The SwimSwam Podcast

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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

Tuesday Apr 05, 2022

SwimSwam Breakdown: International Trials, San Antonio, and Retirements

Tuesday Apr 05, 2022

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the upcoming international world champ trials (multiple), the Pro Swim in San Antonio, and a slew of athletes retiring.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Sunday Apr 03, 2022

How Did Freshman Jordan Crooks Sprint to Historic Times Twice in 2 Months?

Sunday Apr 03, 2022

We sat down with Tennessee freshman Jordan Crooks, who not only dropped an 18.5 50 free to win the SEC championships, but backed it up at his first NCAA Championships by placing 3rd in the 50 and 5th in the 100 free.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Thursday Mar 31, 2022

Holly Barratt on 6-Month Swim Trip, PBs at Age 34, and Quitting for 5 Years in her Teens

Thursday Mar 31, 2022

We sat down with Holly Barratt (recorded January 27), the Aussie worlds medalist who (at the time) hadn't been home to Perth in 6 months. When she left Australia in September for ISL season 3, she stayed abroad for the world cup circuit, ISL play-offs, SC world champs, and even Christmas in Sweden. She then returned to Australia, but with strict lockdown codes in Perth, stayed in Melbourne where she trained with Craig Jackson and his squad at Melbourne Vicentre Club.

However, Holly's backstory is perhaps more interesting then her present 6+ month time on the road. She swam competitively as an age-grouper, but not knowing how she could make the leap to international competition, quit from age 18-23. Once she started coaching swimming at age 23 (2014), she got the itch to compete again and had a full revival of her career. She went on to win 3 medals at the 2015 World University Games and medal at the successive LCM world championships, SCM world championships, and Commonwealth Games. She's still going PBs now at age 34 and plans to retire at the end of 2022.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Tuesday Mar 29, 2022

SwimSwam Breakdown: Men’s NCAA Review, 2024 Olympic Trials in Indy, & ISL Cancelled

Tuesday Mar 29, 2022

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the men’s NCAA Championships, the 2024 Olympic swimming Trials heading *allegedly* heading back to Indianapolis, and ISL Season 4 getting canceled.

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Wednesday Mar 23, 2022

More Dryland Confidence with Chris Ritter of SURGE Strength

Wednesday Mar 23, 2022

SURGE Strength, a strength training brand created by Chris Ritter, CEO of RITTER Sports Performance, aims to build better athletes and faster swimmers through dryland programs and educational courses.

Get started with a SURGE Strength Dryland Program or enroll in a dryland course in the SURGE Strength Academy today!

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Tuesday Mar 22, 2022

SwimSwam Breakdown: Complete Men’s DI NCAA Championship Preview

Tuesday Mar 22, 2022

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we go through the 2022 Men’s DI NCAA Championships event-by-event (we missed the 200 free and 400 medley relays... my bad) and give you our picks for every NCAA title on the line.

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Wednesday Mar 16, 2022

Noe Ponti Shares Hardest Sets From 3-Week Training Camp

Wednesday Mar 16, 2022

We sat down with Olympic medalist Noe Ponti, who was in Marseille, France shooting with arena. Noe gives us an update about where he's at in his competition schedule, what it was like to do an aerobic workout with Sarah Sjostrom and Florent Manaudou, and what his hardest pool sessions were during a recent 3-week training camp.

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Tuesday Mar 15, 2022

SwimSwam Breakdown: Complete Women’s DI NCAA Championship Preview

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we go through the 2022 Women's DI NCAA Championships event-by-event and give you our picks for every NCAA title on the line.

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Monday Mar 14, 2022

Associate Head Coach Tyler Fenwick Shares UVA Sets Leading into NCAAs

Monday Mar 14, 2022

SwimSwam caught up with Tyler Fenwick, Associate Head Coach at University of Virginia, the week before the UVA Women defend their NCAA title in Atlanta, GA. In this discussion, Fenwick touches on some recent sets and gives us an open look at the training set up at UVA but this is a big picture conversation on coaching.

Tyler's been coaching for almost 20 years all across the country. At one point I joke with him that he made distance coaching cool but these days he's hesitant to call himself a distance coach. He has learned so much over nearly 2 decades on deck with some of the best minds in the sport but he is still expanding his coaching game. We cover all that and more!!

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Sunday Mar 13, 2022

Sarah Sjostrom Will Not Swim the 100 Fly at World Champs This Year

Sunday Mar 13, 2022

We sat down with world record holder Sarah Sjostrom while she was at the arena photoshoot in Marseille, France. The 14x World champion spoke about a recent 2-week training camp, being with arena for over a decade, and choosing to skip the 100 fly individually at this year's world championships.

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