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Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
He’s the Olympic Champion, World Record Holder, World Champion and now Commonwealth Champion.
Seems like the perfect mic drop moment for a 23 year old to swim like a frog off into the sunset.
But while we’ll never understand the stroke, this guy loves swimming fast breaststroke, and he’s keen to take the WR even lower. Somewhat surprisingly, it may be his freestyle training that gives him the fitness to close faster than anyone in the field. Also, why is freestyle the only stroke that has events longer than 200m?
Zac thinks he could be world champ at the 300m or even 400m BR. Sounds like a promoter needs to make this happen.
There’s the challenge. Any takers?
Enjoy our chat with Zac!
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Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
“Hey Matthew, where’s the fire?” Olympics. Check. World Cup wins. Check. NCAA champ. Check. Goes pro. Check.
Sure feels like Matthew Sates’ is on a mission to do it all quickly, and he pretty much has.
The past year has been a whirlwind. He’s had 5 different training squads, and now he’s touring more as he learns from the best and makes a plan for his build toward Paris 2024.
Why the moves? How fast does he think he could go in a 500yd free if he took it out? What’s his 400 free race plan for Commonwealth Games?
Listen and find out!
Enjoy!
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
If we could go back and buy stock in Brooks Curry, we’d be rich.
Fewer swimmers have a hotter hand right now. Makes Olympic team (wins gold on relay). SEC champ (beats a Dressel meet record). Pulls the double at NCAAs 50/100 free. Earns individual swim at Worlds (makes final, 5th, goes 47).
He just keeps getting faster, and is proving time after time to have great swims when it matters most.
So, what’s the secret to Brooks’ success? Will LSU become a powerhouse? What inspired his infamous mullet?
Listen as we go into the mind of Brooks Curry.
Enjoy
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
The 50 free is the hardest race in swimming. Why? Details. No room for error.
To be the best in the world, training for the 50 means knowing how to truly go ALL OUT. Over and over. Sure, we are biased sprinters.
That’s why we asked Kasia Wasick what it takes to win a silver medal at Worlds at age 31 (after 4 Olympics and 1 retirement!).
Let’s also give some love to masters swimming for helping Kasia find the sport again after retirement, and the ISL for extending so many careers like Kasia’s.
Enjoy!
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Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
So many young phenoms burn out, but every so often, one of them becomes a star.
After years of breaking national age group records, Carson Foster has arrived at the very top level of elite swimming. Safe to say he has more blue ribbons than anyone in history, but now has his sights set on medals.
The World Championships were a breakout meet for Carson, winning silver in both IMs and gold on team USA’s 4x200 free relay.
He’s arrived, but seems to be just getting started.
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
For the past two summers, Annie Lazor has delivered dramatic finishes during qualifying at US trials, first by coming 3rd in the 100 breast at Olympic trials, only to turn around and win the 200 breast and go on to earn bronze in Tokyo, then in 2022, finishing 3rd in her signature 200 at World Champs trials and coming back days later to finish 2nd and earn an individual swim in the 100. Talk about resilience. Annie’s story is one progress, but with many stops along the way (Ohio State, Auburn, retirement / Cal, then Indiana).
That’s right! She once retired, and after some time off and inspiration from a friend, decided to jump back in the pool. Now she’s an Olympic medalist, and one of the best breaststrokers in the world.
Annie is a great time, and is full of energy.
We had so much fun with this one.
Enjoy!
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Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
All athletic careers must come to an end, and frankly, it’s quite an achievement to become so good at swimming that your accomplishments can be summed up as a “career” from which you “retire.”
A high school phenom turned Stanford standout and USA National Team member, Grant Shoults’ career had many highlights along with obstacles to overcome.
A PAC-12 champion, Stanford record holder, and extra super senior (thanks to a medical redshirt + COVID year, he swam 6 years on The Farm), Grant recently made the difficult decision to walk away from competitive swimming as he enters medical school, but he walks away with his head held high, proud (as he should be), and he still makes time to get in and social kick.
Although shoulder problems that often plague distance swimmers derailed his career at times, his retirement plan includes 3x chest days a week in the gym, so we may just see Grant back as a sprinter soon enough.
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Saturday May 28, 2022
Saturday May 28, 2022
“You just gotta learn how to relax, dude.”
Nic Fink may be the coolest cucumber on Team USA, but it wasn’t always that way. Success early in his career set a high bar, leading Nic to put expectations and pressure on himself to perform.
After living through the 2016 Trials where he was a favorite to make the Olympic team only to finish 7th, Nic has had a career resurgence of late. He punched his ticket to the Tokyo Olympics where he made the final, then went to Short Course Worlds and won the 50 and the 200 (he now has the American record in all 3 short course meter breaststroke events), and recently earned a slot on the Worlds team in all 3 breaststroke distances with personal best times in the 50 and 100.
Life outside the pool is clicking too. Nic relocated from his UGA base to Atlanta to attend grad school at Georgia Tech (he stills wears his red underwear though) and he’s navigating the life of a professional swimmer, juggling commitments, adapting training to his needs, and trying to fit it all in while performing at a high level.
Seems to be working.
Enjoy!
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
In this episode, we talk to Ilya Shymanovich, the breaststroke superstar who’s dominated in the short course pool, breaking the World Record multiple times, has close to 40 wins in his ISL career, is the 2021 Short Course World Champion, while also making the Olympic final. Ilya is from Belarus and athletes from Belarus and Russia have been banned from competing at this year’s World Championships and the European Championships, which would have been the “A” meets for Ilya, so his season plans are now in flux.
We talked with Ilya about his stroke technique, which is somewhat controversial in that he’s among a group of breaststrokers who use an undulating hip motion paired with a very narrow and quick kick, which can look like a dolphin kick.
We asked Ilya about the origins of this technique, the controversy around it, and also how he practices it to keep it within the rules.
Enjoy!
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Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
She’s only 20, and Regan Smith is a Team USA veteran. A 3x Olympic medalist, 2019 World Champion (200 backstroke), and still holds the World Record in that event.
Our chat with Regan comes on the heels of her great meet at the US World Championship Trials, where for the 2nd summer in a row she qualified for the US team in the 200 butterfly and 100 backstroke (also the 50 back) and, perhaps surprisingly, did not earn an individual swim in what many considered her signature event, the 200 backstroke. So which event was Regan most satisfied with at Trials? Her 200 back! Duh.
Regan’s story is one of maturity and growth, as she had the brightest of spotlights shone on her in the lead up to the Tokyo Games, and has navigated the difficult transition from high school phenom to college swimmer (quite well given she won an NCAA title as a freshman!)
Regan is such a delight. We hope you enjoy this chat as much as we did.
Enjoy!
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