Mare Nostrum: Roland Schoeman “The Goal is Making the Olympic Team Next Year”

2019 Mare Nostrum – Monaco

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.”

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CraigH
4 years ago

Roland, The Gunslinger.

marklewis
4 years ago

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?

QUACK
4 years ago

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!

phelps swims 200 breast rio
4 years ago

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.

Ytho
Reply to  phelps swims 200 breast rio
4 years ago

Take notes swimswam, this would be awesome!

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  phelps swims 200 breast rio
4 years ago

that would be great and i am sure is in the ” to do list “of Swimswam for this summer

Coach John
4 years ago

old man speed ftw!!!!!

Daboss
4 years ago

Roland was and is amazing. Not sure his choice of Hawke is a good one though!

Coach John
Reply to  Daboss
4 years ago

I’m sure he knows more than all the commentators in the comment section combined about that choice!

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Coach John
4 years ago

agreed

Observer
Reply to  Daboss
4 years ago

Hawke has been coaching Fratus for years now… He might know a bit about sprinting

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Observer
4 years ago

indeed

Here Comes Lezak
4 years ago

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!

Ol' Longhorn
4 years ago

22.8 is the same time Ervin’s been dropping. They both have a ways to go.

CACrushers
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn
4 years ago

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.

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