Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby recently announced her decision to forego her remaining 2 years of NCAA eligibility and transition to being a professional athlete. Jacoby will continue to pursue her degree in fashion at Texas and for the time being, train in Austin. However, this will allow her more flexibility to travel, rest in the fall, and compete in events like the World Cup and Pro Swim series.
Jacoby openly discusses her decision in addition to her summer of travel, going to New York Fashion Week, and what her swimming might look like moving forward.
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They saw Texas women performance at Trials and NCAAs and got cold feet.
Sienna Schellinger (Idk last name) is a sophomore or junior and also not listed on roster, but seems to be training
I don’t understand where she’s at. She goes pro because she wants to swim less and have more free time? Isn’t that contradictory? And she goes pro but has no plan, no coach, …? Isn’t that too a contradiction?
I hope we’ll see more of (a happy) Jacoby though !
1:03 incoming
This made me giggle a little
And MA is winning the 200 IM in LA. Sarcasm
Another elite athlete finding her way outside the pool. What a great role model, in that she is intelligent, articulate and looking for her passion outside the pool. If swimming takes a backseat to her love of fashion, I say “go for it”. And although its only mentioned briefly, we, as fans, need to understand that the Mental Health side of elite athletes is so very important. Her interview with Missy Franklin and Katie Hoff on their podcast “Unfiltered Waters” touches on that a bit more. It’s worth a watch. Congratulations, Lydia on your choices!!! And good luck with whatever passion you chase!!!
I don’t necessarily believe the decision was made before trials but I did not get a retirement vibe from this interview, at all.
What will all the Lilly King haters say after she retires and there are no other American women who can split 1:04 breaststroke on the medley relay?
We won’t need a 1:04 breast split when we have a 55 flat fly leg
There’s a few swimmers that potentially can go 1:05 on the relay like Dobler and I wouldn’t count out Douglass cause she also 1:06 breastroker and the same also with Walsh.
She has nothing left to prove. Maybe her coach from Alaska should move down to TX for a bit to see if LJ can get back on track. If she wants to model and travel the world, that’s her business. She’s a ginger so she should get a lot of modeling gigs. Good luck to her with whatever she decides.
Exactly. She reached the pinnacle of her sport so she doesn’t need to do anything to prove anything to anyone