Virginia Tech’s Sergio Lopez Explains Uses of Meditation for Swimmers (Video)

  7 Reid Carlson | February 23rd, 2020

2020 ACC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships

19 Feb 2020 – 22 Feb 2020

2020 WOMEN’S ACC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • When: Wednesday, February 19th to Saturday, February 22nd | Prelims 10:00 am | Finals 6:00 pm (1650 prelims Saturday at 4:00 pm)
  • Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
  • Defending Champion: North Carolina State University (NC State) (1x) (results)
  • Streaming: ACC Network
  • Championship Central: Here
  • Detailed Timeline: Here
  • Psych Sheets: Here
  • Live Results

Earlier this week at the 2020 Women’s ACC Swimming & Diving Championships we spoke with Virginia Tech’s Joelle Vereb and learned that the team at VT, under the instruction of Head Coach Sergio Lopez, practices meditation and breathing exercises in order to prepare for major competitions.

Saturday evening, we caught up with Coach Lopez to gain further insight into the use of meditation on the Virginia Tech swim team. Of course, we also had to ask about his new haircut, which it turns out also plays a role in how Lopez teaches his athletes to approach high-pressure meets.

FINAL SCORES

  1. Virginia – 1492.5
  2. NC State – 1333
  3. Louisville – 1105.5
  4. North Carolina – 839
  5. Notre Dame – 784
  6. Duke – 675.5
  7. Florida State – 555
  8. Virginia Tech – 469
  9. Georgia Tech – 407.5
  10. Pitt – 359
  11. Miami – 298
  12. Boston College – 164

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ACC fan
5 years ago

I can’t help but love this guy!

PVSFree
5 years ago

Sergio Lopez is a National treasure

From The Past
5 years ago

Is this an explanation of what not to be doing based off of results?

Eric McGinnis
Reply to  From The Past
5 years ago

How many NCAA champions, Olympians, and world champions has Sergio produced? You must be incredibly good at your job. I’m sure you don’t talk trash anonymously on the internet to make yourself feel better about your own shortcomings.

Koolaide
Reply to  Eric McGinnis
5 years ago

Produced? 0. Managed or coached after the fact? A handful.
He was an age group coach at a high level once.

DravenOP
Reply to  Eric McGinnis
5 years ago

0?

Yup
5 years ago

Two videos about this? Why?