Podcasts

NCAA Championships Overhaul: CSCAA Executive Director Barany Details Why The Changes Were Made

NCAA overhauls its Championships—CSCAA’s Samantha Barany joins SwimSwam to explain what’s changing, why it matters, and who it helps.

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World Cup: Carmel Review & Westmont Preview | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the first World Cup stop in Carmel and preview the second stop in Westmont.

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NCAA Format Change, Meet Recaps & World Cup Preview | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

We discuss the new changes to the NCAA Championship format, recap last weeks college swimming, and preview the upcoming World Cup stop in Carmel, Indiana.

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Podcast: From Santa Cruz to Watsonville Coach Lucas Sallas-Cunha Expands Swimming Growth

Coach Lucas Sallas-Cunha got his Doctorate in Education to better understand the cultural barriers he faced in a Hispanic/Latino community.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jeff Pease — 4 Decades of Building Champions at North Coast Aquatics

Jeff has helped place more than 250 swimmers in colleges and universities, and he’s coached more than 30 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifiers.

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Torri Huske Breaks Down Her 2025 Worlds: World Records, Medals, and a Coaching Change

Torri faces a lot of change. Meehan’s departure from Stanford to be USA Swimming’s National Team Director has ushered in Lindauer as head coach.

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Golden Goggles, Enhanced Games Financials, & NCAA Season Openers | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

We discuss last weekend’s Golden Goggles Awards, the financial draw of the Enhanced Games, and top NCAA dual meets from across the country.

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Kaylee McKeown Details A Bumpy Road From Paris To World Championship Glory

Post-Paris, Kaylee struggled in training, so much so that she made the bold decision to return to her home club and reboot. That reset worked.

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Jack Alexy Breaks Down Paris Struggles And His 2025 World Championship Redemption

Today we dig into how Alexy processed Paris, his training, his sickness on the cusp of Worlds, and what it felt like to rewrite the record books.

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Georgetown’s John Carroll Navigating Road Map as First Time Head Coach

After stops at Auburn, UNC-Wilmington, and Virginia, John Carroll is now the head coach of Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

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Audrey Derivaux on Hardest Mid-Distance Sets, Winning 4 Golds at World Jrs

Audrey Derivaux shone brightly this summer, competing at the World Junior Championships and coming away with 3 individual golds, a silver, and a relay gold

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How Rising Breaststroke Star Campbell McKean Made it Through World Champs After Illness

18-Year-Old Campbell McKean shocked the country when he won national titles in the 50 and 100 breast in early June.

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Olympic 50s Qualifier in October, USAS CEO, & Ben Proud to Enhanced Games | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

we discuss qualification for the 2028 Olympics in the 50s of stroke, the new USA Swimming CEO, and Ben Proud going to the Enhanced Games.

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Jon Maccoll on Rutgers Women’s Swim Team Bringing in Male “Practice Swimmers”

Jon Maccoll, the head coach of the Rutgers Women’s Swimming and Diving team, is taking an idea from many other sports and bringing it to the pool

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Has Olympic And World Champion Cameron McEvoy Found The Bleeding Edge Of Sprint Training?

Cameron McEvoy details his training blocks since the 2024 Paris Olympics, and how long he worked on pure power out of the water is eye-popping!

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