Top Quotes From the (Unexpected) Last NCAA Taper Meets – Women’s Midseason
One way we at SwimSwam are dealing with our pain is taking a look back at what ended up being the last taper meets of the NCAA season
Katie Ledecky Wants To Race The Men: GMM Presented By SwimOutlet.com
Provided coronavirus doesn’t derail the rest of the year, how fast will Katie Ledecky swim this summer at the 2020 Olympic Games?
Penn State Men’s Swimming & Diving Team Participate in $11.7 Million THON Event
Penn State’s annual THON fundraiser has raised $167 million to fight childhood cancer in 47 years, including $11.7 million in 2020.
WATCH: David Fitch Beats NCAA D3 Record With 46.83 100 Fly With Flip Turns
While the time may never enter the official USA Swimming or NCAA results database, Kenyon junior David Fitch gave a taste of what could have been on Friday.
Pancake Hot Take: Top 5 Swim(mer)s & Surprises from Des Moines/Pac-12s
This weekend really blew my socks off for a beginning of March, in-season meet. We saw many top times in the world & so many historic, top-10 all-time swims.
Gunnar Bentz on Living with Fellow Olympian Kevin Cordes (Video)
Gunnar Bentz describes cooking, sleeping, and TV with recent UGA transplant and fellow Olympian, breaststroke specialist Kevin Cordes
Ryan Held Describes Killer Coley Stickels Set (Video)
Ryan Held breaks down Coley Stickels Sprint training, including a set that burns the arms, the legs… burns just about everything if done right
Michael Andrew Describes Changes in his Swimming after Getting an Agent (Video)
Michael Andrew blasted out to a lifetime best in the 200 IM at 1:56.83, ranking 4th in the world this season and 6th All-time among Americans
Ryan Held Analyzes 100 Free Field Heading into Olympic Trials (Video)
Dean Farris (48.97), Ryan Held (48.99) and Blake Pieroni (49.00) had virtually nothing between them as took third, fourth and fifth
Gunnar Bentz on UGA Training: “It’s been a war zone in Athens” (Video)
Gunnar Bentz shocked many after registering a lifetime best in the 200 fly, taking the event by a wide margin with a time of 1:56.20
Leah Smith Talks Suited Swims with Arizona Pro Group (Video)
Leah Smith consistently held 31s throughout the majority of the race, coming home in 30.46 to clock in a season best of 8:23.46.
Kathleen Baker Feels like 1:07 Makes her a “Real” Breaststroker (Video)
Baker’s lunge forward earned her a 2020 PB and World #3 time of 2:06.46. Baker was just three-tenths off her lifetime best of 2:06.14.
2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines: Day 4 Race Videos
Watch all the race videos from the concluding session of PSS Des Moines, featuring the women’s 100 back, women’s 200 IM, and men’s 50 free.
Olivia Smoliga: “I feel like I really sunk my teeth into the race” (Video)
Olivia Smoliga has swam both the 100 and 200 frees this weekend in Des Moines, and discussed her racing as well as the first season of ISL with SwimSwam
Michael Andrew Breaks Down Block of Consistent Training, Lifting More (Video)
Andrew’s second-place time of 51.33 in the 100m butterfly re-set his PB from this morning, good enough for 6th in the world
