Mike Lewis

Getting ready for warmer water – Open Water Swimming Pool Workout

Lots of folks here in Southern California are getting geared up for the open water swimming season ahead.  The days…

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Weekend Get Away: Darian Townsend Chillin’ and Swimming in San Diego

Three time Olympian and Olympic Champion Darian Townsend hit the road west from Arizona for a long weekend in San…

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Open Water Swimming – Know Your Limits

We’ve had some big surf hitting the southern California coast this past week.  Although big surf can be big fun,…

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FINIS Photo Vault featuring Anthony Ervin and Jason Dunford

SwimSwam partners FINIS have teamed up with swimming photographer Mike Lewis of Ola Vista Photography to share some behind the scenes…

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Behind the Scenes Mix – 2014 USA Swimming Arena Grand Prix Orlando

We take a look a back at last week’s USA Swimming Arena Grand Prix stop in Orlando Florida. Last week featured…

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Day 3 USA Swimming Arena Grand Prix Orlando Photo Vault

Ryan Lochte has been very generous with his fans and fellow competitors in his first meet back since his knee injury

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Orlando Grand Prix Day 2 Photo Vault

Sean Mahoney off the start of the 200 breaststroke (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)

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Orlando Grand Prix – day one full on Photo Vault

East Coast weather wouldn’t get in the way of the start of the 2013 USA Swimming Arena Grand Prix.  It…

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Charlie Houchin Photo Vault

Recently, Olympic and World Champion Charlie Houchin stopped by La Jolla to participate in the brain imaging research at UCSD…

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Twichell on top down under

There was a lot of prize money at stake at today’s BHP Aquatic Super Series in the “Swim the Swan”…

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Sara Isakovic Photo Vault

As we reported last week, Sara Iskovic is back in the pool training with her sight set on the 2016…

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Seeing Rio – Sara Isakovic back in the pool

Although she didn’t make a huge statement following the London Olympics, Sara Isakovic decided to take a step away from…

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Matt Biondi Masters Classic scheduled for SoCal

Matt Biondi, 11 time Olympic medalist, is back in the water and enjoying his time as masters swimmer. His team,…

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Open Water Swimming – the pool is good

It is well know amongst elite open water swimmers that if you want to be fast in the open water…

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Radford 3x New Zealand Open Water Champ

New Zealand’s top open water swimmer Kane Radford grabbed his third consecutive national title at the State New Zealand Open…

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