Top Quotes From the (Unexpected) Last NCAA Taper Meets — Women’s ACCs
While it’s tragic that the 2020 NCAA season ended this way, the season we did have was filled with amazing individual and team performances.
Swimming From Home Talk Show: Grant Shoults
In the Swimming From Home Talk Show, host Coleman Hodges speaks with the swimming community about how they’re coping in our current goggle-less reality
Top Quotes From the (Unexpected) Last NCAA Taper Meets – Men’s Midseason
For the men’s mid-season quotes, we had spoken with a lot of seniors who had high hopes for the end of the season, which is, as we’ve said before, devastating
Top Quotes From the (Unexpected) Last NCAA Taper Meets – Women’s Midseason
One way we at SwimSwam are dealing with our pain is taking a look back at what ended up being the last taper meets of the NCAA season
Gunnar Bentz on Living with Fellow Olympian Kevin Cordes (Video)
Gunnar Bentz describes cooking, sleeping, and TV with recent UGA transplant and fellow Olympian, breaststroke specialist Kevin Cordes
Ryan Held Describes Killer Coley Stickels Set (Video)
Ryan Held breaks down Coley Stickels Sprint training, including a set that burns the arms, the legs… burns just about everything if done right
Michael Andrew Describes Changes in his Swimming after Getting an Agent (Video)
Michael Andrew blasted out to a lifetime best in the 200 IM at 1:56.83, ranking 4th in the world this season and 6th All-time among Americans
Ryan Held Analyzes 100 Free Field Heading into Olympic Trials (Video)
Dean Farris (48.97), Ryan Held (48.99) and Blake Pieroni (49.00) had virtually nothing between them as took third, fourth and fifth
Gunnar Bentz on UGA Training: “It’s been a war zone in Athens” (Video)
Gunnar Bentz shocked many after registering a lifetime best in the 200 fly, taking the event by a wide margin with a time of 1:56.20
Leah Smith Talks Suited Swims with Arizona Pro Group (Video)
Leah Smith consistently held 31s throughout the majority of the race, coming home in 30.46 to clock in a season best of 8:23.46.
Kathleen Baker Feels like 1:07 Makes her a “Real” Breaststroker (Video)
Baker’s lunge forward earned her a 2020 PB and World #3 time of 2:06.46. Baker was just three-tenths off her lifetime best of 2:06.14.
Olivia Smoliga: “I feel like I really sunk my teeth into the race” (Video)
Olivia Smoliga has swam both the 100 and 200 frees this weekend in Des Moines, and discussed her racing as well as the first season of ISL with SwimSwam
Michael Andrew Breaks Down Block of Consistent Training, Lifting More (Video)
Andrew’s second-place time of 51.33 in the 100m butterfly re-set his PB from this morning, good enough for 6th in the world
Ryan Murphy Calls 1:55.2 200 Back “Shaking off the rust” (Video)
Dropping 4.55 seconds from prelims to take the 200 back win was Cal’s Ryan Murphy, clocking in a new World top time of 1:55.22
Nic Fink Laments UGA Breast Group Getting 1-Uped by UGA 2Fly Group (Video)
It was a close race for second between Athens Bulldogs teammates Kevin Cordes, Nic Fink and Andrew Wilson, who all ended up getting 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
