SwimSwam Podcast: Missy Franklin, Hayes Johnson Talk Swim Joy in Summer League
We sat down with swimming power couple Olympic Legend Missy Franklin and Hayes Johnson to talk about one simple thing. Swimming joy.
SwimSwam Podcast: Mitch Dalton Plays ‘Spill Your Guts or Tweet Your Guts’
We ended with a game based off ‘Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts’. We each ended up tweeting once, and I have to say, Mitch’s tweet was pretty golden:
SwimSwam Podcast: Trevor Freeland on Pride Movie, Swimming as a Black Man
Freeland was a member of the famed PDR Swim Team of Philadelphia coached by Jim Ellis in the 1980s that was immortalized in the Lionsgate film Pride.
SwimSwam Podcast: How Much is There to Learn About Perfect Technique?
We sat down with Russell Mark, the USA High-Performance Manager AKA Technique Guru, who was literally a rocket scientist before he was working in swimming
SwimSwam Podcast: Meehan, Schemmel on Stanford Endowment, Training
Meehan and Schemmel explained what an endowment was, where theirs came from, and the impact it has on an athletics program.
SwimSwam Podcast: Tyler Fenwick on How UVA is Recruiting During Quarantine
Fenwick dives into the emphasis UVA has put on recruiting and how that’s changed since COVID. There has been more zoom calls and face-to-face interactions
SwimSwam Podcast: How Easy is Going a 48 100m Free for Nathan Adrian?
We sat down with the 100 freestyle savant himself, Nathan Adrian, to talk about his perfect race and favorite 100 freestyles through the years
SwimSwam Podcast: How did Jenny Thompson win 12 Olympic Medals?
Jenny was kind enough to sit down with us and talk through her career, the high and low points, and give us some insight on how her 12 medals were earned
SwimSwam Podcast: Olympic Champion Tom Dolan Gives 400 IM Master Class
Dolan discusses the mechanics of IM, which his strategy was for beating his opponents, and what his surprisingly best stroke was.
SwimSwam Podcast: Reece Whitley explains The Only Real Way Change Will Come
This is one of many instances in which Reece has started sharing his experiences in an effort to educate the community as to what black athletes go through
SwimSwam Podcast: Erica Sullivan on USC Decommittment, Writing a Film
Erica explained her decision to recommit, and isn’t ruling USC out, but rather is restarting her recruiting process with a clean slate
SwimSwam Podcast: Mallory Comerford Breaks Down Journey to Becoming an Elite
Comerford describes her ups and downs along the way, including originally wanting to skip freshman year swimming to play volleyball
SwimSwam Podcast: Black Swimmers Association on Ways to Make Swimming Inclusive
Both Ed and Danielle give insight as to how the aquatic community can make changes so that the BME community feels included and encouraged to participate
SwimSwam Podcast: Alexis Wenger on the Lost NCAA Title, Black Lives Matter
Wenger walked us through how the team has moved forward and set their sights on the upcoming season for another shot at the title.
SwimSwam Podcast: Olympic and World Champ Tom Jager, The Godfather Of Speed
Olympic Champion Tom Jager held the 50m free world record longer than any man in the history of swimming, 12 years. Listen to The Godfather of Speed.
