Florent Manaudou, Ice Watch – Feature Video
Florent Manaudou, 50 freestyle 2012 Olympic champion and brother of Olympic star Laure Manaudou, expands his endorsement portfolio with Ice Watch.
Shchukin And White Earn Atlantic 10 Weekly Awards For The Bonnies
Shchukin (featured image, left), a sophomore from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, recorded two top-three finishes for the Bonnies at the WNY Invite including a first-place finish in the 100-yd freestyle with a time of 44.34.
Missy Franklin Pranked Teri McKeever in Commitment Call
Verbal commitments are the rage this fall on SwimSwam, driving a large audience fueled by college swimming passion. Missy Franklin,…
Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones to Speak at 2013 Feast Conference
The Feast Conference gathers remarkable entrepreneurs, radicals, doers and thinkers who are revolutionizing the way things work for the betterment of humanity. The conference draws the best from across multiple disciplines to share perspectives, tools, challenges and models for changing the world in new ways.
Ryan Cochrane credits team effort for Swimming Canada Success
“We’ve built a really good team in and out of the pool to achieve those results,” said Cochrane, whose two medals in Barcelona (silver in the 1,500-m freestyle and bronze in the 800-m freestyle) made him Canada’s most decorated swimmer at the world championships.”
Connecting Swimming To The Hardly Strictly Bluegrasss Festival
Featured Image: Bruce Wigo (International Swimming Hall of Fame CEO) at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco with wife Janet and twin sons Janson (left) and Drac (right), who were both 4-time All American water polo players at Stanford.
Potomac Marlins to Host Breast Cancer Fundraiser Event at PVS October Open at Lee District Rec. Center
The Potomac Marlins, a member of Potomac Valley Swimming, will host a Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser this weekend as part of the October Open at Lee District Recreation Center (October 18-20).
Hawkeyes host dual against Michigan State and Northern Iowa
The University of Iowa women’s swimming and diving team opens its home dual slate Friday in Iowa City, Iowa, hosting Michigan State and Northern Iowa. The action will begin at 4 p.m. (CT) at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Pool.
SMU Classic Hosts Indiana, Louisville, Miami, UNC and USC Oct 18-19
SMU Women are back and ready to compete at the SMU Classic this weekend. Seniors Isabella Arcila and Nina Rangelova (featured image) and juniors Monika Babok and Nathalie Lindborg earned All-America honors for their performances in the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle events at the 2013 NCAA Championships.
Don Henshaw Distance Swimming Workout
Don Henshaw conducts a top-notch–encouraging yet humbling–distance program, helping his athletes gain awareness of semantic points, including consistent pace work, tempo, and stroke count.
3000 Meters of Butterfly – Video
Courtesy of Nicolas Vannier, a prolific producer of swimming videos.
New Paltz Swimming & Diving 50th Anniversary – Feature Video
Video was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of New Paltz Swimming and Diving.
How to Activate Nerves for Faster Morning Swims
Many coaches have problems getting their swimmers to perform well in the mornings. The truth is if a swimmer does not perform well in preliminaries, they may not have an opportunity to compete at night.
Le Claims First MAC Swimmer of the Week Honor
Paul Le helped the Bears to a second-place finish in the Show-Me Showdown at Missouri’s Mizzou Aquatics Center on Friday, Oct. 4 to open the season. He won the 100-yard backstroke in 48.50 and 200-yard individual medley in 1:49.26. His backstroke time was fourth in the country behind swimmers from Florida, Michigan and Florida State at the time of the meet.
Chad le Clos wins 100m Butterfly at Moscow FINA World Cup – Race Video
Courtesy of Universal Sports Network. Moscow, Russia, FINA Swimming World Cup, men’s 100 butterfly. Chad le Clos tops Tom Shields by .40 seconds.