Olivia Smoliga Details Brutal Kick/Swim 50s During 6-Week UGA Training Camp
After nabbing the win by over Regan Smith in the 100 back on the final night of competition, Smoliga gives us insight into the work she’s been putting in
Tom Shields Explains Why Fall of 2020 Was the Best Season of his Career (Video)
Veteran Tom Shields held off Andrew by roughly three-tenths to win at 52.25 with Andrew in second at 52.53. This continues Shields’ success this season
Regan Smith Explains How She Manages Nerves Throughout a Prelims-Finals Meet
Smith reveals that while she doesn’t feel nervous behind the blocks, she does before she walks in the door of a finals session
Kathleen Baker Sees 200 IM work in Practice Pay Off with #2 Worldwide 200 Back
After accelerating on the third 50, Kathleen Baker distanced herself from Regan Smith, taking the win at 2:07.54 for the fastest time in the nation
Blake Pieroni Was Surprised by his 200 Free Time After How Much it Hurt (Video)
Seliskar’s winning time of 1:47.01 was nearly 1.5 seconds faster than runner-up Blake Pieroni (1:48.68) after Pieroni took the victory in the 100 free
Ryan Murphy Says Coach Durden “Wanted me to feel like I was swimming a 150”
Winning the 200 back by over three full seconds was Ryan Murphy, touching in at 1:56.06. That now re-writes his top US time this season of 1:56.82
Melanie Margalis Explains How Anxiety Led to 400 IM Negative Split (Video)
Throughout the whole IM race, Margalis split 2:19 on the 200 fly/back and 2:18 on the 200 breast/free coming home, effectively negative splitting the race
Molly Hannis Describes Flatter, More-Forward Breaststroke Technique (Video)
As the rest of the field tired on the last 50, Molly Hannis continued to accelerate into the finish, touching in with the top time in the nation at 1:07.10
Simone Manuel is Now Kicking Out to Nearly 15m On her 100 Free (Video)
With a tight race in the women’s 100 free, six swimmers touched within two-tenths of a second, but it was Manuel who put her head down and got the win
Michael Andrew Gives In-Depth Analysis on “All over the place” 100 Breast Win
Andrew remains 3rd in the nation after his morning 1:00.23 swim. At the January PSS meet here in San Antonio, Fink’s acceleration earned him the win at 1:00.8
Katie Ledecky Comments on “Milestone” First Race Back in San Antonio (Video)
Ledecky hasn’t raced the event in almost exactly a year with her last long course 1500 occurring on March 3, 2020, when she hit a 15:29.51.
The Top Quotes From the 2021 PAC-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Here’s a look at some of the best interviews from the PAC-12 Women’s Championships, including quotes from Brooke Forde, Teri McKeever, and Isabel Ivey.
SSPC: The Black Swimmers Association talks “Blacks Can’t Swim The Sequel”
The new film, “Blacks Can’t Swim The Sequel,” will feature scripted scenes combined with real interview footage of 14-25 year olds from the Black community
Cal Training Helping Isabelle Stadden “Regain my touch with the water” (Video)
Stadden, currently in her freshman year at Cal, dipped under her swim from Knoxville last January by .01, a positive sign as we reset the Olympic year.
How Focusing on Fly/Breast Has Improved Kathleen Baker’s 200 IM (Video)
This was Baker’s third-fastest performance ever, having been 2:08.32 in the summer of 2018 and 2:08.75 in February of last year.
