Happy Birthday To Us! A Look Back As SwimSwam Turns 4
It’s March 8th, 2016, and that means your favorite swimming news website has officially turned 4 years old, completing one full Olympic cycle of bringing you the best in aquatic news and entertainment!
Lessons from Lenny Krayzelburg: Talent is not a guaranty of success
Often, the best question to ask is: am I making the most of this opportunity to become a better swimmer today?
The Mindset Within the Fastest 4×100 Relay Anchor Leg Ever
What goes through the mind of an Olympic champion while swimming the fastest anyone has ever swam? Put yourself in their position…
Krayzelburg and Lezak headline Travel Experience and Swim Camp in Israel (Video)
4-time Olympic Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg and 8-time Olympic Medalist Jason Lezak will lead a camp and cultural experience in ‘The land of Creation’ Israel June 15-24, 2016.
Biggest Worry about Olympic Trials answered by Mutual of Omaha
If you’re a swimmer going to U.S. Olympic Trials, you are in for the most inspirational meet you will ever see. But the biggest concern of you (and your coach) is where you are going to train while enjoying this amazing event.
UCSB Coach Gregg Wilson To Coach Final Home Meet After 40 Seasons
After 40 seasons at the held of the University of California – Santa Barbara Gaucho swimming & diving program, head coach Gregg Wilson will coach his final home meet this Saturday.
Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #5 Sierra Schmidt’s Snow Dance
Sierra Schmidt took her dancing to a whole new level this week.
Gold Medalists Krayzelburg and Lezak Launch Champions Swim & Travel Experience
4-time Olympic Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg and 8-time Olympic Medalist Jason Lezak will lead a camp and cultural experience in ‘The land of Creation’ Israel June 15-24, 2016.
Olympic Experience: Does It Really Matter?
DeSantis and the Viking take a look at the stats to determine how much past Olympic experience should weigh in toward national selection criteria.
The Swim-Avengers – Earth’s Mightiest Swimmers
First we saw 10 Olympians as some of the greatest Superheroes of all time, and if you thought that was all you were going to get, think again. Check out the Avengers of Planet Swim…
Calling all Swimmers: Explosive starts, powerful strokes, faster splits…
The USA Swimming Foundation brings together an all-star lineup of Olympic swimmers and coaches for the 2015 Adult Performance Camp scheduled for October 16-18.
Shouts From The Stands: Brent Hayden The Canadian Underdog Legend
SwimSwam welcomes reader submissions about all topics aquatic, and if it’s well-written and well-thought, we might just post it under…
USA Swimming Foundation Enlists Olympic Gold Medalists to Increase Awareness of Learning to Swim and Building Champions
Olympic gold medalists Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.), Cullen Jones (Irvington, N.J.), Jessica Hardy (Long Beach, Calif.) and Jason Lezak (Irvine, Calif.) have joined the USA Swimming Foundation as Ambassadors, promoting the organization’s mission to “Save Lives & Build Champions in the pool and in life.”
The 8 Most Interesting Long Course U.S. Open Records
Below, we’ve looked at some of the most surprising US Open records in the books, and what they mean historically to the sport of swimming.
11 Olympic Stars Headline Charity Concert to benefit Swim to Win Foundation
The benefit concert kicks off the Swim to Win Clinic featuring internationally acclaimed Olympians including: Janet Evans, Rowdy Gaines, Jason Lezak, Aaron Peirsol, Chloe Sutton, Amanda Beard, Ariana Kukors (featured video) & many more.
