Practice + Pancakes

Practice + Pancakes: Virginia Cavaliers Work 100 Speed after Dryland

It culminated with 1 50 free all-out at the end of practice, highlighted by Olympians Paige Madden, Alex Walsh, and Walsh’s younger sister, Gretchen Walsh

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Practice + Pancakes: Olympians Finke, Smith lead Florida Taper for SEC Champs

We got to see the likes of Olympic medalists Kieran Smith and Bobby Finke as well as post-grad Natalie Hinds in action in Gainesville

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Bryce Mefford Unsure About Future in Swimming After Breakout Olympic Summer

Mefford has newfound confidence in the pool after making his first Olympic team but also wants to explore the workforce and life away from the pool

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Practice + Pancakes: Walsh Sisters + Madden Pace, Brownstead + King Power

On this Monday afternoon, head coach Todd DeSorbo was running a 50 free group while Blaire Bachman was heading up 200 pace work

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Practice + Pancakes: Tom Wilkens, Brian Retterer Highlight Stroke Day at GMNY

On Tuesdays, GMNY has stroke day, and they get a couple of pretty unique guest coaches to come work with some of the groups

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Practice + Pancakes: Tuesday’s Mean IM Set then Group Racing for Harvard Women

They had an IM set that everyone does, which was short, fast bursts with a lot of transitions, then separated into different groups to get quality racing in

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Practice + Pancakes: Harvard Men Sprint Relays, 100/50s on Threshold Wednesday

Here is the full practice where the 75 free with fins started, which included fun 3-man relays as well as 100s and 50s threshold

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Practice + Pancakes: Arkansas Women Taper for Tennessee Invite

We caught Arkansas right before the Tennessee Invite, their mid-season meet, so they were just starting everyone’s favorite – taper time

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Practice + Pancakes: A Day in the Life at the W Hotel in Abu Dhabi

I take you through a day in the life of what staying here is like, from the extravagant 9th floor pool deck to the enormous breakfast buffet. 

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Practice + Pancakes: Princeton Women Hit an Hour of Pace + an Hour of Gym

On Thursdays, the women double, with their afternoon practice being an hour in the pool coupled with an hour in the gym.

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Practice + Pancakes: Fastest Man in DII History Highlights Drury Taper Workout

This was highlighted by Karol Ostrowski (NCAA DII record-holder in the 50/100 free, 18.92/41.25), Kham Glass (19.6, 43.8) and Oleksii Khnykin (19.6, 42.8). 

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Practice + Pancakes: Mizzou Women Hit Tuesday Pace, Men Bellyflop into Power

I stopped by Mizzou for a Tuesday PM practice. The women got in first while the men lifted, then the men got in while the women hit the gym. 

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Practice + Pancakes: Badger Swim Club Takes on 24x50s Best Average in 50yd Pool

Jack Collins was running today’s main set, which included 3 rounds of 3×100 at 1:20 followed by 8×50 best average in Badger’s 50yd outdoor pool

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Practice + Pancakes: Penn Breaststroke Group Goes SCM Pace 50s, Friday Power

University of Pennsylvania, the new home to national teamer (200 breast) and freshman Matt Fallon, is no stranger to elite breaststroke

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Practice + Pancakes: Legendary Jim Ellis Takes Us Through a Workout with PDR

Ellis along with Tracy Freeland, a PDR alum who now coaches, ran this Thursday pm workout that had a heavy emphasis on body position and technique

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