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SwimSwam Podcast: Dartmouth Swim on ‘The Zoom Call That Said it All’

when Dartmouth swimmers did get an audience with the school president via Zoom, the results were not what they were hoping for, to say the least.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Why Matt Biondi Almost Didn’t Go to the 1984 Olympic Trials

we didn’t realize that leading up to the 1984 Olympic Trials, Biondi didn’t see himself making the team and wanted to go camping with a friend instead

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SwimSwam Podcast: Dave Salo on How to Turn Science into Speed, and Make it Fun

We sat down with Dave Salo the guy who everyone wants to swim with because, let’s face it, he makes a boring sport fun. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Michael Andrew on Paths of Growth During Quarantine

Andrew has been doing the majority of his training outside of the pool, including weight training, paddling in the ocean, and cycling

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SwimSwam Podcast: Missy Franklin, Hayes Johnson Talk Swim Joy in Summer League

We sat down with swimming power couple Olympic Legend Missy Franklin and Hayes Johnson to talk about one simple thing. Swimming joy. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Mitch Dalton Plays ‘Spill Your Guts or Tweet Your Guts’

We ended with a game based off ‘Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts’. We each ended up tweeting once, and I have to say, Mitch’s tweet was pretty golden:

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SwimSwam Podcast: Trevor Freeland on Pride Movie, Swimming as a Black Man

Freeland was a member of the famed PDR Swim Team of Philadelphia coached by Jim Ellis in the 1980s that was immortalized in the Lionsgate film Pride.

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SwimSwam Podcast: How Much is There to Learn About Perfect Technique?

We sat down with Russell Mark, the USA High-Performance Manager AKA Technique Guru, who was literally a rocket scientist before he was working in swimming

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SwimSwam Podcast: Meehan, Schemmel on Stanford Endowment, Training

Meehan and Schemmel explained what an endowment was, where theirs came from, and the impact it has on an athletics program. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Tyler Fenwick on How UVA is Recruiting During Quarantine

Fenwick dives into the emphasis UVA has put on recruiting and how that’s changed since COVID. There has been more zoom calls and face-to-face interactions

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SwimSwam Podcast: How Easy is Going a 48 100m Free for Nathan Adrian?

We sat down with the 100 freestyle savant himself, Nathan Adrian, to talk about his perfect race and favorite 100 freestyles through the years

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SwimSwam Podcast: How did Jenny Thompson win 12 Olympic Medals?

Jenny was kind enough to sit down with us and talk through her career, the high and low points, and give us some insight on how her 12 medals were earned

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SwimSwam Podcast: Olympic Champion Tom Dolan Gives 400 IM Master Class

Dolan discusses the mechanics of IM, which his strategy was for beating his opponents, and what his surprisingly best stroke was. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Reece Whitley explains The Only Real Way Change Will Come

This is one of many instances in which Reece has started sharing his experiences in an effort to educate the community as to what black athletes go through

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SwimSwam Podcast: Erica Sullivan on USC Decommittment, Writing a Film

Erica explained her decision to recommit, and isn’t ruling USC out, but rather is restarting her recruiting process with a clean slate

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