2019 Mare Nostrum – Monaco
- June 8-9, 2019
- Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Psych sheet
- Prize money
- Meet central
- Mare Nostrum Records
- Mare Nostrum – Monaco Records
- Results
38-year-old South African sprinter Roland Schoeman sat down with SwimSwam at the Monaco stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit. After taking some time off, he’s been working with Brett Hawke for the last year and is in Monaco “learning how to race again.” From here he’ll continue through to Canet and Barcelona before heading to Rome for the Trofeo Settecolli.
“The goal for me is to make the Olympic team next year,” he said. At 38, he’s learning how to prioritize different things, like recovery, mental well-being, physical preparation. “It’s about learning to do what nobody else has done before.”
Roland, The Gunslinger.
What does he have to do to qualify for the Olympics?
Brad Tandy is South Africa’s top sprinter. Probably not going to beat Brad this time around. So who else does he have to beat to qualify and what time does he have to swim?
Roland has an underappreciated legacy in the sport of where he first took the track start into…if you look at what they are teaching now athletically today, he’d been doing it for a decade and a half!
A Swimswam interview with Lochte would be great. I’d like to know about his training and which meets he plans to compete in leading up to trials. I think his suspension ends this July.
Take notes swimswam, this would be awesome!
that would be great and i am sure is in the ” to do list “of Swimswam for this summer
old man speed ftw!!!!!
Roland was and is amazing. Not sure his choice of Hawke is a good one though!
I’m sure he knows more than all the commentators in the comment section combined about that choice!
agreed
Hawke has been coaching Fratus for years now… He might know a bit about sprinting
indeed
I just finished swimming in college and I love seeing these guys still shredding and its definitely inspiring me to stay in the water and stick with it!
22.8 is the same time Ervin’s been dropping. They both have a ways to go.
Agree that he’s got a ways to go. He was backing up from the 50 fly tho. Makes sense that an older swimmer on the come back trail might have more trouble with that.