SwimSwam Podcast: ECU Swimmers on Trying to Revive Swim & Dive Programs
We discussed what made East Carolina such a special team, how the fundraising of over $400,000 has gone, and what it will take to revive this storied program
SwimSwam Podcast: Grant House on Lessons Throughout Entire Swimming Career
House gives his in-depth analysis at how he’s grown under Bowman at ASU, why he decided to red-shirt, and what he’s gained over the last 3 years in Tempe.
SwimSwam Podcast: Luca Urlando on His Top 3 Swims All-Time
Urlando talks about how he sustained his shoulder injury in January, recovering from it, and how he’s been training throughout this quarantine period.
SwimSwam Podcast: True Sweetser on The Journey of a Distance Swimmer
True spoke candidly about growing up as the youngest of 6, his age-group days, and eventually moving on to train with Gator Swim Club in high school.
SwimSwam Podcast: Sydney Pickrem on Adapting Through Adversity
Pickrem gives a candid recollection of her career, starting in Florida where she was a product of Randy Reese, renowned coach in his own right
SwimSwam Podcast: Davis Tarwater on Making the Olympic Team After Finishing 7th
Davis explains his training as an age grouper, including beating Michael Phelps at Jr Nationals, Swimming at Michigan under Urbanchek and Bowman, and more
SwimSwam Podcast: Jack Roach on Creating the National Junior Team
Roach reminisced on some of his favorite memories on building the national junior team, which he was the director of from 2008-2013
SwimSwam Podcast: Jordan Wolfrum on the Differences of Coaching Men and Women
Wolfrum dove deep on a number of topics and the wisdom that she’s gained throughout her coaching journey thus far was evident
SwimSwam Podcast: Shaine Casas on How Swimming in Austin Changed his Life
Casas delved into his past, explaining how he spent a life-changing summer in Austin training at Nitro while living with now-A&M teammate Ethan Gogulski.
SwimSwam Podcast: Aaron Peirsol Breaks Down The Super Suit Era
We spoke with Aaron about the past, present, and future of swimming, in terms of the sport itself as well as swimming as a business
SwimSwam Podcast: What Would Janet Evans Give All Her Olympic Medals To Do?
Janet described running the Olympic torch to Muhammed Ali at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Evans says it was by far the best moment in her Olympic career
SwimSwam Podcast: Calypso Sheridan on Future in USA, Past in AUS
Calypso says that although she’s not totally sure, she think’s she’ll return to Northwestern to finish her senior year without Kipp
SwimSwam Podcast: Katinka Hosszu Explains Brutal Origin Story of “Iron Lady”
Hosszu talks us through her age group days in Hungary, AKA swimming boot camp, and her successes and failures once she came to the US and USC.
SwimSwam Podcast: What the NCAA DI System Can Learn From DIII
Franklin coaches explained how their college balances academics and athletics, and we discussed what a DI program might be able to adapt from that model.
SwimSwam Podcast: Carson Foster Reveals His All-Time Top 3 Swims
Namely, he gave us his Top 3 swims All-Time that HE HAS SWUM as well as Top 3 HE HAS WITNESSED, with accompanying race videos
