The SwimSwam Podcast

Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the 2024 Short Course World Championships, where we saw a whopping 30 WORLD RECORDS get broken.

Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we preview the 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest December 10-15. 

Rex Maurer is coming off of the meet of is career, going 6-for-6 in lifetime bests across freestyle, backstroke, and IM events. This of course was highlighted by a 4:04.45 in the 500 free, which broke the hours-old American record set my his Texas training partner, Carson Foster. Maurer gives perspective on why he left Stanford to come to Texas, what training with Bob Bowman is like, and how the longhorns look to approach the rest of the NCAA season.

SwimOutet.com launched their Tech Suit Review November 19th.  Joining me on the SwimSwam Podcast to breakdown the behind the scenes process we have Olympian and 3x World Championships medalist Mary-Sophie Harvey, and we have the Director of Social Media & Influencer Marketing Reese Gonzales.  All of the major tech suit brands were tested.  How the elite swimmers, on behalf of SwimOutlet.com, maintained an unbiased opinion providing their essential feedback is interesting--adding clarity and insight to anyone making the decision to invest in their racing swim-tech. I hope you enjoy the pod!

Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we are talking Mid-Season weekend and Golden Goggles.

Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we have a mid-mid-season check-in, dissecting the swims we've seen so far from the Mid-Season meets across the country. 

Cumulatively, over the 3 stops of the 2024 World Cup circuit, Kate Douglass and Regan Smith broke 5 worlds records, 11 American records, and earned over $330,000. And they did it all for the plot. Even though the duo planned to attend the World Cup together months in advance, neither had many expectations going into the series after taking substantial time out of the pool following the Olympic Games in Paris. Both Smith and Douglass' number one priority was enjoying their time together and rolling with whatever was thrown their way, which ended up being quite a lot. However, the Olympic champions took what came to them in stride, improving at each of the three stops and ending the series as the top two performers and money earners.

Freshman Erika Pelaez showed out in her first official dual meet with NC State last week against Arizona State. Not only did she win every event she participated in, but in her first individual race, the 200 free, she broke an NC State school record, clocking a 1:43.14. Pelaez shares her perspective on what has gone so well for her at NC State so far as well as what her summer was like competing for Team USA at the Jr Pan Pacific Championships in Australia.

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we are discussing the World Cup, the Texas vs Indiana Dual Meet, and Michael Andrew training at Arizona State.

At the NC State-Arizona State dual meet last weekend, wolfpack freshman Leah Shackley won the 100 back in dominant fashion, touching in 50.40. This not only cleared the field by over .4 but it also earned her an Individual NCAA 'A' cut, making her one of four women to achieve that feat thus far this season. Shackley speaks on what has been going so well for her at NC State so far and how she has adjusted to the training in Raleigh.