Two-time World Championship medalist and multi-time National Champion Laura Sogar is currently dating comedian Matthew Broussard, and Broussard appeared on the Jimmy Fallon Show recently to describe what it’s like dating a swimmer.
Among the topics discussed by Broussard are dealing with dating a woman more muscular than him, being intimidated by her six foot seven ex-boyfriend, and the struggle female athletes face finding clothes that fit.
Watch the clip, via The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Youtube, below:
Broussard was a swimmer himself, competing with the Rice University Masters from 2009 until 2011.
Sogar, who is now retired according to Broussard, won a silver medal in the women’s 200 breaststroke at the 2012 Short Course World Championships in Istanbul, and added a bronze in the women’s 400 medley relay. She won the same two medals in the same events at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan.
Collegiately, the 27-year-old competed for Texas and was the 2013 NCAA champion in the 200 breast, and her personal best time of 2:05.04 ranks her 9th all-time in the event. She also won the 2015 National title at the Long Course Nationals in San Antonio in the 200 in a best time of 2:23.54.
Her last major competition came at the 2016 Olympic Trials, where she placed 15th in the 200 breast and 22nd in the 100 breast.
Oh man, ain’t that a perfect world when Swimming is treated as a “professional sport”?? This stand up is just golden!
This is great stuff! He should book some dates in between the back to back Austin NCAA’s in March. I bet every show would be sold out for sure!
He does a lot of jokes on his gf being a swimmer at his shows
If you follow a comedian on a circuit they will repeat and revise a lot of the same material for about 6 months normally changing locales…and of course he paired down to his best for Fallon. They all do it. I think he was really funny and en pointe with swimmers. IMO it takes a very confident guy to date a serious swimmer.
Matt was always a swimming fan. He was the manager of the Rice University Women’s Swim Team, Avid masters swimmer with Rice Masters and in LA, even coached a little. He did better than we ever expected in dating National Teamer Laura Sogar. Go Laura and Matt! Hilarious Stand Up!
Hilarious!
This is great haha
Her ex is definitely 6’8″ at least. 6’7″ is just insulting.
Matt was a swimmer. Swam with the masters team at Rice. He was a math major or something, then started doing standup at open mics in Houston. Next, wins funniest comic in some competition, and kiss that Rice math degree goodbye — off to LA to try to make it in standup. He’s done really well.