Katie Ledecky on 1500 Free: “Fun to swim a 15:25 and not be surprised by it”
Ledecky was confident she’d be right around this time, saying that she has carried the momentum from this meet last year into her training and racing since
Will Mulgrew on Mile Win: “Racing Bobby out there really helped me get out after it”
Mulgrew swam a controlled race and passed Finke around the 1000 mark, ultimately clocking a 15:05.30, dropping over half a second from his PB
Josh Matheny on Being a First Year Pro: “A little bit harder than I would have anticipated”
First-year pro swimmer Josh Matheny competed at the Bergen Swim Festival last weekend, placing 4th in the 50 and 100 Breast and 3rd in the 200 Breast
Josha Salchow Training in Eindhoven with Peter Bishop “I’m excited to see what’s going to happen”
Salchow moved to Australia in 2022 to train with Kyle Chalmers and Peter Bishop, a move that saw the German make the 2024 100 free Olympic final
Finn Brooks on Training & Working at The Race Club: “Cool opportunity… I shouldn’t pass up”
Finn Brooks had a notable weekend in Bergen, winning the 50 back (25.15) while also placing 2nd in the 50 Breast (27.48) and 4th in the 50 Fly (23.29)
Steenbergen on 52.33 in April: “I wanted to swim a fast 100 free, that’s my main focus this year”
2x World Champion in the 100 Free Marrit Steenbergen showed her skills in Bergen, busting out a world-leading time of 52.33 to take the win
Matt King on 47.7 100 Free in Norway: “My first best time in 3 years”
King described that this season has, in large part, been about recovering from the illness that hit him last summer at the World Champs, where he lost 20lbs
Lukas Martens on Racing in Bergen After Illness Post-China Open: “I feel happy with the races”
Martens will compete in the German Trials this coming weekend, where he will vie to qualify for the European Championships later this summer.
Luke Barr on Training with Coley Stickels: “It is so different from what I’ve been used to”
This weekend, Barr went 3 best times, going 1:00.2 in the 100 breast, 54.6 in the 100 back, and 1:58.9 in the 200 IM, notably his first time under 2:00
Siobhan Haughey on 1:54.3/52.4 200/100 Free in Bergen: “It’s a really good sign moving forward”
In the 200 free on night 1, Haughey won the event and set the meet record in 1:54.31, a faster time than she went to win Olympic bronze in Paris.
Dare Rose on Improving All Races from Stockholm to Bergen: “Happy with the momentum”
At the last minute, Rose decided to keep his Nordic tour going and attended the Bergen Swim Festival this past weekend, where he won the 100/200 fly
Van Mathias on 50 Breast American Record: “It leaves us wanting more… for Pan Pacs”
After having qualified for Pan Pacific Championships with his swims at Nationals last summer, Mathias is now even more motivated to throw down in Irvine
Anna Peplowski on 1:55 2FR, 2:08 2BK in Bergen: “Really exciting to race more long course”
After what she describes as a hard first semester of not being on the college team, Peplowski is now getting more used to the routine as a pro athlete
Van Mathias: “Keep giving me more time… it’s just going to keep getting better and better”
Mathias touched at 26.9 at the 50 en route to a massive 58.19, making him the 2nd fastest American in history and #1 in the world this year
Lucas Henveaux Discusses Racing Germans in Sweden, Training at Cal, and Goal of Medaling at Euros
Belgian Olympian Lucas Henveaux had a trio of podium finishes last weekend in Stockholm, finishing 2nd in the 200, 3rd in the 400, and 3rd in the 800
