Podcasts

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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SwimSwam Podcast: Jaylan Butler Shares How Police Incident Affected Life

It wasn’t until the 2020 conference championships where he realized this incident was having a negative effect on his performances. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Charlie Houchin on Being the “Touring RockNRoll Band” of Swim

Charlie started developing his app during his swimming career (2012-2014), and eventually released Swimmingly, a different way of running a swim meet. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Ray Looze on What Makes a Perfect Breaststroke

Looze talks about the ins and outs of learning how to coach breaststroke, what he looks for in potential recruits, and how to build up a great breaststroke

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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

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 

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