Podcasts

How Moving to a Smaller Club Helped Matt Richards Become a World Champion

SwimSwam caught up with Matt Richards, the unexpected world champion in the 200 freestyle in Fukuoka.

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Outex Underwater Phone Case Unleashes The Power of Smartphones For Training & Fun

Outex is faster, easier, and cheaper than action cams like a GoPro, and is ideal for water sports athletes to analyze to analyze technique and performance.

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Getting to Know NBC Sports’ Sideline Reporter at the 2023 World Champs, Kira K. Dixon

Kira gives us her perspective on reporting for swimming vs golf (her normal day-to-day), winning Miss America, and the lifestyle of working in media

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DQs, 50s of Stroke, and Youth Movement at 2023 US Trials | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

We discuss the top stories from the 2023 US World Champ Trials, including selection priority, DQs, and the very young men’s and women’s teams

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Matt Bowe on “Dream come true” Hire as Head Coach of Michigan Swimming & Diving

Bowe, a native of Great Britain, coached in Michigan as his first coaching role in the United States and had fond memories of the area

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Coleman Stewart Breaks Down Transition from Swimming to Duke Assistant Coach

We address the ongoing conversation of elite swimmers getting offered positions at DI Power-5 schools without* prior coaching experience

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2023 US World Championship Trials: Event-by-Event Predictions – Men’s Edition

Watch as SwimSwam goes day-by-day through the entire 2023 US World Champ Trials schedule on the men’s side and analyzes each event

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2023 US World Champ Trials: Event-by-Event Predictions – Women’s Edition (PODCAST)

Watch as SwimSwam goes day-by-day through the entire 2023 US World Champ Trials schedule and analyzes each event.

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Erica Sullivan on Pride Month, Team Speedo, and 50 Skins as a Distance Swimmer

We sat down with Olympic medalist, Speedo Athlete, and openly gay swimmer Erica Sullivan.

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AUS & French Trials, Skipping Worlds, & Elite Swimmers as Coaches | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

How certain is Leon Marchand’s repeat IM Sweep in Fukuoka after his performances at the 2023 French Elite Championships?

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Bryan Christiansen on Rebuilding Quincy University Swimming & Diving Program

Quincy University added Men’s and Women’s swimming in 2021 and ’22-’23 was their first season competing.

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Torri Huske Talks Mission Viejo PSS and Balancing Stanford Academics with Swim

SwimSwam sat down with world champion Torri Huske after the Mission Viejo Pro Swim, where she won 2 events (and swam a 3rd) on the last night of the meet.

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Anna Peplowski Discusses Long Course Freestyle Progression, Indiana Training

Anna Peplowski is on a roll in this long course season, going from a PB of 1:59 to 1:58.4 (then 1:58.0 that night) in April to 1:57.0 in May

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Louisville Freshman Sprint Duo Discuss Albiero Secret Sauce & Dynamic Team Culture

Dennis and Welch traded Louisville freshman records in the 50 and 100 freestyles all year, finishing as the 2 fastest freshman in school history

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Why 5-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian Likes The FINIS Smart Goggle

Is 8x Olympic medalist Nathan Adrian training or not? It looks and sounds a lot like he is – using the FINIS Smart Goggle.

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