Podcasts

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

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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. 

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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

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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

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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

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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. 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 

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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.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Who is Coleman Hodges and How’d He Get a Job at SwimSwam?

We sat down with me, Coleman Hodges, to tell you a little about who I am, why I got into swimming, and how I ended up at SwimSwam producing a lot of its media

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SwimSwam Podcast: Wyatt Collins on Learning & Teaching the Texas Tradition

We sat down with the Texas men’s assistant coach, Wyatt Collins, to pick his brain about the extremely storied Texas Tradition

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SwimSwam Podcast: David Marsh on How Small Changes Turn to Gold Medals

We sat down with 2016 Olympic head coach David Marsh and picked his brain on how small changes can make huge differences, especially when you want them to

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