Todd DeSorbo

Swim Coaches Base Podcast Open Vault – Day 5

For the remaining days of 2019, RITTER Sports Performance will be releasing episodes from the vault. These will only be available until the end of the year

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Practice + Pancakes: Virginia Women Conquer Power + Speed

We stopped by University of Virginia, where a group of their women’s team were throwing down some serious speed. This is the entirety of that workout

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5 Reasons Desorbo & The UVA Staff Are More Than Just Great Recruiters

RITTER: “Todd DeSorbo leading the rise of the University of Virginia swimming program may catch some people off guard, but don’t count me as one of them.”

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UVA Releases 2019-20 Schedule, Includes Duals W/ Michigan & Wisconsin

The Virginia Cavaliers have released their 2019-2020 meet schedule, which includes dual meets against Big Ten schools Michigan and Wisconsin.

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Virginia’s Madden, Wenger, Towbin Lead VaSID Women’s All-State Team

The Virginia Sports Information Directors named two all-state teams with 32 athletes and 11 relays earning all-state nods.

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Virginia Trio Headlines Inaugural VaSID Men’s All-State Team

The University of Virginia, coming off a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, headlined the inaugural VaSID Men’s Swimming & Diving All-State teams.

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BSN Sports Swim Team of the Week: Virginia Cavaliers

While the casual sports may know the University of Virginia primarily for the Cavaliers winning the most recent NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship, swim fans know that the UVA swim team has been one of the hottest teams in college swimming over the past few seasons.

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Beyond the Pancakes: How Does Todd DeSorbo Train Sprinters?

Training sprinters to be as fast as they possibly can comes in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and philosophies. For UVA head coach Todd DeSorbo, it means going as fast as you can. All the time. 

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Practice + Pancakes: Jack Conger Topples Todd DeSorbo Power Set

I think most swim fans have wanted to see what the Conger/DeSorbo duo looks like from a training perspective. And it did not disappoint.

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20 Headlines for 20 Teams at the 2019 NCAA Men’s Championships

The Cal men, for the first time in program history, had an A finalist in every swimming event at the 2019 NCAA Championships.

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5 Big Questions for This Week’s D1 Conference Championship Meets

Braden Holloway has a new-look coaching staff. After injuries plagued the Wolfpack last year, they look back on track in 2019.

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Conger on Training With DeSorbo: “We can do something special” (Video)

Olympic gold medalist Jack Conger talks about training as a post-grad at the University of Virginia.

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DeSorbo on Fong 100 Fly: “If you think you can do it… go ahead” (Video)

With UVA’s victory securely in hand, the Cavaliers exhibitioned the 100 fly, and Fong and Keblish donned tech suits with a specific goal in mind – pushing each other to take down the school and pool records.

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2018-2019 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: December Edition

Stanford still leads handily with unanimous #1 votes, but the trio behind them are as close as can be.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Jack Conger Joins UVA Post-Grad Training Group

Conger grew up about 2-and-a-half hours from Charlottesville. He’s been named a member of the 2018 and 2019 US World Championship teams.

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