By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2017 Texas High Sschool State Championship Meet

• February 17th-18th, 2018
• Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center, Austin, Texas
• 25 yard, prelims/finals invitation-style format
• 5A (small schools) heat sheets
• 6A (big schools) heat sheets

The call-up lists for the 2017 Texas High School State Championship meets have been released, and so too have the heat sheets. Texas has a unique qualifying format for its state meet. In each of the two classes (5A for small schools, 6A for big schools), each group of 4 districts feed up into a single one of the state’s 8 regions-per-class (16 total). Then, from each of those regions, the two 2 finishers in each event advance to the state championship meet, as do the next 8-best times from all 8 regions combined.

The result is 24 swimmers or relays in each event in each class. Specifically, there becomes a distinct variation in qualifying times between teams from the state’s big swimming regions (mostly the Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas metro areas), and qualifiers from other less-dense parts of the state.

The top 8 advance to the A-final, while the next 8 best advance to the B-final where they battle for points.

In 6A, Southlake Carroll near Dallas has been the dominant boys’ team as of late. The Southlake Carroll boys have won 7-consecutive state championships and are in position to make it 8 this year. The school has the top-seeded 200 and 400 free relays plus Stanford-bound senior Jack LeVant– who is on National High School Record watch in both the 200 and 500 yard freestyles. He’ll need a 1:33.30 in the 200 free and 4:16.39 in the 500 free to get the NISCA public school records, respectively.

The top contender is The Woodlands High School, who have the top-seeded 200 medley relay, the 2nd-seeded 200 free relay, and the 3rd-seeded 400 free relay. There is tons of talent around the state, but the Woodlands is the one team that has the depth to go blow-for-blow with Southlake, including most significantly diving, where both schools have 2 high seeds. The 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke could be the key races – the Woodlands has no 100 free qualifiers, while Carroll has no 100 back qualifiers.

The girls’ meet has been more balanced over the last decade, but after a nail-biter 6-point win over Austin Westlake last  year, but this year on paper have more room to play with. The Woodlands has the top seed in all 3 relays and are led by sisters Lucie (senior) and Lillie (sophomore) Noordmann. Lucie is the state record holder in both the 50 free and 100 back. Westlake, though, is no slouch, including senior Dakota Luther, who represented the United States at last summer’s World Championships and finished 15th in the 200 fly.

In 5A, the Magnolia girls and Dallas Highland Park boys are the defending champions. For Magnolia, last year’s title was by a dominant 82 points over San Antonio – Alamo Heights, but graduated a few key pieces of that team including Joy Field and Caitlin Clements.

A new contender has emerged this year – A&M Consolidated in College Station, who were just 9th last year. That’s thanks in large part to the emergence of freshman Kaitlyn Owens. She’s seeded 2nd in the 50 free (23.81) and the top seed in the 100 back (56.12) by a wide margin (more than 2 seconds). She’s led them to top seeds in the 200 medley and 400 free relays. The challenge for the will be depth – they didn’t even qualify a 200 free relay. The good news for them is that for the smaller schools in Class 5A, that’s not insurmountable. Magnolia only has 2 relays qualified as well. Alamo Heights, last year’s runner-up, are then left in a great position with all 3 relays qualified, although the 400 free relay isn’t seeded to score.

Highland Park is in position to repeat as boys’ 5A champions as they return most of what was a very young state meet last year. For example, their entire 200 medley relay at last year’s meet were sophomores, and Felix Van Cauwelaert finished 2nd in the 200 free and 1st in the 500 free as a junior. In fact, the only scorer they graduated was Robby King, especially with Ethan Nguyen’s continued development. The margin is small (they won by only 17 points behind them), but the 2 teams behind them (Grapevine and Tomball Memorial) also lost more than Highland Park did. The A&M Consolidated boys are in the best position to move up and challenge Highland Park.

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Elvis Ali Hazarika, Jo Ki Ek 34 Yeal Old Former International Swimmer Hai Joki Jald Hi  Phle Northeast Indian Swimmer Ban Jayenge Jisne English Channel Cross Kiya Hoga.

Elvis Ki Achievement Ki Baat Kre To Unhone:

• 68 National And 6 International Gold Medal Apne Name Kiya Hai.
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Iss Season Me 4th Time Landmark Conference Female Athlete Of The Week Ke Liye Chuni Jane Ke Baad Malavika V.  ECAC Metro Swimmer Of The Week Ke Liye Select Ki Gyi Hai. Malavika V. Banglore, India Ki Swimmer Hai Or Presently Wo Drew University Me Hai. Malavika Ne Ramapo Me Drew Rangers Ke Liye 2 Jeet Or And Ek 2nd Position Hasil Kiya.

Viswanath Ne 100 Yard Butterfly Me 1:01.02 And 200 Yard Freestyle Me 1:57.74 Ka Time Lakar 1st Position Apne Name Ki. 100 Yard Freestyle Me Unhone 54.34 Ke Sath Second Place Apne Name Kiya Jo Ki 2nd Place Ke Liye Ek Accha Time Tha.

Vishwanath Ka Ye 2nd Career ECAC Honor Hai, Or Ye Pichle Honor Se Theek 1 Saal Baad Mil Rha Hai. 7th Feb 2017 Ko Malavika Ko ECAC Rookie Of The Week Mila Tha.

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By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

Mit jeder neuen aufstrebenden Schwimmergeneration, treten andere Athleten vom aktiven Leistungssport zurück – und dann beginnen sie, sich an die gute alte Zeit zu erinnern, als alles noch einfacher war, sie schwärmen über die Vergangenheit.

Hier sind sechs Dinge, an die sich die Aktiven der 90er Jahre sicher gerne noch erinnern:

1. Ergebnisse live? Online? Was für eine Zauberei ist das?

Ergebnisse erfahren von Konkurrenten? Tja, wenn du Glück hattest, dann kanntest du jemanden, der auch bei einem bestimmten Wettkampf antrat – und auch noch ein Handy hatte. Sonst musste man eben über das Festnetz Ergebnisse austauschen.

Heute ist es fast selbstverständlich, dass Schwimmwettkämpfe selbst auf regionaler Ebene einen Ergebnisdienst oder sogar ein Live Timing haben. Zumindest werden aber Protokolle online gestellt.

2. Keine Schwimm-News. 

Es gab gedruckte Schwimm-Magazine. Klar. Aber online immer auf dem aktuellen Stand? Über wichtige Wettkämpfe – weltweit? Häufig sogar im Live-Stream. Nein, das gab es nicht. Und wenn man z.B. ein amerikanisches Magazin gebucht hatte – na ja, das dauerte schon so eine Zeit, bis es dann in Deutschland eintraf.

3. Du hattest keine Playlist auf dem Handy. Du hattest eine Kassette im Walkman.

Eine Kassette mit gemischten Liedern zu erstellen, die du mochtest …. nicht so einfach. Manchmal musste man sich eine aktuelle Radiosendung anhören und die Lieder aufnehmen. Oftmals war dann noch die nächste Anmoderation des Radiosprechers mit drauf. Egal.

4. Fortschritt: Der Disc-Man. Und immer 50 CDs dabei.

Die Lieblingshits sind leider auf einige … äh viele CD’s verteilt. Also alles eingepackt für den nächsten Wettkampf. Und an die Batterien musste man auch noch denken. Aber dann hatten wir Spaß.

5. Dein Rennen – aufgenommen mit einer Videokamera.

Mancher Vater hatte, eigentlich gekauft für Urlaubsvideos, eine Videokamera. Was heute jedes Smartphone, teilweise sogar Unterwasser, in guter Qualität liefert – das war in den 90ern schwierig. Wackelig. Schlechte Bildqualität. Aber gut gemeint.

6. Badehosen

Die Wettkampfmode hat sich ein bisschen verändert. Von den normalen Badehosen über die Ganzkörper High-Tech-Anzüge  2008-2009 bis zu den Jammers, die heute getragen werden. Und den Badeanzügen bei den Damen, deren Maße genau vorgeschrieben sind, die auch bis zu den Knien gehen. Unbestritten hatte der Schwimmsport in den 90ern mehr Sex-Appeal in den normalen Anzügen.

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Wisconsin high school swimming has moved into the Sectional round of post-season swimming, which is the last round before next week’s state championship meets, and Max McHugh has put up one of the fastest-ever 200 medley relay breaststroke splits – by a swimmer at any level.

McHugh swims for the Sturgeon Bay Co-Op, and his relay finished 1st in 1:39.61. That result was in large part thanks to McHugh, who split 22.69 on the breaststroke leg. That’s not just the fastest-ever split done by a high school swimmer, but as far as we can tell ties Tennessee swimmer Peter John Stevens for the 2nd-fastest breaststroke split on a 200 yard medley relay at any level (2016 NCAA Championships). Our research hasn’t found a split faster than Chuck Katis’ 22.64 from the 2015 NCAA Championships.

Unofficial 5-best splits in history:

Eyewitnesses at the meet said that the splits coincided with what they saw. Sturgeon Bay was in 8th place after the backstroke, but had closed the leg after the breaststroke leg.

Sturegon Bay’s splits:

• Luke Bousley (back) – 29.89
• McHugh (breast) – 22.69
• Brock Aune (fly) – 24.30
• Evan Smith (free) – 22.73

The fastest split at last year’s NCAA Championship meet was a 22.91 from Texas’ Will Licon. Licon won the 100 breaststroke title later in the meet.

McHugh, a Minnesota commit, also won the 50 free with a 20.57 and is due to lead off Sturgeon Bay’s 200 free relay and swim the 100 breaststroke.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Max McHugh Splits 22.6 Breaststroke at Wisconsin Sectional Meet

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Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) – Men and Women

• Wednesday, February 14 – Saturday, February 17
• University of Georgia Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, GA (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: UMBC men (2x) & FGCU women (3x) (results)
• Live results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheet

The Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) has released the psych sheets for its 2018 championship meet. The UMBC men will be looking for a 3-peat, while Florida Gulf Coast is chasing their 4th-straight win.

Unlike many conferences, the CCSA requires coaches to enter athletes only in the 3 individual events they’re planning to swim. For one swimmer, that meant a tough choice – Florida Gulf Coast’s Petra Halmai would’ve had a top-5 seed in 4 different events: the 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 fly, and 200 IM. She swam all 4 races at the team’s mid-season Ohio State Invitational, but head coach Dave Rollins said that he’s feeling confident about her breaststroke, and about the rest of his team in the 100 fly.

“We decided to have Petra swim the 100 breast because it allowed our team the best opportunity for points,” Rollins said. “We are fortunate to have some very strong athletes in the fly events and Petra’s versatility allows us to maximize our opportunities.”

FGCU has 3 of the top 5 swimmers in the 100 breaststroke and 100 fly, but ha a few more overall scoring entries in the 100 fly.

The Eagles are heavily favored to win another CCSA title. SwimSwam’s Swimulator tool has them finishing more than 500 points ahead of Gardner-Webb in swimming. Last year, FGCU picked up strong points in diving, and while they graduated double springboard conference champion Ashley Wright, their chief rivals in the conference aren’t traditionally strong in diving (Incarnate Word should dominate the diving points – to the tune of well-over 200 points). Georgia Southern has a lot more room to make up, but with 5 top-8 divers, they’ve got enough on the boards to contend for 2nd if their swimmers perform well.

Swimulator Score Projection – CCSA Women (No Diving)

The men’s meet is projected to play out very differently. Last year, UMBC dominated the meet, beating runners-up Gardner-Webb by more than 300 points. However, UMBC has moved on to join the America East Conference, which added men’s swimming this season.

But it’s not last-year’s runners-up that are the Swimulator favorites. Incarnate Word is seeded to score over 300 more points than Gardner-Webb is. The caveat here is that Gardner-Webb doesn’t have a diving program, so that leaves Florida Atlantic and Incarnate Word to chase them down in the conference’s 2 sponsored diving events.

With UMBC out of the conference, Incarnate Word and FAU should pick up ground on diving points. Unlike last year, though, both of those programs have much thinner diving programs, so that probably won’t be enough to close the gap (FAU has only 1 diver entered, while Incarnate Word has 2). Old Dominion has taken up an interesting strategy and entered a ton of divers (9 on the 1-meter). With scoring to 24 and only 15 male divers entered, they’re going to pile up points even without the top-end quality of FAU and Incarnate Word if their diverse can finish their programs legally. That could be over 200 diving points for them, though that won’t be enough to put them in the hunt for the team title.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2018 CCSA Psych Sheets Show FGCU Women as Heavy Favorites

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

2018 INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ SWIMMING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

• February 9th-10th, 2018
• Indiana University Natatorium, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 25 yard, invite format, prelims/finals
• Live Results

Emily Weiss of Yorktown High School has broken the national high school record in the 100 breast at the IHSAA State Championships.

Weiss, who represented the United States at the 2017 World Junior Championships, swam a 58.40 to win the race by almost four seconds. That time beats Minnesota native Lindsey Kozelsky‘s old record of 58.56, done in November of 2015.

SPLIT COMPARISON

KOZELSKY, 2015

• 27.26/31.30 (58.56)

WEISS, 2018

• 27.54/30.86 (58.40)

Weiss used a stronger back half than Kozelsky, ultimately slicing sixteen hundredths off of that record.

In prelims, Weiss went 59.25, which broke her own state record of 59.68. That 59.68 broke Lilly King‘s state record last February. Weiss is now the fastest 100 breaststroker at a high school-sanctioned championship meet ever, and she still has another year of high school to take that mark further. For reference, the national independent (private) school record is a 1:00.05 done by Stanford alum Sarah Haase, who went to Our Lady of Good Counsel in Maryland.

Weiss committed to Indiana University over the summer in between her sophomore and junior years. This weekend, she also finished 2nd in the 200 IM (1:58.50), and split a 27.10 on Yorktown’s 11th place 200 medley relay.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Emily Weiss Breaks National High School 100 Breast Record

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2018 INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ SWIMMING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

• February 9th-10th, 2018
• Indiana University Natatorium, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 25 yard, invite format, prelims/finals
• Prelims Recap
• Live Results

The dominant Carmel High School girls’ swim team came away from Saturday’s state finals with their 32nd-consecutive Indiana State Championship. The Carmel girls have won every state title dating back to 1987 – a tradition that spans 5 different coaches, including Chris Plumb, who has led the charge for the last 12 of those titles.

Carmel scored 363 points, which left them 148 ahead of runners-up Northridge, showing that the margins, while still huge, are narrowing. That’s Carmel’s lowest point total since their 2012 title, and their smallest margin of victory since Plumb’s 2nd season in charge, the 2008 season.

In spite of the diminutive statistics – the margin was still a crushing one. Carmel had the depth to be able to qualify relays for A-finals on Friday without some of their star swimmers participating, and on Saturday, those subs carried them to wins in the 200 medley and 400 free relays, and a runner-up finish in the 200 free relay.

The group of Grace Pangburn (26.41), Grace Estabrook (29.57), Trude Rothrock (24.12), and Kelly Pash (22.12) combined for a 1:42.31. The Carmel relay had the fastest splits on both the fly and free legs to claw their way back from a 5th-place position at the halfway mark.

Other notable splits included a 25.91 backstroke split from Zionsville’s Tessa Wrightson and a 27.10 breaststroke split from Yorktown junior Emily Weiss in the B Final.

That wasn’t Weiss’ only fireworks of the day. In the individual 100 breaststroke, she swam 58.40 to win by three-and-a-half seconds.That broke her own State Record of 59.25 set in prelims, as well as the National High School Record in the event (read more here). The old public and overall high school records were set by Lindsey Horejsi (now Kozelsky) in 2015 with a 58.56.

The rest of the day was all-Carmel, though. In Weiss’ other individual event, Carmel senior Trude Rothrock out-battled her 1:58.28-1:58.50. Rothrock had a second-and-a-half margin after the fly leg, which Weiss turned into a 1.2 second lead for herself. Rothrock wasn’t deterred, though. Her breaststroke leg was enough to keep her in contact, and she ran down Weiss with a 27.74 freestyle split to win.

Rothrock also won the 100 fly in 53.12 – within 2 tenths of her personal best. Ruthrock came away with 4 wins in 4 events on Saturday – she was on the 200 medley and 400 free relays as well.

Her Carmel teammate Kelly Pash can make the same claim. She won the 200 free (1:45.50), 100 free (48.59), and was on both relays with Rothrock.

In total, Carmel won 7 out of 12 events on the day, bringing their all-time total to 152 event titles. No other school has more than 20.

Other Event Winners:

• Bloomington South’s Julia Wolf won the girls’ 50 free in 23.11. That’s the 2nd-straight year in which a Bloomington South swimmer has won this race – last year, it was Grace Haskett, who has since graduated. This breaks a run of 5-straight years with a sub-23 second winning time in this event.
• Munster’s Kay Foley added almost 2 seconds from her prelim time, but was still easily the class of the 500 free final with a 4:49.87. Her best coming into the meet was a 4:57.15, and she cut 9 seconds off her best at this meet in total.
• Northridge senior Sara Troyer won the 1-meter diving by jumping over the 500 point barrier – with a final score of 507.65. That’s the 2nd swimming-and-diving event title in school history, following Brittney Walters, who won the 500 free in 2013 from lane 8.
• Not long after, Northridge got their 3rd title when the team of Elsa Fretz, Kenzie Weber, Jenna Nethercutt, and Lauren Miller won the 200 free relay in 1:34.07. Fretz had the fastest 50 free of the day with her 22.95 leadoff (she was runner-up in the 200 free in 1:47.52 and 100 free in 49.64 individually). That Northridge relay only graduates their anchor Lauren Miller, who split 23.05, and have at least 2 more years from each of the other 3 legs.
•  Zionsville’s Tessa Wrightson, after her meet-best medley relay leadoff, won the girls’ 100 back in 54.02. That makes Zionsville’s 5th event title overall and 1st in the 100 backstroke.

Team Standings

Top 5:

1. Camrel – 363
2. Northridge – 215
3. Hamilton Southeastern – 165
4. Franklin Community – 163
5. Fishers – 155

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Carmel Cruises to 32nd-Straight Indiana State Title

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

COLORADO CLASS 5A CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Friday-Saturday, February 9-10th
• EPIC, Fort Collins, CO
• Short course yards
• Psych sheet
• Live results

Just yesterday, the Harpeth Hall girls broke the national overall high school record in the 200 medley relay in Tennessee. Today in Colorado, the Fossil Ridge girls have taken more time off of that record with a state title at the Colorado 5A Championships.

Bayley Stewart, Zoe Bartel, Coleen Gillilan, and Kylee Alons combined for a 1:38.13, more than half a second faster than the 1:38.77 done by Harpeth Hall last night at the TISCA Champs.

SPLIT COMPARISON

Bartel had a great 27.43 split and Gillilan was very strong with her 23.43 split, too, as the middle 100 was the difference-maker for Fossil Ridge. They take down Carmel’s public high school record, and while Harpeth Hall lost the overall record, they still own the independent record.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Fossil Ridge Girls Take Down Day-Old 200 Medley Relay HS Nat’l Record

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2018 TISCA HS CHAMPIONSHIPS

• February 9th-10th, 2018
• Knoxville, Tennessee (University of Tenn.)
• Championship Central (Live streaming info here)
• Live results

On the 2nd night of the 2018 TISCA Championships, Harpeth Hall’s Alex Walsh and Baylor School’s Trey Freeman stole the show again.

Walsh, who was part of a national high school record last night and won the 200 free shortly after, swam a 58.88 to win the 100 breast tonight. 2nd was Allie Raab of Brentwood Academy in 1:01.22. Walsh also anchored Harpeth Hall’s 400 free relay with a 48.78– the relay won the meet in 3:22.47.

Harpeth Hall also won the 200 free relay in 1:31.38, powered by Alex Walsh‘s sister Gretchen Walsh‘s 21.68 anchor leg. Gretchen Walsh also won the 100 backstroke in a best time of 52.85, a marked improvement from her 54.25 previous PR done in December at Winter Junior Champs. Ophelia Pilkinton was yet another winner for Harpeth Hall, going 50.05 to take the 100 free.

Freeman, meanwhile, unleashed a 4:15.53 to win the 500 free. That’s just off of his best time of 4:15.06. Baylor got two individual wins from Jack Kirby tonight, as he was 44.45 to win the 100 free and 48.23 to take the 100 back. Baylor closed things out with a 400 free relay win (2:59.52), helped by Freeman’s 43.87 lead-off leg.

Harpeth Hall girls and Baylor School boys are the 2018 TISCA team champions.

SCORES

BOYS

1. Baylor School 315
2. McCallie School 257
3. Memphis University School 201.5
4. Maryville High School 188.5
5. Bearden High School 129

GIRLS

1. Harpeh Hall 353
2. Baylor School 275
3. Hardin Valley Academy 178
4. St. Georges Independent School 118.5
5. Ravenwood High School 109

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Alex Walsh Hits 58.8 Breast, Freeman Goes 4:15 500 at TISCA Champs

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On Saturday, Wisconsin high school breaststroker Max McHugh clocked in a 22.69 in the 50 breaststroke, which would be one of the fastest splits in history. Neither his backstrokers recorded split, nor his, were outside of the realm of reason in this case, but without video, it would have been hard to confirm one way or the other.

Now, thanks to the Sturgeon Bay Co-Op, that video exists! It’s not a perfect video, with some tough angles, but it’s something. My hand-times vary between a 23.3 and a 23.7 on about 6 tries. That’s close enough that the graininess of the video could be off enough that the 22.69 was legit, but it seems more likely that this was a soft touch by the backstroker.

Watch the video below, do your own hand-timing, and leave a comment with what you got. Since these splits are unofficial by all governing body standards anyway, we’ll crowd-source an average timing, and decide how to officially update it on our ‘fastest splits’ thusly.

Either way, McHugh will have next weekend’s state championship meet to put in another split.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Did Max McHugh Really Split 22.69? Here’s the Video

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Former U.S. National Team head coach Mark Schubert says he reported rumors of an inappropriate relationship between coach Sean Hutchison and Olympic athlete Ariana Kukors to the head coach of the FAST swim club in 2010.

Schubert says he heard rumors from a fellow coach “from back East” that Hutchison was engaging in a sexual relationship with one of his athletes, the then-21-year-old Kukors, who had been his pupil since the age of 13. Schubert was the U.S. National Team head coach through November of 2010, and a report from CBS Los Angeles says that Schubert was coaching at the Olympic Training Center in Fullerton when he heard the relationship rumors.

Schubert confirmed to SwimSwam on Saturday that he brought the rumors to the attention of Bill Jewell, who was the head coach and CEO of the Fullerton Area Swim Team (FAST), which included a professional training group that included Hutchison and Kukors. The CBS report says Jewell hired a private investigator, but the only evidence the PI could turn up was Hutchison and Kukors’ cars parked together at 5 AM in front of Hutchison’s condo.

Hutchison left the FAST program under a swirl of rumors in late 2010. Kukors went public this week with allegations that Hutchison began grooming her at age 13 and sexually abusing her at age 16. Kukors wrote a lengthy piece detailing her accusations, while Hutchison said the two had a consensual relationship and denied any abuse.

Schubert spoke to SwimSwam this week, saying he was upset with Jewell for allowing Hutchison to resign rather than pursuing a further investigation or reporting the matter to police.

“I was angry,” Schubert said. “I was angry at the time with Bill Jewell, who basically allowed [Hutchison] to resign.”

Jewell was eventually terminated by FAST, then hired by Schubert at the Golden West Swim Club. Another Golden West coach, Dia Rianda, sued Schubert for wrongful termination, claiming she was fired after complaining to USA Swimming about what she viewed as inappropriate behavior by Jewell. In 2013, Jewell himself was suspended by USA Swimming for three years for making sexually explicit comments toward athletes.

That lawsuit alleged that Schubert’s hiring of Jewell was part of a power-play to take control back of the club from Hutchison, and that he was paid $625,000 by USA Swimming to keep quiet about the Hutchison rumors. That lawsuit ended in a settlement,

USA Swimming said at the time that the“resolution of the relationship between Mark Schubert and USA Swimming absolutely did not involve any cover-up of alleged sexual misconduct by Sean Hutchison or any other person.” Instead, they said that the agreement did require Schubert to bring any future ‘reliable information’ involving a Code of Conduct violation to USA Swimming in writing and that he would testify at a National Board of Review proceeding. That $625,000 payout was ostensibly a resolution of Schubert’s contract as USA Swimming’s national team director.

When we spoke to him on Saturday, Schubert denied that he was the reporting coach that prompted USA Swimming’s 2010 investigation nor that USA Swimming ever asked him to drop the matter.

Schubert was also critical of USA Swimming’s capabilities in investigating abuse allegations. He says that he believes that USA Swimming only began investigating the relationship after allegations of an inappropriate athlete-coach relationship appeared in a Washington Post story in 2010 – that the national attention forced their hand. Schubert says he stopped pursuing the rumors when USA Swimming’s investigation cleared Hutchison.

“You know, today we’re educated,” he said. “Today we know that you go to the police. I don’t think you can trust USA Swimming to do the investigation, but back then we weren’t as educated on those things as we are now.”

USA Swimming has said it received a report of an inappropriate relationship between Hutchison and Kukors in 2010, but that both parties denied any sexual or romantic relationship. The swimming federation says this week’s allegations from Kukors marked the first time USA Swimming had heard allegations that Hutchison abused Kukors while she was still a minor.

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Dominique Lendjel, a former German and University of South Carolina swimmer, died on January 23rd in Scotland, his mother Andrea Lendjel has posted on Facebook. Dominique Lendjel was 32-years old.

Lendjel swam at South Carolina from 2006-2010, ending his collegiate career with a year of eligibility remaining after suffering an injury. He earned Honorable Mention All-America honors as a freshman as a member of South Carolina’s 800 free relay and as a sophomore qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 and 200 back and 200 IM.

He represented his native Germany internationally at the FINA World Cup Series in 2006. He was the 2005 and 2006 German National Champion in the 200 IM and a member of the National “B” Team.

His mother, Andrea, was a Hungarian Swimming Champion, and he had two younger brothers, Patrick and Marcel.

The statement, posted below, did not share details of how Lendjel died.

“To all our family and friends who knew and loved my dear son, our brother, Dominique. One’s destiny is unpredictable. Exuberant happiness has never been so closely followed by unthinkable and unbearable sorrow. We now need to comprehend the incomprehensible. Our dearest Dominique tragically lost his life in Scotland on January 23, 2018. He was ripped from his most beloved circle, from our family.He was a one of a kind outstanding person. We can only hope that his soul will find peace. There is a new bright star in the sky looking down on us. We will forever keep his memory alive in our hearts. We are asking you to keep his memory alive the way he impacted your life and the way you loved him.
Andrea, Marcel, Patrick, Dieter.“

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By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

Der ehemalige deutsche Meister über 200 m Lagen (2005 und 2006) Dominique Lendjel ist am 23.01.2018 in Schottland verstorben. Dominique war 32 Jahre alt.

Die Schwimmer seines Vereins, des Vfl Sindelfingen, starteten bei den Deutschen Mannschaftsmeisterschaften zu Ehren von Dominique mit Trauerflor.

Seine Mutter, Andrea Lendjel, schreibt auf Facebook:

“An alle unsere Freunde, Bekannte und all jene, die unseren Dominique kennen und lieben… Das Schicksal ist unberechenbar. Nie standen Glück und unmessbar tiefer Schmerz so nah beieinander.
Dominique ist am 23.Januar unter tragischen Umständen in Schottland ums Leben gekommen und damit aus unserer Mitte gerissen worden. Seit diesem Tag leuchtet ein neuer, heller Stern im Universum für uns. Er war ein ganz besonderer, wunderbarer Mensch.
Wir hoffen, dass seine Seele Ruhe gefunden hat und wir werden ihn in unseren Herzen immer bei uns tragen.
Wir bitten euch, ihn so in Erinnerung zu behalten wie ihr ihn gekannt und geliebt habt.
Wir danken euch.
Andrea, Marcel, Patrick, Dieter” 

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By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast your vote in our newest poll on the SwimSwam homepage, about halfway down the page on the right side, or you can find the poll embedded at the bottom of this post.

Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers which women’s NCAA conference meet they are most excited for:

RESULTS

Question: Which women’s conference meet are you most excited for?

• Pac-12 – 42.4%
• SEC – 27.0%
• Big Ten – 17.7%
• ACC – 10.6%
• Big 12 – 2.2%

Almost half of voters said they were most excited for the women’s Pac-12 Championships compared to the other four major conference meets to take place this month.

That speaks in some ways to the priority swim fans put on historic swims as opposed to tight team battles. Although the Pac-12 could be a close team race between national #1 Stanford and #2 Cal, the meet is probably more exciting for the individual times that could show up, especially given neither team tends to put a big priority on winning the conference meet compared to NCAAs.

Last year’s Pac-12 meet saw Katie Ledecky make a historic foray into IM, smashing the American 400 IM record, though she went back to freestyle for NCAAs. We could see a similar move this year. The Pac-12 meet will also feature Olympic and world icons Simone Manuel and Kathleen Baker among many others.

The women’s SEC came in second – that is headed up by #3-ranked team nationally Texas A&M, along with perennial NCAA contenders Georgia. The women’s Big Ten features a loaded Michigan team against Indiana and Olympic/World champ Lilly King. Maybe the best team race is the ACC, where defending champs NC State are banged up in the injury department and vulnerable to a stout young Louisville team or a resurgent Virginia program led by new head coach (and former NC State assistant) Todd Desorbo.

The Big 12 predictably came last in this poll. With only 5 teams and only Texas ranked in the top 20 nationally, there isn’t nearly the drama of the other major conferences, leading to just 15 voters selecting the Big 12 in this poll.

Below, vote in our new A3 Performance Poll, which asks voters to predict the winner of the women’s ACC title:

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The A3 Performance Poll is courtesy of A3 Performance, a SwimSwam partner

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