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SwimSwam Podcast

SSPC: Katie Meili on Building an Identity Outside of Swimming

Olympic champion Katie Meili addresses something we in the swimming community don’t always consider: life after swimming.

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Shaine Casas on Having COVID, Rolling Ankle & Still Logging Historical Swims

Casas lends context to all of his sensational fall swims, describes what having COVID was like back in June, and much more.

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SSPC: How Can You Maximize Your Holiday Training Dryland?

Swimmers and Coaches can get FREE access to the newest Dryland 101 Course in the SURGE Strength Academy: Dryland At Home.

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SSPC: Camille Cheng on Reevaluating How You Approach Time Goals When Racing

Cheng explains that now, it’s about having fun in training and racing, enjoying the process instead of focusing on the times as the end-all, be-all goal.

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SSPC: Veronica Burchill Breaks Down Decision to Train with Tennessee Postgrads

Burchill tells us stories from her days at Carmel swim club & high school, the University of Georgia, and the ISL bubble with the Cali Condors.

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Penny Oleksiak Opens Up about Friendship with Michael Phelps, Olympic Pressure

Oleksiak was put in a unique position few find themselves in: being a full-on celebrity after becoming an Olympic champion at age 16.

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SSPC: Tom Dean Describes Surprisingly Fast VO2 Freestyle Set with James Guy

Tom Dean divulges what practice has been like lately with his training partner James Guy and gives us an example of the work they’ve been putting in the bank

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See 300 Episodes Of The SwimSwam Podcast

Dive deeper into the sport you love on the SwimSwam Podcast with insider conversations. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart.

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James Magnussen on 2011 Scuffle with Russians in 4×100 Free Ready Room

Magnussen not only had pneumonia 2 weeks prior to the meet, but in the ready room for the 4×100 free relay there was a bit of a scuffle with the Russian team

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SSPC: Mackenzie Padington Explains Her Pre-Olympic Retirement

Padington explains her reasons for leaving the sport she’s been in since age 4, including injury and being unhappy with her current training environment

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SSPC: Sydney Pickrem Gives Opinion on New Canadian Olympic Trials Format

She gave us her perspective on ISL Season 2, making the move to Toronto, and the new Canadian Olympic Trial format that was released last week.

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SSPC: Nic Fink on Double Wrist Injury to Double American Records During ISL

Fink takes us through the grueling “rehab” of having to swim while wearing soft casts on both hands as well as getting back into the swing of racing

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SSPC: How DII Drury University Produced the Current #2 Sprinter in the Country

We sit down with Drury sprint coach Zach Mertins, who led freshman Karol Ostrowski to break 2 DII National records in the 50 (19.09) and 100 free (41.50)

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SSPC: Penn State Coaches Explain Importance of Team Book Club on Culture

Penn State swim & dive has a book club and most recently the women read Untamed by Glennon Doyle, while the men “read” (watched) Netflix’s The Last Dance

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SSPC: Marco Koch on 60x50s LCM Breast Holding Under 30 on Fast/33 on “Easy”

Koch talks about his longevity in the sport (he’s 30, won his first Euro champ at 20), training by himself, and what a normal “hard” workout is for him

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