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 Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Arkansas razorback Anna Hopkin, like many other NCAA athletes, had her collegiate season cut short before she had a full chance to see what she was capable of. After NCAA's were cancelled, Hopkin quickly returned to her home in the United Kingdom where she was able to get in a long course time trial before all pools were shut down, posting a 53.3 100 free, just shy of her best. Since her return to Europe, she's been doing what she can with her new training group under the tutelage of Mel Mashall (known for coaching Adam Peaty).
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Originally published April 17, 2020.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
We sat down with Brooks Curry, the unofficial breakout swimmer of the year in the NCAA. Brooks took us through his first season at LSU and his first SEC Championships, where he registered a 1:32.4 200 free for 2nd place and a 41.8 to take the SEC title in the 100 free as a freshman.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Zane Grothe is much more of a handyman than I am. As the quarantine was happening around the country for COVID-19, Grothe went to Lowe's and bought things to make his own at-home dryland set up.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Originally published April 15, 2020.
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
We sat down with Lillie Nordmann, the national teamer who was 1 of 5 captains on Team USA at last year's World Jr Championships in Budapest. Nordmann spoke about her ascension onto the Jr national team, and how seeing her older sister, Lucie Nordmann, have success on that stage lit a fire under her to do the same.
Nordmann also explained her decision to defer from Stanford for a year with the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Olympic gold medalist Kathleen Baker, like many of us, has had her world turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. Now stuck at home, she has been leaning heavily on her national teammates and checking in with them. Baker speaks about being able to process all of this, and how it has been important for her to learn not to bottle her emotions so that she can recognize and work through them.
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Originally published April 10, 2020.
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
We sat down with Tate Jackson, former longhorn sprinting ace and member of the Cali Condors during the inaugural ISL season. Tate is one of my favorite people to see on a pool deck. He will always talk to you and he seems to always be in a good mood (at least when he's talking to you). Tate explains why he loves doing clinics, how excited he was for ISL, some of his favorite memories from his NCAA career with Texas, and what the key to being a sprinter is during quarantine.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Stanford senior Katie Drabot was one of many affected NCAA athletes who missed out on her final NCAA Championships. Drabot walks us through the last few weeks, and how processing that kind of loss has been for her. She has been able to gain perspective and has found solace in spending time with family and teammates and trying to stay active and fit in different ways besides swimming.
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Originally published April 12, 2020.
Music: Otis McDonald
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Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
We talked through Helen's swimming years, and how she eventually transitioned to sports reporting, specifically the UFC. Yee's most recent reporting stint was spent on Fight Island, UFC's response to COVID-19 where they had a remote location to host competition on an Island in Abu Dhabi. It sounds very similar to what the ISL has proposed for their shortened 2020-21 season, and the takeaways from UFC's version could be valuable, as they had a lot of success with few to no COVID infections while on the island.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Although Jason Calanog was expecting big things from his Texas A&M men's team come NCAA's, he has seen this time at home as a blessing in disguise. Calanog explains that he has spent a lot more time with his family, including his wife and 2 sons, that he normally wouldn't get.
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Originally published April 9, 2020.
Music: Otis McDonald
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Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
We sat down with Ross Dant, the distance swimmer who turned heads after swimming a full 1,650 backstroke at a meet. Dant admits that was actually his current coach, Mark Bernadino, who suggested swimming it backstroke, as this was when Ross was still in high school. Now that Dant has made his way to NC State, he's experienced some killer distance workouts that he was kind enough to share with us today.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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