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2019 MISSION VIEJO SWIM MEET OF CHAMPIONS

• June 20-23, 2019
• Mission Viejo, CA
• LCM (50m)
• Psych sheet
• Meet info
• Live Results

After throwing down a lot of races in Mission Viejo this weekend, Caeleb Dressel is ready to get back to work. Saying that he’s in a weird place right now (perhaps hinting that he’s just beginning taper), by his standards he had a mixed bag of racing: some good, some bad, and some ok.

With the World Championships just 4 weeks away now, this will most likely be Dressel’s last meet before Team USA heads to Singapore for training camp in early July.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Caeleb Dressel Analyzes Performances: “I gotta get better” (Video)

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

We made it to the most anticipated month of this year for swimming enthusiasts around the globe, as July brings us the Long Course World Championships beginning on the 12th in Gwangju, Korea.

The European Junior Swimming Championships, World University Games and European Youth Olympic Festival are also on this month’s calendar, along with several nations’ summer championships. Set your alarms, start brewing the coffee now and buckle up for a thrilling set of weeks ahead.

Let me know in the comments of any meets I may have missed.

International Meets – July 2019

06/28 – 07/02 – XXXII CCCAN Swimming Championships (Barbados)
06/28 – 07/02 – Swedish Championships
07/03 – 07/06 – Open Cup of Belarus
07/03 – 07/07 – European Junior Swimming Championships (Kazan, RUS)
07/04 – 07/11 – 30th Summer Universiade/World University Games (Naples, ITA)
07/04 – 07/07 – Norwegian Long Course Championships

07/08 – 07/13 – Pacific Games (Samoa)
07/11 – 07/14 – Bulgarian Open Championships
07/11 – 07/14 – Danish Long Course Championships
07/11 – 07/21 – Various U.S. Sectionals
07/11 – 07/14 – L.A. Invite (U.S.)

07/12 – 07/28 – FINA Long Course World Championships (Gwangju, KOR)

07/13 – 07/14 – Division 1 Long Course Competition (Part 1); (Hong Kong)

07/22 – 07/26 – European Youth Olympic Festival (Baku)
07/23 – 07/28 – British Summer Championships
07/24 – 07/28 – Irish Summer Nationals
07/24 – 07/29 – Canadian Junior Championships
07/26 – 07/28 – Belgian National Swimming Championships

07/29 – 08/02 – Swim Wales Summer Nationals
07/30 – 08/03 – Israel Summer Championships
07/31 – 08/03 – Gyor Open (HUN)
07/31 – 08/04 – U.S. Summer Nationals

Read the full story on SwimSwam: High-Level International Meets For July 2019

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

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After initially verbally committing to East Carolina University in the fall, rising high school senior Alex Tomlinson has changed his commitment to North Carolina State, where he’ll arrive in the fall of 2020.

Since originally committing, Tomlinson has dropped massive time in his primary backstroke events, which is what likely moved him on to the radar of the Wolfpack, who finished 4th at last year’s NCAA Championship meet.

Within 2 weeks of his late-October verbal to ECU, he began dropping time, and in the cases of his best yards events, he dropped time at as many as 3 meet since.

Time Progression Since Verbal Commitment:

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Proud to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at NC State University in the fall of 2020!! I’d like to thank everyone who helped me achieve this goal!! GO PACK

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In a bid against Gibraltar, Trinidad and Tobago have been announced as the host of the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) cites its commitment to small states and island states in its awarding the rights to T&T after a successful 2017 edition hosted by the Bahamas.

Commonwealth Games England CEO Paul Blanchard said, “The Commonwealth Youth Games is a hugely important sporting moment as it supports the development of the next generation of sporting talent, so we are delighted that Trinidad and Tobago have been confirmed as hosts and have no doubt they will put on a great event.

“We have seen some incredible young athletes develop their careers and competing on the biggest stage following representing their nation at the Commonwealth Youth Games, so we are looking forward to 2021’s edition ahead of the Commonwealth Games heading to Birmingham in 2022.”

CGF President Dame Louise Martin DBE, “We are delighted to award Trinidad and Tobago the opportunity to host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games. We had a very strong bid process and the Board felt at this point in time, the Caribbean offers a fantastic platform for the Commonwealth Sports Movement to build upon.

“We look forward to working closely with Trinidad and Tobago in the lead up to the Games in what we are confident will be a fantastic event for the aspiring young athletes of the Commonwealth.

“Finally, the Board would like to thank Gibraltar once again for submitting their bid to host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games. We will now work with the Gibraltar CGA to identify opportunities to host future Commonwealth events.”

Brian Lewis, the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games Association who led the bid team, said, “This is awesome and historic. On behalf of the youth, and young people of Trinidad and Tobago, thank you to the Commonwealth Games Federation.

“Its an honour to be entrusted with the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games. I would like to acknowledge Rheeza Grant, Kwanieze John and Chanelle Young; the three young women who conceptualised, developed and envisioned the Trinidad and Tobago 2021 bid.”

The nation’s state-of-the-art TTFA Aquatic Centre opened in 2016 in Couva and has already been visited by clubs from around the world for training camps during the winter season.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Trinidad & Tobago Named Hosts Of 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2019 Croatian Open National Championships

• June 21-23, 2019
• Zagreb, Croatia
• Meet Results – Day 1
• Meet Results – Day 2
• Meet Results – Day 3

A pair of Croatian Senior Records fell last weekend at the Croatian Open National Championships in Zagreb, and a junior record was set by  14-year old, Meri Mataja.

Correction: a previous version of the article said that Mataja broke the National Record. She broke the National Junior Record, and would have broken the senior record had Ema Rajic not been faster in prelims.

Ema Rajic swam a 32.28 in prelims of the women’s 50 breaststroke, which is a FINA “B” cut for the World Championships. She was slower in finals, but her swim will emerge as the National Record at the end of the meet.

Mataja, meanwhile, won the 50 breaststroke in 32.33, which undercut the old record of that was set in 2014 by Lana Dragojevic. Mataja also won the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.96.

Her best time coming into the meet in the 50 was 32.90; she’s been as fast as 1:11.76 in the 100 breaststroke.

The other record fell at the hands of Matea Sumajstorcic, who swam 16:47.14 in the women’s 1500 free. That knocked 55 seconds off her previous best time in the race – she historically has specialized in the 200, 400, and 800 meter freestyles.

She also swam a time of 8:53.39 in the 800 free – missing her best time in that race by half-a-second.

Frano Grgic, who earlier this year became the youngest swimmer ever under 15 minutes in the men’s 1500 free, didn’t race at the meet.

Other Notable Results:

• Nikola Obrovac won the men’s 100 breaststroke in 1:01.31, which just-barely missed his own National Record of 1:01.27 set in March.
• Maric Ognjen won the men’s 200 free in 1:49.47.
• Amina Kajtaz won the women’s 100 fly in 1:00.29.
• Nina Kost won the women’s 50 free in 25.52 and the 100 free in 55.48.
• Marin Ercegovic won the men’s 50 free in 22.75 and 100 free in 50.09.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: UPDATE: Ema Rajic Breaks Croatian Record in 50 Breaststroke

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Swimmers clock in incredible amounts of time and effort at practice every single week, training to swim faster and beat their personal bests. When you put in anywhere from 10-30 hours a week to drop a few seconds, or sometimes even just milliseconds off swim time, every single practice has to count, and every single set has to be effective.

So here’s one simple secret – that isn’t so much a secret as it is something too often taken for granted – to effective swim sets: ALWAYS have a clear purpose and keep it top of mind.

Let your goals guide you through every swimming set you implement in training – from building the training plan, to executing the training sets, and to evaluating them.

Building the training plan

When you’re planning the daily, weekly, or even seasonal training plan, think about what your main objectives are for that day/week/month/season. Are you trying to improve technique? Working on sprints? Building endurance? Perfecting distance pacing?

Identify areas that need improvement, and build the sets around them. You can’t work on everything at the same time – at least not if you want real improvements that will stick long term.

Structure your swim workouts so that you’re focusing on specific components of a swim for a given period of time. Prioritize based on set objectives, and come up with a training plan that lends itself well to these goals. Don’t write up random sets with no defined purpose.

For tips on creating a winning swim training plan, check out this post.

Executing the swim sets

This one applies more to swimmers, but can also be valuable for coaches.

For swimmers, it’s essential to come to every practice with personal goals and targets. Swimming effective sets require mindfulness – staying focused on daily training targets and putting in the necessary effort to hit these targets – whether it’s getting the technique right for the entire set, making it to a certain interval, swimming at a certain pace, or something else entirely.

The most effective swim sets aren’t necessarily the ones that were extremely difficult, requiring maximum effort. Most of the time, they’re the sets that, at the end of practice, leaves you knowing something productive was accomplished. They’re the sets where the right kind of effort, and attention, were given to whatever was set out to be achieved – for the day, week, season.

For coaches, keeping these goals in mind give direction on the types of feedback that would benefit each swimmer. It helps you know what to look for and identify precisely how improvements can be made to bring each athlete one step closer to their goals.

Evaluating the effectiveness

Evaluating the effectiveness of workouts is a crucial part of the process to further improve training plans in the future. Here, again, it’s essential to go back to why you built the sets this way in the first place. Assess whether the sets worked to achieve this purpose, or at least moved the swimmers in the right direction,

Find what worked, and what didn’t, and make the necessary adjustments to improve the effectiveness of future sets.

With effective swim sets and productive practices, your swimmers will be well trained for their races, contributing to a successful season for your entire swim team.

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Ben Doyle, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from Exton, Pennsylvania, has announced that he recently committed to swim for Penn State University in the class of 2024. A rising senior at the Downingtown STEM Academy in Downingtown, he swims for Downingtown East High School and the Upper Main Line YMCA.

“I am thrilled to announce my commitment to swim and study Biology at Penn State University! I am so blessed to have the opportunity to develop as both a student and an athlete at such an amazing school. I would like to thank Coach Tim and the rest of the PSU coaches and swimmers for welcoming me into the family. I would also like to thank God, my family, friends, coaches, and teammates for their constant support throughout my career. We Are!!”

In high school and club swimming, Doyle focuses on breaststroke and sprints. He swam the 50 free and 100 breast competing for Downingtown East High School this season, reaching the PIAA Boys’ AAA State Championships in the 100 breast. At 2019 YMCA Short Course National Championships, he competed in the 50 free, 100 breast, and 200 breast, finaling in the 100 breast (15th). Since the start of his junior year of high school, he has improved his lifetime bests in the SCY 50/100/200 free, 50/200 breast, 50/100/200 fly, and 200 IM. He kicked off the current LCM season with new PBs in the 400 free and 50/200 fly. His best SCY 100 breast time comes from last year’s YMCA Short Course Nationals where he placed 9th.

Top SCY times:

• 50 free – 21.60
• 100 free – 47.96
• 50 fly – 23.75
• 100 fly – 52.46
• 50 breast – 25.90
• 100 breast – 56.87
• 200 breast – 2:08.19

Doyle will overlap two years with Brad Johnson, PSU’s top breaststroker. Hayden Harlow and DaleJohnson (Brad’s twin brother) will also be in that training group.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: YNats Finalist Ben Doyle Verbally Commits to Penn State for 2020-21

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As usual in this discipline, the Russians swept the titles in every event they entered at the European Junior Artistic (Synchronized) Swimming Championships in Prague. Young swimmers from Ukraine and Spain were also frequent participants in the victory ceremonies.

With the exception of the figures competition held on the opening day, the young Russian prodigies didn’t let a single title slip out of their hands at this year’s junior Europeans. They swept all titles both in the technical and the free routines in the usual events, including the mixed duets. It was great to see that four young boys came to Prague to show their talent – France and Italy claimed its only medals in this competition respectively.

The other events saw Ukraine and Spain facing off for the runner-up positions, five times the Ukrainians got the better scores (both duets, both teams and in solo tech), while Spain got the silver in solo free and free combination, in addition to the second places claimed in both mixed duet finals. Belorussia swept the medals in the new feature, the figures competition, though the top nations skipped this event.

Russia’s Tatiana Gayday and Spain’s Iris Tio, top two finishers in the solo free, were the stars of the meet, many predict shining future to the two young ladies.

The junior Europeans will continue with the diving meet in Kazan (RUS) this week, followed by the swimming competitions also in Kazan, in the first week of July.

Medal table (artistic swimming)

Russia       9          0          0

Belorussia 1          1          1

Ukraine    0          5          2

Spain        0          4          5

France      0          0          1

Italy          0          0          1

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Russia Clinches Nine Titles at European Junior Artistic Swimming Championships

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2019 CZECH SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Thursday, June 20th – Sunday, June 23rd
• Podolí Swimming Stadium
• LCM
• Results

Members of the Czech Republic’s World Championships roster got in some final racing before the main event next month in Gwangju, with the likes of Jan Micka, Barbora Seemanova and Simona Kubova putting up some solid performances at the nation’s Summer Championships over the weekend.

19-year-old Seemanova already nailed a new Czech National Record at the Grand Prix in Pardubice last month, hitting a lifetime best of 1:57.40 in the 200m free. But the teen was at it again, this time in the 400m free, to add another record to her resume.

Competing in the semi-finals at the Podoli Swimming Stadium, Seemanova powered her way to the wall in a 400m free time of 4:11.10. That smashed the previous Czech Record of 4:13.18 set by Barbora Zavadova back at the 2014 European Championships. Although Seemanova was slower in the final, coasting to 4:19.46 to still get the win, the teen proved she has some range with her big-time swim.

After the race, which also qualifies the teen for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by dipping under the 4:15.34 FINA B cut, Seemanova stated,  “I really didn’t know I was going to get this deep under thirteen, and I was going to improve the Czech record so much. I am really excited.

Backstroking ace Simona Kubova clocked a winning 50m time of 28.33 and also won the 100m back title in 1:03.07, although she was much quicker in the semi-finals with a time of 1:00.04. Kubova already ranks as the 12th fastest swimmer in the world this season with her 100m back mark of 59.66 from the Swim Cup – Eindhoven, a time which qualifies her for her 3rd Olympic Games.

For Micka, the man who clocked a new Czech National Record earlier this year in the 1500m, was a 3-time gold medalist at these Summer Championships. Micka earned a time of 3;56.65 in the 400m free, 8:11.06 in the 800m free and 15:23.48 in the 1500m free. Modest times, but a sign that the World Championships are still several weeks away.

Another standout swimmer came in the form of Lydie Stepankova. The 16-year-old swimmer logged a semi-final 100m breast time of 1:08.56, an outing that checks-in as a new lifetime best and Junior National Record. Her tie also qualifies her for the e2020 Tokyo Olympics, dipping under the 1:09.08 FINA B cut. The teen took ultimately took gold in 1:09.68.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Seemanova Cracks 5-Year-Old Czech Record In Women’s 400 Free

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2019 SCOTTISH NATIONAL OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Thursday, June 27th – Sunday, June 30th
• Aberdeen Centre, Aberdeen Sports Village
• LCM
• Meet Site
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• Live Stream

With the summer’s biggest competitions on the horizon, Scottish athletes are readying with final opportunities to fine-tune their racing about a week out from the World University Games and a little longer for the World Championships.

Ross Murdoch, Duncan Scott and Aimee Willmott are among the Gwangju-bound athletes taking part in the Scottish National Open Swimming Championships, which kick-off on Thursday of this week in Aberdeen. The trio is each taking on a limited event schedule, with Scott and Willmott contesting just one event each in the 200m IM and 400m IM, respectively. Murdoch is entered in 2 races, the 100m and 200m breast.

Craig Benson, David Cumberlidge, Kathryn Greenslade and Mark Szaranek are among those headed to Italy for the World Univerity Games and each is entered to race in Aberdeen this week as well. Benson is looking to hone details in the 100m breast, while Cumberlidge is ready to take on the 50m and 100m free sprints.

Greenslade is entered in the 200m free and 200m back events at these Scottish Nationals, while Szaranek is slated to engage in jut the 200m fly.

Although she missed out on elite rosters due to recovering from an ankle injury incurred late last year, Hannah Miley continues to power her way back to racing, taking on an impressive array of 8 individual events here.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Murdoch, Scott & Willmott Among Scottish National C’ships Racers This Week

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Eva Merrell, who was SwimSwam’s top-ranked recruit out of the women’s high school class of 2018, expects to make her debut for the University of Georgia this fall, she confirmed Tuesday.

In March, Merrell detailed her ongoing struggles with physical and mental health early in her freshman year that kept her sidelined last fall, and ultimately brought her back home to California for treatment throughout the spring. Her last race was in August 2017 at the U.S. Open Championships in New York.

She posted on Instagram Monday that she is gearing up for a return to racing and told SwimSwam that she is back training in Georgia, while taking summer classes, and will compete for the school in the fall.

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If you’ve been following our extensive international swimming coverage so far this year, you may have noticed the 23-year-old Sebastian Sabo has represented 2 distinct nations throughout the first half of 2019.

At the Hungarian National Championships this past March, Sabo was still representing Serbia, the nation for whom he won 50m fly bronze at the 2017 Short Course European Championships. Since then, however, the man has had the HUN abbreviation after his name, most recently on the Mare Nostrum Tour.

Per the Hungarian Swimming Federation, as of June 5th, Cornel Marculescu, Managing Director of FINA, officially informed the federation that Sabo’s application for locations was approved and the sprinter can now be included in the Hungarian national team as a ‘sports citizen.’

This means that Sabo can represent Hungary at next month’s World Championships, which is good news for the nation, considering he is currently ranked 4th in the world in the 50m fly (22.99). After the Hungarian Championships, only Laszlo Cseh was named to the 50m fly event on the Hungarian World Championships roster published in April.

“I know this is a very sensitive issue, but I feel I have made a good decision when I listened to my heart. And now I am very happy,” said Sabo of his move.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Sebastian Sabo Cleared To Compete For Hungary In Gwangju

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The State of California is currently considering a bill that, if signed into law, would allow for NCAA student-athletes in California to profit off their name, image, and likeness beginning in 2023. Though four years may seem a far-distant future, it means that freshman beginning in the fall of 2019 could start earning money while still playing in the NCAA as 5th-year seniors.

Since the bill would only work to the benefit of student-athletes in California, NCAA President Mark Emmertimplied in a letter written to the Chairs of two State Assemblies in California that, if passed, California schools could face an NCAA championship ban. There are 23 Division I schools in California, four of which are members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Emmert declared that the proposed legislation “would make it impossible to host fair national championships,” and that it would have a negative impact on the student-athletes it is meant to help. An excerpt of the letter reads:

“We recognize all of the efforts that have been undertaken to develop this bill in the context of complex issues related to the current collegiate model that have been the subject of litigation and much national debate,” wrote Emmert to the committee chairs. “Nonetheless, when contrasted with current NCAA rules, as drafted the bill threatens to alter materially the principles of intercollegiate athletics and create local differences that would make it impossible to host fair national championships. As a result, it likely would have a negative impact on the exact student-athletes it intends to assist.”

The bill passed in the State Senate 31-4, and is scheduled to be discussed and voted on by the Assembly’s Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee today (Tuesday, June 25th), and will be chaired by Assembly member Kansen Chu (D-San Jose).

A spokeswoman for Chu said Emmert’s letter prompted Chu to seek an amendment from Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), the bill’s author, reports USA Today. Last week, wording was added to the bill that says “it is the intent of the Legislature to monitor” the NCAA working group and “revisit this issue to implement significant findings and recommendations of the NCAA working group in furtherance of the statutory changes proposed by this act.” However, the proposed statutory changes remain the same.

Emmert has asked that the committees postpone their discussions of the bill to allow the NCAA more time to examine its own rules regarding athletes making money from their own names, images, and likenesses.

Though a similar nation-wide bill was proposed by North Carolina Representative Mark Walker earlier this year, California’s particular hang-up is that the bill would only benefit student-athletes in California, potentially giving them a financial and material advantage over amateur NCAA athletes in other states.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: New California Bill to Pay Student-Athletes Could Lead to NCAA Ban

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Tennessee head swimming & diving coach Matt Kredich has received a 5-year contract extention through June of 2024. The new contract will bring his average annual salary to $214,000, or $1,070,000 over the life of the extension.

Tennessee swimmers and divers earned 44 All-America certificates in 2019. Diver Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng won the 2019 NCAA Championship in 1-meter diving (the second NCAA title of his UT career), and the women’s 200 medley relay team of Madeline Banic, Erika Brown, Nikol Popov and Meghan Small gave Tennessee another 2019 NCAA title.

Tennessee finished eighth at the women’s NCAA Championships this year, while the men finished 11th nationally. It was the second consecutive top-10 finish for the women’s team and the second year in a row that the men finished 11th.

Over the last five years, Tennessee’s women have never finished worse than fourth in the SEC, and the men have finished sixth or better every year during that span—including third place in 2019.

Under his direction, Tennessee has totaled 482 All-America honors, won 56 combined SEC titles and eight individual NCAA titles. Four Olympians, Christine Magnuson, Molly Hannis, Kira Toussaint and Martina Moravcikova swam under Kredich at UT.

On the international stage, Kredich represented Tennessee as the USA Women’s National Team head coach at the 2015 Pan American Games and will serve as the USA Men’s National Team head coach at the upcoming 2019 Pan American Games. He also served as the head coach for Team USA at the 2013 World University Games and was on staff for the 2009 and 2014 World University Games.

“I consider each day that I get to coach at Tennessee as an honor, privilege, and great responsibility, and I’m very grateful for the faith that (athletics director) Philip Fulmer and the University of Tennessee have placed in me by giving me the chance to be here for another five years,” Kredich said. “I work with an amazing staff, an amazing group of young men and women, and we’re all very excited about the direction that our programs are headed in right now.”

“Our swimming & diving programs continue to represent us extremely well in the pool and in the classroom,” Fulmer said. “Matt has an innovative swimming mind and coaching style and is consistently challenging his staff and student-athletes. Tennessee is very fortunate to have a director of swimming & diving of his caliber. We all have tremendous respect for the way he leads his program.”

The extension comes after Kredich was one of a number of high profile coaches connected to the open men’s head coaching positioni at Stanford. Hawaii head coach Dan Schemmel eventually took that job.

Tennessee Athletics contributed to this report.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Tennessee’s Matt Kredich Receives 5 Year, $1 Million Contract Extension

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Courtesy: Elizabeth Wickham

There are too many stories about parents yelling at officials and coaches and being way over the top. Two recent examples are the brawl between parents at a Denver Little League baseball game and the number one helicopter parent LaVar Ball. He’s made himself into a modern day legend by interfering with his basketball star sons. Those are the exceptions. Most of us are pretty boring, reasonable and downright helpful.

Parenting has changed from the days we grew up when our parents had no clue most of the time where we were. Today, we’re driving our kids to swim practices six days a week, sometimes twice a day, paying for private lessons, expensive suits and hotels for meets. Our kids may be in more than one extracurricular activity, too. We are more interested in our children’s paths to success than many of our parents were. Many coaches say they’ve seen a big change during their careers in how parents act and consequently we get a bad name. Some view parents as their biggest problem.

But, we are not the enemy. We may parent differently than generations before us, but we do it from a place of love and concern. With recent stories like the former Canyons Coach and other sexual predators in the news, it’s important that we stay involved. If we have a creepy feeling about a coach or individual, it’s up to us to be vigilant and ensure that our kids are not harmed.

Here are seven ways to let everyone know we’re not the enemy, but instead are a valuable member of the team:

ONE

Don’t be a LaVar Ball type. Don’t throw punches at other parents or yell at coaches. It’s pretty obvious stuff.

TWO

When there’s an issue, schedule a meeting to discuss it with the appropriate person, whether it’s a coach or board member.

THREE

Volunteer when you can. Be dependable and do a little extra.

FOUR

Leave coaching up to the coach and be a supportive, loving parent.

FIVE

Be involved and know the families and swimmers on your team. Don’t focus solely on your own child.

SIX

Be supportive of the team’s finances and participate in fundraisers. Offer ideas and volunteer to spearhead them, too.

SEVEN

It’s hard not to overreact when our children are involved, but try to leave emotions off the deck. If it’s not a safety issue, take time to breathe before approaching a parent or coach.

How do you let your team know you’re there to help and are not the enemy?

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Swim Mom Musings: We Are Not the Enemy

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Courtesy: Swimming Federation of India

Apeksha Fernandes,  representing Maharashtra, was the cynosure of all eyes in the opening session for being the sole individual record breaker at the 36th Glenmark Sub Junior and 46th Junior National Aquatic Championships in Rajkot.

Great start by Mumbai’s Apeksha Fernandes as she bettered the worthy Aakanksha Vora‘s seven year old record of 2:29.44 in the 200 IM Girls Group II with a splendid time of 2:28.67 in the heats. She returned to the pool to break the record for the second time in the day winning the 200 IM in the Girls Group II, clocking a time of 02:27.09. Lateisha Mandanna, who trains at the GAFRAY program in Bangalore, led at the 100m mark but had to settle for silver with a time of 02:35.15 just edging past Sanjiti Saha of Maharashtra, who won bronze with a time of 02:35.16

Apeksha won her second gold medal of the meet winning the 100m breaststroke in the girls group II category with a time of 01:16.70 just missing out on a record. Shriya Ishwar Prasad of Tamil Nadu won silver with a time of 01:19.00, while Anvita Gowda of Karnataka won bronze with a time of 01:19.42.

The hosts got a cracking start with local boy and possible best swimmer Aryan Nehra showing his prowess to win gold in the 200m freestyle for boys Group I. Aryan clocked 01:57.59 just edging past Karnataka stalwart C J Sanjay, who won silver with a time of 01:57.69, while Anurag Singh, who trains at the SAI Glenmark academy in Delhi, surprised a few people to win bronze with a time of 01:58.95.

Shoan Ganguly of Goa, who just missed the national record in the heats by a time of 0.04 seconds, completely obliterated the existing record in the final clocking a time of 01:56.48 in the 200m Freestyle for Boys group II. Trained by his father Surajit, Shoan was only challenged by the clock and lived up to the pre-event hype. Vedaant Madhavan from Maharashtra, who trains at GAF Mumbai, and son of popular actor R Madhavan won the silver with a time of 02:03.07, while statemate Raghav Tandon won bronze with a time of 02:06.53.

Shoan Ganguly returned to the pool and established himself as the best overall swimmer by winning the 200m Individual Medley with a time of 02:12.72, narrowly missing Swadesh Mondal’s daunting record of 02:10.93. Subhajeet Gupta of Bengal was a distant second with a time of 02:21.51, while Sai Nihar Bikkina gave Telengana its first medal of the meet, winning bronze with a time of 02:21.51.

The day saw Karnataka lead the medal tally with a total of 20 medals comprised of 9 Golds, 6 Silver and 5 Bronze. Maharashtra is second with a total of 16 medals with 5 golds, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals. Assam stands third with a total of 7 medals with 3 Golds, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronze medals

The top seed and current champion Khushi Dinesh of Karnataka used all her experience to pip the challenge of a very determined Shivangi Sarma from Assam. Shivangi who has shown constant improvement training at the SAI Glenmark Academy at Delhi mounted an extremely strong late challenge to win silver with a time of 02:09.90, losing by an hair’s breadth to Khushi who won gold with a time of 02:09.78, while Swarna Harith of Tamil Nadu claimed bronze with a time of 02:13.36

Bhavya Sachdeva of Delhi broke the 4 year record of Rayna Saldanha to win the 200 m Freestyle in the Girls Group II clocking a time of 02:10.81. Bhavya led from start to finish to quell the challenge of teammates and clubmates from GAF Mumbai Kiara Bangera and Palak Dhami, who won silver and bronze with times of 02:12.93 and 02:15.47.

The New Group III, which is a single year age group, saw Partha Dutta of Assam win the 100m breaststroke easily, clocking a time of 01:19.81, while Ankit Yadav gave Uttar Pradesh its first medal a silver with a time of 01:24.06, while Navaneeth Gowda from Karnataka won bronze with a time of 01:24.34

The 100m breaststroke for Girls Group III saw an absolute nail-biter as the top 3 medalists finished within 0.6 seconds of each other. Although the top 3 finished according to the seedings the race was exhilarating. Manavi Varma won gold with a time of 01:23.13, while her compatriot Vihita Nayana won silver with a time of 01:23.45. Venika Parikh won Gujarat its second medal of the day, winning bronze with a time of 01:23.63

Swadesh Mondal of Bengal, who trains at SAI Glenmark Centre at Delhi and winner of the overall swimmer’s Championships for Group II boys for the past two years, beat his clubmates Sanskar Tokas and Aaryan Bhosale to emerge as the best overall swimmer in the 200m IM Boys Group I category.  Swadesh raced ahead in the most difficult and his favorite breaststroke to win gold with a time of 02:11.24. Aaryan Bhosale of Maharashtra won silver with a time of 02:15.03, while Sanskar Tokas won Delhi a bronze with a time of 02:16.99

Kenisha Gupta of Maharashtra used her superior height to her advantage as she fought extremely hard to thwart the challenge of the brilliant Shrungi Bhandekar of Goa to win gold in the 200m IM for Girls Group I with a time of 02:27.50. Shrungi won silver with a time of 02:27.91, while Suvana Bhaskar, the champion backstroker from Karnataka, won bronze with a time of 02:30.89

The youngest age category, Group IV, saw its first final with the 50m Butterfly for boys. M Yagna Sai of Andhra Pradesh fought off the challenge of two Assam Swimmers Ayush Borah and Manash PratimBaishya to win gold with a time of 00:32.84. Ayush won silver with a time of 00:33.13, while Manash Baishya won bronze with a time of 00:33.37

Group IV girls saw a 10 year old record of Damini Gowda being challenged by Karnataka’s Mounya Kosumi. Mounya just missed out on the record, but won gold in the 50m Butterfly in the girls Group IV clocking a time of 00:33.95. Annanya Nayak of Maharashtra won silver with a time of 00:34.34, while B Alamkruti of Andhra Pradesh won bronze with a time of 00:34.40

Tanay Suresh of Karnataka held on to his lead to win gold in the 50m Backstroke for Boys Group III, winning gold with a time of 00:34.30. M. Theerdhu Samadev of Andhra Pradesh won silver with a time of 00:34.36, while Aman Sungar of Karnataka won bronze with a time of 00:35.42

Manavi Varma was unvanquished in the day as she exhibited her backstroke prowess to win gold with a time of 00:35.25 in the 50m Backstroke Girls Group III. Kopal Rai of Madhya Pradesh won silver with a time of 00:35.63, while Rijul Patil of Karnataka won bronze with a time of 00:36.94

Swadesh Mondal, representing Bengal, revived his rivalry with compatriot Sreedip Mondal and had a fantastic second half to win the gold in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 01:08.11. Sreedip won silver with a time of 01:08.91, while B Akash Navin of Tamil Nadu won bronze with a time of 01:09.06

Kareena Shankta of Maharashtra equaled the meet record in the 100m breaststroke in the Girls Group I category winning gold with a time of 01:16.00. Annie Jain of Madhya Pradesh put up a superlative performance  to win silver with a time of 01:16.82, while Arushi Manjunath of Karnataka won bronze with a time of 01:16.88.

The seedings went for a toss in the Boys 100m Breaststroke for Boys Group II. Vidith Shankar of Karnataka, swimming in the outside Lane 7, swam a perfect race to win gold with a time of 01:11.51, while Subhajeet Gupta, swimming in lane 2, of Bengal won silver with a time of 01:11.76, while Jashua Thomas of Tamil Nadu won bronze with a time of 01:11.96.

Maharashtra won gold in the 4X50m Freestyle relay for the Girls Group IV with a time of 02:10.86 creating a meet record in the process. Karnataka won silver with a time of 02:11.12, while Assam won bronze with a time of 02:14.22

Assam won the gold in the 4X50 m Freestyle for Boys Group III with a time of 02:05.68, while Karnataka won silver with a time of 02:06.15 and Maharashtra won bronze with a time of 02:09.96

Assam pulled a double by winning the 4 X50 Freestyle for Girls Group III with a time of 02:08.18, while Karnataka and Tamil Nadu won silver and bronze with a time of 02:10.10 and 02:10.25 respectively.

Karnataka won gold in the 4X50m Freestyle relay for Boys Group IV with a time of 02:08.89, while Tamil Nadu won silver with a time of 02:09.70 and Maharashtra won bronze with a time of 02:10.52.

The Boys 4X200 m relay Group I saw Karnataka winning gold with a time of 07:59.60, while Maharashtra won silver with a time of 08:11.17 and Tamil Nadu won bronze with a time of 08:17.67

The last event of the day saw Karnataka show its depth of talent by winning the gold in the 4 X 200 m Girls Group I with a time of 09:03.33. Tamil Nadu won silver with a time of 09:13.32 while Maharashtra won bronze with a time of 09:21.99

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By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

UNIVERSIADI – NAPOLI 2019

• Napoli (ITA)
• Piscina Felice Scandone – Vasca Lunga
• Porzione nuoto 04/10 Luglio 2019
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Sono state ufficializzate oggi le squadre italiane del nuoto e della pallanuoto che parteciperanno alle Universiadi di Napoli 2019.

Le convocazioni sono state diramate attraverso il sito della Federazione Italiana Nuoto

NUOTO

• Paola Biagioli
• Linda Caponi
• Ilaria Cusinato
• Francesca Fangio
• Natalia Foffi
• Sara Franceschi
• Federica Greco
• Sara Ongaro
• Gioelemaria Origlia
• Letizia Parruscio
• Aglaia Pezzato
• Alessia Polieri
• Nicoletta Ruberti
• Silvia Scalia
• Alice Scarabelli
• Beatrice Siboni
• Alisia Tettamanzi
• Carlotta Toni
• Giulia Verona
• Matteo Lamberti
• Nicolò Bonacchi
• Alessandro Bori
• Giacomo Carini
• Matteo Ciampi
• Matteo D’Angelo
• Stefano Di Cola
• Christian Ferraro
• Alessandro Fusco
• Lorenzo Gargani
• Lorenzo Glessi
• Giovanni Izzo
• Pier Andrea Matteazzi
• Luca Mencarini
• Davide Nardini
• Alessio Occhipinti
• Alessandro Pinzuti
• Federico Poggio
• Alessio Proietti Colonna
• Alberto Razzetti
• Emanuel Turchi
•  Ivano Vendrame
• Mattia Zuin

Staff:

• Antonello Panza Capo Delegazione
• Stefano Franceschi Tecnico Federale
• Marco Menchinelli Responsabile della logistica
• Davide Ambrosi
• Renzo Bonora
• Alessandro Mencarelli
• Mirko Nozzolillo
• Leopoldo Sansone Fisioterapista.

PALLANUOTO

Pallanuoto maschile:

• Federico Panerai (Pallanuoto Trieste)
• Massimo Di Martire (CN Posillipo)
• Edoardo Campopiano (Canottieri Napoli)
• Giacomo Cannella (Lazio Nuoto)
• Pierre Pellegrini (SC Quinto)
• Mario Guidi (Bogliasco Bene)
• Ettore Novara (RN Savona)
• Umberto Esposito (Canottieri Napoli)
• Matteo Spione (Roma Nuoto)
• Francesco Massaro (Pro Recco)
• Jacopo Alesiani (Sport Management)
• Lorenzo Bruni (Sport Management),
• Mario Del Basso (Canottieri Napoli).

Staff: Alberto Angelini tecnico, Alessandro Calcaterra assistente tecnico.

Pallanuoto femminile:

Agnese Cocchiere (Rapallo Pallanuoto), Loredana Sparano, Luna Di Claudio e Serena Storai (SIS Roma), Chiara Ranalli e Martina Gottardo (Plebiscito Padova), Carlotta Malara, Giulia Cuzzupè e Giulia Millo (Bogliasco 1951), Anna Repetto (NC Milano), Sara Centanni (F&D H2O), Carolina Ioannou (L’Ekipe Orizzonte) e Elena Borg (CSS Verona).
Staff: Martina Miceli tecnico, Mauro De Paolis assistente tecnico.

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

This week’s set comes from Masters Swimmer Mori Paulsen.

This set is ideal for the swimmer that’s looking to build a solid pace. A great way to rev the engine during early season training or training trips. For max effort, be sure to emphasize top speed on the 300’s.

1 x 300 – Push pace, middle 100 is stroke (other than freestyle)
5 x 100 Base Pace
1 x 300 – Push pace, middle 100 is stroke
8 x 50 Base Pace
1 x 300 – Push pace, middle 100 is stroke
5 x 100 IM
1 x 300 – Push pace, middle 100 is stroke
8 x 50 IM
1 x 300 – Push pace, middle 100 is stroke

For more tips and inspiration, visit the FINIS Community page today!

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

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By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

We reported yesterday how 23-year-old Brazilian sprinter Gabriel Santos had reportedly tested positive for the banned substance Clostebol stemming from an out-of-competition test conducted on May 20th. The substance is considered a weak anabolic androgenic steroid on its own, but was used as one ingredient of oral turinabol, a staple of the East German state-sponsored doping program back in the 1970s and 1980s.

Also this week Santos was announced as a member of the International Swimming League (ISL) squad DC Trident, the American-heavy squad led by General Manager Kaitlin Sandeno. As such, the ISL has issued a statement concerning Santos’ positive test results as follows:

Brazilian swimmer Gabriel Da Silva Santos, the World Anti-Doping Agency, and the National Swimming Federation were notified Tuesday of the athlete’s positive doping test. In response, the International Swimming League (ISL) immediately took action. 

The ISL and the DC Trident have temporarily suspended Da Silva Santos, 23, while waiting for “the B-sample” to confirm or cancel the result of the initial test (the “A-sample”). 

Da Silva Santos was selected last week to compete as a member of the DC Trident for the upcoming ISL competitions, set to begin this October.

“No doping control rules violation will be overlooked,” said Andrea Di Nino, the managing director of the International Swimming League. “This case serves to reiterate our stance on banned substances and breaking doping control rules – no such behavior will ever be condoned. From the outset, the ISL has been an advocate for transparency and clean sport. Any athletes with doping control or ethical violation records will be considered ineligible with no recourse.”

If Da Silva Santos goes ahead with a “B sample” check in the next 10 days, the league’s final decision will be based on the final ruling from the appropriate governing body. 

“We were shocked and disappointed to read this headline, and of course fully support a zero tolerance policy for doping on our team and in the league,” said Kaitlin Sandeno, general manager of the DC Trident. 

Santos swam on Brazil’s 400 free relay at the 2016 Olympic Games, the 2017 World Championships, and the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. That includes winning gold at Pan Pacs and silver at the World Championships. He was selected as part of the 2019 Brazilian roster to compete at both the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The swimming portion of the World Championships begin on July 21st, and the swimming portion of the Pan American Games starts on August 6th.

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By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

As Sports Illustrated rolls out its annual ‘Where Are They Now?’ issue on former baseball player Alex Rodriguez, one name that has kept swimming in headlines (for reasons palatable and not) appears some 70 paragraphs down in the spread: Ryan Lochte.

For all Lochte has done in the pool– which has amounted to one of the most impressive careers in the sport, as he has collected six Olympic gold medals and over 50 gold medals in major international championships– he has been involved with haphazard mistakes and incidents that have been more tabloid-worthy than anything else. It was hardly surprising when he launched the TV series What Would Ryan Lochte Do in 2013, which the Washington Post called ‘gloriously stupid‘ after E! re-ran the show in 2016 following the forsaken Rio gas station incident.

So, Alex Rodriguez, a public figure who has been hated (here are nine reasons why, according to Fox Sports) but has since smoothed over his image (see this piece in Vice, or the aforementioned feature in SI), is now mentoring Lochte.

Indeed, Rodriguez has a show called ‘Back in the Game’ on CNBC, where he mentors athletes who have hit hard times. When filming for the episode earlier this year, Rodriguez denounces Lochte’s apology for the Rio incident, and gives him wise advice to never again refer to himself in the third person.

“Being with him, learning, having him help me out—it’s amazing what he’s been able to do,” Lochte said.

Rodriguez didn’t just offer him life coaching a la Karamo from Queer Eye, though. He also had Lochte create content for one of the fitness companies A-Rod Corp has invested in, starting him at $15,000 a month. The cash infusion from A-Rod comes on the heels of the sponsorship fallout post-Rio that saw major brands like Speedo and Ralph Lauren pull out of agreements with the swimmer.

Lochte was recently on a season of CBS’s Celebrity Big Brother, through which he trained in the pool. The four-time Olympian is also nearing the end of a 14-month ban following his usage of an intravenous infusion without a therapy-use-exemption (TUE). The ban started on May 24th, 2018, with its conclusion coming at the end of July.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Why Alex Rodriguez Pays Ryan Lochte $15,000 a Month