In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
We sat down with Aiden Hayes, SwimSwam's #1 recruit in the class of 2021. We went through his whole swimming career, from the time he met Cody Miller, Josh Davis and more at a pro meet on Omaha to his infamous 1:41 200 fly at the 2018 Winter Junior meet. What many may not know is that at the national select camp in the fall of 2018 Aiden had a turning point. And by that, I mean Aiden had to be moved to another lane because he was struggling so much for 3 days of intense training. Listen to what this rising star has to say about how that camp changed his trajectory.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
We sat down with Olympic icon and first man under 15:00 in the 1,500, Vladimir Salnikov. Salnikov's career certainly hit some Olympic bumps in the road, with the US not competing in the 1980 Olympics, and then in his prime, Russia did not compete at the 1984 Games. However, in 1988 at the Seoul Games, after being leaving his longtime coach and being coached by his wife in the twilight of his career, Salnikov pulled off a big upset and captured gold in the 1500, 8 years after his 3-gold performance in 1980. Salnikov now reigns as the president of the Russian swimming federation.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
We sat down with Olympic champion Anthony Ervin to talk about the lessons of sprinting. Ervin discusses how his training is not all 25's and 15's at max speed - he's actually quite accustomed to training pace 50's at 200 speed and going longer yards than 3,000 for a practice. Ervin gets into the lessons he's learned as a sprinter and what it takes to become a successful one on the world's biggest stage.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
We sat down with John Mix, the Co-founder and CEO of FINIS. He tells us of FINIS's humble beginnings and how the monofin influenced his Co-founder, Pablo Morales, to buy into the idea of starting a swimwear company. FINIS has since blossomed into one of the premiere suit companies on the market, signing Olympians such as Olivia Smoliga, Anthony Ervin, James Guy, and Lia Neal.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
We sat down with Brett Pinfold, the Houston native who swam for the Wisconsin Badgers and is now training at Texas A&M. Brett decided to come back to swimming after calling it quits and getting a fulltime job, and his club coach Allison Beebe had advised Jason Calanog as a good option to train under. Pinfold takes us through what getting back into racing shape was like with the A&M men. He also delves into what growing up in Houston Swimming, particularly on the same club team as Simone Manuel, was like.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
We sat down with Tyler Clary, the man who took down all competition in the 200 backstroke at the 2012 Olympic Games in dramatic fashion. Clary surged in the last 50 of this race, passing both Ryosuke Irie and heavy favorite Ryan Lochte. Clary takes us behind the blocks of this race and shares that he visualized heavily before this race, showing himself every possible outcome before it happened.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
We sat down with Kira Toussaint, the backstroking ace who has been breaking Dutch records left and right for the last 2 years. Kira explains her record siege last fall and how her plan was set up to have racing be a part of her training. This primed her to race at her top form every time she hit the water and allow room for correction of mistakes from week to week.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
We sat down with breaststroking legend Mike Alexandrov. Alexandrov was once the fastest man in history in the 100yd breaststroke and represented Bulgaria at 2 Olympic Games before switching citizenship to the USA and spending many years on the American national team. After a long and successful career, Alexandrov shares how he moved into his life after swimming in the film titled "Afterlife".
A short documentary, “Afterlife”, following Alexandrov's end of his competitive swimming career, is currently screening online as part of The Newport Beach Film Festival and Academy Award qualifying Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Oct. 9 - 17.
See the Afterlife preview here.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Swim Leadership Series: USA Swimming CCO, Shana Ferguson, shares the efforts of our governing body to get swimmers, teams, lessons programs and aquatic therapy programs back in the water safely through the Aquatics Coalition (aquatics-coalition.org). Shana’s the Chief Commercial Officer at USAs, a swimmer with deep roots in our sport and a passion for this mission. The Aquatics Coalition is more than 20 members strong working daily to get pools open safely.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
We sat down with American mid-distance legend Peter Vanderkaay to talk about commercial real-estate... but mostly swimming. Vanderkaay talked about his time at Michigan and revealed a swim that stood out the most to him in his career, which ended up being a 200 free at the 2007 nationals, where he swam a textbook race and broke 1:46 for the first time.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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