Team USA team building, playing legos
What do you do when you’re tapering, whether you are an age grouper, masters swimmer or US National Team member? You play…maybe too much with all of your building energy; blow bubble rings, slide on waterslides, etc.
Michael Klueh, Connor Jaeger & Coach Mike Bottom at the 2013 US Worlds Team Training Camp
Jessica Hardy, Blowing Bubble Rings
Michael Klueh and Jimmy Feigen blowing bubble rings
Sightseeing in Bilbao, Spain
Michael Klueh via Twitter, eating something. I don’t know what.
Conor Dwyer, poolside at the US Worlds Team training camp in Bilbao, Spain
Chloe Sutton, sightseeing
Caitlin Leverenz, sightseeing (with an ice cream cone…I think?)
Tyler Clary via Twitter: “I can say with almost complete certainty that this is the biggest flower puppy you will ever see in…” (NOTE: Looks like Clary and Coach Mike Bottom in the far right corner of the frame.)
PARTING SHOT FROM CONNOR JAEGER — TAKEN 4 MINUTES AGO:
Connor Jaeger via Twitter: “This has been our morning walk to the pool. Hey it’s not so bad”
Follow the US World’s Team on Twitter. You follow the U.S. National Teamers in this Photo Vault here:
Tyler Clary (#bestbrandedlogoforNATTEAMER)
Percebes eat Michael klueh PERCEBES!!!
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That cryotherapy is very cold, Ricky’s appendages must have shrunk…. and I mean his feet. 😛
hey i posted a lil while ago some more cute pix shared by team members i had found on twitter .
currently under moderation n will hopefully be approved for display later on 🙂
well its been 8 hrs since my original post n nothing on here yet so will try again.
hope this wont turn out to be a dupe post, if so sorry 😛
these images were taken by the team n shared publicly, maybe SwimSwam can add them to their writeup here? 🙂
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hey Mel, love all those pix of the team thx!
i think Michael’s eating “percebes” (or gooseneck barnacles which is an expensive delicacy in Spain & Portugal according to wiki). n the 2 swimmers in the bubble rings photo are Maya & Karlee?
found some more images from training camp, some cute ones…
the boys checking out the latest gossip on SwimSwam 😉… Read more »
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Your links are very nice but impossible to watch the photos.
thx Bobo!
im sorry but i had to remove the https & www from those links as they were the reason why my original post didn’t go thru (i think).
just copy the addy n paste it into your browser then you should be able to see the pix 🙂
Hey EmilyR – we tried to email you about your initial post, but it seems the email address with which you’re posting isn’t right. Could you email me braden@SwimSwam.com please?
Thanks!
Braden
Is it me is something wrong with the Hardy picture?
What? She has 2 arms and 2 legs on the picture. Everything seems normal.
her low body, thighs in particular, looks huge and I know she is quite thin and fit–I just wanted to see if anybody noticed besides me
Yes, she has muscular thighs.
I was amazed by the picture of Vollmer with Missy in the Captain’s article. Vollmer’s feet are huge. Lots of things (ability, training, work ethic, coaching, drive, technique) go into the making of elite swimmers, but it’s hard to ignore the obvious physiological advantages/attributes too.
I remember reading somewhere that Ruta Meilutyte has had size 43 feet since she was about 13 (US size 11) Considering she’s tall but not hugely so (about 5′ 8″ I think) those are big feet. That’s got to help with getting some propulsion into that breaststroke kick.
Hahah. Bobo, I know you’re kidding. It’s taken underwater and it distorts her shape. Look at the lane lines at the bottom of the pool and how they’re twisting; especially the one which goes under Jessica.
Of course Hardy has powerful legs but not that powerful.
Muscular, powerful, for me it’s the same. You’re right about the distortion underwater. Everything seems normal for Jessica!
And duckduckgoose, I believe Missy’s feets are also big. Always an advantage.
Cool, thanks to freebee, we have a very interesting discussion here about size of thighs, size of feets.
Bobo, check Maya DiRado’s account.
https://twitter.com/MayaDiRado
Would you compare that huge ice cream (or Gelato) to eating hamburgers, aka a struggle to follow the puritan life of a professional athlete? I’m starting being worried about these American professionals. They’re spending their time on sounloungers, eating huge ice creams and the meeting is already behind the door! Hahaha. I change my picks, for goodness’ sake, if such an unorthodox behaviour continues 🙂
By the way, I’m following Women’s Euro Champ soccer game, DEN-FRA, just at the moment via my new eurosport player, which I was compelled to subscribe in order to see more aquatics. They’re playing at a mid-sized stadium that is almost full. I’d… Read more »
If USA again has great results, we now know their secrets! An ice cream every day the week before the start of the meet!
And about the comparison, I believe Miss DiRado is definitely in a much better shape than Leveaux. So she can eat this ice cream. I hope there isn’t a McDonald’s near the hotel of the French team. The result of the men’s 4X200 free relay depends perhaps on that little detail. 😆
I started loosing respect for your active commentaries when you start comparing women’s body parts. What is wrong with you guys?
Dear swimmama, you are very sensitive! I only answered to a comment about the picture of Miss Hardy and I said everything seemed normal for me. Then came a discussion about the feets. Nothing wrong with that.
I’m sure Americans are right now organizing a mobile McDonald’s to be established at the front of the French hotel. Free Big Macs are offered to French swimmers by Swimming USA on the eve of Men’s relay finals.
Lovely to see them having fun , relaxing , being creative and most important building up strong team spirit ( many victories ( or best races ) in relays may depend on that factor !! ) .
Who is the girl on the first picture with Chloe Sutton, Simone Manuel, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano, Missy Franklin and Claire Donahue?
Jordan Mattern?
It seems correct.
http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/jordan_mattern_776902.html
Yes, it’s Jordan. Chloe did not list her on her tweet.
I love these in-the-moment photos that shows the other side of these swimmers! Just reminds us they are normal people like us.