Swimming From Home: Andreas Vazaios on Training, Quarantining in Greece

We are all trying to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic as best we can. Staying at home and not socializing is not an easy task for anyone, and keeping a swimmer out of the pool is equally antagonizing. Therefore, SwimSwam is starting the Swimming From Home Talk Show, where host Coleman Hodges speaks with the swimming community about how they’re coping with our current goggle-less reality.

2-time NCAA Champion in the 200 fly and NC State legend, Andreas Vazaios, was kind enough to take some time to speak with me, even though we were 7 hours apart. Vazaios made the tough decision to return to his home in Greece after he graduated from NC State this past December. So far, he affirms it was the right decision, even now that he is stuck in his apartment alone and unable to swim.

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Pack Mack
3 years ago

Good guy with a huge heart.

About Coleman Hodges

Coleman Hodges

Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1, and although he actually has no memory of that, something must have stuck. A Missouri native, he joined the Columbia Swim Club at age 9, where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks. After giving up on …

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