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
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Ryan Held takes us through his whirlwind few weeks when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, including his brief stint at training at the Alabama Yacht Club. After the Olympic Games were postponed, however, Held stopped swimming there and eventually returned to his home town of Springfield, Illinois. He's trying to maintain cardio and strength at his parents' house now, and other than that he's been watching 30-for-30's on ESPN and biking more.
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Originally published April 7, 2020.
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
We sat down with Wisconsin assistant coach, Erik Posegay. Before breaking into the college coaching ranks, Posegay was Bob Bowman's assistant coach at North Baltimore, which included working with the likes of Michael Phelps, Yannick Agnel, Conor Dwyer, and more. Posegay got real with some of the sets they threw down and how he may have ended up learning more from them than vice versa.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Ella Eastin has been at home in Southern California and out of the water for over a month now. At first, like any other swimmer, this was very unsettling, especially given that in January-February she had already taken an extended period out of the water due to health reasons. However, she has established more of a daily routine now and learned to slow things down.
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Originally published on April 23, 2020.
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
When I joined Ryan Murphy this morning, we were both having our morning coffee. He was on cup #2, which I have to say made me a little jealous. Murphy had just arrived home a few days prior to Jacksonville, Florida, where his parents live, and I imagine it’s something like when I’m home for the holidays: mom is making coffee and over-caffeinating everyone in the house. But with all this time at home… why not?
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Originally published April 8, 2020.
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
We sat down with Jay Friend, the head coach of the Missoula Aquatic Club in Missoula, Montana. Friend walked us through his swimming background, from swimming at an NAIA school and having a great experience to falling into coaching. In Missoula, Jay was the head coach to, among others, Katharine Berkoff, the standout who is now a sophomore at NC State.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Ohio State head coach Bill Dornekott has a passion for Strength & Conditioning and shared some of his insight and interesting experiences related to it. This includes taking some of his time at home to work through a stack of magazines and books he's amassed on the subject and going down to world-renowned gym Westside Barbell and seeing how they do things there.
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Originally published April 16, 2020.
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
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. Freeland spoke candidly on his time at PDR and the adversity he faced being on the first-ever all-black swim team. However, Freeland emphasized that he focused on the positive interactions he had with people, and learned from a young age to brush off micro-aggressions from outsiders.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Kelsi Dahlia broke down the weeks following the Des Moines Pro Swim, including a period where she self-quarantined for a week with the thought that she could have COVID-19 herself. Luckily, that was just a scare, and her test came back negative. Currently, she's with her family in New Jersey, where she's taking advantage of being around her siblings and getting in workouts with them.
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Originally published on April 7, 2020.
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
We sat down with Ali Galyer, the Kentucky All-American who recently made the transition to training in New Zealand. Galyer actually has citizenship in 4 different countries, but since her dad is originally from New Zealand, Galyer has always thought of the country as home. Galyer has already qualified to represent them in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
University of North Carolina Associate Head Coach Jack Brown sat down and discussed his take on the steps to moving forward during the Coronavirus pandemic. Brown got his Doctorate in sports psychology, so I think his perspective might be a little different than most. He says the first thing the UNC coaching staff was take swimming out of the equation for the athletes.
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Originally published April 18, 2020.