SwimSwam Pulse: Voters Pick Texas Over Cal By Narrow 1.1% Margin
Voters are extremely split on who will win the 2019 men’s Division I NCAA title: Texas led our poll, but by barely more than one percentage point, and by just 7 total votes.
SwimSwam Pulse: 81% Predict Stanford Repeat At Women’s NCAAs
More than 80% of voters predicted Stanford to win their third-consecutive NCAA title on the women’s side. No other program earned more than 13% of the votes.
SwimSwam Pulse: 60% Oppose NCAA Scoring Down To 24th
Just under 60% of voters opposed the idea of the NCAA widening its scoring margin and scoring down to 24th place.
