SwimSwam Podcast: Lillie Nordmann Explains Evolution into Jr Team Captain
Nordmann spoke about her ascension onto the Jr national team, and how seeing her older sister, Lucie, have success lit a fire under her to do the same.
The Fluid Dynamics Foundation Behind The Aqua Knuckles Idea
John O’ Grady: “When you swim with your fingers slightly spread, you improve the force you can produce with your pull and you swim faster.”
Schooling & Quah Zheng Wen Granted Service Deferments
Joseph Schooling and Quah Zheng Wen have both been granted national service deferments from Singapore’s Ministry of Defense.
Rikako Ikee Lands On Tokyo Metro Special Tourney For Inspirational Return
20-year-old leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee of Japan now has landed on the Tokyo Metro Special Tournament slated for August 29th for racing.
Reader Beware: You Won’t Be Able To Get This Out Of Your Head
While our feelings about sugar can be polarizing, the truth about how it affects our training is bittersweet.
Updates: Big Ten Denies Cancellation Vote, Trump Weighs In, ODU Cancels
There have been a flurry of reports about college athletics, including a Big Ten spokesperson denying that the conference voted to cancel the football season.
US National Teamer Lillie Nordmann Defers the Start of Her Stanford Career
Lillie Nordmann, a member of the USA Swimming National Team, has decided to defer her enrollment at Stanford until the fall of 2021.
Dang Splits 1:00.3 Breast, Felner Breaks 2:00 in 200 Free at SCM Relay Meet
The Bellevue Club Swim Team hosted a relay-only meet in short course meters, with several junior swimmers putting up solid swims.
NCAA FCS Football Playoffs Officially Cancelled
The playoffs became officially cancelled once eight of the 13 FCS conferences announced they wouldn’t be playing conference football in the fall.
SwimSwam Podcast: Tate Jackson on The Key to being a Sprinter During Quarantine
Tate goes into some of his favorite memories from his NCAA career with Texas and what the key to being a sprinter is during quarantine.
James Savage, 13, Becomes Youngest To Complete ‘Godfather’ Open Water Swim
13-year-old James Savage has become the youngest person to complete a 12-mile open water swim known as the “Godfather” swim.
Mountain West Conference, UNCW Pull the Plug on Fall 2020 Sports
The Mountain West is now the 2nd FBS conference to pull the plug on the fall 2020 sports season, including football.
Purdue Lands 48.8 Relay Split Sprinter Hannah Hill for 2021
Hill would’ve out-split all four relay legs on Purdue’s 400 free relay at 2020 Big Tens; nobody was sub-49 for the Boilers last year at that meet.
Versatile Will McKinney (2021) Verbally Commits to Boston College
Quickly-improving Will McKinney has announced his verbal commitment to Boston College for the 2021-22 school year and beyond.
Niagara Hires WVU All-American Morgan Bullock as First Full-Time Assistant
Morgan Bullock finished her deocrated college career as an athlete at West Virginia this spring at the Big 12 Championships.
