This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the ISL Final and the controversy that surrounded it, Thomas Heilman‘s NAG record siege in Greensboro, and Daiya Seto training in Flagstaff. For full list of topics, see below:
- Energy Standard took the W in the ISL Season 3 final after a controversial DQ call against the Cali Condors women’s 400 medley relay swung the meet in Energy’s favor.
- We saw a lot of exciting races from the Minnesota Invite, including a breaststroke showdown of what could be a preview of the 2022 NCAA Championships.
- The US Open in Greensboro saw some fast LCM swims, including 14-year-old Thomas Heilman breaking 6 NAGs across the span on the weekend.
- The Daiya Seto Roadshow has stopped in Flagstaff, Arizona, to get in some altitude training with Tokyo Frog Kings head coach, Coley Stickels.
- The US announced that it will most likely announce a diplomatic boycott on the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
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- The NCAA announced that it will move the 200 medley relay to night 1 of the meet. Is this a good decision?
- Bobby Finke admitted that Katie Ledecky does, at times, beat him in practice. Is this a knock on Finke, or a credit to Ledecky?
- Simone Cerasuolo broke 2 SCM world jr records in Italy this week. Will this translate to LCM medals this summer?
- Simone Manuel was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Sports. Will she make a significant impact on the international stage this summer?
- Thomas Heilman is entered in 6 events at Winter Jrs East. Will he break 6 NAGs this weekend?
Coleman trying to make sense of the commenters yelling about Finke’s lack of honor in losing to Ledecky is excellent content, to me.
The next segment y’all should introduce could be “Explain That Take” – invite the commenter with the most unhinged take of the week to give their rationale.
Couldn’t see how it could go poorly at all!
What the heck is happening in the week/end ahead. It seems the majority of the pros are in Miami?????
Golden Goggles.
South Beach, here they go!
Another perspective:
ISL-no mention of Kelsi’s WR when you talked about ISL. Coleman Stewart was talked about for weeks when he set WR.
Minnesota Invite-Texas also got big points from Hobson and not just the Denver grad transfer and Caspar. Why no love for him?
US Open had some great swims but the depth quality was not there.
Daiya-Has anyone asked him if his wife and kid are traveling with him? He leaves a shaky marriage for months seems weird to me. Also not sure why you think needs to have their calendar full of meets with very little training. That will catch up IMO!
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On Daddy Daiya – He has 2 daughters and, no, neither them nor his wife are traveling in the U.S. They are in Japan.
Thanks! Is that part of culture or just my thinking with their history?
Yes, he loves altitude and went there for a long time before Olympics, but his performance was disappointing!
Everybody apart from yui chan was disappointing at the games and not all of them did altitude training like daiya. Not sure why you thought his family would travel with him even after the scandal they had to go through