This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss Chrissi Rawak Resigining as USA Swimming CEO after 1 week, Summer McIntosh training with Bob Bowman in Austin, and this weekend’s conference championships.
- 0:00 SwimSwam Breakdown Introduction
- 0:30 Chrissi Rawak OUT as USA Swimming CEO
- 6:21 Men’s B1G Championships
- 12:57 Big 12 Championships
- 17:10 Men’s Ivy League Championships
- 21:29 Alex Shackell Commits to Indiana for Spring 2026
SINK or SWIM
- 26:05 Summer McIntosh Spend at least 1 Season with Texas
- 32:23 A US Open record gets broken at the Westmont Pro Swim?
- 36:02 UVA brings back its diving team?
- 43:24 The Notre Dame men place in the Top-15 at the 2026 NCAA Champs?
- 48:50 Sarah Sjostrom wins a medal at the LA2028 Olympics?
I think it’s almost certain a US Open record will be broken, with several possibilities – so it’s unlikely none of them happen. Here are some possibilities in chronological order:
Event: US Open record – Entries (seed time)
W 100 free: 52.54 – Meg Harris (52.52)
W 50 back: 27.12 – Regan Smith (57.13 – best time 27.10), Katharine Berkoff (57.83 – best time 27.12)
W 200 fly: 2:03.87 – Summer McIntosh (2:03.03), Regan Smith (2:03.84)
M 400 free: 3:43.53 – Samuel Short (3:40.68), Guilherme Costa (3:42.76)
W 200 back: 2:03.80 – Regan Smith (2:03.80)
W 400 IM: 4:28.61 – Summer McIntosh (4:24.38)
M 800 free: 7:40.34 – Samuel Short (7:37.76)
W 100… Read more »
I’m not saying he’s gonna go US Open Records, but I feel Shaine will be pretty good at this meet
I don’t think he is presently capable of the US Open record times in the events he is entered in (we have supersuited Peirsol in both backstrokes, Dressel in the 100 free/fly) buuut I think he is gonna be real fast. Like 50. low in the 100 fly fast.
I feel like we definitely see some PB’s from him. I’m in agreement with 50 low, his opening 50 of the IM at short course worlds was so fast. His Pro Swim record is a 50.8, I think and I cannot imagine him being slower than that
Feels like peak Casas at A&M was swimming fast at every single meet he’d go too and with Bob’s swimmers having that same approach now, it feels like he’s gonna be scary fast at every meet he swims
I’m pretty tired on non-racing items in the news; Rawak, McIntosh move, UVA diving, Shackell, etc. Can we please get to NCAA Championships. I guess there’s Westmont, but I’m not very hopeful.
I tried you to get you to say it correctly
Ray-wok. Two syllables!
In another month it won’t matter to anyone here.