SwimSwam caught up with 2016 Olympic champion Olivia Smoliga at the 2017 ASCA World Clinic where she was headlining the FINIS booth, signing autographs, talking to coaches. She even worked in a full FINIS photo shoot at the hotel.
Smoliga will remain in Athens, Georgia training under Coach Jack Bauerle for her professional career. She feels a strong sense of loyalty to Bauerle and the Georgia Bulldogs family for getting her to the world-class stage, and she loves the Athen’s pro culture. According to Smoliga, their pro crew will big and impressive: Melanie Margalis, Hali Flickinger, Chase Kalisz, Nick Fink, Matias Koski, Pace Clark and Taylor Dale.
QUESTION: Is the Georgia Pro Crew the best in the country? Bauerle put six pros on 2017 U.S. World Championship Team, and most of them are relatively new talent, rising talent. What do you think?
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I’m surprised Kalisz is staying there.i think it’s a good move,and with him there I think it makes this pro group probably the second best in the nation. Cal probably is a little better
She’s just great! What a personality. Best of luck to her.
If she’d forgotten to mention Dale, do you think he’d have had a….
Meltdown?
Awesome! In other news, Schmitt is coming back for 2020! Check out Phelps ig.
We asked Bowman, he said that it’s “hard to say” one way or the other, and that she’s not in the testing pool nor training seriously.
Why would he post it then… annoying :/
i think people misread it. he phrased it like ”is it true??” therefore, he wasn’t confirming it
The way he’s said it in the two posts makes it feel like there’s going to be a twist of some kind. A marketing plan, a reference to her Masters Degree…who knows. Weird that he’s posted twice and she hasn’t at all.
But, as pointed out in the article I just posted…Allison never actually left the testing pool.
The women will not be close to where they were the past few years at the college level.
These are great. Just a quick bit of news for Swimswam, New England Swimming just passed a ban on tech-suits for 10& unders