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Courtesy: Bryant Athletics

FAIRFIELD, Conn.– Bryant University women’s swimmer Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) will be named Fairfield Count Sports Commission Sports Person of the Year at its 14th annual Sports Night awards dinner, held on October 15.

Rice is one of 16 recipients of the award, selected by a committee headed by a local town representative of each of the towns in the commission. Each winner was deemed to have had the most positive impact in their sports community from August 2017 to August 2018.

The now-senior led the Bulldogs to the program’s first conference championship as they totaled 793 points over the four-night meet, outlasting Wagner on Long Island. She finished the event with 56 individual points, displaying her talents in the freestyle to the best in the conference. Rice was also on four of the five winning relay teams for Bryant, a feat that has only been achieved by two other teams in the history of the meet.

The Fairfield County Sports Commission is a 501c (3) non-profit, charitable and educational organization dedicated to promoting youth fitness and an active, healthy lifestyle, as well as personal development through sports. The Commission, which is an all-volunteer organization except for the executive director position, is the one-stop resource for the sports communities in the county. The focus of the Commission is creating and supporting programs for fitness and nutrition awareness education.

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By Sanuj Srivastava on SwimSwam

Swimming Ek Aisi Activity Hai Jisme Kafi Jyada Amount Me Calories Burn Hoti Hai, Isse Body Ki Endurance And Muscular Strength Bhi Improve Hoti Hai. Cardiovascular Fitness Ke Liye Swimming Sabse Best Activity Mani Gayi Hai. Summer Me Refreshment Ke Liye Bhi Swimming Kafi Achi Activity Hai. Swimming Ki History Kafi Interesting Hai Jisko Aaj Ham Janenge.

Swimming Ki History

Human Swimming Karna Kayi Hazar Saal Phle Se Hi Janta Hai. Wikipedia Ke According Stone Age Cave Ki Drawings Me Individuals Ko Swimming Karte Hue Paya Gya Hai. Bible And Greek Poems Me Swimming Ki Baat Kari Gayi Hai.

Ye Mana Gya Hai Ki Swimming Par Likhi Gayi First Book Colymbetes Thi Jo Nicolas Wynman Ne 1538 Me Likhi Thi, De Arte Nantandi Jo Ki Latin Me Everard Digby Ne Likhi Thi Usko 1587 Me Publish Kiya Gya Tha.

Organized Swimming Ki Baat Kare To Ye Swimming Associations Banne Ke Sath 1800s And 1900s Me Shuru Ki Gayi Thi, Kuch Swimming Association Jaise Amateur Swimming Association Aur Kuch Clubs Apas Me Compete Karte The. Iske Sath Hi High Profile Events Bhi Hue Jisme Matthew Webb Ne 1875 Me English Channel Ko Swim Karke Cross Kiya Tha.

1800s Me Competitive Swimming Kafi Popular Ho Chuki Thi And First Modern Olympic Games Jo Ki 1896 Athens Me Hua Tha Usme Bhi Swimming Ko Shamil Kiya Gya Tha.

1904 Ke St. Louis Olympics Me 50,100,220,440,880 Yards And One Mile Freestyle, 100 Yard Backstroke, 440 Yard Breststroke And 4*50 Yard Freestyle Relay Ko Bhi Include Kiya Gaya.

20th Century Tak Swimming Mainstream Me Aa Chuka Tha, Indoor Pools Bhi Bnna Shuru Ho Gye The, Kafi Sare Towns Jinki Population 20,000 Tak Thi Waha Public Outdoor Pools And Swimming Clubs Kafi Popular Ho Rhe The. Women Ne Phli Baar 1912 Ke Olympic Me Hissa Liya And 1912 Ka Olympic Games Stockholm Me Hua Tha. Jonny Weissmuller Ne Phli Baar 100m Swim Ko 1 Minute Ke Andar Complete Kiya Tha.

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Swimming New Zealand has announced a roster of 4 swimmers, 2 male and 2 female, for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games that begin on October 6th in Buenos Aires, Argentina. That’s half of the allotted 4 male and 4 female swimmers, but enough to race in the mixed 400 medley and 400 free relays.

New Zealand Roster, Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games

• Gina Galloway – 17 years old – Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland – 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 100 fly
• Erika Fairweather – 14 years old – Kavanagh College – 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 800 free
• Zac Reid – 18 years old – Massey University – 200 free, 400 free, 800 free
• Michael Pickett – 15 years old – St. Peter’s Western (Australia) – 50 free, 100 free

The roster includes Gina Galloway, who is the granddaughter of 92-year old Ngaire Galloway, who is New Zealand’s oldest living Olympian. In 1948, she was the only woman on the New Zealand Olympic Team, where she finished 11th in the 100 back in 1:19.0.

Gina Galloway took bronze at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games in the 100 back, where she clocked a 1:02.68, and will swim 4 races at the meet.

Erika Fairweather is the holder of 12 National Age Group Records, including the 200 and 400 free records in short course meters at the Otago Winter Championships last week. Born on December 31st, 2003, the exact earliest day one could have been born and eligible for this event, she will be one of the youngest competitors in Buenos Aires, if not the youngest.

At the other end of the spectrum is the 18-year old Zac Reid, who won the 1500 free (15:40.11) at last year’s Youth Commonwealth Games. With the 800 free being the longest event on offer at the Youth Olympics, he’ll race the 200, 400, and 800 freestyles – all event titles that he won at the New Zealand Open Championships in July. That includes, in the 400, beating Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Lewis Clareburt.

And finally, New Zealand’s top junior sprinter Michael Pickett, now training in Australia at St. Peter’s Western under New Zealand coach Jon Gatfield. He finished 2nd in both the 50 and 100 freestyles at the New Zealand Championships.

Pickett was the most specific of the group in terms of his ambitions for the meet: “To qualify for the final, I want to go under 50 seconds for the first time in the 100m and get into 22 seconds for the 50m.”

Pickett swam 23.13 in the 50 free and 50.61 in the 100 free at the New Zealand Open Championships.

All 4 were also chosen for the Junior Pan Pacs, which will be held from August 23rd-26th in Suva, Fiji. This Youth Olympic roster was previously announced, but was awaiting confirmation from the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Athletes at the 2018 Youth Olympics must be born in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003. This ensures that each athlete is eligible for only one quadrennial cycle of the Youth Olympics (winter + summer).

New Zealand swimmers won 2 medals, both bronze, at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, after going medal-less in the first edition in 2010.

For more details and quotes, see the Swimming New Zealand press release below:

The New Zealand Olympic Committee has named Gina Galloway, Erika Fairweather, Zac Reid and Michael Pickett to represent New Zealand at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Galloway (17 years, Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland) is the granddaughter of Ngaire Galloway, who at 93 years old, is New Zealand’s oldest living Olympian.

“Growing up listening to her stories from her experiences and trips in swimming and the friends she’s made through the sport all over the world has been really inspiring for me,” said Gina Galloway.

It is no coincidence that Galloway is a backstroke specialist, with Galloway senior competing in the women’s 100m backstroke at the 1948 London Olympic Games. She finished 11^th overall and was the only woman in the New Zealand team.

Galloway won a bronze medal at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games and will compete in the women’s 50m, 100m, 200m backstroke and 100m butterfly events.

Otago’s Erika Fairweather (14 years, Kavanagh College) will likely be one of the youngest athletes, if not the youngest athlete, competing at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games as her birthday (31/12/2003) is the cut off date for eligible athletes.

The last twelve months has been a breakout year for Fairweather who now holds 12 national age-group records, including the girls 14 years 200m and 400m freestyle short course records set last weekend at the Otago Winter Championships.

“It feels pretty unreal and I am very honored that I get this opportunity to represent my country at this level,” Fairweather said.

Fairweather will compete in the women’s 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle events.

Zac Reid (18 years, Massey University) who was a double gold medalist from the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games will compete in the men’s 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle events.

The Taranaki swimmer won his first New Zealand Open Championship last month by beating Gold Coast Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Lewis Clareburt in the men’s 400m freestyle final. Reid went on to also win the 200m, 800m and 1500m New Zealand titles.

“I made this a goal a year ago and now being selected is an amazing feeling as I have put a lot of work and dedication in trying to gain selection,” says Reid.

The fastest 15-year-old freestyle sprinter in Australasia rounds out the New Zealand swimming team with Michael Pickett (15 years, St Peters Lutheran College) lining up in the men’s 50m and 100m freestyle events.

Earlier this year Pickett relocated to Brisbane to train at one of Australia’s most prestigious clubs, St Peter’s Western. Under the guidance of Kiwi coach John Gatfield, Pickett has improved steadily.

In April, Pickett blitzed the field to win the boys’ 15 years 50m freestyle at the Australian age-group championships.

Just last month Pickett finished second at the New Zealand Opens Championships in the men’s 50m and 100m freestyle to book his ticket to Buenos Aires.

“This selection is awesome news and gives me real confidence for my future. The competition’s going to be a great stepping stone for the end goal of competing at an Olympic Games,” said Pickett.

The 15-year-old also highlighted his specific targets for the Youth Olympic Games.

“To qualify for the final, I want to go under 50 seconds for the first time in the 100m and get into 22 seconds for the 50m.”

New Zealand Olympic Committee CEO Kereyn Smith passed on her congratulations to the athletes.

“Well done to all these athletes for all the hard work they’ve put in to reach this point. We look forward to seeing you represent New Zealand with pride and honor in Buenos Aires in October.”

Swimming New Zealand Targeted Athlete and Coach Manager Gary Francis is excited for the athletes who have gained selection.

“Congratulations to Gina, Erika, Zac and Michael. The Youth Olympic Games is a unique experience and this is an excellent opportunity for the athletes to see and feel what a games environment really is combined with the pressures of performing against the highest level of junior competition,” said Francis.

New Zealand qualified two female and two male athlete places for the Youth Olympic Games and the selected athletes were chosen from a total of seventeen athletes who achieved the minimum qualification standard for the games.

New Zealand won two bronze medals in swimming at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games to Gabrielle Fa’amausili (50m backstroke) and Bobbi Gichard (100m backstroke).

The Youth Olympic Games will run from October 6-18^th in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Chelsey Edwards (women’s 50m, 100m, 200m freestyle) and Quinton Hurley (men’s 200m, 400m, 800m freestyle) have been conditionally selected as non-travelling reserves.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: New Zealand Confirms 4-Swimmer Roster for 2018 Youth Olympics

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Set of the Week is courtesy of FINIS, a SwimSwam partner.

Sometimes IM training isn’t what you want, but it’s exactly what you need. So this week, IM is a means of building speed, agility and endurance for the mid-distance/distance freestyler.

1 x 400 Free, Moderate Interval
2 x 200 IM, Fast Interval
1 x 300 Free, Moderate Interval
2 x 150 IM, Fast Interval (Fly/Free, Back/Free, Breast/Free by 25)
1 x 200 Free, Moderate Interval
2 x 100 IM, Fast Interval
4 x 50 FAST for time, Dive from blocks (IM Order)

For an added strength component, try using Positive Drive Fins for some or all of this set.

About FINIS, Inc.

John Mix and Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Pablo Morales founded FINIS in Northern California in 1993 with a mission to simplify swimming for athletes, coaches, beginners and lifelong swimmers around the world. Today, FINIS fulfills that mission through innovation, high-quality products and a commitment to education. FINIS products are currently available in over 80 countries. With a focus on innovation and the fine details of swimming, FINIS will continue to develop products that help more people enjoy the water.

Set of the Week is courtesy of FINIS, Inc., a SwimSwam partner.

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By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

Vaughn Stresow of Select Team of Aquatic Racers has signed to swim for the Ouachita Baptist University starting in the fall of 2018. Stresow is from Frisco, Texas but swims with Select Swim in The Colony, a suburb just north of Dallas.

Stresow is “excited about Ouachita for its rich history and tradition, faith-based education, intimate feel, and eco setting.”

Stresow is a sprinter whose best events are the 50 and 100 free and 100 fly. He swam for Frisco’s Wakeland High School and qualified for the 2015 Texas UIL 5A State Meet as a freshman. The Wakeland Wolverines finished 2nd overall in the team standings that year. In club swimming, he placed 1st in the 50 free at a North Texas LSC Level 2 Championship Meet and contributed the fly leg to the winning 200 medley relay at the 2017 COR Classic.

Stresow also played basketball for Grace Covenant Academy in 2016. In his free time, he enjoys playing and watching soccer and hiking in National Parks.

He had a couple of outstanding meets this year, dropping quite a bit of time in his SCY 50/100 free and 100 fly at the College Station Sectionals in March, then in his LCM 50/100/200 free and 50/100 fly at American Long Course Championships in July.

Best SCY times:

• 50 Free – 22.23
• 100 Free – 48.48
• 200 Free – 1:51.82
• 100 Fly – 52.74

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Free/Flyer Vaughn Stresow Commits to Ouachita Baptist for 2018-19

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

USA Swimming has announced a lineup of 24 swimmers for its 2018 National Open Water Select Camp that will take place at the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin from August 23rd-26th. The group includes 12 male and 12 female swimmers.

At the camp, swimmers will learn about open water strategies, open water technique, nutrition, and recovery from a side of the sport where, generally, local coaches have far less experience and where strategy is far more complex than in pool swimming.

The Pleasanat Prairie RecPlex sits on the shores of Lake Andrea southeastern Wisconsin, about midway between Milwaukee and Chicago. The whole facility sits on 425 acres, and is the largest municipally-owned recreational facility in North America.

In addition to a coaching staff of experienced open water coaches, the camp will be led by current and former U.S. National Team open water swimmers David Heron, Emily (Brumemann) Klueh, and Ashley Twichell. Klueh participated in the Open Water Select Camp as an athlete in 2009 and Twichell did so in 2011. The 29-year old Twichell is the defending World Champion in the 5km open water race.

Swimmers were chosen for the camp on the basis of both results of the Junior races at the 2018 Open Water Nationals, and times in the pool 1500.

Men’s Roster

• Brice Barrieault (Sandpipers of Nevada)
• Drew Clark (University of Florida)
• Brendan Driscoll (Greater Tampa Swimming Association)
• Brendan Firlie (SwimMAC Carolina)
• Dane Florea (University of Missouri)
• Sawyer Grimes (Sandpipers of Nevada)
• Christopher Lindley (North Texas Nadadores)
• Gabriel Machado (Boise YMCA Swim Team)
• Andrew Matejka (Gator Swim Club)
• Michael Messner (University of Minnesota
• Mason Nyboer (Tiger Aquatics)
• Luke Thornbrue (Hillsboro Swim Team)Women’s Roster
• Julissa Arzave (South Bay Aquatics)
• Anna Auld (East Coast Aquatic Club)
• Chloe Freeman (Sandpipers of Nevada)
• Meghan Joram (University of Pittsburgh)
• Abigail Kilgallon (Scarlet Aquatics)
• Rachel Klinker (Lexington Dolphins)
• Grace Kowal (Ohio State University)
• Ashley Neas (SwimAtlanta)
• Nicole Stiles (Crow Canyon Country Club Sharks)
• Ashley Strouse (Scottsdale Aquatic Club)
• Morgan Tankersley (Greater Tampa Swimming Association)
• Liberty Williams (Riverside Aquatics Association)

Coaches & Staff

• John Payne (TAC Titans) – Head Coach
• Meredith Carroll (Brad Akins YMCA Barracudas) – Assistant Coach
• Joey Ferreri (Bearcat Aquatics) – Assistant Coach
• John Flanagan (Kamehameha Swim Club) – Assistant Coach
• Aaron Mahaney (University of  Montevallo) – Head Manager
• Jon Bescher (New Wave Swim Team) – Assistant Manager
• Katie Crider (New Trier Aquatics) – Assistant Manager
• Morgan Weinberg (USA Swimming) – Camp Director

12 male and 12 female athletes selected (or 12 athletes from each gender).

• The top two available male and the top two available female finishers will be selected off of the results of the 2018 Junior 5K National Open Water Championships;
• The top two available male and the top two available female finishers will be selected off of the results of the 2018 Junior 7.5K National Open Water Championships;
• Then, six male and six female athletes who are under 23 at the time of performance will be selected off of the top 2017 times in the SWIMS database based on USA Swimming Power Points in the 1500 meter freestyle;
• Lastly, two male and two female athletes who are under 18 at the time of performance will be selected off of the top 2017 times in the SWIMS database based on USA Swimming Power Points in the 1500 meter freestyle.

Other Criteria:

• Only Long Courses times are considered;
• Qualification timeframe (for pool selection): January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
• Athletes must be currently registered with USA Swimming;
• Athletes must be US citizens & have not represented any other FINA Federation at international competition;
• Athletes who have previously attended a National Open Water Select Camp or National Team/National Junior Team Open Water Camp are not eligible for camp;
• Athletes who have represented USA Swimming internationally in an Open Water competition are not eligible for camp;
• An athlete who turns down the opportunity to attend camp would be eligible the following year if he/she still meets the criteria. An athlete who accepts the invitation and does not attend is not eligible the following year unless an alternate was able to attend in his/her place.

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By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

Disclaimer: there is no one-stop-shop for Last Chance meet results. We combed through NCAA event rankings via the USA Swimming Database, limiting our search to last chance qualifying periods between the end of conference meets and the end of the NCAA championship qualifying period. If we missed any qualifiers, please let us know in the comments so we can add them in.

Last chance meets are pretty self-explanatory– they’re the last chance for a swimmer who hasn’t yet qualified for the NCAA Championships to do so. These meets are typically are tacked on at the end of conference championships, as NCAA hopefuls try to hang on to their taper and shoot for a time that is more likely to qualify for the NCAA Champs. Swimmers don’t have much to lose, as these meets are simply offering them another shot to make the meet if they don’t have a favorable spot in the event rankings for that season.

Looking at how last chance qualifiers did this year, swimmers added time at Nationals for the most part. Juggling a conference taper with an impromptu last-chance swim as well as another championship meet can be incredibly difficult, as it’s physically and emotionally taxing (especially for a longer race). However, sometimes a last chance qualifier can surprise. A few swimmers managed to hit season bests, and a select few found their way to individual scoring at Nationals.

Below, check out who qualified for NCAAs off of last-chance meets, and then see how they fared at NCAAs.

Editor’s Note: there’s no last chance depository, per se, so we’ve done our best to comb results for qualifiers out of last chance meets. If we’ve missed one, please let us know in the comments! Additionally, some swimmers may have already been fast enough to qualify for NCAAs, but were on the bubble, so they swam last chance swims anyways and bettered their chances. 

MEN

*In the chart above, those with bolded names scored at NCAAs and/or improved upon their last chance swims.

14 men were able to qualify for NCAAs based on their last chance swims, with three men capitalizing on their opportunities to score individually.

Two of these men were Georgia swimmers: Walker Higgins and Gunnar Bentz. Higgins added a bit of time in prelims but was fast enough to squeeze into the 500 free B final, and though he added even more in finals, he still finished in 15th to secure 2 points. Bentz dropped a bit of time from his last chance swim to qualify into the 200 fly A final, and settled for 8th there.

UCSB’s Billy Mullis was the only other swimmer on the men’s side to improve upon his time at nationals, with a 1:40.97 in the 200 back.

WOMEN

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

Future H2Okies AJ and Rose Pouch

Las Vegas, Nevada’s AJ Pouch, the #10 recruit on our top-20 boys’ list for the class of 2019, has announced his verbal commitment to Virginia Tech.

“Excited and proud to announce my commitment to swim at Virginia Tech! Thank you to my friends, family, and coaches for pushing me and believing in me throughout my swimming career! Thank you to my mom for forcing me to swim, my coaches Lorena and Randy for believing in me and seeing my potential, and my family for making huge sacrifices to make this all happen! I am excited to continue this next chapter of my life as a hokie!

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

Las Vegas, Nevada’s Rose Pouch has announced her verbal commitment to Virginia Tech.

“I’m super excited to continue my swim career at Virginia Tech! The coaches are so welcoming and great, I can’t wait to see how this program progresses! I wouldn’t be here without my supportive family and coaches

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Courtesy: Callum Ng with assistance from Swim Nova Scotia.

The pool at the Yarmouth YMCA is 20 yards long, or a shade over 18 meters.

It has four lanes. A classic blue slide curls over one. Extra lane ropes hang on the far wall, a space-saving necessity to keep the sliver of deck space clear. The start end is neatly arranged; a rack of kickboards, a few plastic chairs, and cabinets for other floatables.

On most days over the past 44 years, Ginny Smith filled this pool with swimmers, sometimes nine to a churning lane, converting the quiet tank into a swim practice.

Illustrations of Smith by former swimmers are textured, loving, and voluminous, yet do not fixate on many of the same characteristics, other than to highlight Smith’s quietness.

The Denver-born Smith moved to Nova Scotia in the early 1970s, with her husband Andy, to a remote road near the ocean in a place called Argyle. In the winter, groceries had to be taken from the road to the house on a toboggan. The home was rustic and wood heated.

They were Americans who had left behind Nixon-era politics. Coincidentally, they arrived to the chaos of the 1970 FLQ crisis, and their first home in Canada was just outside of Ottawa.

Still, Smith says they felt welcomed.

“We loved it immediately, felt as if we were being embraced by a country where the government was possibly more open minded,” says Smith.

By the time of their move to rural Nova Scotia in 1974, Smith was doing social work and Andy was making arrangements to go to Dalhousie for his teaching degree, at the time, four hours away.

That same year, their second son, Corrie, walked into the ocean and drowned.

“It was like getting to know everything all at once, getting used to a loss, and getting used to being a little lonely, and getting used to Canada, but swimming did help because it tied me to a group of people that had a common interest,” said Smith.

Smith found coaching by coincidence. One day after Corrie’s death, she was showering at the Yarmouth YMCA, and began chatting to another woman, who turned out to be from Denver, and had been taught by Smith’s father, Bill Spurlin.

The woman knew of the swim team, the Yarmouth Y Whitecaps, and wondered if Ginny might be interested in teaching swimming.

Smith swam through her age group years, started a women’s swim team in college, and had experience coaching and lifeguarding.

“I said ‘Yes!’,” recalls Smith.

Soon after, the head coach at the time, Hugh Sproule, decided to move on and asked Smith to take over.

She agreed, “I had no clue, I didn’t know what I’d be getting into,” says Smith, who became a volunteer head coach in addition to full-time social work and motherhood, to young son Shannon.

“It was just one thing into another,” recalls Smith. Her brother, Richard, came out the year Corrie died to help with food, chopping wood, even coaching a few days a week.

Smith recalls her history in terms of a school year, or perhaps, the swim season. Starting in September of one year, and ending the next summer when the calendar has turned.

In 1976-77, Smith went back to school for her Bachelor of Education degree. A local couple helped out with the Whitecaps.

Over her 27 years as a teacher, Smith melded social work, with education and the benefits of sport and swimming.

At one of her first schools, Smith lobbied for physical education, and arranged for students to play basketball at the local high school during lunch. Failing that, she brought the kids outside to run.

“I was kind of a vocal person,” says Smith.

A few years into her teaching career, school board administrators approached her to develop special education programs. That led to decades of related work in the field, at times including fellow coaches David Fry and Nigel Kemp.

Smith did studies and attended conferences. Topics were benevolent and esoteric, for example, on how swimming could develop dexterity and language in non-verbal autistic children.

Smith wanted to remove barriers for others, while obliterating them for herself.

She was a female coach in Canadian swimming at a time when few existed. And a good one. It wasn’t uncommon for national qualifiers to develop in the Yarmouth Y’s 20-yard pool.

“I’ve never been a person who allowed being female to stop me from doing anything,” says Smith.

And she championed a gender balance on the pool deck.

“I think there’s a certain attitude amongst coaches that women are not as capable or forceful or don’t stand up as well to stress,” says Smith, “But I think that’s changed.”

Whomever was coaching with Ginny, her swimmers knew who was leading.

“There’s just something about her that you have no choice but to respect her,” said former swimmer Steve Indig, who is now a sport lawyer in Toronto.

Indig still swims, and aside from a break while he articled, never experienced the burnout so typical for serious swimmers. Lifelong swimming was one of Ginny’s hopes.

Smith rarely had more than 90 minutes for a practice. Swimmers tethered in the short pool to eliminate the benefit of constant turns.

“When they did have that time in the pool they focused on the skills,” says Bette El-Hawary, the Executive Director of Swim Nova Scotia, “She made lemonade out of lemons.”

Because of Yarmouth’s remoteness, swim meets were always hours away by car, sometimes under the snowy blanket of a Maritime winter.

“If you made finals Sunday night she would stay with you and drive you home at midnight,” recalls Indig. If swimmers didn’t have a ride Smith would take them, driving all over town, sometimes until the early hours of the morning.

Her swimmers have gone on to become professionals, journalists and teachers.

“She’s shaped who we’ve all become,” says Bobby Lou Reardon, who has been swimming or coaching with Smith her entire life, “She’s like another mother.”

The Yarmouth YMCA sits on Main St., and like many others, it has a pool, gym, and fitness machines. At first glance, the pool might be dismissed as big enough for swim lessons only, or a refreshing, post-workout splash.

But every day, for a few hours at least, the lanes were for training, the sound was swimming, and the water was proof that a pool is not always measured by its dimensions, but the passion and might of the coach standing on deck.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: The Career, Legacy of Swim Nova Scotia’s Ginny Smith

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2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Thursday, August 9 – Tuesday, August 14, 2018
• Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo, Japan
• Meet site
• Psych Sheet
• Start Lists
• Meet Results

The 2018 Pan Pacific Championships – the major international event for several nations this year – is officially in the books.  While Team USA appeared to struggle in some ways, the Americans still easily topped the medal tally, but every nation had some great performances.

Here’s our SwimSwam awards, noting just a few of the many highlights from last week.  Feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments.

Women’s Swimmer of the Meet – Cate Campbell

Cate Campbell (photo: Mike Lewis)

While Campbell has created a bit of a perception that she’s unable to bring the heat at major meets, she was on fire in Tokyo last week.  Her accolades included meet records in both the 50 free and the 100 free, and a trio of relay anchor legs that ranged between 50.93 and 51.36.  That’s five gold medals in one week, and she now has nine medals, all gold, across two Pan Pacific Championships meets.

Honorable Mention:

• Katie Ledecky– When you’ve racked up the hardware and times that Ledecky has over the past six years, and seemingly broken world records at will, it becomes difficult to exceed expectations.  Thus, it’s hard to avoid feeling a little ho-hum about Ledecky’s week, as she “only” won three individual gold medals and had a wicked-fast split on the 4×200 free relay, but didn’t swim any best times.

Men’s Swimmer of the Meet – Ryan Murphy

The defending Olympic champion in both backstroke events looked to be a little off last summer, but Murphy returned with a vengeance in 2018.  He was one of the few US swimmers who really looked to be just about in peak form all week.   He was dominant in the 100 back, winning by over eight—tenths of a second and dropping over half a second off his time from USA Nationals.  The 200 back was even better for him, as he won by a whopping 1.55 seconds over Japan’s Ryosuke Irie.  His split on the medley relay wasn’t amazing, coming after the 200 back, but it was enough to put the rest of the team in a position to win and give Murphy his third gold medal of the meet.

Honorable Mentions:

Chase Kalisz– also earned two gold medals as he swept the individual medley events.  Sure, we gave Murphy the edge partially because he set meet records – and it’s not Kalisz’s fault that the meet records in his events happen to be held by Ryan Lochte, but Murphy’s gold medal in the medley relay puts him over Kalisz here.

Jordan Wilimovksy–yet another double gold medalist for Team USA, Wilimovsky excelled in the longest two events.  First, he won gold in the 1500m in the pool, then earned a championship in the open water 10k, getting the edge in close finishes in both races.

Women’s Performance of the Meet – Cate Campbell‘s 100 Frees

We’re going to cheat a bit here, but we’ll take solace in the fact that whether individual or relay, it’s essentially the same race.  As we mentioned above, Campbell churned out four 100 frees that were among the fastest ever, including the 2nd-fastest individual and fastest relay splits ever.

Honorable Mentions:

Katie Ledecky, 4×200 free – It feels like this swim got lost in the wake, so to speak, amidst the Aussies upsetting the Americans for the win.  But that loss was no fault of Ledecky, who split 1:53.84 in a futile attempt to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.  That’s good for the third-fastest split of all time, and it shows that despite only garnering a bronze in the individual event (again, it came after a 800 free the same night), she’s still certainly capable of 1:54 flat start.

Rikako Ikee, 100 fly – The Japanese teenager set a meet record in the event by swimming 56.08 while becoming the 5th-fastest performer ever.  For good measure, she split 55-mid on both the mixed and women’s medley relays, helping Japan pick up hardware in both of those events as well.

Men’s Performance of the Meet – Ryan Murphy, 100 Back

Ryan Murphy (photo: Mike Lewis)

Murphy’s already the world record holder in this event, and he flirted with breaking his own record before settling for tying Aaron Piersol for the 3rd-best performance of all time. Like we said, he looked a little off last year, but proved he was back in form with a time that was only .09 off his world record mark of 51.85.  It’d be easy to say that Murphy once again looks almost certain to sweep the backstroke events in Tokyo, except that Xu Jiayu has been within 0.01s of Murphy’s time, and he’ll be swimming next week at the Asian Games.

Honorable Mention:

Townley Haas, 4×200 anchor – Haas was one of many USA athletes who won gold medals without quite looking at their best, as his 1:45.5 victory in the 200 free was about half a second off of his lifetime best. But with the US facing a deficit after the first two legs were well off their best times, Haas dove in and delivered the 3rd-best relay split of all-time, going out in 49.4 to the feet, and holding on for a 1:43.xx that secured a gold medal for the USA.

Women’s Race of the Meet – 200 Free

We knew that Katie Ledecky was going to have challengers in this event, especially coming after the 800 free earlier in the session.  So, it wasn’t too surprising when the 18 year-old Canadian, Taylor Ruck, charged out to an early lead.  But fans who were hoping Ledecky still had enough left in the tank to real in Ruck were doubly disappointed, as not only did Ruck maintain her lead, but Rikako Ikee outsplit Ledecky over the final 50 meters to take silver, leaving Ledecky with her first bronze medal in international competition.

Honorable Mention:

Taylor Ruck (photo: Mike Lewis)

100 back – Similar story to the 200 free, as this race featured the current world junior record holder (Regan Smith), the current Olympic record holder (Emily Seebohm), the previous world record holder (Kylie Masse), and the current world record holder (Kathleen Baker), so we knew we were in for a good race.  Baker was first to the 50m mark, but both Masse and Seebohm closed on the second half.  All three touched within 0.22s of each other, but Masse got her hand to the wall first, followed by Seebohm, then Baker.

Men’s Race of the Meet – 200 Breast

It looked like this would be Josh Prenot‘s race to win after he set the meet record in prelims.  But things did not as expected in this race that had multiple lead changes.  Lizhuo Wang led after the first 50, then Matthew Wilson surged to touch first at the halfway mark.  Wilson hung on through the 150m, but Prenot and Ippei Watanabe were right behind him.  Ultimately, Watanabe split 32.8 over the final length to pick up gold, while Zac Stubblety-Cook split 32.14 to steal silver from Wilson, and Prenot faded to 5th.

Honorable Mention:

200 fly – This was similar to the 200 breast, in that the top seed from the morning, in this case Jack Conger, never led the race, and didn’t medal, but we still managed to see some great racing.  Daiya Seto led after the first turn, but Leonardo De Deus took control during the middle 100.  The final lap was a frenetic finish, as Seto ran down De Deus, and Zach Harting moved up from 7th to 3rd to grab a medal.

Women’s Breakout Performer – Ariarne Titmus

Yes, we’ve been hearing her name for a while now, and yes, she already won gold at Commonwealth Games.  But when your event schedule overlaps with a certain Katie Ledecky, and when your times aren’t too far off where hers were at the same age, you’ve got to be wondering how you would fair head to head.  And while Titmus couldn’t overcome Ledecky, she definitely challenged her in the 400, winning a silver medal there and in the 800, and served notice that, in 2020, these should be some good races.

Men’s Breakout Performer – Jack McLoughlin

Like Titmus, McLoughlin had already earned a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year, in the 1500m free.  But here he proved that his performance at the Gold Coast was no fluke, as he took gold in the 400m over a field that included Mack Horton and Zane Grothe, and then nabbed a pair of bronze medals in the 800m and 1500m freestyles as well.  He looks poised to be the next big thing in a long line of successful Australian distance freestylers.

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With two of three qualifying meets complete, the framework of the 2018-2019 U.S. National Team is well in place. There could be some shuffling based on Junior Pan Pacs results, but with senior Pan Pacs and U.S. Nationals out of the way, the vast majority of next year’s National Team is all but locked in.

What is the National Team?

In contrast to the traveling rosters for meets like Pan Pacs, World Championships or World University Games, the U.S. National Team refers to a broader roster of the nation’s top swimmers in every event who can qualify for a wide range of benefits from USA Swimming.

For more detail on those specific benefits, check out our story on the subject from late 2014 here. The short version is that making the national team carries a certain level of prestige, financial support and other perks like access to the Olympic Training Center and video review and massages at some major meets.

For 2018-2019, the U.S. National Team will be selected from the top 6 times in each Olympic event from the combined results of U.S. Nationals, Pan Pacs and Junior Pan Pacs. As opposed to travel roster selection, this roster does take into account prelims swims in addition to swims from any final. Relay leadoffs, time trials, swim-offs and intermediate splits aren’t included.

You can see full selection criteria here.

Open water swimmers have already been selected based on the top 6 finishers at the 2018 U.S. Open Water Nationals 10K race. Unlike the pool team, they’re locked into their spots.

Projected Rosters

These rosters aren’t final, only because a swimmer from Junior Pan Pacs could still improve their standing. These lists, in a way, then, are incentive lists for any Junior Pan Pac swimmer looking for National Team status. Those who don’t make it will be likely to make the Junior National Team instead. The junior team is selected in a somewhat-similar way: the top 6 juniors (as of September 1, 2018) in each Olympic event are eligible make the roster, though this team is selected from long course times swum in the calendar year 2018 rather than from specific meets. It also limits the total roster to 40 swimmers and bases priority and selection on world ranks.

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Courtesy: Simon Fraser Athletics

BURNABY, BC– Simon Fraser University swimming and diving head coach Liam Donnelly has announced that Maxime Marechal-McCoy and Dylan Roguski will be joining the program as assistant coaches for the 2018-19 season.

Originally from Pointe Claire, QC, Maxime Marechal-McCoy received his Bachelor in Sports Science from the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France before returning to Canada to earn his Master’s in Kinesiology from the University of Montreal. A dual Canadian-French citizen, he spent a year as the head coach of the Marquette Swim Team in Montreal before moving to BC to take over the Okanagan-based Lumby Swim Club in 2015.

Marechal-McCoy comes to SFU after having spent the past three years as an assistant coach with the Delta Sungod swim club. As an athlete, he made four appearances at France’s National Championships (2003-2006) and also competed at the Canadian Interuniversity Championships (CIS) in 2011.

Dylan Roguski 

A Clan alumnus, Dylan Roguski was born in Edmonton, AB and joined the SFU team in 1996, leading them to a NAIA title in his sophomore year. He began his professional coaching career in 1999 with the Port Moody Aquarians swim club and after completing his degree in Kinesiology, rejoined his alma mater as SFU’s assistant swim coach as well as becoming the inaugural head age group coach of Simon Fraser Aquatics (SFA).

While with the SFU and SFA programs, Roguski coached several Provincial and National champions in a career highlighted by leading a group of athletes to the World Championship Trials in Montreal in 2004 where SFU placed two swimmers onto the Canadian World Championship Team.

Simon Fraser University is Canada’s only NCAA swim program. The SFU men finished 18th overall at the 2018 NCAA DII Championships, while the SFU women were 14th.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Simon Fraser Swimming Adds Two Assistant Coaches

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2018 JOSE FINKEL TROPHY

• August 24th-28th, 2018
• Sao Paolo, Brazil
• 25 SCM pool
• Schedule
• Psych Sheet

The 2018 Jose Finkel Trophy, typically Brazil’s winter-ending National Championship meet, is slated to begin on Friday, August 24th and run through Tuesday, August 28th in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

The meet will be competed in short course meters (25m) and will serve as Brazil’s qualifying meet for the 2018 Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China this December.

Most notably, Olympic champion Cesar Cielo will be competing in the 50 free, 100 free, and 50 fly – going all-in for SC Worlds after not competing in the Pan Pacific Championships last week and an uncertain future in the sport beyond this year. He is the top seed in the 50 free, 12th in the 100 free, and 11th seed in the 50 fly. Though, all of the seeded times seem to be in LCM and, for Cielo at least, not lifetime bests.

Other notable competitors include a quartet of sprinters with Etiene Medeiros – gold medalist in the 50 back from last summer’s World Championships in Budapest, Joao Gomes Jr. – silver medalist in the 50 breast from the 2017 Worlds and bronze medalist in the 100 from Pan Pacs last week, 38 year-old Nicholas Santos – silver medalist in the 50 fly from each of the last two World Championships (2015, 2017), and Pedro Spajari who fired off a 46.94 for the fastest split in the field of the 4×100 free relay at last week’s Pan Pacs.

The most notable absentee is Bruno Fratus– arguably Brazil’s biggest swimming star after his silver medal in the 50 free behind Caeleb Dressel at last summer’s Worlds. The 29 year-old, who in June surpassed Cielo for the most sub-22 performances in the 50 LCM free (60), was removed from Brazil’s Pan Pacs roster while nursing a shoulder injury and, thus, will not compete in Sao Paolo.

Last year, Pinheiros swept the combined, men’s, and women’s meets – winning the combined with 2649.5 points over Minas (1921.5), and Unisanta (1751), the men’s with 1065.5 points over Minas (968) and Corinthians (503), and the women’s with 954 points over Unisanta (789) and Minas (513.5).

Athletes who finish top 2 while meeting a qualifying time (seen below) will automatically earn a roster spot. If automatic bids don’t fill 20 roster spots for men and women, the CBDA can invite other athletes based on the top times in Olympic events.

You can read the full explanation of the selection criteria on BestSwimming.br in its original Portuguese here.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Cesar Cielo Set To Compete For SC Worlds Spot At Jose Finkel Trophy

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Hales Corners, Wisconsin’s Kierston Farley-Sepe is transferring to Illinois State University after two years at the University of Kentucky. She will have two years of eligibility left when she suits up for the Redbirds in the fall. Illinois State head coach Scott Cameron said:

“We are absolutely thrilled to add Kierston to our team. She brings SEC experience to our team and will have a huge impact in not only her individual events at the MVC Meet, but on our relays as well.  Her top times in the 200 & 400 IM and the 200 fly would have been the top times in the MVC this past year, so we can’t wait to begin working with Kierston and are excited to have her join the Redbird family.”

At Kentucky, Farley-Sepe was a C-finalist in the 200 fly (1:57.35), 200 IM (1:59.11), and 400 IM (4:12.74) as a freshman at the 2017 SEC Championships. This past season she again qualified for SECs, competing in the 200 fly and 200 IM. She posted season-best times in those events at the Ohio State Last Chance meet and was named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

During her prep career, she swam for the Waukesha South/Mukwonago cooperative where she was the National Public School record-holder in the 400 free relay and was the 2014 WIAA Division 1 state champion in the 200 IM as a junior. She held multiple Wisconsin state records held and was a back-to-back Wisconsin club state champion in the 200 IM and the 100 free with the Southwest Aquatic Team.

Top SCY times:

• 200 IM – 1:59.11
• 400 IM – 4:12.74
• 200 fly – 1:57.35
• 100 fly – 54.34
• 100 free – 50.46

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Redbirds to Welcome Kentucky Transfer Kierston Farley-Sepe for 2018-19

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Fayetteville Aquatics Swim Team (FAST) was established in 2012. During our short existence, FAST has become the premier program in the Cumberland County area. FAST is a year round, competitive USA Swimming team that prides itself on its professional coaching and technical development for swimmers of all ages and abilities.

INDIANA SWIMMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Indiana Swimming, one of USA Swimming’s largest and highest performing LSCs, is seeking an experienced and passionate leader to serve as its Executive Director.  The Executive Director will report to the Indiana Swimming Board of Directors and will work collaboratively with the board and staff in constructing and executing the organization’s strategic business plan based on the Indiana Swimming vision and mission.

AGE GROUP COACH MARBLEHEAD, MA.

The JCCNS Sea Serpents is a fast growing year-round team with over 100+ swimmers, which includes a Pre-Team, Special Olympics Practice Group, and a summer league team. We compete in both USA swimming and in dual meets throughout the year. These past few season we had multiple top ten swimmers and the team’s first zone qualifier.

AGE GROUP/ASSISTANT COACH GOLDEN WEST SWIM CLUB

The Golden West Swim Club (GWSC) trains in a word-class 50-meter swim complex in Huntington Beach, CA (Surf City USA). The GWSC has an immediate opening for a part-time Age Group/Assistant Coach. This position requires both on deck coaching (~20-30 hours a week) and 1-2 weekend meets per month.

SWIM COACH

Serve as Head Coach of Longview Metro Champion A

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

Video courtesy of Alex Pussieldi

Earlier this month we saw just the 3rd 200m breaststroke performance in history render a time under the 2:07 threshold, as Russia’s Anton Chupkov took the European Championships title in a mark of 2:06.86. Before his race in Glasgow on August 6th, Chupkov nailed the 2nd fastest performance ever with his time of 2:06.90 clocked en route to his winning World Championships gold in Budapest last year.

But setting the precedent ahead of the Russian was Japan’s emerging breaststroking weapon Ippei Watanabe, the Waseda University athlete who rocked a new World Record time of 2:06.67 while competing at a domestic meet in January 2017. Watanabe had previously owned the World Junior Record in the event, but his WR-setting performance introduced the now-21-year-old to the international swimming scene on the senior level.

Watanabe has since beefed up his resume even further, having earned a bronze in the event at last year’s World Championships, while most recently claiming gold in a new Pan Pacs Record time at the quadrennial championships held in Tokyo just last week.

Of the 200m distance in Jakarta at this year’s Asian Games, Watanabe has made it known lowering his own WR is indeed on his mind. But, he’ll need to cross paths with countryman Yasuhiro Koseki, Kazakhstan’s Olympic gold medalist Dmitriy Balandin and China’s Qin Hiayang on the way to the Asian Games podium.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Asian Games’ Arrival: Re-Watch Watanabe’s 2:06.67 2Breast World Record

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Courtesy of Donna Hale

Seems like everyone wants to speculate that Michael Phelps will return to competition and again go for Olympic gold.  I do not believe this will happen because Michael, like many of us who love swimming, know that he has achieved his true legacy in this sport.  And it’s not the Gold Medals or the excitement he has created for what seems like a lifetime.

Michael Phelps– (courtesy of Mike Lewis, olavistaphotography.com)

Phelps legacy is the number of kids, my daughter included, that he encouraged to fall in love with life between the lane lines. And he did this by acknowledging his demons and facing them with courage.  Because of him, young people know that you don’t need to be a perfect person – just one who learns from mistakes and inspires others to face challenges head on.

When my daughter was ten she was chasing her first Junior Olympics cut in 100 fly. She had ADHD as well, and some moments were a struggle. When we asked for an autograph,  he sent a personalized note penned by him offering encouragement and support to swim on.  Yes, she got that 100 fly cut the very next meet, followed soon by the 200 fly and others.  Michael inspired her to turn what some see as obstacles into opportunities.  He’s been doing it for years.  That is his legacy. And I believe his goal now is to inspire others to dream large. Okay, he is the greatest swimmer to ever don goggles.  Here is why Phelps will always be this swimming’s greatest legacy.

ONE

Michael is a real person. He admits to struggling with depression and to getting the help he needed. There is no telling how many swimmers sought help because he spoke up and spoke out. So many swimmers can relate.  He was a catalyst for change.

TWO

Phelps is a passionate swimmer that shows his pure love in every race. This is what we teach our swimmers if we are great coaches and parents. The beauty is not found in the medals, but along the journey. You can spot these athletes in summer pools, in USA Swimming, and in NCAA.  Win or lose, they light up the pool with electricity.

THREE

Michael views teammates as friends not just  competitors.  This is extraordinarily important in a sport where you spend so time with same people.  He understands and nurtures that bond.  These bonds are precious treasures that are forever etched in your  memory.

FOUR

He gives back to this sport, teaching others to swim not just to compete but for water safety.  He inspires kids to fall in love with the journey.  He changed the sport forever. And keeps it up in myriad ways including his foundation

Michael Phelps (photo: Mike Lewis)

FIVE

Phelps has taught millions the importance of hard work. Success does not happen without commitment. Somewhere in one of his commercials he talks about it is what you do in the darkness when no one is looking that shines when the spotlight is on. This is such a life lesson.  Talent will carry you far. But hard work will take  you all the way.

Phelps will always be an ambassador. I cannot wait to enjoy his next chapter.

About Donna Hale:  Donna Hale has been swim mom for 16 years. Her daughter swims for Davis & Elkins College.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: SwimMom Musings: The Real Legacy of Michael Phelps and Why it Matters