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Futures Qualifier Nicole Sowell Commits to Miami Hurricanes

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Senior freestyler, backstroker, and butterflier Nicole Sowell of the Bolles School Sharks club team and Bartram Tail High School in suburban Jacksonville has committed to the University of Miami Hurricanes.

She will join a roster that has only 1 in-state swimmer this year, freshman Chloe Hull, and 1 in-state diver, senior Carolyn Chaney. That’s the same number of athletes, for example, that the Hurricanes have from England and Spain on their 2018-2019 roster.

Sowell’s best times in yards:

  • 50 free – 24.56
  • 100 free – 52.69
  • 200 free – 1:52.36
  • 50 back – 27.77
  • 100 back – 1:00.07
  • 200 back – 2:08.56
  • 100 fly – 58.28

Sowell was a two-time finalist at the 2018 Florida 3A high school state championship meet, finishing 6th in the 200 free and 8th in the 100 free. She was also 5th in the 200 free as a junior in 2017, and 6th in the same as a sophomore in 2015. In total, she’s raced in 6 individual event state finals in her high school career.

Her best in the 200 free, done this year at her final state championship meet, also counts as her first Futures standard.

 


2018 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 10 & Under

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By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

To see all of our 2018 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here.

2018 Honorees: Alexis Mesina and Timothy Lee

10 & Under Girls

Alexis Mesina – Pleasanton Seahawks (Pleasanton, California)

Mesina broke the only girls’ 10-and-under National Age Group record of 2018. Swimming at a meet hosted by Brentwood Sea Wolves in November, she become the first-ever 10-and-under girl to go sub-1:08 in the 100-yard breaststroke, nearly cracking the 1:07 barrier as well. Mesina notched a 1:07.30 to erase Meghan Lynch’s 2014 mark of 1:08.07.

Mesina produced impressive swims throughout the rest of 2018 as well. She finished the year with the #1 times for 10-and-under girls in the 50/100y breast, 100y IM, 50/100m breast, and 200m IM. She also ranked in the top-10 in the 200y IM (2nd), 50y back (3rd), 50m back (3rd), 100m back (4th), 100m free (6th), and 100y free (7th). She is #2 among 10-year-old girls in the IMX rankings for the 2018-19 SCY season through the end of December.

NAGs:   
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Mesina aged into the 11/12 age group in November. She has since gone lifetime bests in the 50y breast and 50/100y back.

Runners-Up

Davina Huang – Santa Clara Swim Club (Santa Clara, CA): Huang was consistently among the top 10-year-olds in the country this year. Although she aged up to the 11/12s in July, she nonetheless finished the 2018 long-course season ranked #1 in IMX scores. She was 2nd in the IMX rankings for the 2017-18 short-course season.

Huang finished the year with 14 top-ten performances for 10-and-under girls. She was #2 in the 100y back, 100m back, and 100m fly; #3 in the 100y fly and 200m IM; #4 in the 100y IM and 200y IM; #5 in the 50m fly; #6 in the 50y back, 400m free, and 50m back; and #7 in the 50y fly, 200m free, and 100m breast.

Kayla Han – Brea Aquatics (Brea, CA): Han had an outstanding 2018, finishing the year with 13 appearances on the top-ten lists. She was the top 9-year-old in IMX rankings for the 2017-18 short course season, and she leads the field for 10-year-olds so far in the 2018-19 SCY season. She finished the 2018 LCM season with the #2 IMX score for 10-year-olds.

Han led the country in both SCY and LCM 100/200 free. She was also #1 in the 500y free and 200y IM; #2 in the 100y IM, 400m free, and 200m IM; #4 in the 50y free; #5 in the 100y breast and 50m free; and #7 in the 100m fly.

Honorable Mention

In alphabetical order:

  • Gloria Kuang– Dragon Swim Team (Mercer Island, Washington): Kuang notched 11 top-10 performances in a variety of events. She finished the year with the #1 100y back time in the country and the #2 swim in the 100y fly. She was #3 in the 100/500y free; #4 in the 200y free and 200m free; #5 in the 200y IM and 400m free; #8 in the 50y fly; #9 in the 200m IM; and #10 in the 100m free. She is currently ranked #3 in IMX scores for the 2018-19 SCY season.
  • Kelsey Zhang– Santa Clara Swim Club (Santa Clara, CA): Zhang was a consistent performer in free, fly and IM all year. She had 11 top-10 swims, including the #2 500y free; #3 400m free; #6 200m free; #7 100y fly and 100/200y IM; #8 100m fly; #9 100m free; and #10 100y free, 50y fly, and 50m back.

10 & Under Boys

Timothy Lee – Waverunners (Tenafly, New Jersey)

Lee dominated the 10-and-under age group throughout 2018. He showed his depth by excelling across the board, finishing in the top-10 (in fact, in the top-7) at year-end in 20 of 23 possible events including free, back, breast, fly, and IM. He was the #2 9-year-old in IMX rankings for the 2017-18 short-course season, and the #1 10-year-old for the 2018 long-course season. He currently tops the list of 10-year-olds for the 2018-19 SCY season.

Lee closed out 2018 ranked #1 in the country for the 10-and-under category in the 50/100m free, 50/100m fly, and 200m IM. He was #2 in the 100y fly, 100/200y IM, and 50/100m breast; #3 in the 50y fly and 200m free; #4 in the 100y breast and 400m free; #5 in the 50/100/200y free and 50y breast; and #7 in the 50y back and 100m back.

Runners-Up:

Trevan Valena– Texas Ford Aquatics (Frisco, TX): Although he only resided in the age group for a month, Valena unleashed several big swims at the 2018 Wave into 18 meet hosted by San Antonio Wave. Most memorably, he broke the National Age Group Record in the 500-yard free with 5:06.32, taking down a mark that had been set 9 months earlier by Florida’s Kaii Winkler with 5:08.77. Valena closed out 2018 with the #1 IMX score for 10-year-old boys in the 2017-18 SCY season.

Thomas Heilman – Piedmont Family YMCA/CYAC (Charlottesville, VA): Like Valena, Heilman only competed as a 10-year-old for a month in 2018. That was all it took, though, to erase the National Age Group Record in the 100-yard fly. Swimming at Winterfest hosted by SPY Swimming he clocked a 58.36 to take down the record of 59.37 that was set in 2017 by Winkler. Heilman left the age group with the #2 IMX score for the 2017-18 short-course season. In addition to finishing 2018 with the #1 100-yard fly time for the year, he signed the #2 50/100y free and 50y fly, the #4 100y IM, the #8 100y back, and the #10 200y free.

Honorable Mention

  • Clark Apuada– Monterey County Aquatic Team (Monterey, CA): Apuada wrapped up 2018 with 14 top-10 appearances. He notched the #1 50y back and 50m back times among all 10-and-under boys in the country and was #2 in the 100y back and 50m free; #3 in the 100y fly, 100m back, and 50/100m fly; #4 in the 50y free; #5 in the 50y fly, 100y IM, and 100m free; and #9 in the 100y free and 200m IM.
  • Parker Macho– Eastern Iowa Swim Federation (Cedar Rapids, IA): Macho turned 10 after the first two months of 2018 but still held on to the #1 IMX ranking for 9-year-old boys for the 2017-18 short-course season. He also ranked 3rd among 10-year-old boys for that same 2017-18 SCY season. Currently he’s the #2 10-year-old for the 2018-19 season. Macho left 2018 with 10 top-10 times. He was #1 in the 400m free; #2 in the 200/500y free and 200m free; #3 in the 100m free; #6 in the 200y IM and 200m IM; #7 in the 100m fly; and #10 in the 100y back and 100m back.
  • Daniel Zhou– University of Denver Hilltoppers (Denver, CO): Zhou was only 10 through the first half of the summer but he nevertheless finished the year with 10 top-10 rankings for 10-and-under boys. He was 2nd in the 100m free and 100m back; 3rd in the 50m free; 4th in the 200y IM and 50m fly; 5th in the 100m fly; 6th in the 200m IM; 7th in the 50y fly; and 8th in the 100y fly and 100y IM.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2018 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 10 & Under

2019 Neal Studd Swim Camp @ Florida State University

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By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam

2019 REGISTRATION OPEN!

Swim with a 2012 Olympic Head Coach and
seven time Coach of the Year on the campus of the Florida State Seminoles!

Click here to register for Neal Studd’s Swim Camp at Florida State University 

For further questions please contact, Dan Carrington (Camp Director) at:
(850) 644-5946 or email at dcarrington@fsu.edu

FSU Head Coach Neal Studd, 7 time CCSA Swimming and Diving Champions and Coach of the Year

Summer 2019 Dates

All Sessions offer an intensive training option!

Session 1:

June 3th – 7th

Session 2:

June 10th – June 14th

Session 3:

June 17th – 21nd

***Residence Hall TBD

WHY THE NEAL STUDD SWIM CAMP AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY?

The Neal Studd Swim Camp at Florida State University, is a camp that focuses on giving each swimmer age 7-18 the tools to improve their overall technique. The camp focuses on, fitness, stroke technique, starts, turns, nutrition and mental training. Each camper will recieve specific instruction on all 4 strokes, turns and starts. There will be classroom sessions on these principles as well as talks on nutrition. We will also have champion swimmers come in to talk to our campers. Our goal each session is to give your camper the tools to improve their swimming as well as give them a renewed love of the sport! We love to hear from our campers each year, that they have a “renewed love of the sport” and/or that they “were so excited to drop time”.

Register for the swim camp here.

Some highlights for our camp include:

  • Swimming with Coach Studd, a 2012 Head Olympic Coach – National Coach of the Year – Honorable Mention (swimswam)
  • A unique environment! FSU’s campus boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in America, 50-m outdoor pool and even its own lake and beach for the ultimate summer experience at FSU Reservation also called “The Rez”.
    Coach Studd has been running swim camps for over a decade, instilling a winning tradition to competitive swimmers.
  • Coach Studd has a philosophy of positive reinforcement, proper stroke technique, and challenging training.
  • Staff/swimmer ratio of 1 to 10.
  • Residential Campers will stay in the residence halls with one roommate. There is one bathroom shared between two rooms with a ratio of four campers to one shared bathroom.
  • One conditioning and one stroke/technique during each daily workouts (Intensive option is mostly training).
    Classroom sessions on a range of topics such as, staying motivated, nutrition, mental training, technique and preparing for college swimming.
  • Evening activities could include such activities as flag football, kayaking, beach volleyball, movies and ice cream, basketball and much more!
  • Video Analysis: For an additional $125 each camper has the opportunity for a video analysis of their technique underwater, using technique analysis software. These campers will receive a video of themselves and important technique coaching tips on how to improve. Paid by cash or check at the camp.
  • Private Lessons: Private lessons with the coaches also available on a first come first serve basis, at $50 for each half hour. Paid by cash or check at the camp.

Register for the swim camp here.

COST PER SESSION

  • Half Day Camper (8:00am 11am) – $200 + $25 Application Fee
  • Day Camper (8:00am-4:30pm) – $465 + $25 Application Fee
  • Residential Camper (Overnight) – $645 + $25 Application Fee (before April 1, 2018)

WHO CAN COME TO CAMP?

  • Boys and Girls 7 years of age and older who want to have fun and improve
  • Attendees will be placed into instructional groups based according to their experience level
  • Enrollment limited to first 80 campers per session.

CAMP DISCOUNTS

Multiple Child Discount: Register more than one child from the same family and receive 5% off the price of registration and the application fee is waived for the second (and each consecutive) child.  To redeem the discount you must choose the “Sibling Family Discount” choice when placing your order.
Group Discount: Campers who register for the half dayfull day camp or overnight residential camp in groups of 8 or more, will be eligible for a group rate. Please contact us to setup your group.  The group discount must be setup prior to registering the group.  If members of your group have already registered prior to setting up the team discount, refunds for the difference cannot be issued.

 Register for the swim camp here. 

Swim Camp news is courtesy of the Neal Studd Swim Camp, a SwimSwam partner.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2019 Neal Studd Swim Camp @ Florida State University

Holiday Traditions: SouthWest Stars Peppermint Relays

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Courtesy: Justin Correia

The SouthWest Stars Swim Team in Winter Garden, Florida held the 5th annual edition of the Peppermint Relays on Saturday, with almost 50 swimmers showing up to take part in the festivities.

The tradition began in 2014, when Justin Correia was hired as the team’s head coach. As he explains, he had pushed his swimmers pretty hard in the leadup to the first practice.

“I thought it would be cool to have a fun recovery practice to break up the monotony,” Correia told SwimSwam. “So I came up with a relay day. In the spirit of the holidays, I go and get a box of peppermints and every team that wins a relay gets peppermints as their prize.”

Correia says that after 5 years, the tradition, which is held on the Saturday before every Christmas, has become one of the swimmers’ favorite days.

“The first year we did it, I had about 12 swimmers,” Correia said. “Since then our team has grown to where this year we had 49! We traditionally include all of our senior group and the senior prep group, but this year we decided to have our (top 11/12 year olds), so the older kids got to swim relays with the younger group.”

This year, Correia says that they added a new relay, which he borrowed from coach Keri Clynes at the Rec-Plex Sharks. The relay is called the ‘Christmas Solo Cup tree relay,’ which requires swimmers to swim down the pool with a cup on their head and stack it in a Solo Cup Christmas Tree before swimming back and releasing their teammate.

As with all practices, the team ended the day with a cheer:

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Holiday Traditions: SouthWest Stars Peppermint Relays

Holiday Traditions: 100 x 100 At The Trent Swim Club

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By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

One of the longest, most mind-numbing, dreaded sets that you can think of, what is essentially 2.5 hours of stop-and-start swimming, stood as a holiday tradition of sorts at my home club in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Sometime during Christmas training, which usually started on the 27th or 28th of December after the holiday festivities had wrapped up, the Trent Swim Club had the older groups do 100 consecutive repetitions of 100 metres freestyle (short course) on the fastest base time you could maintain. While there was always a bit of anticipation (dread) as to which practice it would fall on, the one practice scheduled for three hours rather than the usual two was a dead giveaway.

Ultimately, the set was more of a mental struggle than physical. If we’re repeating on 1:25s the whole way, that’s two hours and twenty-one minutes of grinding. 1:30s is two and half hours, and so on.

Tim Hortons Timbits (Wikipedia Commons)

Keeping a positive mind frame and maybe making up a fun way of keeping track of which repeat you’re on in your own head can make the set go by faster. Counting using kickboards in groups of ten was one way to stay on top of it. And you’d be rewarded with some Tim Hortons Timbits and chocolate milk at the end (this is Canada, after all). However, if you started dreading how much you have left, you’re in for the long haul. And you’re probably gonna end up being one of the ones taking abnormally long (and frequent) bathroom breaks. Either way, Timbits for everyone. Also, lying on the couch and eating absurd amounts of food the rest of the day (or at least until afternoon practice) feels a little bit more satisfying knowing you’ve knocked out 10k in the water already that day.

This tradition wasn’t only for the club swimmers. A bunch of the local triathletes, including my dad, would do the set annually on Christmas Eve morning, though the jury’s still out on whether or not the full 100 has ever been completed. Even my mom and a few of her friends would attempt to complete the set over a series of workouts during the holiday season.

When I went off to university in Sudbury, I realized the 100 x 100s wasn’t just a Peterborough thing. I heard stories of how they had done the set at previous years of Christmas training as well. In my five years we never ended up doing it, thank goodness (though a best average set of 10 x 400 kick/swim quickly became my new least favorite set).

Happy holidays to all, and happy grinding to all the swimmers out there.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Holiday Traditions: 100 x 100 At The Trent Swim Club

The 12 Days of Christmas Practice, a Holiday Swim Tradition

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By Nick Pecoraro on SwimSwam

Almost every swimmer knows that Christmas break does not mean a break from a pool. If anything, it just means more swimming.

Christmas break practices can come in many different forms and styles. One swim tradition that never goes old is the “12 Days of Christmas” practice. These practices can either be super fun or super grueling.

Last year, I wrote a “12 Days of Christmas” practice for my age group swimmers at Calvin Swim Club. This practice was originally aimed for a 12&U group who were looking for a lower-commitment style swimming experience, so I had fun writing it.

Throughout the whole practice, I had one theme that kept the kids both working and having fun. In between every swim, whether it was between sets or even 25s, I had every swimmer tell me one line of a Christmas story. Eventually I had to help them out with telling them the previous line, and then molding the story since it was told by middle schoolers. At the end of the practice, I read the whole team the story that they told me. It was a fun way to end practice!

Here is my “12 Days of Christmas” practice for any team! (add appropriate intervals, cooldown not included)

12x100s warm up 

3 EZ, 3 K/S, 3 IM, 3 build

11x 11-second sprints

3 kick, 3 swim, 3 with fins

10 “Lords of Leaping” during a 200 pull

*hop out on deck and do 10 squats in between each 25*

9 x “Ladies Dancing” 25s underwaters to 15M or better

*Everyone must sing a chorus of a christmas song in between each 25*

8x 75s Indy IM

(Pattern: FL/BK/BR, FR/FL/BK, BR/FR/FL, BK/BR/FR)

7x 50s best stroke

6 minute kick

*tossing around a candy cane pullbuoy, the lane that has it must sprint kick*

5x50s progressive build (gear 1-5)

*style this your own way, fly doesn’t hurt!*

4x25s @R5 seconds 100 Pace

*essentially a broken 100*

3 minute recover

*my age-groupers loved to stand in the showers, but it’s your call*

2x50s ALL OUT from blocks

1 FR, 1 choice of stroke

1 “Santa’s Sack” Relay

*mesh bag, snorkel, 2 fins, kickboard, paddles* Every lane has a person swim a 25, retrieves the item, and swims a 25 back with it, filling the bag as it goes along the lane. First to fill the bag and finish wins!

Don’t forget to play Christmas music and dress festive!

Read the full story on SwimSwam: The 12 Days of Christmas Practice, a Holiday Swim Tradition

55-Second Butterflier Anna Wenman Commits to UConn

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Anna Wenman of Rosemount High School and Blackline  Aquatics in suburban Minneapolis has committed to the UConn Huskies. She’s currently a high scchool senior and will join the team in the fall of 2019. Her older sister Megan swam at North Dakota before they cut their program, when she transferred to UConn, where she’s currently a junior.

Anna Wenman is primarily a sprinter, a classic short course freestyle-backstroke-butterfly combo, though her breaststroke is good enough to make her a D1 caliber IMer as well.

Best times in yards:

  • 50 free – 24.43
  • 100 free – 52.62
  • 200 free – 1:54.73
  • 100 back – 57.80
  • 100 breast – 1:10.96
  • 100 fly – 55.97
  • 200 IM – 2:05.75

Some of those times are probably outdated. Her best 50 free, for example, was swum in early 2015, where she was among the top 75 13-year olds in the country in that event. She split a 23.6 on Rosemount’s 200 free relay at the Minnesota Class AA State Championship meet in November on a rolling start, and split 52.25 on a 400 free relay anchor as well.

Her best time in the 100 fly would’ve just missed the A final at last year’s American Athletic Conference Championships for UConn, bringing instant scoring for a team that finished last season at the conference championship meet out of 6 teams: just 22 points behind Tulane. Wenman would’ve ranked 2nd among the Huskies in the 100 fly last season, and 1st when limited to times just from the AAC Championships. The team has improved dramatically in that event this season, though, with junior Katie Breault swimming 54.6 at the mid-season House of Champions Invite in Indianapolis. In total, 4 Huskies have been sub-56 in the 100 fly already this season.

Wenman is also a 2017-2018 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. She has two sisters – the aforementioned Megan, and another sister Elizabeth who swam at D3 St. Thomas in Minneapolis.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 55-Second Butterflier Anna Wenman Commits to UConn

Luke DeVore Joins Rising George Mason Breaststroke Group

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Breaststroker Luke DeVore from the Nation’s Capital Swim Club has committed to swim at George Mason University beginning in the fall of 2019.

His best times in the 100 breaststroke (56.30) would already rank him 8th in school history, while his best time in the 200 (2:02.89) would put him just outside of the school’s top 10.

He’s leaning into the Patriots’ recent success in the breaststroke races. The top two swimmers in school history are Michael Pettinichi (53.76) and Christopher Stankiewicz (54.76), who both swam best times at last year’s Atlantic 10 Championships. Pettinichi is a senior this season, but DeVore and Stankiewicz will overlap for a season.

In total, George Masson scored

DeVore’s Best Times in Yards:

  • 100 breat – 56.30
  • 200 breast – 2:02.89
  • 200 fly – 1:50.74
  • 200 IM – 1:51.97
  • 400 IM – 3:58.76
  • 100 fly – 50.23

DeVore trains at the NCAP West site where two-time Olympic medal-winning breaststroker Jeremy Linn is the head coach. He also attends Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Luke DeVore Joins Rising George Mason Breaststroke Group


FINA contre ISL (1) : la FINA continue de faire sa voleuse d’idée

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By Eric Lahmy on SwimSwam

Ancien nageur, Eric Lahmy est journaliste, écrivain, rédacteur en chef, et reporter. Il anime depuis 2013 Galaxie-Natation, un blog dédié à son sport préféré.

LES 17-19, LES NAGEURS INVITÉS PAR L’INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE PLANCHAIENT AUTOUR DU PROJET DE MEETING PROFESSIONNEL. PENDANT CE TEMPS LES BARBONS DE LA FINA S’ENTENDAIENT À LEUR CHOURAVER L’IDÉE

Mercredi 19 Décembre 2018

Merveilleuse FINA.

Alors que ses mondiaux en petit bassin se déroulaient à Hangzhou, le Bureau de la FINA faisait savoir qu’il approuvait l’organisation d’un nouvel événement de natation, qui serait lancé en 2019 et s’ajouterait au programme actuel.

Cette superbe idée dont on peut bien entendu se demander quel en est le génial inventeur, et baptisée « FINA champions swim series », prendra la forme de trois compétitions, entre mars et mai, s’adressera aux médaillés olympiques et mondiaux et « dans un format innovant chargé de créer une plate-forme de classe mondiale pour l’élite mondiale et pour développer un nouveau centre d’intérêt. » Je vous passe le laïus : du baratin, digne de bonimenteur de foire.

On y évoque « une présentation innovante et des divertissements » comprenant des 50, 100 et des 200 en nage libre, dos, brasse et papillon (voilà qui est en effet le comble de l’originalité) ainsi que sur 400 libre et 200 quatre nages (arrêtez, c’est génial) en plus de quatre courses de relais (c’est trop, prodigieusement inventif, on soupçonne là un savoir-faire effarant).) Mais c’est là qu’il fait s’accrocher. « Le programme des FINA Champions Swim Series ne comprendra que des finales, où les quatre meilleurs nageurs de chaque épreuve se rencontreront dans des courses individuelles. Les compétitions se dérouleront en bassin de 50 mètres et dureront trois jours – de vendredi à dimanche. »

Seuls les nageurs invités participeront à ces séries : on y trouvera les champions olympiques et du monde, les tenants des records mondiaux et les mieux placés dans les bilans mondiaux de chaque événement. Tous ces nageurs recevront des prix et des primes d’engagement, leurs dépenses (voyage, gîte et couvert) leur seront remboursées.

Les nageurs seront regroupés en équipes continentales ou de sponsors, chaque équipe comprenant 24 athlètes (12 hommes et 12 femmes).

Bien entendu, tout ce qui précède ne vaut pas la présentation du président de la Fédération Internationale, Julio Cesar Maglione selon qui “dans son constant effort d’innovation et de proposition de nouvelles opportunités aux étoiles de notre sport, la FINA est très heureuse de lancer cette nouvelle compétition, (laquelle) complètera de la meilleure façon possible notre calendrier de natation, avec d’abord ces séries des champions de natation, ensuite nos championnats du monde, et finalement la Coupe du monde. En créant cette compétition additionnelle de l’élite, la FINA génèrera un vrai show aquatique, où la présentation du sport et la promotion des stars sont les concepts clés d’un meeting réussi. »

On a bien eu raison de retarder l’âge de la retraite pour garder Jules Cesar, ça permet d’écouter ce bonimenteur de placarde baratiner le chaland.

Ayant évoqué sa puissance de feu en termes de diffusion de l’événement, la FINA en arrive à l’essentiel et fait savoir que ces séries permettront de distribuer 3,9 millions de dollars de prix ainsi distribués : 2.436.000$ de prix individuels, 648.000$ de prix de relais, et 840.000$ de prix d’équipe…

Sans être un expert et sans connaître du meeting que proposait I.S.L. autre chose que ce que la Ligue en avait fait connaître, on peut dire que c’est de cette grande réunion avortée de Turin que vient l’inspiration.

Il serait d’ailleurs intéressant de savoir s’il n’y a pas lieu pour I.S.L., qui traîne la F.I.N.A. devant un tribunal californien, de lui intenter un autre procès, pour contrefaçon cette fois.

LA FINA ENTRE LE PLAGIAT ET L’ABUS DE POSITION DOMINANTE !

Cela dépend quand même des traces écrites laissées par la Ligue dans les tractations qu’elle prétend avoir menées avec la F.I.N.A. Pour cette dernière, démarquer ainsi le projet I.S.L. et le présenter comme sa création, pourrait n’être rien autre qu’un plagiat, une captation non autorisée ou un démarquage. Bien entendu, il sera sans doute difficile de démontrer une propriété intellectuelle pour ce type de shows, et donc que ladite propriété ait été violée. Comme je ne crois pas qu’il soit facile de défendre un quelconque « droit d’auteur » en la matière.

L’ I.S.L. pourrait peut-être à nouveau faire remarquer que l’abus de position dominante est une infraction prévue par le droit de la concurrence pour sanctionner une entreprise, qui, en situation de domination de par son pouvoir de marché, profite de sa position pour s’émanciper des conditions que devrait lui imposer le marché.

Bien entendu, j’ignore totalement si I.S.L., primo, dispose d’éléments qui permettraient d’attaquer la F.I.N.A. sur ce point, secundo si elle en a l’intention.

ON TROUVE TOUT DANS LA BOUTIQUE GRANDE SURFACE F.I.N.A. : LE LÉGISLATIF, L’EXÉCUTIF, LE JUDICIAIRE ET L’ÉPICERIE DU COIN

La FINA, depuis quelques lustres, s’est permis d’être à la fois le législatif (elle fait les lois), le judiciaire (elle applique les lois), l’exécutif (elle établit la vie du sport) et, pour couronner le tout, se déclare en être le seul créateur événementiel habilité. Elle a passé ces dernières années à détourner à son profit les meetings internationaux et à en bloquer l’accès… Plutôt que de se conduire en association sans but lucratif, elle se pose comme une association lucrative, sans but… autre que celui de nuire à tout ce qui s’approche de son rayon d’action, puis de ramasser toute la galette.

MIRACLE : PENNY HEYNS PARLE… POUR NE RIEN DIRE.

Penelope (Penny) HEYNS, la double championne olympique sud-africaine de brasse aux Jeux d’Atlanta, en 1996, devenue présidente de la très silencieuse commission des athlètes de la FINA, ne pouvait sans doute pas se soustraire au devoir de voler au secours de « ce nouveau concept », ce qui est un peu normal, étant invitée, logée et nourrie à Hangzhou et touchant pendant les mondiaux ses frais, les per diem, soit quotidiennement deux fois le salaire minimum mensuel en Afrique du Sud, 244 € – ou une fois le salaire moyen, 457€.

Défendre le produit maison est le moins qu’elle puisse faire, HEYNS, mais on aimerait qu’elle ne fasse pas trop carrière de l’autre côté. Elle a ainsi récemment remplacé Beckie SCOTT, la championne olympique canadienne de ski nordique qui a démissionné de la WADA en septembre dernier pour protester contre l’étrange revirement de l’institution dans l’affaire du dopage d’Etat russe.

Censée parler au nom des athlètes, Penny HEYNS n’a en fait le droit de rien dire, étant tenue comme tous les autres commissionnaires qui gravitent autour des caciques de la FINA à un devoir de réserve et une obligation de discrétion. On la préférait en nageuse…

Et quand elle parle soi-disant au nom des athlètes, cette pauvre Penny ne fait que répercuter la voix de ses maîtres. Elle sera à la WADA comme elle l’est à la FINA l’un de ces muets du sérail qui donne l’illusion d’une démocratie là où il n’y a que l’arbitraire de bureaucrates.

Quoiqu’elle raconte en cette qualité, ses propos de porte-parole rétribuée, à la différence de ses déplacements en classe affaire, de ses hôtels haut de gamme et de ses sympathiques per diem, ne vaudront pas un penny !

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Perché Assumere Un Nuotatore Migliorerà La Vostra Azienda

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By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

Non tutti i nuotatori possono vivere con questo sport.

Coloro che riusciranno a guadagnare abbastanza dalle competizioni sono davvero una piccola percentuale. Tuttavia, anni ed anni di duro lavoro non saranno sprecati, perché avranno formato una personalità completa.

Gli ex nuotatori hanno acquisito negli anni dell’agonismo competenze che possono essere determinanti nella nuova vita nel mondo del lavoro.

1. NUOTATORI SONO ORIENTATI AL DETTAGLIO.

I nuotatori impiegano ore della propria giornata a perfezionare una subacquea, o un tuffo. Piccoli particolari che fanno guadagnare preziosi decimi di secondo in gara.

I nuotatori guardano un progetto al microscopio. Tutti i minimi dettagli devono essere perfetti. Questo tipo di dedizione ai particolari può dare molti vantaggi sia in piscina che in qualsiasi ambito lavorativo.

2. I NUOTATORI SANNO GESTIRE IL LORO TEMPO IN MODO EFFICACE.

Per essere un atleta/studente, devi essere in grado di bilanciare efficacemente scuola ed allenamenti.

Aver trascorso anni a gestire scuola, allenamenti, trasferte, gare il fine settimana, compiti in classe, lavorare sei o otto ore di fila sarà come un 100 sciolto alla fine dell’allenamento.

3. I NUOTATORI SANNO IMPOSTARE OBIETTIVI IMPEGNATIVI, MA REALISTICI,.

Obiettivi ambiziosi ma realistici. Un nuotatore si ripete queste parole ogni giorno, tutti i giorni.

Si lavora per gli obiettivi e quando si raggiungono, se ne impostano subito altri.

Se l’obiettivo diventa impossibile, si riorganizza tutto e si cambia strategia.

4. NUOTATORI SANNO ESSERE BUONI COMPAGNI DI SQUADRA.

Se si richiede un lavoro in team, un nuotatore è la scelta migliore che un’azienda possa fare.

I nuotatori sanno far funzionare i rapporti anche con persone che non ti sei scelto come compagno di squadra. La squadra può essere la fonte del successo e si lavora per ottenere tutti dei risultati.

5. NUOTATORI SANNO COME TRASFORMARE UN COMPITO NOIOSO IN INTERESSANTE.

Dopo aver trascorso ore e ore ogni giorno a fissare una linea nera sul fondo della piscina e nuotare avanti e indietro, la maggior parte delle attività nel mondo degli adulti possono sembrare molto più interessanti.

Anche se si assegna un compito monotono, un nuotatore saprà come renderlo interessante e mantenere alta la concentrazione.

6. NUOTATORI SANNO LAVORARE SOTTO PRESSIONE.

I nuotatori sanno sfruttare l’ansia ed il nervosismo e trasformali in adrenalina.

Sanno bene cosa vuol dire essere sotto pressione e come seguire una certa attività quando la posta in gioco è alta.

Anni di gare davanti a migliaia di spettatori, a ricercare la concentrazione. Parlare in pubblico, avere una scadenza sarà un gioco da ragazzi.

7. I NUOTATORI SONO INTRINSECAMENTE MOTIVATI.

La cosa più importante che i nuotatori imparano è il modo per rimanere motivati ​​sia quando le cose vanno bene che quando vanno malissimo.

La motivazione continua nasce ogni giorno, non solo quando si vincono medaglie o si stampa il proprio personal best.

Nei periodi di lavoro più intensi o quando sembra che i risultati tardano ad arrivare, un nuotatore saprà essere sempre motivato e dare ogni giorno il meglio di sé.

Ispirata da Hannah Heicth

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2019 Cavalier Swim Camps – Sign Up Today

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By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam

Our goal is to create a positive atmosphere where competitive swimmers can learn and improve the skills needed to compete at a higher level. Cavalier Swim Camp offers a unique balance of intensive conditioning, thorough stroke instruction and analysis with our coaches and experienced staff.

Each day of camp features daily workouts, clinics on stroke mechanics and a “race preparation” session.  Workouts will be conducted under the direction of the camp staff featuring the University of Virginia swim coaches.

Register for Cavalier Swim Camps Here!

Session One – June 9-13

Session Two – June 16-20

Session Three – June 23-27

COACHING STAFF

TODD DESORBO, HEAD COACH

Todd DeSorbo was hired as the head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach in August 2017. He joins the UVA staff after serving on the staff at NC State the past six seasons as the associate head coach.

At NC State, DeSorbo worked primarily with the Wolfpack sprinters and was a developmental specialist. He oversaw the programs’ recruiting, training and day-to-day operations.

During his tenure at NC State, DeSorbo coached American Olympic gold medalist Ryan Held (2016 Rio 4×100 free relay), USA Swimming national champion Justin Ress and NCAA Champions in the 4×100 free relay (2016) and 4×200 free relay (2017).The NC State men won the last three ACC titles and the Wolfpack women captured the 2017 ACC title. Both NC State programs produced their highest finishes at the NCAA Championships this past season. The Wolfpack men placed fourth overall while the women’s team finished seventh.

In 2017, his athletes earned seven individual ACC titles and garnered 14 All-ACC honors, helping to lead both programs to sweep their respective ACC Championships meets. Additionally, DeSorbo coached 13 athletes to the 2017 NCAA Championships where they collected over 30 All-America honors on the way to the teams highest NCAA finishes in program history.

On the men’s side, he led sprint standout Held to three top-eight individual performances at NCAAs, highlighted by a runner-up title in the 50 freestyle in a time of 18.60. Andreas Vaziaos also tabbed three top-eight finishes, his highest being fifth in the 200 butterfly with a conference record and school record of 1:40.80.

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TYLER FENWICK, ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

Tyler Fenwick joined the UVA coaching staff in August 2017 as the men’s and women’s associate head coach.

Fenwick served as the associate head coach at Tennessee from 2012-2017. During his time with the Volunteers, he coached four U.S. Olympians, 200 All-Americans and saw his student-athletes set 36 school records.

Prior to Tennessee, Fenwick coached the men’s national team at the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Mission Viejo, Calif., as a senior coach. While working with the U.S. national team, Fenwick coached two 2012 FINA world junior champions, the 2012 U.S. Open Water men’s national champion, one U.S. national champion and one U.S. junior national champion.

Fenwick served as the assistant coach for Germantown Academy Aquatic Club in Fort Washington, Pa., from 2004-07 and the assistant coach for the University of Tennessee Aquatics program from 2007-09.

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JASON GLORIUS, HEAD DIVING COACH 

Jason Glorius, who has guided four different Cavalier divers to the NCAA Championships, completed his third season as the Cavaliers’ head diving coach in 2015-16.

2015-16 was another record year for the Cavalier diving corps, which saw three divers qualify for the NCAA Championships, the most in a single year in school history. Becca Corbett became the first UVA female diver to qualify for two national meets, while Corey Johnson and Kylie Towbin qualified for the first time. Corbett also earned All-ACC honors on 3-meter.

In 2014-15, the Cavaliers had two divers qualify for the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history, with JB Kolod qualifying for the third straight year and Becca Corbett becoming the first woman in program history to qualify for the national meet. Kolod earned honorable mention All-America honors on 3-meter. Five of the six school records fell in Glorius’ second season.

Under Glorius’ tutelage in 2013-14, the Cavaliers advanced six divers to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships, while JB Kolod qualified for the NCAA Championships. Kolod became the first Cavalier to make a championship final at the NCAA meet, placing seventh on 3-meter. Kolod also was the first diver from UVa to score on two different boards, finishing 10th on platform. Overall, three school records fell in Glorius’ first season.

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BLAIRE BACHMAN, ASSISTANT COACH 

Blaire Bachman joined the UVA coaching staff in August 2017 as an assistant coach.

Bachman worked as the assistant swimming coach and women’s recruiting coordinator for Indiana from 2016-17. Her primary responsibility was to oversee the middle distance and distance training groups. With the Hoosiers, Bachman served as the primary coach for 2016 Olympic gold medalists Lilly King, Cody Miller and Blake Pieroni, as well as aiding the program’s 2017 World Championship and World University Games qualifiers.

Prior to working at Indiana, Bachman spent a year as the assistant swimming coach and women’s recruiting coordinator for Dartmouth. From 2010-15, she worked as the head swimming coach at Brenau University administering year-round training.

Bachman started her coaching career as a camp counselor and coach for the Georgia Bulldogs Swim Club (2012-2016).

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WES FOLTZ, ASSISTANT COACH 

Wes Foltz was named a Virginia swimming assistant coach in August 2017.

Foltz served as an assistant coach at NC State in 2016-17, helping the program achieve one of its best performances in recent history. Foltz helped coach 34 male and 25 female All-American performances as well as aiding both programs to a top-10 NCAA finish. Additionally, he had a hand in the Pro Group Wolfpack Elite’s success over the last year including a World Championship title by Simonas Bilis and a third-place finish for Cullen Jones at the 2017 U.S. World Championship Trials.

Prior to NC State, Foltz worked at Southern California (2014-16) as the assistant coach, helping the program record 64 All-American performances. During this time, the women’s program captured the 2016 Pac-12 conference championship and a sixth-place finish at the NCAAs. The men’s team recorded the conference title in 2015 in addition to finishing fourth at the NCAAs.

From 2012-15, Foltz was a volunteer assistant coach for NC State in addition to working with the Marlins of Raleigh swim team (2012-14) as an assistant coach.

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***In accordance with the rules of the NCAA the camps are open to all swimmers but each camp will be limited by number of participants.

***In accordance with the rules of the NCAA we are prohibited to give free/reduced camps to prospects.

Swim Camp news is courtesy of Cavalier Swim Camps, a SwimSwam partner.

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20 Australians Under 20 You Need to be Watching – Men

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By Paddy Baylis on SwimSwam

These are the 20 Australian swimmers under 20 years of age who you need to be paying attention to. Below are the 10 men to watch in no particular order.

Elijah Winnington

  • Age: 18
  • Stroke:  Mid-distance freestyle
  • Most Impressive Feat: World Junior Record Holder 200 freestyle LCM & 400 freestyle SCM

Why you should be watching: He holds multiple World Junior Records, has represented Australia at Pan Pacifics and Commonwealth Games (where he took relay gold in the 4×200 freestyle with the fastest split for Australia of 1:45.97). His time at Queensland Champs puts him 12thin the world this year in the 200 freestyle.

Joshua Edwards-Smith

  • Age: 15
  • Stroke: Backstroke
  • Most Impressive Feat: 3 Australian Records

Why you should be watching: Edwards-Smith is 15 and already holds 3 Australian records. He has represented Australia at the Oceania Championships in Papua New Guinea. His 200 backstroke long course is a 2:00.23 which ranks him 92nd in the world this year at just 15 years of age.

Stuart Swinburn

  • Age: 16
  • Stroke: Backstroke
  • Most Impressive Feat: Two-time Junior Pan Pacific ‘A’ Finalist

Why you should be watching:Swinburn narrowly missed Mitch Larkin’s 16-year 200 backstroke Australian record at Age Championships this year and went on to qualify for Junior Pan Pacific’s making two A finals. He also represented Australia at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Zac Stubblety-Cook

  • Age: 19
  • Stroke: Breaststroke
  • Most Impressive Feat: 200 breaststroke silver at Pan Pacs

Why you should be watching: Stubblety-Cook is the most immediately impressive swimmer on this list. At 19 he is already a Pan Pacs silver medalist and just over a second from the world record in the 200 breaststroke with his 2:07.89 from Pan Pacs. This time puts him 5thin the world this year.

Leon MaCalister

  • Age: 18
  • Stroke: Backstroke
  • Most Impressive Feat: Australian Record

Why you should be watching: Macalister has been dominating at an age group level for years in Australia culminating in an Australian record in the 16-years 100 backstroke. He has a bright future ahead of him as a recent commit to Stanford’s Class of 2023.

Thomas Hauck

  • Age: 15
  • Stroke: Free/Back/IM
  • Most Impressive Feat: 3 Australian Records

Why you should be watching: Hauck is recently turned 15 and already has 3 Australian records. At the recent Queensland Champs he picked up a whopping 7 golds and a bronze in what is by no means an easy field also picking up Age Group Swimmer of the Meet. His versatility is also impressive – these medals came across backstroke, freestyle, IM and butterfly.

Brendon Smith

  • Age: 18
  • Stroke: Freestyle
  • Most Impressive Feat: Junior Pan Pacifics Silver

Why you should be watching:Brendon Smith fought his way to silver on a world stage at Junior Pan Pacific Champs. He also made A finals in a variety of other events finishing the meet with a 4tha 5thand a 6thto add to his silver. His 400 IM may be his most impressive – his 4:18.95 from Junior Pan Pacs puts him 71stin the world this year.

Ash Brinkworth

  • Age: 18
  • Stroke: Sprint Freestyle
  • Most Impressive Feat: Junior Pan Pacifics Gold

Why you should be watching: Brinkworth dropped a 22.72 in the Junior Pan Pacifics final to clinch the gold. In the heat he dropped a 22.68 and his lifetime best is a 22.66. Being the Junior Pan Pacific reigning champion in the 50 free is no mean feat and Brinkworth is still 18 giving him plenty of time to make an impact on an open level on the world stage.

Sam Short

  • Age: 15
  • Stroke: Distance Freestyle
  • Most Impressive Feat: 2 Australian Short Course Records

Why you should be watching: The youngest swimmer on this list, Samuel Short made headlines in August when he broke two national records at the Brisbane Short Course Champs. He took down Mack Horton’s 1500m SC record in a 15:31.87. His 800 at the competition was also a record in an 8:09.42.

Lewis Blackburn

  • Age: 18
  • Stroke: Backstroke
  • Most Impressive Feat: 6that Youth Olympic Games

Why you should be watching: Blackburn took 6thplace in the final of the 50 backstroke at Youth Olympic Games. This was one of the top performances by Australian men at the competition and with Blackburn not turning 19 until 2019 he has plenty of time to make an impact on the world stage at an open level.

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Joe Schooling To Train In Singapore For 2020 Olympics: GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

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By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam

Gold Medal Minute presented by SwimOutlet.com

Originally published 11/18

2016 Olympic Champion  Joseph Schooling has been back in Austin, Texas training with the Longhorn Pros this fall, finishing his final semester of undergrad.   SwimSwam caught up with him at practice, a speed day, and we cannot share what happened–but it was fast. Joe and current training partner Jack Conger are 100% fit, and both are heading to different teams.  (See Conger’s move to Virginia here.)  Joe and Jack are striving to stay low-key as they start their run-up to the 2020 Olympic Games. Joe toyed with the idea of staying in Austin to get his masters, but that plan is now on hold. Joe will be heading back to Singapore in mid-to-late January to focus on and train for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.  He said he’s staying in Austin for a few weeks in January to set his training, get some base-work in, then he’s going back home.  Joe’s happy at home, his schedule is structured, and he is a huge star there.

In this video Joe breaks down his Asian Games races and teases the future. It’s clear he’s focused on 2019 Worlds and the 2020 Olympics, and he’s got a growing stable of sponsors to service.

Looking ahead, race-wise, Joe has his work cutout for him. Caeleb Dressel appeared untouchable after ’17 Worlds and ’18 NCAAs, but now a few swim stars are in medal contention in the 100m fly at ’19 Worlds and the  ’20 Olympics. I think Joe’s going to be tough to beat in Tokyo. He’s a big-meet swimmer and the crowd will be cheering for him.   What do you think?

You can follow Joseph Schooling on Twitter here.

Follow him on Instagram here. 

SEE JOE’S “TEXAS SPEED PRACTICE” FROM 2015 “EDDIE REESE INVITE”

This is a Gold Medal Media production presented by SwimOutlet.com. Host Gold Medal Mel Stewart is a 3-time Olympic medalist and the co-founder of SwimSwam.com, a Swimming News website.

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Julia Sebastian, la mejor sudamericana para los Swammy Awards 2018

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By Fernando Cicutti on SwimSwam

Para conocer todo sobre los Swammy Awards 2018 presentados por TYR, cliquea aquí

Brasil se mantiene claramente al frente de la natación sudamericana, tal cual lo demuestra la historia olímpica, con 13 medallas conseguidas sobre las 18 en total que registra la región en Juegos Olímpicos (19 medallas si se incluye a Trinidad y Tobago como parte de Sudamérica).

Sin embargo, Argentina, en el 2° puesto continental por resultados olímpicos (3 medallas en total), cerró un año destacado en las piscinas. De los 10 récords sudamericanos que se registraron en pruebas femeninas, 3 de ellos fueron conseguidos por nadadoras argentinas: Delfina Pignatiello, en los 1500 metros libre, y otros dos récords en manos de Julia Sebastian.

La santafecina de 25 años rompió en agosto el récord de los 200 braza en piscina corta, durante el Trofeo José Finkel de Brasil, con un tiempo de 2:21.31. Y anteriormente ya había superado el récord de pileta larga, al nadar en 2:24.41 en el Mare Nostrum. Este registro le permitió a Sebastian convertirse en la única nadadora sudamericana en batir una plusmarca regional en piscina olímpica durante 2018. Su gran momento se confirmó en el Campeonato Nacional Brasileño, el Trofeo María Lenk, donde consiguió el triunfo en los 200 braza con una marca de 2:27.29.

Julia Sebastian sumó más medallas internacionales, una dorada y dos plateadas, en las pruebas de braza del Campeonato Sudamericano de Trujillo, Perú. En los 100, llegó detrás de su compatriota Macarena Ceballos (por 18 centésimas), pero en los 200 Julia quebró el récord de campeonato y ganó por casi 5 segundos en una de las victorias más contundentes del torneo. En total, el equipo femenino de Argentina obtuvo 11 de las 20 medallas doradas en juego en el Campeonato Sudamericano.

MENCIONES DE HONOR

Sin un orden particular

  • Larissa Oliveira y Jhennifer Conceicao de Brasil se unieron a Julia Sebastian como las únicas tres mujeres en quebrar múltiples récords sudamericanos este año. Oliveira lo consiguió en los 100 libre (52.45) y en los 200 libre (1:54.50) en el Trofeo José Finkel, donde completó un total de 12 récords (incluyendo relevos). Conceicao rompió los récords de 50 (30.00) y de los 100 (1:05.69) estilo braza también en el Finkel. Todos estos registros fueron en piscina corta.
  • Daynara de Paula de Brasil ganó 7 medallas doradas y 1 plateada en las pruebas cortas de estilo libre y estilo mariposa del Campeonato Sudamericano, además de los relevos por equipos.
  • Delfina Pignatiello de Argentina ganó 4 medallas doradas y 2 plateadas en el Campeonato Sudamericano. Así igualó la marca de De Paula con la misma cantidad de medallas en pruebas individuales (3 oros y 1 plata), pero como nadadora de resistencia Pignatiello no tuvo tantas oportunidades para destacarse en las pruebas de relevos.

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FINIS Set of the Week: Saturday Burner

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By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam


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

This week’s set comes from Elizabeth Pelton, masters swimmers and former swimmer from UC Berkeley.

Great set for a Saturday quality set. Also, really fun to do with a tech suit on at the beginning of a taper!

16 x 50s every 4th at 200 Pace @ :45
12 x 50s every 3rd at 200 Pace @ :50
8 x50s every other at 200 Pace @ :55
4 x 50s all at 200 Pace @ 1:00

For more awesome workouts, visit FINIS’ Training Tips & Workouts page today!

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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Practice + Pancakes: Texas A&M Women Conquer “Countdown” 50’s Pyramid

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By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

SwimSwam wants to give you an inside look at what a normal day-in-the-life looks like for any given swimmer, and how that differs from team to team or city to city. We send our head of production, Coleman Hodges, to be a fly on the wall at practice, then relay what he discovered back to you over pancakes. Or at least breakfast.

Originally Published 11/18

Right before their annual Art Adamson Invite (see more on that here), the Texas A&M women had a pretty normal Thursday afternoon practice. Which included a lot of things that might not be so normal if you aren’t an Aggie.

After warm up, they got right into with a myriad of swim toys. They had 4 different stations: parachutes, weight belts, fins, and mesh socks. Each station they were focusing on something a little different and using the equipment to emphasize that small detail of their technique or speed. Plus, when the stations would rotate, the swimmers just took off the equipment, then the coaches would move the equipment over for maximum time efficiency. Win win situation.

After equipment stations, they got right into 2 rounds of countdown 50’s. Round 1 was stroke (butterfly/backstroke on :50, breaststroke on :55) and they went:

10×50 (4@ pace + 2, 3 @ pace + 1, 2 @ pace, 1 FAST)

Round 2 was freestyle, same pattern, also on :50.

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2018 Swammy Awards: World Jr Male Swimmer of the Year Kliment Kolesnikov

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By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

To see all of our 2018 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here. 

2018 WORLD JUNIOR MALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: KLIMENT KOLESNIKOV

We’re well past the half-way point between the 2016 Rio Games and the 2020 Tokyo Games, and as chatter grows about medal favorites, underdog chances, and so on, more eyes are trained on the future of the sport. A year and a half can make a world of a difference for a swimmer of any age, but it can really have an impact on elevating a young standout to a dominant champion.

For the junior boys, Russian Kliment Kolesnikov has had a stellar 2018.

The backstroke specialist, who turned 18 over the summer, started to see his junior international experience translate into world-class success this year. The highlight of his year was undoubtedly his 50 back gold medal at 2018 Euros, where his 24.00 took .04 off of the super-suited World Record set in 2009 by GBR’s Liam Tancock.  Kolesnikov’s talent was undeniable this summer, as he also won golds in the 100 back and 400 free relay (with a very strong 47.39 anchor) and garnered silvers in the mixed and men’s medley relays and a bronze in the mixed 400 free relay at Euros.

Just the other week in Hangzhou, at the 2018 World SC Champs, Kolesnikov took down the meet and World Junior record with a gold medal performance in the 100 IM, not far from the WR there, and he also secured a bronze medal in the 100 back. He was also on four Russian medal-winning relays, including the 4×100 free relay (with a very fast 45.36 anchor) and leading off their gold medal 4×50 medley relay (22.87).

HONORABLE MENTIONS

In no particular order

  • Kristof Milak (Hungary): Milak only medaled in one event at Euros this summer, but he sure made it count. Clocking a time of 1:52.79 in the 200 fly, he won gold, breaking the meet record in the process. That time is seriously impressive, but just off of his performance at Hungarian Nationals in March, where he blasted a 1:52.71. That moved him to the 3rd-best performer ever, behind only Laszlo Cseh and Michael Phelps (both legends).
  • Elijah Winnington (Australia): One of a couple up-and-coming freestyle talents out of Australia, Winnington opted out of SC Worlds, but just recently swam a huge 1:46.13 in the 200 free to set a new WJR in long course. Additional highlights this year have been a new WJR in the 400 SCM free, from October, and producing the only sub-1:46 split on Australia’s gold medal 4×200 free relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in April, where he split 1:45.97 as the Aussies broke the championship record.

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SwimSwam’s Official 2018 Swammy Award Index

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By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

To see all of our 2018 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here. 

2018 Swammy Awards

This month, we’re recounting the top performers and performances of the year 2018. Keep track of all of our Swammy Award winners here, with links out to full Swammy Award stories and honorable mentions.

AwardWinner
Top 10 Swims of the Year
Male Swimmer of the Year
Female Swimmer of the Year
Male US Swimmer of the Year
Female US Swimmer of the Year
Male Asia Swimmer of the YearDaiya Seto
Female Asia Swimmer of the YearRikako Ikee
Male Europe Swimmer of the Year
Female Europe Swimmer of the Year
Male Oceania Swimmer of the Year
Female Oceania Swimmer of the Year
Male South America Swimmer of the Year
Female South America Swimmer of the YearJulia Sebastian
Male Africa Swimmer of the YearChad le Clos
Female Africa Swimmer of the Year
Male Central America/Carribean Swimmer of the Year
Female Central America/Carribean Swimmer of the YearAlia Atkinson
Male Canadian Swimmer of the Year
Female Canadian Swimmer of the Year
Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year
Female Breakout Swimmer of the Year
Male World Junior Swimmer of the Year
Female World Junior Swimmer of the YearTaylor Ruck
Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year
Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year
International Coaches of Year
U.S.
Australia
Canada
Asia
Africa
Britain
Europe
NCAA Male Swimmer of the YearCaeleb Dressel
NCAA Female Swimmer of the YearElla Eastin
NCAA Men’s Coach of the YearRay Looze
NCAA Women’s Coach of the YearGreg Meehan
Viral Video of the YearYear of the Vlog
High School Team of Year
Age Group Swimmers of the Year – 10&UnderAlexis Mesina and Timothy Lee
Age Group Swimmers of the Year – 11-12
Age Group Swimmers of the Year – 13-14
Age Group Swimmers of the Year – 15-16
Age Group Swimmers of the Year – 17-18
Heart of a Champion
National Development Award

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10 Things Non-Swimmers Will Never Understand About Swimming

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By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam

Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former national level swimmer based out of Victoria, BC. In feeding his passion for swimming, he has developed YourSwimBook, a powerful log book and goal setting guide made specifically for swimmers. Sign up for the YourSwimBook newsletter (free) and get weekly motivational tips by clicking here. Originally published 5/17.

Although we spend most of our waking time either in the pool, going to or from the pool, or thinking about the pool, we also interact frequently with people who aren’t swimming up and down that black line with us, or yelling at us to swim faster up and down that black line.

People that will never know the shared misery of Hell Week. Or of doing 10×1000 for time. Or of spending long hours, soggy from a weekend of racing, in the back of a coach bus with some of your best friends.

Here are ten things that our civilian friends will never understand about swimming:

1. How we can train more times than there are days in a week.

For those of your friends who have a hard time with arithmetic, this one will particularly jar their noggin. Ten workouts (plus dryland sessions), in only seven days? Mind. Blown.

2. How we go to a 3-4 day competition to swim a combined 7 minutes of races.

It must be nice to go a game, play for most of it, and be in and out of the facility in the course of 2-3 hours. If a session at a swim meet lasts 3 hours something feels off. Those poor distance swimmers and their families know this better than most, with the end of prelim sessions usually being stacked with timed finals 800 and 1500 heats.

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3.  What the gibberish on the whiteboards mean.

Swimming has its own language, and the workouts that coach scribbles up on the board exemplifies this superbly. Each coach takes this a step further, with an individualized dialect of shorthand and codes that only makes sense to him or her, and some of the more attention-paying swimmers. When a non-swimmer asks what you did for practice, all you can do is sigh, and knowing that it would take far longer than it is worthwhile to explain, simply say, “Laps and stuff.”

4. How our season is never ending.

How many times have you told your friends that you would hang out with them more once the season was over? That once those two-a-days and long afternoons in the pool were over that you could summon the energy to spend some QT hanging outside of the pool? But then you spent the entire two weeks off sleeping and eating ice cream with a ladle? How quickly does the excuse turn from “I’m tapering, I need all my energy” to “I’m in aerobic building mode, I need all my energy.”

5. We would rather swim in cold water than hot water.

My ears and head would always perk up every time a non-swimmer would complain to the nearest lifeguard about the water temperature at the pool: “It’s soooo cold!” I would stare at the lifeguard, and with all of the telepathic energy available to me, would zap him with a – “Don’t you even think about turning the pool temperature up.” Have you ever tried doing wind sprints in a sauna? Yeah, that’s what we are dealing with here.

6. Dryland.

The easiest way to explain to your jock friends that you do in fact do things outside of the pool, that you sometimes lift weights, sometimes throw a medicine ball around, or do crunches bare-back on the pool deck, or stretch, is to throw all of these activities under one tent and rather drolly name it “dryland.”

7. Taper.

To be fair, tapering mystifies many swimmers still. It is baffling how we can go from feeling six feet deep in the dumps to swimming at supersonic speed in a matter of days. The sudden explosion of energy renders us equally neurotic, joyous and psychotic, and while coaches refer to the application of a taper as an art and a science, for swimmers it is the best of times, and the worst of times.

8. Your idea of sleeping in is a wee bit different.

Those early mornings come, well, early. We’ve all known that one poor son-of-a-gun on the team whose family lived way out in the sticks and had to get up 3:45am to make it to 6am workout. While we don’t all have it that bad, when our non-swimmers tell us about how they slept in until the PM part of the day last weekend a wave of envy invariably washes across our faces.

9. The qualifying process for the Olympics.

The moment a non-swimmer realizes that you are mildly serious about the sport the next question is, “Do you swim in the Olympics?” It doesn’t matter that you are 12 years old, the question is still gonna come in hot. Explaining the pyramid of meets that you have to qualify, and that you have to place top two in the country and also under the FINA A standard, but that you can sometimes also place on the team if you swim under that time prior to Trials, can leave your non-swimmer friend wishing they had never asked. But guess what, ya did!

10. We can complain about the sport. But somebody gonna get hurt real bad if a non-swimmer talks smack about the sport.

That while we can complain about the long sets, the lost weekends, or the sheer fatigue we endure to improve even a fraction of a second, the non-swimmers among us better not whisper a bad word about our favorite sport.

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Tornare In Acqua E Ritrovare La Motivazione Dopo La Pausa Natalizia

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By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

Al di là dei ritmi dati dal calendario, capita a tutti nel corso di una stagione, di volersi prendere dei periodi lontano dal cloro.

Le motivazioni possono essere tante, e venire dall’esterno (scuola/lavoro/famiglia) o dall’interno (motivazione/infortuni/voglia di staccare).

Sappiamo però che “tutti tornano dove sono stati bene” e che quindi prima o poi tornerete a “far pace” con l’acqua.

Il periodo di vacanza natalizia sta per terminare e può difficile riprendere i vecchi ritmi perché abbiamo abituato mente e corpo allo stato di inattività.

Ecco dunque cinque piccoli consigli per un ritorno meno traumatico possibile

1. UN GIORNO ALLA VOLTA.

Di solito, quando ci tuffiamo in piscina dopo una lunga pausa, l’aspettativa è che all’inizio riusciremo a fare qualche centinaio di metri, ma dopo torneremo come prima. Questo succede raramente.

E’ importante capire che il ritorno sarà graduale e che nulla tornerà come prima immediatamente.

Soprattutto se durante la pausa non abbiamo svolto alcuna attività fisica, il percorso per tornare quelli di prima sarà lento e faticoso.

Per non rimanere troppo traumatizzato, non confrontare questo nuovo “te” con il vecchio “te”.

Concentrati sul nuovo percorso. Non devi tornare ciò che eri, puoi essere una nuova persona.

Un giorno alla volta.

2. ALLENA LA TECNICA PRIMA DI ALLENARE LA VELOCITÀ.

Allenare costantemente lo sforzo quando si è fuori forma è il modo più veloce per logorarsi completamente.

Questa può essere la cosa più difficile al mondo per un atleta; togliere il piede dal pedale dell’intensità quando si torna in piscina per la prima volta.

Tutti vogliono nuotare velocemente e vogliono nuotare velocemente ora.

Durante le prime settimane concentrati sul completamento degli allenamenti con una buona tecnica, e poi inizia a aumentare l’intensità.

3. COSTRUISCI BUONE ABITUDINI FIN DALL’INIZIO.

Tornare in acqua dopo una lunga pausa ti da una grande possibilità. Sei una lavagna pulita e puoi scriverci ciò che vuoi.

Usa questo nuovo inizio come un’opportunità per costruire buone abitudini sin dal primo giorno.

4. SII PAZIENTE.

Quelle prime settimane (e mesi se è stata una pausa davvero lunga) possono devastare non solo fisicamente, ma mentalmente.

Ti chiedi se tornerai mai a nuotare veloce come una volta.

Senti che il dolore dell’allenamento è molto peggiore questa volta. O che non hai la stessa sicurezza e forza mentale che avevi prima.

Tornerà.

Le tue sensazioni in acqua, la resistenza fisica, tutto tornerà, ma non tutto in una volta.

5. TIENI TRACCIA E FESTEGGIA I TUOI PROGRESSI.

Misurare e registrare i tuoi allenamenti non solo ti dà contezza di ciò che stai facendo, ma riunisce tutti i punti sopra menzionati.

Ti consente di regolare il volume in modo incrementale, sia durante la sessione che nel corso di una settimana.

Ti fornisce anche un posto per vedere come stai andando avanti con le tue nuove abitudini, e ti mostra anche le tue “piccole vittorie” per rassicurarti e spingerti a non mollare (di nuovo).

6. RICORDA A TE STESSO PERCHE’ LO FAI

La cosa più difficile è ritrovare la spinta che ogni giorno di faccia scegliere questo stile di vita.

Per quanto possa essere duro, dentro di te sai che tutto ciò che sei si manifesta meglio in acqua che altrove.

Nessuno può costringerti a presentarti ogni giorno in piscina se prima non lo vuoi tu. I primi giorni guarderai la tua corsia con diffidenza.

Ti sentirai stanco, forse pensarci che sarà la peggiore stagione della tua vita. Non puoi saperlo ora, ma puoi scoprirlo ogni giorno e dare la possibilità a questa di essere la migliore stagione della tua vita.

 

Ispirata da Getting back in the pool di OLIVIER POIRIER-LEROY

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