By Torrey Hart on SwimSwam

FINA, the international governing body for aquatic sports, has ratified the world records set during the inaugural International Swimming League season.

This should come as no surprise. While heading into the season, it was unclear whether FINA would approve of records swum under the new league’s watch, SwimSwam confirmed in October that FINA would recognize those set in the final five meets of the season.

Last summer, FINA said that it would not recognize world records unless the meets were held in compliance with FINA rules. Those rules include seeking approval 6 months prior to competition and the presence of drug testers to collect samples from any record breakers. ISL employed an anti-doping protocol at their meets, though it was managed by the national anti-doping organization of the host nation of the meet, rather than the league itself.

The newly ratified world records include:

• Minna Atherton‘s 54.89 100 back (10/27/2019)
• Daiya Seto‘s 3:54.81 400 IM  (12/20/2019)
• Caeleb Dressel‘s 20.24 50 free (12/20/2019)

The ISL, along with swimmers Katinka Hosszu, Tom Shields and Michael Andrew, is currently suing FINA, saying it violated antitrust laws in trying to block the 2018 Energy for Swim meet. FINA filed a request to have the suit dismissed late last year, but was denied.

Jan. 17, plaintiffs filed an additional complaint claiming that FINA misappropriated ISL’s format by scheduling its own events with a similar prize format. FINA has three weeks to file an answer to the amended allegations.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: FINA Ratifies Atherton, Dressel & Seto World Records Set During ISL Season

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By Torrey Hart on SwimSwam

The World Anti-Doping Agency has submitted a request to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that its hearing to resolve the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s non-compliance case be held in public.

“WADA’s investigations on Russia, and this latest case of non-compliance, have generated huge interest around the world,” WADA Director General Olivier Niggli said. “It is WADA’s view – and that of many of our stakeholders – that this dispute at CAS should be held in a public forum to ensure that everybody understands the process and hears the arguments.”

Last November, CAS staged its first public hearing since 1999 for the case of WADA vs. Sun Yang and FINA. That hearing, which lasted 11 hours (SwimSwam live-recapped the whole thing), was marred by translation issues as the 27-year-old Chinese star struggled to communicate with his lawyers and jurors.

Sun’s case was the first heard in public at CAS since a European Court of Human Rights ruling in October 2018 which maintained in Mutu and Pechstein v. Switzerland that if an athlete expressly requests a public hearing, the court must oblige.

In September 2019, an independent WADA compliance committee opened case against RUSADA and recommended that it be declared non-compliant for a period of four years, and that Russia would not be allowed to participate in, host or bid for various major events, including the Olympics, Paralympics and Code Signatories’ World Championships for that time. WADA’s executive committee unanimously agreed in December to uphold that recommendation.

RUSADA had 21 days to appeal the decision to CAS and did so Jan. 9. The appeal by came in spite of the fact that RUSADA director general Yury Ganus objected to an appeal and wanted RUSADA to accept the sanctions as levied. The RUSADA Supervisory Board agreed to contest the sanctions. Ganus has said publicly that he believes that there is “no chance of winning the case in court.”

Read the full story on SwimSwam: WADA Requests Public Hearing – Like Sun Yang’s – for RUSADA Compliance Case

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

NEVADA vs NEW MEXICO

• Friday, January 31st, 2020
• Reno, Nevada
• Short Course Yards
• Results

TEAM SCORES

1. Nevada – 189
2. New Mexico – 109

Nevada hosted New Mexico for a dual meet on Friday, January 31st, winning a 189-109 decision. Donna dePolo (Nevada) won two events on the day. Primarily a breaststroker, dePolo clocked a 1:53.35 to win the 200 free, narrowly holding off New Mexico’s Bryndis Bolladottir (1:53.42). dePolo held a 1.03 second lead going into the final 50, where she split a 29.63 to Bolladottir’s 28.67. After the 200 free, dePolo went onto win a dominant race in the 200 breast. dePolo swam a 2:17.45 to touch the wall first by 5 seconds, leading a 1-2-3 charge by the Wolfpack. Gianni Pitto was next in at 2:22.56, and teammate Mikayla Dance was 3rd with a 2:25.58.

Bryndis Bolladottir went on to win the 500 free in 5:08.06, pulling away from Nevada’s Caitlyn McHugh (5:09.20) on the final 100. New Mexico teammate Hedda Oritsland won two events on the day. She first took the 50 free in a nail-biter with Nevada’s Andressa Cholodovskis, touching in 23.84 to Cholodovskis’ 23.95. Oritsland then went on to win the 100 fly with a 55.11, this time narrowly beating teammate Nicholle Toh, who touched in 55.32. Oritsland also posted the fastest split in the field on the 400 free relay, clocking a 50.97 to anchor New Mexico’s winning relay (3:28.79).

Benny Nagy won a pair of events for Nevada, taking both the 200 back and 400 IM. In the 200 back, Nagy swam a 2:05.43, splitting a consistent race (30.18/31.57/31.69/31.99). She then swam a 4:28.73 to win the 400 IM.

PRESS RELEASE – NEVADA:

RENO, Nev. –  The Nevada women’s swim and dive team wrapped up the regular season with a win over the New Mexico Lobos, 189-109, on Friday, Jan. 31. The Pack moves to 6-2 in dual meets on the season with the Mountain West Championship on the horizon.

The meet started out with the recognition of the single senior, Andressa Cholodovskis who went on to win the 100 free and take second in the 50 free. The Brazil native also swam the third leg of the 200 medley relay that won with a time of 1:43.84.

Nevada had a pair of freshman score in more than one individual events. Benedict Nagy won both the 200 back in 2:05.43 and the 400 IM with a time of 4:28.73 while Nicolette Jasko finished third in the 100 breast. Nagy also brought home second in the 100 back.

Junior and Reno native, Donna dePolo won the 200 free with a time of 1:53.35 and the 200 breast in 2:17.45. Gianni Pitto finished second in the 100 breast behind Wiktoria Samula who finished in 1:02.41. Pitto also claimed second in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.56.

Olivia Dockery was the top finisher for the Pack in the 200 fly, finishing second right after teammate Josien Wijkhuijs won the 100 back with a time of 56.62. Montana Lloyd picked up a second place finish in the 200 back with a time of 2:07.28 and a third in the 100 back.

In the distance events, Alexa Markl finished second with a time of 10:41.72 – her second fastest this season – in the 1000 free. Caitlyn McHugh also took second but in the 500 free and with a time of 5:09.20.

Nevada went first, second and third in four different swimming events while diving took the top three scores in the 1-meter and the top two scores in the 3-meter. Both events were won by returner, Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez. Linnea Sorensen took second in both events while Jessie Nowotny was third in the 1-meter and fourth in the 3-meter.

The 400 free relay was one of the closest races on the night with the times just hundredths of seconds different. New Mexico ended up winning with a time of 3:28.79 but Nevada was not far behind, finishing second with a time of 3:28.84. The relay of McHugh, Jasko, Wijkhuijs and Colette Berkenfield wrapped the meet up.

Next on the schedule for the Pack is the Mountain West Championships in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 19-22.

PRESS RELEASE – NEW MEXICO:

RENO, Nev. — Hedda Øritsland won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly and swam the anchor of the winning 400-yard individual medley relay, but it wasn’t enough as the Univversity of Nevada picked up 10 wins on the evening as the Wolf Pack defeated UNM 189-109 on Nevada’s senior night.

UNM found itself down 64-29 after the fifth event, winning event two, the long-distance women’s 1,000-yard freestyle.  Josie Carpenter, coming from behind with a tremendous closing 50 yards for a win by 3.14 seconds.  UNM got back into it with back-to-back wins, getting another win in the 100-yard butterfly from reigning Mountain West swimmer of the week Nicholle Toh and a third-place finish from Jordan Hartley for 12 points.  UNM got another 12 in the 50-yard freestyle with the first of three wins from Øritsland.

She picked up the win by just 0.11 seconds in the sprint over Andress Cholodovskis Lima, and Olivia Bishop and Breanna Wiercinski added three more points and UNM got back into the meet down 78-53, but Nevada won the next four races, outscoring UNM 59-16 over those four events to basically seal the meet.

UNM wasn’t done however.  Brnydis Bolladottir took a win in the 500-yard freestyle, but UNM couldn’t capitalie, scoring just 10 to Nevada’s nine in the event. Øritsland got win No. 2 in the 100-yard butterfly, just nipping teammate Toh as they went 1-2, but UNM’s only other win would be a scintillating win in the 400-yard individual medley as she swam anchor in front of Olivia Bishop, Wiercinski and Toh.

NOTES:  A week after being UNM’s fourth diver and no scoring, Sara Rogers scored five points including a career-best 281.70 in the 1-meter and 317.78 in the 3-meter … Talia Passarelli, who scored 12 points against NMSU including a win, did not swim against Nevada … UNM’s final meet before the conference championships is the Air Force Diving Invitational February 6-8 in Colorado Springs.

UNM Individual scoring
Øritsland 18, Bolladottir 14, Toh 13, Carpenter 10, Bishop 7, Rogers 5, Tereda 4, Mariscal 4, Aoki 4, A. Hammond 3, Hartley 3, Wiercinski 3, Zukowski 2, M. Hammond 1, Dark 1, Batista 1, Gallais 1

Wins
1000 Free (Carpenter)
200 Butterfly (Toh)
50 Free (Øritsland)
500 Free (Bolladottir)
100 Butterfly (Øritsland)
400-Freestyle Relay (Bishop, Wiercinski, Toh, Øritsland)

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Virginia Tech v. NC State

• Saturday, February 1, 2020
• Christiansburg Aquatic Center, Christiansburg, VA
• SCY
• Full Results
• Scores
  • Women: NC State 181, Virginia Tech 114
  • Men: NC State 178, Virginia Tech 120

ACC foes NC State and Virginia Tech squared off over the weekend in the final dual meet of the season for each team. It was a bit of a homecoming of sorts for NC State head coach Braden Holloway, who was an assistant and associate head coach at Virginia Tech from 2004-2011 before taking over at NC State. Holloway’s squads dominated both sides of the meet, as the Wolfpack men and women each won by wide margins.

Women’s Recap

The Wolfpack women won 181-114, taking every event except the two distance freestyles. They got things rolling with a 1:38.22 victory in the 200 medley relay. VT kept it close on the first half, but back half splits of 23.26 by Sirena Rowe and 21.90 by Kylee Alons gave the Wolfpack the win 1:38.22 to 1:41.97.

Kate Moore and Sirena Rowe each led NC State with two wins each. Moore earned NC State’s first individual win of the day with a 1:49.87 victory in the 200 free, leading the Wolfpack to sweep the top four spots, and she later won the 200 back in 1:56.65.

In addition to a couple of speedy relay splits, Rowe won the 50 free in 22.80 (the Wolfpack again had the four fastest times), and then won the 100 fly in 55.17.

Other individual winners for NC State:

• Emma Muzzy– 100 back – 53.93
• Sophie Hansson– 100 breast – 1:00.83
• Kylee Alons– 200 fly – 1:58.79
• Julia Poole– 100 free – 50.83
• Olivia Calegan– 200 breast – 2:16.86
• Makayla Sargent– 200 IM – 2:01.68

While the 200 free relay was exhibitioned, NC State touched first in 1:29.77. Ky-lee Perry split 22.10 after only swimming the 100 back, taking 2nd in 54.46, while Rowe split 22.24.

Both of Virginia Tech’s individual wins came from freshman Brooke Travis, who opened up the individual events with a 10:10.71 in the 100 free, then took the 500 free in 4:56.94. Both of those times are dual meets best for her this season.

Men’s Recap

Senior Coleman Stewart led the Wolfpack to 178-120 victory over the Hokies as he won three events for NC State. In his first event, the 200 medley relay, Stewart led off the Wolfpack’s ‘B’ relay in 21.32, a time that would’ve put him in the middle of the pack for backstroke legs in the finals of last year’s NCAA championships. That relay was ultimately DQ’d, but NC State’s ‘A’ relay won in 1:27.64.

Next up, Stewart won the 100 back in 45.51. That’s the second time in as many weeks he’s been 45-mid in a practice suit. Searching through the USA Swimming database, we could only find three other men who’ve gone sub-46 in a dual meet over the past five years, and none of them did it twice. Stewart also took the 100 fly in a swift 46.60 and the 200 IM in 1:48.54.

Nyls Korstanje was the Wolfpack’s other multi-event winner, taking the 50 free in 19.70 and the 100 free in 43.79 to go along with a 19.38 anchor on the 200 medley relay and a 19.69 leadoff on NC State’s 200 free relay.

Other NC State individual winners:

• Eric Knowles– 1000 free – 9:06.27
• Hunter Tapp– 200 free – 1:37.05
• Rafal Kusto– 100 breast – 55.73
• Curtis Wiltsey– 4:27.67 – 500 free

The Virginia Tech men swept the non-free 200s, each even won by a different swimmer. Antani Ivanov, last year’s ACC bronze medalist in the 200 fly, won that in a 1:45.06. Samuel Tornqvist, another ACC finalist, won the 200 back in 1:46.29, while freshman AJ Pouch took the 200 breast in 1:58.02.

The Hokies also earned a win in the 200 free relay as NC State’s ‘A’ relay was disqualified. Tommy Hallock led that relay with a 19.61 split on the second leg.

NC State Release

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – The No. 7/3 NC State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams closed out the regular season with a sweep over No. 25/NR Virginia Tech on Saturday morning.

The men outscored the Hokies 178-120, and the women outscored the Hokies 181-114.

Coleman Stewart led both NC State squads with three individual event titles on the day, and Kate Moore, Sirena Rowe and Nyls Korstanje won two individual event titles.

Stewart also set his second consecutive 100-yard backstroke pool record, this time at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center with a 45.51 clip.

The women swept six events on the day (200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke), including taking the top four spots in the 200-yard freestyle, the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke.

The men notched their fourth consecutive dual win on Saturday, solidifying their undefeated status in the category for the 2019-20 season.

NC State placed at least one diver on the podium in every event it competed in. Madeline Kline took home a pair of second-place finishes, with a 281.48 on the one-meter board and a 293.78 on the three-meter board. Helene Synott joined Kline on the podium in one-meter competition with a score of 245.30.

On the men’s side, James Brady took home the top spot in the men’s one-meter competition (344.18). He claimed third place on the three-meter board posting a 319.13.

“I think today we had a very good and consistent day on the boards for the women’s team,” said head diving coach Yahya Radman. “Madeline was in real contention for winning both events in the battle between her and Virginia Tech. It was a really exciting one to watch. I’m very happy and pleased that James was able to finish his dual meet career with a win on one-meter, but when we get back home we need to finish a few final touches on three-meter.”

Up Next:
The No. 7/3 NC State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams turn their attention to ACC Championships, which are set to be held in Greensboro, N.C.

WOMEN’S SCORE: NC STATE, 181 – VIRGINIA TECH, 114
TOP FINISHERS:

• One-meter: Madeline Kline (2nd place – 281.48)
• 200 medley relay: Berkoff, Hanson, Rowe, Alons (1st place – 1:38.22)
• 1,000 freestyle: Mackenzie Glover (2nd place – 10:15.36)
• 200 freestyle: Kate Moore (1st place – 1:49.87)
• 100 backstroke: Emma Muzzy (1st place – 53.93)
• 100 breaststroke: Sophie Hansson (1st – 1:00.83)
• 200 butterfly: Kylee Alons (1st – 1:58.79)
• 50 freestyle: Sirena Rowe (1st place – 22.80)
• 100 freestyle: Julia Poole (1st place – 50.83)
• Three-meter: Madeline Kline (2nd place – 293.78)
• 200 backstroke: Kate Moore (1st place – 1:56.65)
• 200 breaststroke: Olivia Calegan (1st place – 2:16.86)
• 500 freestyle: Katharine Berkoff (2nd place – 4:58.73)
• 100 butterfly: Sirena Rowe (1st place – 55.17)
• 200 IM: Makayla Sargent (EXH – 2:01.68)
• 200 free relay: Alons, Perry, Rowe, Calegan (EXH – 1:29.77)

MEN’S SCORE: NC STATE, 178 – VIRGINIA TECH, 120
TOP FINISHERS:

• Three-meter: James Brady (3rd place – 319.13)
• 200 medley relay: Hensley, Kusto, Sobolewski, Korstanje (1st place – 1:27:64)
• 1,000 freestyle: Eric Knowles (1st place – 9:06.27)
• 200 freestyle: Hunter Tapp (1st place – 1:37.05)
• 100 backstroke: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 45.51)
• 100 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (1st place – 55.73)
• 200 butterfly: Zach Brown (2nd place – 1:46.10)
• 50 freestyle: Nyls Korstanje (1st -19.70)
• 100 freestyle: Nyls Korstanje (1st place – 43.79)
• One-meter: James Brady (1st place – 344.18)
• 200 backstroke: Jacob Johnson (2nd place – 1:46.70)
• 200 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (2nd place – 2:01.90)
• 500 freestyle: Curtis Wiltsey (1st place – 4:27.67)
• 100 butterfly: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 46.60)
• 200 IM: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 1:48.54)
• 200 free relay: Johnson, Rice, McGlaughlin, Sobolewski (2nd place – 1:21.80)

Virginia Tech Release

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech swimming and diving squared off against NC State on Saturday afternoon at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center. Tech’s 20th-ranked men fell to the No. 6 Wolfpack, 178-120. On the women’s side, the 3rd-ranked State picked up a 181-114 win.

It was a day of fast swimming that featured former Olympians and 2020 Olympic hopefuls on both teams as well as part of an elite postgraduate group that trains under Virginia Tech head coach Sergio Lopez Miro who swam exhibition events during the breaks.

A postgraduate group, that included Hokie alum Ian Ho and Lucas Bureau put up an impressive time in the 200 free relay, breaking the pool record with a mark of 1:17.60. The previous record was 1:17.73 set when Tech hosted ACC Championships in 2012. Ho and Bureau are part of a group of “Prokies” that also include program alum Norbert Szabo and Klaudia Nazieblo.

Tech also recognized this year’s group of seniors prior to today’s meeting, honoring: Jessica Arnold, Jenna Beattie, 

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2020 Brian Malick Memorial Zone 1 SCY Meet

• January 31st-February 2nd, 2020
• Morgan Hill, California
• SCY
• Full Meet Results

Courtesy: Mark Taliaferro/Santa Clara Swim Club

A group of 10 & unders from the Santa Clara Swim Club in California has broken their own National Age Group Record in the mixed 200 yard medley and freestyle relays.

The group of Luka Mijatovic, Mia Su, Isabel Wu, and Shareef Elaydi combined to break both records last weekend at the Brian Malick Zone 1 South Championships.

The same group already owned the 200 mixed medley relay record via a 2:01.76 that was set in December. This weekend, they improved that to a 2:01.64.

The relay’s butterflier, Isabel Wu, made the biggest cut into the record-setting line, dropping half-a-second from her split in December.

Comparative Splits:

*The meet did not use touch pads, so the splits for the new relay are based on the coach’s watch.

200 medley race video:

In the mixed 200 free relay, the same quartet combined for a 1:49.51 that broke the old record of 1:49.76 that was set by the Westfield YMCA at a meet in New Jersey last November. The old New Jersey quartet of James Kavanagh, Olivia Constable, Sofia Sutter, and Julian Stewart.

Record-Setting Relay Splits:

• Elaydi – 27.9
• Wu – 27.8
• Su – 27.6
• Mijatovic – 26.1
• Total Time – 1:49.51

*– Split based on coach’s stop watch

200 Free Relay Race Video:

Mijatovic won 7 events individually in the meet, Wu won 3, and Su won 4.

The Santa Clara 10 & under age group is coached by Mark Taliaferro.

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Nathan Quarterman from Boise, Idaho has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Texas for 2021-22, following his father, Ken Quarterman, who swam at Texas in the late 1980s.

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La FINA, l’organismo internazionale di governo degli sport acquatici, ha ratificato i record mondiali stabiliti durante la stagione inaugurale della International Swimming League.

Non dovrebbe essere una sorpresa.

Mentre la prima stagione della ISL si stava per inaugurare, non era chiara la posizione della FINA su eventuali Record Mondiali stabiliti durante i match.

Come vi avevamo annunciato ad Ottobre, la FINA avrebbe riconosciuto quelli stabiliti nelle ultime cinque gare della stagione.

• leggi qui l’articolo

La scorsa estate, però, la FINA aveva dichiarato che non avrebbe riconosciuto i record mondiali a meno che gli incontri non si fossero svolti in conformità con le regole della FINA stessa.

Tali regole includono la richiesta di approvazione 6 mesi prima della competizione. Regola ancora più importante, quella che riguarda i controlli anti doping. Per FINA i vari incontri dovevano avere personale antidoping che eseguisse i test in caso di Record del Mondo.

La International Swimming League ha impiegato un protocollo anti-doping nei propri meeting. I controlli sono stati gestiti dall’organizzazione anti doping della nazione ospitante gli eventi.

Ora vi è l’ufficialità di tre Record del Mondo realizzati durante la prima stagione della ISL:

RECORD DEL MONDO

• Minna Atherton 54.89 100 dorso (27/10/2019)
• Daiya Seto 3:54.81 400 misti  (20/12/2019)
• Caeleb Dressel 20.24 50 stile libero (20/12/2019)

L’ISL, insieme ai nuotatori Katinka Hosszu, Tom Shields e Michael Andrew, sta attualmente procedendo in via giudiziaria contro FINA. L’accusa è di aver violato le leggi antitrust nel tentativo di bloccare Energy for Swim del 2018.

• Leggi qui l’approfondimento

La FINA ha presentato una richiesta di archiviazione della causa alla fine dell’anno scorso, ma è stata respinta.

Il 17 gennaio i querelanti hanno presentato un’ulteriore denuncia. Si sostiene che la FINA si è appropriata indebitamente del formato ISL, che che abbia copiato anche le modalità ridistribuzione del montepremi.

La FINA ha tre settimane di tempo per presentare una risposta alle nuove accuse.

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Workout Context

• Purpose:  Base building
• Target age group:  15-18 years old
• Target level:  National/ Collegiate Level
• Weeks until target meet:  27 weeks
• Team Location:  Europe
• Course:  25 Meters
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The Workout

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400m fr dr ez
400m RIMO mod
6x150m mod 50 fly – 50 bk – 50br [20′ rest]
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12x50m build fly – fr @01:05 [1x fly – 1x fr]
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4x100m br mod dr @01:56 [T:01:36 – 25m3 kicks per pull – 25 pull – 50 sw ]
6x150m br mod dr @02:44 [T: 02:24 50m 2 kicks per pull – 50m 2 up 2 down – 50m sw]
3x300m br mod dr @05:08 [T: 04:48 100m 2 kicks per pull – 100m pull – 100m sw]
4x150m br mod @02:44 [T: 02:24]
4x100m br mod @01:51 [T: 01:31]
8x50m br mod @01:08 [T:48′]
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Burçin Sakallar
Head coach, İstanbul Swimming Club

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Get your news fix on happenings outside the pool with the latest ‘Beyond the Lane Lines.’  With each edition, we collect personal stories, little known facts and general items of interest from around the world. Read on and learn something new this week.

#1 Coach John Mattos Added to Colorado Hall of Fame

Former Colorado State University swim coach John Mattos has been selected to enter the state of Colorado’s Hall of Fame. Mattos, who coached CSU for over 3 decades, will be inducted during a ceremony on March 14th. He retired from his CSU post at the end of the 2010/11 season.

A former Rams swimmer himself, coach Mattos accumulated a record of 221-113 in dual meets while at the helm. His women’s teams won a total of six conference titles and produced 95 conference championships between 35 swimmers. His teams also had 38 conference relay titles.

Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken was among the highest-profile athletes to swim under Mattos’ tutelage.

Mattos has already been inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2019 and is a member of the CSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

#2 Millfield Athlete Swimming for Australian Charities

The raging bush fires in Australia began in September and are expected to last for several months as the hot weather continues. As we reported in our piece about Olympic medalist Emma McKeon’s plea to the public, smoke from the bush fires is so dangerous that the nation’s capital, Canberra, is currently ranked the world’s worst on the air quality index.

Miles away from his childhood home, Millfield swimmer Adam Graham is taking on a pool 10k swim in an effort to raise funds for several charities involved in the bush firefight, including the Red Cross and NSW Rural Fire Service.

Says the British-based swimmer Graham, a year 9 student-athlete at Millfield School, “I was born and raised in Sydney for the first years of my childhood. I am half Australian and I have many connections with family, friends and places in Australia, particularly in NSW. I know many of the national park areas that have been worst affected. It is my home-from-home and it breaks my heart to see the place I love burning to ash.

“It’s also about looking after our earth, which is important for every single one of us.”

Graham’s fundraising page also says that hitting the pool “is the least I can do considering the firefighters (mostly volunteers) who are putting their lives at risk to help others, along with all the other volunteer services offering essential support to families and wildlife.”

The young swimmer’s charity swim is set to take place today, February 7th at Millfield School. You can view the fundraising page here. At the time of publishing, $7,845 of Graham’s $10,000 goal has been reached.

#3 Retired Swimmer Joins Rwanda’s Swim Governance

The New Times is reporting that retired Olympic swimmer Pamela Girimbabazi has been elected president of Rwanda’s swimming governing body, making the 35-year-old the first woman to head a sports federation in the nation.

The 3-time Olympian will replace Samuel Kinimba Ufitimana who stepped down from the role after having served two terms.

Girimbabazi finished 48th in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and placed 88th in the 50m free at the 2009 Games in Beijing.

#4 Daiya Seto Helps Show Off Japan’s Unified Olympic Attire

Team Japan’s official 2020 Olympic Games attire for the opening ceremony has been revealed, with Olympic medalist and two-time 2019 World Champion Daiya Seto helping model the outfits.

AOKI Co, Ltd is the official provider of the uniforms, of which the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) describes as ‘expressing the value of the Tokyo 2020 GAmes, passing on the history and traditions, and expressing a sense of unity with the people.’

Additionally, for the first time, the same design is being used for both the Olympic and Paralympic attire, with the theme of ‘symbiosis’ presenting unity between the two realms.

Japanese Paralympic Committee (JPC) Chairman Mitsunori Torihara, said, “I am excited now just to imagine that the Paralympic delegates will be dressed in the same fashion as the Olympics and march dignifiedly at the opening ceremony at the new National Stadium.

“I truly hope that these changes that are taking place in Japan, which is a symbol of a symbiotic society, will affect and permeate the hearts of people nationwide through clothing.”

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Beyond The Lane Lines: Millfield Swimmer Honors Aussie Roots

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Chinese world champ Xu Jiayu has donated about $10,000 of prize money he won on the FINA Champions Series to hospitals fighting the coronavirus outbreak.

That’s according to a social media post by Xu, picked up by a popular Chinese swimming fan account:

Xu Jiayu donated 70,000 RMB, won at Fina's Swim Series, to hospitals that are fighting coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/rMm7LZuSo7

— Chinese Swimming News and Results (@fan_swimming) February 3, 2020

The 70,000 Chinese Yuan noted in the post would equate to just over $10,000 in U.S. Dollars. That’s about a third of Xu’s earnings from the entire Champions Series. The backstroker won about $36,500 in prize money, according to our tallies, not counting the $6,000 he would have gotten in engagement fees for competing at both meets on the series.

Xu donated the money to hospitals working to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

A new strain of coronavirus has been causing respiratory illnesses in China, and cases have popped up around the world. The spread of the illness has caused quarantines and travel restrictions, as officials try to limit the spread of the virus. That’s already had several major impacts on the world of competitive aquatics.

The Chinese leg of the FINA Diving World Series was scheduled for March 6-8, but FINA has already cancelled the event, citing the coronavirus outbreak. Several other sports had Olympic qualifying events rescheduled. CHINADA has temporarily suspended its anti-doping testing for the sake of health protection. And in the United States, a college dual meet was canceled when Miami University tested two students for coronavirus.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Xu Jiayu Donates FINA Champions Series Prize Money To Coronovirus Relief

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El pasado lunes 27 de enero, la velocista española Lidón Muñoz recurrió a las redes sociales para apelar al gobierno de Pedro Sánchez que compense a los Deportistas de Alto Nivel el sacrificio personal y servicio público compartiendo una petición creada a través de la plataforma World Athletes. La petición se puede acceder a través de este enlace.

Apelando al “deporte limpio con los deportistas,” a través del portal se solicita un salario mínimo para aquellos deportistas que luchan por representar a España a escala internacional por el sacrificio y servicio público que ello conlleva.

Según la solicitud, unos 4.000 deportistas reunirían los criterios para ser considerados deportistas de élite.

La reclamación además alega que el gobierno español debería considerar apoyar a dichos deportistas con la cifra equivalente a lo que se ahorran al inculcar la cultura del deporte y un estilo de vida saludable en la ciudadanía española.

Además, la recogida de firmas expone que dado que se les obliga a los deportistas a vestir el uniforme y la bandera española, la recompensa es bastante inferior a aquella que reciben las personalidades del cine y el mundo de la televisión, quienes no tienen la obligación de vestir ningún uniforme.

Los deportistas reclaman una recompensa equivalente al salario mínimo interprofesional español, que se traduce en 12.600 euros al año.

IMPORTANTE!! Recogida de firmas para pedirle al Gobierno de España que compense a los Deportistas de Alto Nivel por su sacrificio personal y servicio público.
Firma y comparte!!https://t.co/cQ2alKgxYL

— Lidón Muñoz (@lidonzuela) January 27, 2020

Durante bastantes años, el deporte español ha luchado por recibir ánimo de lucro a raíz del tiempo y esfuerzo que conlleva llevar a cabo una vida en el ámbito del deporte de alto rendimiento. Dicho impulso llamó la atención del actual Presidente del Gobierno Pedro Sánchez. Sin embargo, dado que en el momento Sánchez no reunió los suficientes apoyos para formar gobierno, la iniciativa no fue aprobada en el Congreso de los Diputados.

Tras acudir a las urnas en tres urnas a lo largo de cuatro años, el Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) reunió los suficientes votos para gobernar en la presente legislatura.

En lo que a Lidón Muñoz se refiere, la nadadora española ha visto su estrellato en la piscina este pasado año 2019, año en el que se convirtió en la primera nadadora española en nadar por debajo de los 25 segundos en los 50 libre en piscina larga y batió varias plusmarcas nacionales, además de obtener la marca mínima en el hectómetro de libre para competir en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Lidón Muñoz Recurre A Twitter En Busca De Ayuda Para Los Deportistas Españoles

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By Jordan Metz

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Courtesy: Swimming Canada

TORONTO – Individual tickets are now on sale for all sessions of the Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials, presented by Bell.

The Trials will be held from March 30 to April 5 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. The meet serves as Swimming Canada’s selection meet for the teams that will represent Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The dramatic seven-day event will see Canada’s swimming stars emerge just a few months ahead of the Tokyo Games, as they make or break their Olympic and Paralympic dreams. Returning medallists including Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse, Taylor Ruck, Aurelie Rivard and Katarina Roxon will be vying for spots against the best Canadian swimmers from coast-to-coast, such as world champion Maggie MacNeil, who will look to make her first Olympic team.

Fans can now customize their Trials experience by purchasing single-day passes for $49, or tickets to individual sessions for evening finals ($39) or morning heats ($15). Full-event ($249) and three-day weekend passes ($125) remain on sale as well.

All ticket options are available at https://www.ticketmaster.ca/swimming-canada-tickets/artist/2708444

The TPASC pool has been the site of many memorable moments in recent Canadian swimming history, from Canada’s coming-out party at the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games to Oleksiak’s emergence at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Trials, to last year’s Canadian Swimming Trials for the FINA World Championships, where MacNeil burst onto the scene.

“The Olympic and Paralympic Trials is our premier event of the quadrennial, in an absolute world-class facility at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre,” said Swimming Canada Director of Marketing and Business Development Alan Raphael.

“We are already on our way to filling the building through the tremendous response to our pre-sale of full event and weekend passes. Now we’re excited to offer the opportunity for fans who may only be able to attend specific days or sessions to experience our best-ever Trials,” Raphael said.

Swimming Canada was part of Monday’s joint announcement of the first-ever 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Trials Series, presented by Bell. Bell Canada is a long-standing supporter of Team Canada and amateur sport across the country. Along with Gymnastics Canada and Athletics Canada, Swimming Canada has partnered with Bell, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Paralympic Committee on the Trials Series initiative.

Fans can visit https://www.swimming.ca/en/events-results/events/2020-canadian-swimming-trials/ for more information.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Tickets For Canadian Olympic Trials Now On Sale

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Every now and then at SwimSwam, we’ll get a copy of a workout from a major college or professional training group. But with our new series ‘Training Blocks,’ we’re aiming to go deeper, with a set of workouts over a longer period of time. It’s an effort to see how multiple workouts are structured, how they work together, and how the top minds in our sport build out a training block. 

To kick off our ‘Training Blocks’ series, we connected with Indiana University head coach Ray Looze, who served as Team USA’s head coach for the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.

Looze passed along some workouts from IU’s mid stroke/mid-sprint group, specifically mentioning several of the Indiana pros who swam these workouts: Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Lilly King, Annie Lazor and Ian Finnerty. (“We have a great deal of swimmers who move group to group by day,” Looze noted, “so this is by no means what everyone did in this particular week.”).

Looze also mentioned that this block shows how IU begins the taper process, which has begun for some athletes, but not for others. Looze says that a pre-taper practice involves similar volume and structure, but with less intensity and power. For example, a pulley set might be reduced to 3 hard/1 easy or 2 hard/1 easy depending on where an athlete is during their taper.

Notable abbreviations:

• BT = breaststroke
• BO = breakout
• H/E = hard/easy

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Sue Welsh, Swim Coach and Aquatics Director: “I no longer have any sinus or coughing issues after our weekend long meets.”

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All the quotes above came from those in facilities where our 300 models were in use. Since late summer we have been supplying pools with our larger, more powerful, yet less expensive 650 models, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. The Moon Aqua Club in Pittsburgh reports that visiting coaches have raved about the much fresher feeling air, with no stinging of the eyes. They also noted the air smelled way better than before the BioOx was installed.

We at BioOx are thrilled to provide a more healthy and comfortable training and competition environment for swimmers of all levels. If you’d like to learn more about BioOx and try us out in your facility, shoot us a message or a phone call. We’re more than happy to talk you through the system and our current 25% off trial sale, where you can test out the BioOx system for three months for only $3,000. You can then apply that payment fully towards a purchase or rent-to-own agreement.

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Xu Jiayu, campione del mondo cinese, ha donato circa 10.000 dollari di premi in denaro che ha vinto nella FINA Champions Series agli ospedali che combattono l’epidemia di coronavirus.

Questo il post di un popolare account Twitter che conferma la donazione:

Xu Jiayu donated 70,000 RMB, won at Fina's Swim Series, to hospitals that are fighting coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/rMm7LZuSo7

— Chinese Swimming News and Results (@fan_swimming) February 3, 2020

I 70.000 yuan cinesi citati nel post equivarrebbero a poco più di 10.000 dollari statunitensi.

Si tratta di circa un terzo dei guadagni di Xu nell’intera Champions Series.

Secondo i nostri calcoli, il dorsista ha vinto circa 36.500 dollari in premi in denaro.

A questi si aggiungerebbero i 6.000 dollari che avrebbe ottenuto in commissioni di ingaggio per aver partecipato ad entrambi gli incontri della serie.

Xu ha donato il denaro agli ospedali cinesi che lavorano per combattere l’epidemia di coronavirus.

Un nuovo ceppo di coronavirus sta causando malattie respiratorie in Cina, e sono spuntati casi in tutto il mondo.

La diffusione della malattia ha causato quarantene e restrizioni nei viaggi da e per la Cina, mentre i funzionari cercano di limitare la diffusione del virus.

Questo ha già avuto diversi impatti importanti sul mondo delle competizioni.

Per ulteriori approfondimenti puoi leggere i seguenti articoli:

• Tappa cinese FINA Diving World Series cancellata per coronavirus
• Olimpiadi di Tokyo e rischio coronavirus. Misure preventive al vaglio
• Eventi di qualificazione cancellati per rischio coronavirus

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Xu Jiayu Dona 10 Mila $ Agli Ospedali Che Combattono Coronavirus

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Courtesy: Swimming Canada

TORONTO – Individual tickets are now on sale for all sessions of the Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials, presented by Bell.

The Trials will be held from March 30 to April 5 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. The meet serves as Swimming Canada’s selection meet for the teams that will represent Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The dramatic seven-day event will see Canada’s swimming stars emerge just a few months ahead of the Tokyo Games, as they make or break their Olympic and Paralympic dreams. Returning medallists including Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse, Taylor Ruck, Aurelie Rivard and Katarina Roxon will be vying for spots against the best Canadian swimmers from coast-to-coast, such as world champion Maggie MacNeil, who will look to make her first Olympic team.

Fans can now customize their Trials experience by purchasing single-day passes for $49, or tickets to individual sessions for evening finals ($39) or morning heats ($15). Full-event ($249) and three-day weekend passes ($125) remain on sale as well.

All ticket options are available at https://www.ticketmaster.ca/swimming-canada-tickets/artist/2708444

The TPASC pool has been the site of many memorable moments in recent Canadian swimming history, from Canada’s coming-out party at the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games to Oleksiak’s emergence at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Trials, to last year’s Canadian Swimming Trials for the FINA World Championships, where MacNeil burst onto the scene.

“The Olympic and Paralympic Trials is our premier event of the quadrennial, in an absolute world-class facility at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre,” said Swimming Canada Director of Marketing and Business Development Alan Raphael.

“We are already on our way to filling the building through the tremendous response to our pre-sale of full event and weekend passes. Now we’re excited to offer the opportunity for fans who may only be able to attend specific days or sessions to experience our best-ever Trials,” Raphael said.

Swimming Canada was part of Monday’s joint announcement of the first-ever 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Trials Series, presented by Bell. Bell Canada is a long-standing supporter of Team Canada and amateur sport across the country. Along with Gymnastics Canada and Athletics Canada, Swimming Canada has partnered with Bell, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Paralympic Committee on the Trials Series initiative.

Fans can visit https://www.swimming.ca/en/events-results/events/2020-canadian-swimming-trials/ for more information.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Tickets For Canadian Olympic Trials Now On Sale