Competitor Coach of the Month: Bob Bowman, Arizona State
Coach Bob Bowman had his Arizona State Sun Devils competing at an incredible level in the first half of March, before the NCAA season was halted by COVID-19.
Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: Hugo Gonzalez’s Bounce-Back
For Gonzalez, even though the postseason was wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, the 2019-2020 season was a trajectory-changing success.
Swimming From Home Talk Show: Greg Meehan on Moving Forward into 2021
2020 Olympic Head Coach for the Women’s Swim team Greg Meehan took the time to walk SwimSwam through what moving into the now 2021 Olympic year will look like
YMCA Cancels 2020 Long Course Swimming National Championships
The YMCA of the USA has cancelled its 2nd swimming national championship meet of 2020: this summer’s long course event.
Revisiting Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2016
There were a lot of top-20 misses in the class of 2015, though the top of the class was set to produce big at 2020 NCAAs.
Michael Phelps: “I Would Have Straight Punted” Had The 2012 OLY Been Postponed
Read how the GOAT, America’s Michael Phelps, believes he would have reacted had the 2008, 2012 or 2016 Olympic Games been postponed.
2020 Men’s NCAA Season: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?
8 of our top 10 recruits swam fast enough to earn NCAA invites in 2020. But our top two projected scorers were unranked recruits.
Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019
This Stanford class went 3-for-3 in NCAA titles over their collegiate career, but Tennessee’s seniors put up the most points over their three seasons.
Projected Women’s 2020 NCAA Points By Class – All Classes
It was a senior-heavy NCAA, with five seniors projected among the top 8 individual scorers. We look back at the past 4 years to evaluate recruiting ranks.
2020 Women’s NCAA Season: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?
It was shaping up to be a banner year for freshmen, led by #1 recruit Kate Douglass – who was on the cusp of a historic freshman scoring effort.
Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2016
Way back in 2015, we ranked Beata Nelson as the #2 recruit in her class. She’ll actually finish #3 in NCAA scoring – but could she have caught #1 in 2020?
Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Men’s 100 Fly
In this installment of Roadmaps, we will look at 8 American men who were flying like pros by 10 years old, featuring Caeleb Dressel and Tom Shields.
FINA’s Marculescu Says “No, no, no, no, no, no,” to Bumping 2021 Worlds to 2022
“No, no, no, no, no, no,” said Marculescu when asked if the 2021 FINA World Championships could be postponed one year.
Whose Circumstances Could Benefit From the 1-Year Olympic Postponement?
Postponement is a necessary, safe option – to that end, we all benefit. But the year-long extension will give some swimmers a renewed opportunity.
Good Questions – What We Still Want To Know About Coronavirus Cancellations
The 2020 Olympic Games are now the 2021 Olympic Games, but many questions remain about how the calendar of the next two years will be structured.
