Hugo Gonzalez on Training at Cal: “They just go hard every day”
Mission Viejo’s 200 Back final felt like Pac-12s, as the Cal bears went 1-2-3-4-6-8, with Gonzalez placing 2nd at 1:57.51
Beryl Gastaldello Breaks Down Irvine Training Camp with Dave Salo
After competing at the pro swim in Mission Viejo this weekend, Beryl Gastaldello talked with us abut the training she had done prior to the meet with Salo
Ryan Murphy: “I honestly wish every meet was morning finals”
Ryan Murphy blasted off the start from lane 3, flipping in 25.6 to lead the field by half a body length over and ultimately stopping the clock in 53.11
Michael Andrew Explains Building Base for 200s Long Course in Hawaii
Michael Andrew came into this meet seeded at 2:13.00 in the 200 breast, and went PR’s in both prelims and finals, ending the morning with a 2:11.3
Lilly King on 200 Breast: “2:22’s kind of becoming the new norm”
Annie Lazor began to close the gap over the second half of the race, but King held on and got the win, 2:22.38 to 2:22.73
Abbey Weitzeil Explains Training for a No-Breather LCM 50 Free
Abbey Weitzeil improved on her prelims time of 24.80 to win with 24.57. With a 24.57, she now ranks 9th in the world for the season.
Emma Nordin Details 30×100 LCM Holding 1:04-1:05s
Nordin broke through for third in the 800 free with a 8:29.67, which is her first time under 8:30 and a massive lifetime best by over seven seconds
Sean Grieshop Breaks Down 400 IM Victory, Cal NCAA Season
Jarod Arroyo pulled up on Grieshop after the breaststroke leg, but Grieshop closed the door on free, going 4:16.14, dropping two seconds from prelims
Kelsi Dahlia Is Happy With her Longer Butterfly Training in Louisville
Kelsi Dahlia had a brutally long finish, but she still put up virtually the same time as she did in prelims (58.10) to win it (58.11)
Melanie Margalis Likes Morning Finals for Swimming the 400 IM
Melanie Margalis opened up a huge lead through the breaststroke leg, and she put down the hammer with a 4:35.18, ranking second in the world this year
Caeleb Dressel on Breakthrough 200 Free Win: “I always baby it”
Caeleb Dressel of Gator Swim Club threw down a 27.1 third 50, though, and he finished with a 27.6 to take the win at 1:47.57
Katie Ledecky on 200 Free US Open Record: “I like to be 1:54 in-season”
Ledecky blazed to a 1:54.40, taking down her own 2016 PSS record of 1:54.43 from five years ago and tying Allison Schmitt’s US Open record
Jordan Wilimovsky on Doing 5k’s for Time in Practice
The top three men all broke eight minutes, with KSWIM’s Jordan Wilimovsky touching almost three seconds ahead of the next-best competitor at 7:54.44
Leah Smith Went Double-Coffee to Prepare for AM Finals in Mission Viejo
Smith would go on to win this at 8:24.46, a new season-best by over a second to jump from sixth to fifth in the world rankings.
Best of Eddie-Isms: SwimSwam’s Top 12 Moments of Texas’ Eddie Reese
Taking a look back at legendary Texas head coach Eddie Reese’s career, he was know just as month for making jokes as he was for winning NCAA titles
