Event-by-Event Breakdowns & Predictions for the 2021 Women’s NCAA Championships
The biggest storyline here is Kate Douglass and Maggie MacNeil getting in the ring and going 3 rounds in the form of 50 free, 100 fly, and 100 free
Ian Finnerty Explains Reasons Behind Pre-Olympic Retirement
Finnerty explains that staying in swimming an extra year for the 2020-21 season was a challenge in itself, as he had been ready to move on
Jessica Long Explains Surreal Experience of Being Featured in Super Bowl Ad
Long takes us through being featured as a subject of a Super Bowl ad and getting to see the different iterations of her own story coming to life on screen
Reed Malone on Realizing Making an Olympic Team Doesn’t Define a Career
Reed said the realization that he came to is he was chasing this Olympic dream because without it, he thought his career would be a failure
Is 3x Olympic Medalist Katie Hoff Stronger Now Than When She Swam?
2-time Olympian, 3-time Olympic medalist, and the author of BLUEPRINT Katie Hoff compares her strength now to when she was training for the Olympics
Dartmouth Swim & Dive Share Thoughts on Reinstated Program, Moving Forward
We spoke with junior diver Bella Lichen and junior swimmer Parker Hershberger to get their take on the zoom call and how they hope to move forward as a team
Kaitlyn Dobler on Dealing with Pressure to Get Back to Pre-COVID Times
Dobler takes us through her freshman year, emphasizing that knowing she had an extra year of eligibility was a huge stress-relief
James Guy Details What’s Possible in Tokyo for the UK and How It Can Happen
Guy gets deep when talking about his preparation as well as what his relay teammates are doing to get ready for the Tokyo Olympics
Head Coach Matt Leach on Meaning Behind Washington State’s First Pac-12 Champ
Washington State produced its first-ever individual Pac-12 Champion in program history last week in Chloe Larson, who took the win in the women’s 50 free
Cal Head Coach Teri McKeever Gives Perspective on Pac-12 Team Title, NCAA Prep
McKeever is a proponent of prelims/finals relays, as it makes the NCAAs more about overcoming a challenge than putting oneself in a position to go fast.
ACC Swimmer of the Meet Paige Madden Details UVA Sunday Challenge Set of 15×500
We spoke a lot about her ascent as an NCAA miler, even though Madden was adamant to her coaches that she wouldn’t train for the event even if she raced it
Arthur Albiero on 1st ACC Title in Program History: 2 Points Built on 17 Years
On paper, not even Albiero was confident that the cardinal could win, but his swimmers kept fighting and kept the meet close throughout
Katie Ledecky Recalls Test Set of 24×100 Best Average in Recent Training
Ledecky references a best average test set that started one week with 24×100, then 18, 12, and 6, with a goal of having a faster average each week
Anthony Grimm Breaks Down 19.6 50 free, 19.2 Relay Split at VHSL 6A Meet
Oakton senior Anthony Grimm was in excellent form last week, picking up another 2 individual VHSL titles to cap off his career
Florida Sprint Coach on The Standard Set by Dressel that Freshman are Chasing
Sprint coach Steve Jungbluth compares his former pupil, Caeleb Dressel, to the 2009 super-suit era where people’s eyes were opened to what was possible
