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 Mar 02, 2021

Head Coach Bill Dorenkott Talks Through Ohio State Women's Dominant B1G Title

Tuesday Mar 02, 2021

We sat down with now 2x Big Ten team champion Ohio State's head coach, Bill Dorenkott. Dornekott gave some really interesting insight as to how his team prepped for the Big Ten champs, saying they weren't focused on repeating as champions in this pandemic year but rather performing to the best of their ability. One thing Dorenkott talks about them doing in their prep work is splitting into event groups on a regular basis. Knowing there wouldn't be fans in the stands, Dorenkott emphasized that the team would have to create their own energy in each individual event.

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Music: Otis McDonald
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Monday Mar 01, 2021

UF Freshman Adam Chaney Details Team Meetings That Prepped Him for SEC Breakout

Monday Mar 01, 2021

At the 2021 SEC Men’s Championships, Florida freshman Adam Chaney put up two of the fastest 100-yard backstrokes in 17-18 age group history. Chaney also became the 4th 18&U swimmer to break 19 seconds in the 50-yard free.

During prelims on Day 3, Chaney put up a 45.44, smashing his previous lifetime best of 47.10 from 2019. Then in finals, Chaney nabbed SEC runner-up with another lifetime best at 45.29. At the time, that ranked Chaney as the 3rd-fastest 17-18 swimmer in 100-yard back history. That is until Chaney turned around and led off Florida’s winning 400 medley relay.

Chaney led off the relay in a blistering 44.99, splitting 21.38/23.61. That now makes Chaney the second 18&U swimmer to break 45 seconds in the 100 back. He is now No. 2 all-time in age group history only behind Olympic champion Ryan Murphy (44.63).

All-Time 17-18 Boys Rankings – 100 BK SCY

44.63, Ryan Murphy, 2014
44.99, Adam Chaney, 2021
45.05, Nic Albiero, 2018
45.32, Jack Conger, 2012
45.34, Austin Katz, 2017

In the 200 medley relay, Chaney led Florida’s winning relay off in a 20.72 backstroke leg, which is the 15th-fastest 50 back relay split in history.

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Monday Mar 01, 2021

Max McHugh Gives Race Analysis & Strategy Breakdown Heading into Big Ten Champs

Monday Mar 01, 2021

We sat down with Minnesota junior and NCAA All-American Max McHugh, who has looked stellar in what little racing we've seen from him this winter. In the 2 dual meets he swam this semester, McHugh put up 22.6/22.7 on the medley relay (breast), 50.6/50.5 in the 100 breast, and 1:53.7/1:53.1 in the 200 breast. Max says he was suited for these races, but these are still monster times for untapered swims. McHugh goes into what he's been working on in and out of the pool this season and how he's approaching his races headed into this week's Big Ten Championships.

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Music: Otis McDonald
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Sunday Feb 28, 2021

Freshman Jake Magahey Breaks Down Historic 4:06.7 500 Dual & 200 Free SEC Title

Sunday Feb 28, 2021

Florida junior Kieran Smith was already the American and NCAA record-holder with his 4:06.32 from last year’s SEC meet. The fastest swimmer in history in the event, Smith hit the gas early, going out 1.3 seconds faster to the 200-mark than he was in his American record swim a year ago. Meanwhile, Georgia freshman Jake Magahey went out in about the same pace Smith did a year ago. And the distance-oriented Magahey followed the Smith gameplan, dropping his splits into the 24-highs, and even outpaced Smith with closing splits of 24.8, 24.4 and 24.3. Magahey wrapped the race in 4:06.71 – putting him as the #2 swimmer of all-time behind only Smith.

Top Performances All-Time, Men’s 500-yard free

Kieran Smith (2020) / Kieran Smith (2021) – 4:06.32
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Jake Magahey (2021) – 4:06.71
Zane Grothe (2017) – 4:07.25
Townley Haas (2019) – 4:08.19

The next night, with Smith swimming the 400 IM, it opened the floodgates for the freshman Magahey to take the SEC title in the 200 free, swimming another come-from-behind race to touch out the competition at 1:32.2. Magahey walks us through his freshman season and what made it such a success.

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Saturday Feb 27, 2021

Aiden Hayes Reveals He Did Not Meet His Goals at Historic OK HS State Meet

Saturday Feb 27, 2021

Torri Huske wasn't the only swimmer to break 2 national high school records this week. We sat down with Aiden Hayes, who clocked a 19.20 50 free and 45.47 100 fly just 13 minutes apart from one another (both national high school records). The high school senior also clocked 20.7 in his 50 back lead-off of the 200 medley relay and 43.00 leading off the 400 free relay.

Hayes admits that out of all 4 of these times, he only met one of his goals - 20.9 in the 50 back. Although he was shooting for 18.9 50 free, 44.9 100 fly, and 42.9 100 free, Aiden relinquishes that goals aren't meant to be met every time and overall he was very pleased with his performances.

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Friday Feb 26, 2021

Torri Huske Breaks Down Capturing 2 National HS Records in Under 30 Minutes

Friday Feb 26, 2021

US National Teamer Torri Huske made her mark on the final day of the 2021 VHSL Class 6 State meet, breaking two National High School records.

Huske, a senior at Yorktown High School, began her meet by swimming a time of 1:53.73 in the 200 IM, chopping a tenth of a second off of Dagny Knutson’s National Public High School record of 1:53.82 that had stood since 2009.

About 27 minutes later, Huske was back in the pool swimming the 100 butterfly, putting up another National Public High School record. Huske touched in a time of 49.95 to become the first swimmer to break 50 seconds during a high school competition. Her time shattered her own record of 50.67 set earlier this month, and 17-18 National Age Group record of 50.19 that was set by Olivia Bray in 2019.

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Wednesday Feb 24, 2021

Kieran Smith Breaks Down Monumental 4:06.32 500 Free, 1:29.48 200 Free

Wednesday Feb 24, 2021

Kieran Smith tied his 500 free American and NCAA Records on the nose tonight at the SEC Championships, clocking 4:06.32 for the second straight year to defend his title.

Smith said this difference in splitting was by design, reflecting that he needed to be out faster if he wanted to get to that next level. However, Smith is optimistic that there is a good middle ground to be found from his 2 4:06 outings, and he's confident he can find the right splitting come NCAA's to reach a new personal best.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Tuesday Feb 23, 2021

Lars Jorgensen Breaks Down Kentucky's First SEC Championship Title in History

Tuesday Feb 23, 2021

The University of Kentucky won its first-ever SEC Championships title after 40 years of women’s swimming in the SEC Conference. Their victory was by a margin of 53 points over the University of Florida. The defending champions, Tennessee, placed 5th.

The Wildcats achieved this victory both with swimmers who arrived on their campus as stars, like Sorenson who became the Iowa state record holder in the 100 yard back (54.61), alongside swimmers who they trained into becoming stars. For example, last year Poole finished 13th in the 200 breast and 24th in the 400IM. Brooks finished 15th in the 100 fly last year and now has jumped up to 9th with a new lifetime best.

Head coach Lars Jorgenson was not present at the start of the meet on Wednesday because of a positive COVID test last week, but he arrived in time to see the team win the SEC Championship title on Saturday. Lars was nice enough to sit down with us and break down what makes the UK team so gritty and full of heart, especially when it mattered most.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Monday Feb 22, 2021

Dave Rollins Recalls Epic Story of Tying for 2021 CCSA Conference Title

Monday Feb 22, 2021

In a shocking turn of events, the 2021 CCSA Women’s championship ended in a tie. Two-time defending champs Liberty earned a 3rd-straight conference title, although they share this year’s title with the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. FGCU outscored Liberty by 58 points on the final night, but ultimately fell a half-point short of singular ownership of the CCSA title. We sit down with FGCU head coach Dave Collins to get his perspective on this accomplishment as well as what he saw from his team to lead to this moment throughout the year.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Monday Feb 22, 2021

Olympic Champion Cullen Jones Announces Speedo Pool Together

Monday Feb 22, 2021

Olympic Champion and 4-time Olympic medalist Cullen Jones is the new philanthropic sales manager for Speedo USA, his longtime partner. Cullen’s mission is very focused. Under the title and message SPEEDO POOL TOGETHER, Speedo USA and Cullen are helping to get swimmers and swim teams back in the water safely during this challenging period in swimming history.

HOW IT WORKS: This March is the month that Speedo invites you to receive 25% off everything on their website.

MARCH 1ST VISIT: speedousa.com/speedo-pool-together

On that webpage select where you would like the donation from Speedo to go. You can select a Swim team or The Boys and Girls Club of America. The choice is yours! Shop your gear with the 25% discount automatically applied at checkout- no promo code is required!

At the end of the promotion, March 31st, Speedo will donate 10% of all sales to the selected swim teams or The Boys and Girls Club of America. Pool Together with Speedo USA. There’s never been a better time to support swimming.

Why Boys & Girls Club?

For over 150 years the Boys & Girls Club of America has been a stronghold of youth development. They have become a partner with Speedo as both organizations share similar values and attitudes geared towards hard work, inclusion, positivity, resilience and self-improvement. A donation to the Boys & Girls Club will go to help children who need it most.

Isn’t this just another sale to get people to shop?

Speedo has always looked at how to support the local swim teams in unique ways, and giving directly back to the swim teams who need it most is what triggered them to start this activation. Last September, Speedo was able to launch a similar fundraiser and was able to give back close to $20k to swim teams/team dealers.

As you know, the recent pandemic has not been good for competitive swimming. Pools are shut down, competitions are postponed leaving a lot of us feeling like fish out of water. But fortunately, we’re competitors, and our goal is to win—and that’s exactly what the Speedo USA “POOL TOGETHER’ fundraiser is all about. The more we shop, the more we can help get our sport back up and running.

Aside from the 25% and 10% give back, any other incentives for swimmers and swim teams to participate in this fundraiser?

Yes, the sponsored team with the most donations will be photographed by a local photographer showcasing their favorite Speedo products purchased during the fundraiser.

This will culminate in a digital event wherein the winning team will be featured on-site and will be awarded a 24 hour takeover of Speedo's social channels, plus there will be a prize box with sweet swag.

Speedo USA is a SwimSwam partner.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com