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2021 USA SWIMMING FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS – HUNTSVILLE

• July 28-August 1, 2021
• Huntsville Aquatic Center, Huntsville, Alabama
• Prelims/Finals
• 50 meters (LCM)
• Psych Sheet
• Results on MeetMobile: “2021 Futures Championships – Huntsville”

United State’s Junior National Team member Ryenne Ulett kicked off the final day of racing in Huntsville as she claimed the women’s 200 IM title. Her time in the race was just under her previous lifetime best, as she touched first in 2:16.76.

For Ulett, that swim is a significant improvement from her performance in the event at Wave II of the Olympic Trials. At that meet, she was nearly three seconds slower, touching 48th in 2:16.76. Her time from this weekend would have moved her to 28th. She is currently the 88th fastest performer in the event all-time for the 15-16 age group.

The 16-year old wasn’t done after claiming her first title of the day, as she went on to pick up another win in the 200 back at the end of the session. Ulett finished that race in 2:13.55, just over a second off of her lifetime best. Her best time of 2:12.23 is the 38th fastest all-time in the 15-16 age group.

For the men, Owen McDonald touched in the fastest time of 2:03.80 for the title. From Dynamo Swim Club, McDonald’s time was a two-second improvement on his lifetime best and would have qualified him to swim the event at Olympic Trials.

The only athlete to dip below 26.0, Ella Welch took the 50 free title in a time of 25.82. That swim marks a lifetime best for the 17-year old by nearly a tenth of a second.

In the men’s race, it was Macguire McDuff who came away with the fastest time in the event. McDuff, who will be joining the Florida Gators this fall, touched in 23.03, good for a new lifetime best. He is a multiple-time state finalist in two states, having begun his high school career in West Virginia prior to moving to Florida. In West Virginia, he won the state title in both the 100 and 200 freestyles in 2019 while in Florida he was a medalist in both the 50 and 100 free at the 4A state championship meet last fall.

One of the top recruits in the class of 2022, NC State commit Lance Norris finished out his meet by winning the title in the 200 back. Norris, who was the only athlete under 2:00, touched in a lifetime best 1:59.98.

The meet’s final day also featured it’s second distance session in the afternoon, with the women racing the 1500 and the men contesting the 800. Julia Brzozowski claimed the women’s title in the 1500 in 17.11.25, while the men’s 800 went to Nicholas Caruso in 8:07.50. Caruso now ranks 77th all-time for the 17-18 age group in the event.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Rye Ulett Claims Two Titles on Final Day of Huntsville Futures

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TOKYO 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS – DIVING

• July 25-August 7, 2021
• Olympic Aquatics Center, Tokyo, Japan
• Official Results
• Detailed Results

The Chinese divers have been on an absolute tear thus far at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, claiming four of the five gold medals awarded along with a pair of silvers, and the momentum continued on Monday in the opening round of the men’s 3-meter springboard event.

After combining for gold in the men’s synchronized 3m springboard final last Wednesday, China’s dynamic duo of Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi comfortably advanced 1-2 into the semis of the individual 3m springboard event, putting up respective cumulate scores of 531.30 and 520.90.

Wang, had three dives scoring 90.00 or better, taking the lead after the second round and never relinquishing it. The 19-year-old is the reigning world champion in the men’s 1m springboard event, which is not contested at the Olympic Games.

Xie, the 25-year-old reigning two-time world champion in the 3m springboard, sat in third overall after three dives, but took hold of second over the final two rounds by producing back-to-back dives scoring 96.20 and 100.70 points, with the latter being the highest-scoring dive in the entire preliminary.

Great Britain’s Jack Laugher, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the event, qualified sixth into the semis with a score of 445.05.

Advancing in third and fourth was Mexico’s Rommel Pacheco Marrufo and GBR’s James Heatly, who both used massive 96.90 final dives to move up on the last round.

The semi-finals of the event will take place on Tuesday at 10:00 am local time in Tokyo, with the final to followed at 3:00 pm the same day.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Men’s 3m Synchro Champs Wang, Xie Cruise Through Springboard Prelims In Tokyo

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2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine

• August 3-7
• William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Website (USA Swimming)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results

The Speedo Summer Championships are set to kick off this Tuesday, August 4th, at two locations: Irvine (west) and Greensboro (east). The Summer Championships are replacing Speedo Summer Junior Nationals this year, but are also open to all ages, allowing swimmers a national-level end-of-summer championships meet.

IRVINE PSYCH SHEETS

The Irvine site of the meet is filled with big names, both 18&under and NCAA stars. One such star is Trenton Julian, a 22-year-old Cal swimmer, who made appearances in a number of finals at US Olympic Trials Wave II back in June. Julian is the top seed in the men’s 200 fly (1:55.35), 100 fly (51.70), 200 IM (1:59.21), 200 free (1:47.50), and 400 free (3:49.47). Julian is also entered in the 200 breast with a yards time.

After the Tokyo Olympics, Julian’s 1:55.35 200 fly from U.S. Trials is ranked 19th in the world this year. He’s also the 4th-fastest American in the event this year. In the 100 fly, Julian’s 51.70 is currently 29th in the world this year, and he’s the 6th-fastest American.

At the Olympic Trials, Julian had his top finish in the 100 fly, where he tied for 4th. He also placed 5th in the final of the 200 fly, and 8th in the final of the 200 IM. In the 200 free, he made the semifinal, where he finished 13th, not advancing to the final. Perhaps the most interesting race for Julian this week is the 400 free, which he scratched at Trials to focus on other events.

Another swimmer with a huge schedule, at least for now, is Mission Viejo’s Justina Kozan. Kozan, 17, is the top seed in the women’s 200 fly (2:09.68), 200 free (1:58.10), 400 IM (4:40.57), and 200 IM (2:11.55). The 17-year-old is also entered in the women’s 100 breast with a 1:11.45. Kozan will have plenty of opportunities to move up the all-time rankings for 17-18 girls at this meet.

The University of Texas’ David Johnston is also slated for a heavy schedule. The 19-year-old rising sophomore is the top seed in the men’s 1500 (15:18.61), 800 free (7:58.73), and 400 IM 4:16.74. Johnston made 2 finals at Wave II of the U.S. Olympic Trials. In the 400 IM, he finished 6th, while he took 7th in the 1500. He also finished 11th in prelims of the men’s 800 free. Johnston will also be competing in the 200 free, 400 free, and 200 back this week.

13-year-old rising star Kayla Han of La Mirada Armada is also racing at this meet, and she might have the toughest event lineup of anyone. Back in May, when she was still 12, Han made headlines by shattering Elizabeth Beisel‘s 11-12 NAG in the LCM 400 IM. Han will be racing the event here, where she is the 5th seed with her personal best of 4:50.70. Aside from the 400 IM, Han will also be racing the 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, 1500 free, 200 fly, and 200 IM. We’ll be looking the 13-year-old to move up the all-time rankings in her age group this week.

USC’s Isabelle Odgers is the top seed in the women’s 200 breast (2:27.67). Odgers had a lot of momentum heading into U.S. Trials after posting lifetime bests this spring. She didn’t disappoint, qualifying for the semifinal of the women’s 200 breast. Odgers will also be racing the women’s 200 IM, 100 breast, 100 fly, and 400 IM, and is seeded to make the final in each race.

Fellow USC star Kaitlyn Dobler is racing this week, albeit with a much lighter schedule. Dobler is the top seed in the women’s 100 breast (1:06.29), holding the top seed by almost 2 seconds. Dobler’s 1:06.29 came in the final at Olympic Trials, where she finished 6th in an incredibly competitive final. To give you an idea, despite finishing 5th at U.S. Trials, Dobler is still ranked 16th in the world this year, and that’s after the Olympics have concluded. Dobler is also set to race the 50 free, where her 25.68 has her seeded 3rd.

The University of Nebraska’s Autumn Haebig was arguably the star of the Olympic Trials Wave I meet, recording multiple top 2 finishes, to advance to the Wave II meet. Haebig will be returning in many of the same events this week, and is the #2 seed in the women’s 100 back (1:01.23). She’s also the #3 seed in the 200 free (2:00.55), and #6 in the 400 free (4:16.77). Haebig will also be racing in the 100 free, which she didn’t race at Trials.

Virginia Tech’s AJ Pouch(competing for Team Rebel Aquatics) is the top seed in both the men’s breaststroke events. Pouch was on fire at the Olympic Trials Wave II, finishing 5th in the 200 breast with his lifetime best of 2:10.35, He did suffer an unlucky draw in the 100 breast semifinals, however, finishing 9th, just 0.13 seconds outside of qualifying for the final. Pouch has a best time of 1:00.36 in the 100 breast, so we’ll see if he manages to break the 1:00 barrier this week in a less crowded field.

Schroeder Y 18-year-old Ziyad Saleem enters the meet as the top seed in both men’s backstrokes. In the 100 back, Saleem is seeded with a 55.54, giving him the top entry by over half a second. Saleem is currently ranked 39th all-time in the 17-18 age group in the event. In the 200 back, Saleem is the top seed by just 0.07 seconds. His 2:01.30 is just ahead of USC’s Harry Homan‘s 2:01.37. Saleem’s currently ranked 79th all-time in the 17-18 age group in the 200 back.

Ella Ristic, an Indiana swimmer representing Irvine Novaquatics, is the top seed in the women’s 100 free. Ristic’s time of 55.82 makes her the top seed by over half a second. Ristic is also seeded 4th in the women’s 200 free with a 2:00.65. She’s racing the 50 as well, and she’s entered in the 400 free with a yards time. Ristic’s SCY 500 free is a 4:42.06, indicating she may be vying for the title here in Irvine.

14-year-old Teagan O’Dell of Irvine Novaquatics is the top seed in the women’s 200 back. O’Dell’s time of 2:10.70 is the best of the field coming in by 2.5 seconds. She currently ranks 7th all-time in the 13-14 girls 200 back, and her 2:10.70 really isn’t that far off Missy Franklin‘s NAG of 2:09.16.

Here is the current all-time top 10 rankings for 13-14 girls in the LCM 200 backstroke:

Cal’s Sean Grieshop is also entered in the meet. Grieshop is only entered in the men’s 200 IM, where he’s the #2 seed (2:01.31), and the 200 breast (2:18.10). He was somewhat off at U.S. Trials in June, so this meet will give Grieshop an excellent opportunity to bounce back with some solid LCM racing.

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Three of the top-performing nations at the 2020 Olympic Games put an increased emphasis on preparing their relays for success in the run up to Tokyo, and it clearly showed in the pool.

Australia, Great Britain and Canada have all launched relay initiatives over the last few years, making the team events a top priority with an eye towards Tokyo.

The Relay Initiatives

Each country’s initiatives consist of one or more camps a year, zeroing in on the relays by practicing exchanges, figuring out the optimal race strategy (swimmer order) and just pushing one another in regular practice.

The Australians took second to the Americans on the overall medal table in swimming, winning nine gold and 20 total medals, which includes two gold and five total relay medals.

The Aussies have been running a “relay project,” led by Swimming Australia Performance Solutions Manager Jessica Corones, with four key factors in mind: relay-focused training camps, relay technique (exchanges, perfecting finishes), research (perfecting the order, how to manage rookies, etc.) and the intangibles—that is, bonding as a team.

The Aussie relay camp initiative was first launched by former national team head coach Jacco Verhaeren.

“We’re built along relays – there’s where our depth is,” Australian coach DeanBoxall, who led the relay coaching in Tokyo, told The Guardian. “We’re really trying to build that team unity.”

This year the Australians converged on the Gold Coast in February, which Kyle Chalmers said was “even more special” than previous years after the team had a year apart due to the pandemic.

For the Canadians, Swimming Canada first launched a men’s relay initiative in 2014, and has followed through with a long-term plan to have its swimmers fully embrace the relays. A female initiative was developed in 2015, and they’ve carried things forward with multiple camps per year following a similar format to the Aussies.

“The concept is to identify our future national team members from a range of age groups in both males and females,” Swimming Canada High Performance Director John Atkinson said back in 2017. “We see who has the capacity to swim both the 100 and the 200-m freestyle, and then we bring them in, we educate them and their coaches, find out what their strengths and weaknesses are, and educate them about relay swimming for Canada.”

British Swimming has followed a similar course, holding relay camps at the Loughborough National Centre, including a men’s medley specific camp in November 2019.

The Results

The proof is in the pudding for these countries, as all made tangible progress from Rio to Tokyo in the relays, despite the Aussies, British men and Canadian women having already performed at a high-level in 2016.

Australia nearly went seven-for-seven in relay medals last week, only failing to reach the podium in the men’s 4×100 medley, where the team took fifth in a time that would’ve won a medal at every previous Olympics (3:29.60).

The women stormed to a repeat gold in the 4×100 free, setting a new world record in the process, and overcame the United States in the 4×100 medley for their first win since 2008. The 4×200 free was a rare misstep, with the team’s decision to switch out all four swimmers from prelims backfiring, as the gold medal favorites fell to bronze. Despite that, the country’s development of women’s 200 freestylers has been incredible over the last few years, evidenced by 17-year-old Mollie O’Callaghan dropping a surprise World Junior Record in the lead-off leg of the prelim relay.

The men added a pair of bronzes in the free relays, equalling Rio’s result (where they missed the podium in the 4×200 free but earned bronze in the medley), while the coaches seemed to get the order right en route to snagging a bronze medal in the inaugural mixed medley relay.

The Brits improved from two silvers in Rio to two gold and one silver in Tokyo, all medals coming from the men’s side, plus a win in the mixed relay.

The men’s 4×200 free narrowly missed the world record, the men’s medley swam the third-fastest time ever to win silver, and although they didn’t medal, the women showed great progression. The British females finished fifth in the 4×100 free after failing to qualify a team in Rio, but had a poor prelim swim and missed the medley final after taking seventh in 2016.

The Canadian women picked up a pair of bronzes in Rio on the free relays and took fifth in the medley, and improved in Tokyo with a silver in the 4×100 free (beating the U.S.), winning bronze in the medley and finishing a close fourth in the 4×200 free.

Canada actually got on the podium in all three women’s relays at the 2019 World Championships, but the Chinese women’s breakout gold-medal performance in the 4×200 free deterred them from doing that, though not for a lack of performance.

Add in the fact that one of Canada’s relay aces in recent years, Taylor Ruck, was off form in Tokyo. They were still able to seamlessly contend at the top-level, having developed depth in the relay events.

The Canadian men were consistently nailing their relay exchanges, and stunned everyone by challenging Australia for a medal on the 4×100 free relay, setting a National Record in fourth. The medley benefitted from a few DQs to take seventh after 16th in Rio. The 4×200 free is still a weak spot, and the mixed medley could’ve been in the medal hunt, but the prelims team was far from optimal and they missed the final.

But overall, it’s fair to say all three countries showed progression from Rio to Tokyo, and in many cases, were able to perform greater than the sum of their parts in the relays.

Dropping Individuals

We saw several swimmers from these countries drop individual events in order to focus on relays, showing just how dedicated the teams are to the team events, and how the swimmers have bought in.

Some notable examples include James Guy dropping the men’s 100 fly for Great Britain’s mixed medley relay, where he easily could’ve landed a bronze medal based on the form he showed (50.00 fly split on the mixed relay, it took 50.74 to win bronze).

Matt Richards also dropped the men’s 100 free for the 4×200, Canada’s Kayla Sanchez scratched the 100 free semis for the women’s 4×200, and Joe Litchfield didn’t race the individual 100 back to swim on the British men’s 4×100 free relay in the heats (a move that didn’t pay off, as they missed the final).

Whether the withdrawals were beneficial for the relays in the end or not, the fact that the coaches and swimmers are willing to drop out of an Olympic event in order to potentially push their relay team over the top to a medal, shows a high level of commitment.

Why It’s Hard For The U.S. To Follow

While Swimming Australia, British Swimming and Swimming Canada have been able to implement these initiatives, run camps and put a greater emphasis on relays, it’s not as easy to do for the United States.

The decentralized American training system sees athletes training all over the country in a variety of capacities. Some in post-grad groups at college, some still in school with their university teams, some still in club, others with smaller pro teams, etc.

Add in the fact that, whether they’re still competing in the NCAA or training as post-grads, many of the top U.S. swimmers are natural rivals. For example, it’s hard to imagine a group of Stanford swimmers showing up at Cal for a training camp, or vice-versa, especially during college season.

Furthermore, Australia, Great Britain and Canada all have established National Centres where several of their top-level swimmers train full-time, and others will come and go for brief stints, making it relatively simple to gather a bigger group for a relay camp.

Without that in the U.S., it becomes incredibly difficult to do any real work like the other countries have done until they have their planned pre-Olympic, or pre-World Championship training camp.

With that being said, it’s not like the U.S. is struggling on relays, but their performance in Tokyo was far from their best. The Americans only won two of seven relays, missed a medal in two of them, and the women failed to win gold. The men’s 4×200 free failing to finish in the top three marked the first time an American men’s relay didn’t reach the podium at the Olympics.

These performances aren’t solely to blame for any one thing—coaching lineup/order decisions, swimmers underperforming and a lack of preparation were all at play. But it’s fair to say that if they were able to have relay initiatives like the other countries, some of these issues would’ve been ironed out beforehand.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Australia, Great Britain & Canada Benefit From Relay Initiatives In Tokyo

By Nick Pecoraro on SwimSwam

2021 Speedo Summer Championships — Greensboro

• Aug 3-7, 2021
• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Site
• Meet Packet
• Live Results
• Psych Sheet

Yes, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have ended, but there is still more competitive swimming happening around the nation! This week will be the dual-site 2021 Speedo Summer Championships, hosted in Irvine, CA and Greensboro, GA. Starting tomorrow, some of the best swimmers from the Eastern states will compete in this five-day affair at the notable Greensboro Aquatic Center. Highlighting the meet psych sheets include a number of U.S. Trials semifinalists and finalists, including 5th-place finishers 18-year-old Josh Matheny and Sam Stewart, and 200 free 7th-place finisher Gabby DeLoof.

Josh Mathenyof Pittsburgh headlines both the men’s 100 breast and 200 breast events in Greensboro with his respective seed times of 1:00.06 and 2:09.40. Matheny’s 1:00.06 lifetime best came out of the U.S. Trials prelims, qualifying him into the semifinals rounds. Matheny advanced all the way to the final, where he finished in 5th place at 1:00.22 behind Kevin Cordes. In the 200 breast, Matheny missed out on semifinals, placing 20th overall.

YMCA Hub Fins stand-out Sam Stewart is slated to swim numerous events, including his top seeds in the 100 back (54.68), 200 back (1:58.97), and 200 IM (1:57.76). At U.S. Trials, Stewart first swam the 400 IM final placing 8th, which he won’t swim in Greensboro. However, Stewart can look forward to improving his 1:58.02 Trials best in Greensboro, which placed 5th in the final.

Club Wolverine’s Gabby DeLoof just missed making the Olympic team in the 200 free Trials final with a 7th-place finish. Nonetheless, DeLoof sits at the top of the psych sheets in the women’s 100 free (54.41) and 200 free (1:57.62), as well as No. 2 in the 200 back (2:10.71).

Sitting at the top of the women’s 200 back seeds is 16-year-old JoJo Rameyof Fishers with her sub-2:10 best of 2:08.90, which qualified 5th into the Trials final. Ramey will also swim the 100 back with her seed of 1:00.93, which placed 15th during Trials semifinals. Leading the 100 back seeds in Greensboro will be Tenneessee/NYAC’s Ali DeLoof with her best of 1:00.08. A. DeLoof will also swim the 100 free (55.58), 200 back (2:11.23), and 50 free (25.64). Her best finish at Trials was 10th in the 100 back semifinals (1:00.45).

Long Island 16-year-old Cavan Gormsencomes in the stacked women’s distance freestyle events as the lone Trials finalist. Gormsen originally placed 9th in the prelims at 4:10.78, however, wound up being scratched in and seized the opportunity by breaking 4:10 at 4:09.85. She will also swim the 200 free (1:59.79), which placed 13th at Trials semifinals, and 800 free (8:39.03), where she placed 12th overall.

Gormsen is also the No. 2 seed in the 1500 free at 16:35.05 behind TAC Titans 18-year-old Caroline Pennington‘s 16:33.21 seed. At Trials, Pennington’s best finish was 15th in the 1500 free event. Westchester 14-year-old Claire Weinstein is another name to look out for in the women’s distance events, coming in with entries in the 200 free (1:58.95), 400 free (4:11.90), and 800 free (8:41.44). Weintein’s best finish at Trials was 20th in the 400 free.

Into the men’s 1500 free seeds, Trials finalists Ohio State’s Charlie Clark(15:14.11) and NC State’s Will Gallant (15:17.34) will re-match after finishing 5th and 6th respectively in the final. Another NC State swimmer, Ross Dant, will also swim in the 1500 free with his 15:22.06 seed. At Trials, Dant was the 3rd-place finisher in the 800 free final.

More noteworthy entries in Greensboro include Columbus Aquatic 31-year-old Leah Gingrich, Long Island 16-year-old Tess Howley, 15-year-old Erika Pelaez of Eagle Aquatics, Badger 18-year-old Matthew Fenlon, Long Island 18-year-old Chloe Stepanek, SwimMAC 18-year-old Tim Connery, and NCAA names Florida’s Grant Sanders, Indiana’s Mac Looze, Corey Gambardella, Jack Franzman, Brendan Burns, Jacob Steele, Iago Moussalem Amaral, and Zane Backes, Ohio State’s Thomas Watkins, Katie Trace, Hannah Bach, and Club Wolverine’s Kaitlynn Sims, Charlie Swanson, and Tommy Cope.

Note: Greensboro and Irvine results will not be officially combined, SwimSwam will be combining results on our own.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Speedo Summer Champs — Greensboro Psychs: Trials Finalists Take The Spotlight

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Caroline Maxvill is coming home to Texas A&M University, her alma mater, after the Aggies announced her as a new women’s swimming assistant on Monday. She takes over the post from Tanica Jamisonwho left in May to become the head coach at the University of Houston.

“It’s exciting to bring Caroline back to Texas A&M as our assistant coach,” A&M women’s head coach Steve Bultman said. “You knew during her career here as a swimmer that she was going to be a swim coach. It’s been fun to follow her steps along the way and watch her growth and success. That and her knowledge of the program will make for an easy transition.”

Maxville’s previous NCAA coaching stops come after spending the last 3 seasons at LSU. She wasn’t retained there as part of a new staff under new head coach Rick Bishop.

There, Maxvill worked primarily with the breaststroke and butterfly groups, and especially the 200 yard stroke groups. Among the names of swimmers she primarily worked with include freshman Hannah Bellina, who earlier this year swam 1:57.18 in the 200 fly, ranking her 3rd in school history.

Prior to LSU, Maxvill spent 3 seasons as an assistant at the University of Miami and also worked as a graduate assistant at TCU. She also had non-collegiate stops with Metroplex Aquatics in Dallas, and as a a teacher and coach with Athens High and SwimAthens in Athens, Texas.

As a swimmer at Texas A&M, Maxvill was a member of two Big 12 Championship winning teams in 2008 and 2010 before the Aggies moved to the SEC. She earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors in 2010 and swam her last meet in March of 2011.

Maxvill was primarily a breaststroker and IMer for the Aggies.

She joins an A&M team that is in rebuilding mode. The Aggies finished 6th at both the 2020 and 2021 SEC Championships after winning 4 consecutive conference titles. With new coaches at both South Carolina (Jeff Poppel) and LSU (Rick Bishop), both of whom have had previous success with women’s programs, there will be upward pressure from the back-end of the SEC Conference in coming seasons.

The A&M women have one big centerpiece to build around, though, and that’s Chloe Stepanek, who led the team in scoring last year as a freshman with 60.5 points at the SEC Championships.

The Aggies don’t have any freshmen coming in next season who were ranked among SwimSwam’s top recruits in the country, though head coach Steve Bultman has a knack for taking underheralded recruits and turning them into All-Americans, so that isn’t necessarily the whole story for the Aggies moving forward.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Texas A&M Hires Caroline Maxvill As New Assistant Swim Coach

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

2021 MN MNSI LSC Senior State Championship

• July 29 – August 1, 2021
• Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
• LCM (50m)
• Results on MeetMobile

On the final day of the Minnesota Senior State Championships, held at the University of Minnesota, Aquajets Swim Team 14-year-olds Drew Ploof, Henry Webb, Evan Witte, and Jiarui Xue teamed up to break a 13-14 boys National Age Group Record.

The boys broke the 13-14 400 free relay NAG, putting together a 3:36.01 to finish 3rd at the senior meet. They only raced in the meet on Sunday, indicating the intention was solely to race this relay and take a stab at the record. Breaking the previous NAG by 1.46 seconds, the quartet certainly capitalized on the opportunity presented to them.

Irvine Novaquatics held the previous record from the 2019 CA age group championship meet, where Allen Cai, Mitchell Schott, Joey Chang, and Nick Grulke combined for a 3:47.47. Here is a split comparison between the Aquajets team from this weekend, and the 2019 Novaquatics squad:

Notably, all 4 Aquajets boys were significantly under their personal best times, all of which were from July of this year. Ploof led off in 54.41, dropping 0.46 seconds from his week-old personal best. Xue’s 54.58 was over a second under his 55.51 personal best, also a week old. Witte’s 54.67 was well under his lifetime best 56.31, and Witte’s blistering 52.35 anchor was over a second faster than his month-old 53.48 personal best.

You can view a video of the race below, provided by Aquajets’ Instagram account.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Aquajets Break 13-14 Boys 400 Free Relay NAG with 3:36.01 at MN Senior State

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Within the world of top-end competitive swimming, there are different clubs, and I hear them talked about with my SwimSwam partner Gold Medal Mel Stewart.

There are “Elites,” which generally encompass National Teamers, near-National Teamers, and swimmers who compete at international meets for their country of all kinds – from Pan Ams and World University Games up through the Olympics.

Then there’s a certain status in the hierarchy when you make an Olympic Team (by qualification criteria, especially), that gets you a different status. You’ve been to the big show. You know what the pressure is like under the brightest lights. You get the tattoo and to sign your name OLY afterward. You get more votes in the unions, and you get higher speaking fees, and you get invited to better events and for longer.

Then there are new clubs once you earn a medal, once you earn an individual medal, and once you earn Olympic gold.

But there’s another tier that transcends all of these wildly-accomplished athletes, each of whom in their own right are already one-in-ten-thousand, or better.

There are the Legends. The swimmers who will be brought up in debates and conversations for decades to come. The answers to the trivia questions. The comparisons for future generations.

Where these lines are drawn are not entirely clear, but we know the names when we hear them. Missy Franklin, Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Johnny Weissmuller, Ian Thorpe, Shane Gould, Grant Hackett, Kosuke Kitajima, Jenny Thompson, Natalie Coughlin, Krisztina Egerszegi, Katinka Hosszu, Janet Evans. The athletes who are brought back to award medals at future Olympic Games. The athletes who old coaches tell their young athletes about.

Everyone’s list for inclusion in this most elite tier will be a little different, but I suspect that if most swim nerds sat down and wrote up a list, it would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 or 75 names – about 3 per Olympic quad.

And if there are two from the Tokyo 2020 Games who have propelled themselves with clear intention into that Legend tier, it’s Australian Emma McKeon and American Caeleb Dressel.

Entrance into this tier isn’t wholly predicated on success at the Olympic Games, though a huge run of Olympic success is definitely a part of it. World Records, World Championships, and the names of swimmers you beat matter too. But nobody from the modern era can get into this tier without at a minimum of multiple Olympic gold medals, and either some individual golds or a whole lot of relay golds.

Both swimmers checked that criteria at this meet, which is really just the icing on their very powerful resumes.

Those resumes, in brief:

Emma McKeon

• Tokyo medal count: 4 gold, 3 bronze
• Overall medal count: 5 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
• Australia’s most-medaled Olympian in history, surpassing Ian Thorpe
• 7 Olympic Record swims in Tokyo
• 1 World Record swim in Tokyo (relay)
• First female swimmer, and second woman in any sport, to win 7 medals at the same Olympic Games
• 4 World Championships, 17 total World Championship medals
• 1 active World Record (400 free relay)

Caeleb Dressel

• Tokyo medal count: 5 gold
• Overall medal count: 7 gold
• World Championships: 13 gold, 2 silver (LCM)
• World Championships: 6 gold, 3 silver (SCM)
• 6 Olympic Record swims in Tokyo
• 2 World Record swim in Tokyo
• 9 active World Records (the next closest is Kliment Kolesnikov with 4)

For Dressel, the progress we’ve seen from him since Rio, where he earned medals only in relays, seemed inevitable, almost a formality where he just needed to continue doing what he’s been doing in the 5-year interim. He dominated the ISL, and he’s felt almost-unbeatable at meets that matter for about 3 years now.

McKeon, on the other hand, came into the last 2 years with a ton of Australian relay medals, some individual silvers and bronzes, but a general sense that she was just at the top of the supporting cast of a rising Australian women’s group moreso than the star of the show.

The first real signs we got that McKeon was lined up for something special actually came in the 2019 International Swimming League season. Starting with her first meet in Lewisville, she started popping up at the top of lots of races, winning lots of meet MVP awards, and eventually finished 3rd in the overall MVP scoring behind Sarah Sjostrom and Caeleb Dressel.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Levelled Up: McKeon and Dressel Earn “Legend” Status After #Tokyo2020 Results

By Nicole Miller on SwimSwam

USA Futures Championships – Richmond

• July 29-August 1, 2021
• Collegiate School Aquatic Center, Richmond, VA
• Long Course Meters
• Meet Information
• Results on Meet Mobile
• Psych Sheets
• Streaming Instructions

On the final night of the Richmond Futures Championships, Nation’s Capital Swim Club came away with the team, men’s, and women’s titles, dominating the overall point rankings. 

Final Scores: Combined 

1. Nation’s Capital 777
2. Bluefish Swim Club 313
3. New Albany Aquatic Club 270
4. Firestone Akron Swim Team 290 
5. Long Island Aquatic Club 159

Final Scores: Men

1. Nation’s Capital 267
2. Bluefish Swim Club 209
3. New Albany Swim Club 131
4. Upper Arlington Swim Club 121
5. Dayton Raiders 105

Final Scores: Women

1. Nation’s Capital 510 
2. Firestone Akron Swim Team 190
3. New Albany Aquatic Club 139
4. Long Island Aquatic Club 112
5. Bluefish Swim Club 104

The race of the night came in the women’s 50 freestyle, where 15-year-old Annaliesa Moesch threw down a huge personal best of 25.29 to win the event by over a half second. With her swim, Moesch cut over two tenths of a second off of her best time, which previously stood at 25.54. 

Mosech, who swims for StreamLine Aquatics Club, now ranks 13th all-time in the 15-16 age group for the event, just ahead of Olympic medalist Lia Neal. At only 15-years-old, Mosech still has over a year to improve that ranking and challenge Claire Curzan’s National Age Group record of 24.17. 

Back in 5th place, 14-year-old Mackenzie Headley also threw down an impressive time of 26.57, ranking just outside of the top 100 swims of all-time in the 13-14 age group. 

The men’s 50 freestyle saw a dominant performance by 21-year-old Joseph Page, who claimed first overall by almost a second with his time of 22.56. Page cut over three tenths of a second off of his best time with his swim.

18-year-olds Avery Voss and Matvei Namakonov finished in second and third, respectively, with times of 23.36 and 23.45. For Namakonov, his swim was a .7 improvement on his personal best in the event. 

Bluefish Swim Club swept the 200 backstroke, with 16-year-old Aislin Farris claiming the top spot in the women’s race and 16-year-old Caleb Maldari taking first in the men’s event. Farris swam to a time of 2:14.51, coming just off of her best time of 2:13.88 for the win. Maldari, who was recently named to the USA National Junior Team World Cup roster, posted a time of 2:01.99 for the victory in his race. 

Behind Maldari, 16-year-old Luke Sullivan cut almost a half second off of his best time to finish second overall in a time of 2:03.31.

Bluefish also saw a win in the men’s 800 freestyle, where 16-year-old Joshua Parent dominated the field to claim the top spot by over 5 seconds. Parent, who will be joining Maldari on the World Cup roster, won the event in a time of 8:14.05. 

16-year-old Ava Sutphin came away with the victory in the women’s 1500 freestyle. Sutphin, who swims for the M.E. Lyons/Anderson Barracudas, finished in a time of 17:09.29, cutting almost 15 seconds off of her personal best in the process. Behind her, 17-year-old Kelsey Katt managed to drop 16 seconds off of her personal best to finish second in 17:13.27. 

Other Highlights:

• Nation Capital’s Erin Gemmell touched first in the women’s 200 IM with a time of 2:16.92, just ahead of teammate Eleanor Sun (2:17.91). 
• 17-year-old Spencer Aurnou-Rhees won the men’s 200 IM by over a second ahead of the aforementioned Parent, finishing in a time of 2:04.03. 

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Nation’s Capital Sweeps Titles at Richmond Futures Championships

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Within the world of top-end competitive swimming, there are different clubs, and I hear them talked about with my SwimSwam partner Gold Medal Mel Stewart.

There are “Elites,” which generally encompass National Teamers, near-National Teamers, and swimmers who compete at international meets for their country of all kinds – from Pan Ams and World University Games up through the Olympics.

Then there’s a certain status in the hierarchy when you make an Olympic Team (by qualification criteria, especially), that gets you a different status. You’ve been to the big show. You know what the pressure is like under the brightest lights. You get the tattoo and to sign your name OLY afterward. You get more votes in the unions, and you get higher speaking fees, and you get invited to better events and for longer.

Then there are new clubs once you earn a medal, once you earn an individual medal, and once you earn Olympic gold.

But there’s another tier that transcends all of these wildly-accomplished athletes, each of whom in their own right are already one-in-ten-thousand, or better.

There are the Legends. The swimmers who will be brought up in debates and conversations for decades to come. The answers to the trivia questions. The comparisons for future generations.

Where these lines are drawn are not entirely clear, but we know the names when we hear them. Missy Franklin, Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Johnny Weissmuller, Ian Thorpe, Shane Gould, Grant Hackett, Kosuke Kitajima, Jenny Thompson, Natalie Coughlin, Krisztina Egerszegi, Katinka Hosszu, Janet Evans. The athletes who are brought back to award medals at future Olympic Games. The athletes who old coaches tell their young athletes about.

Everyone’s list for inclusion in this most elite tier will be a little different, but I suspect that if most swim nerds sat down and wrote up a list, it would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 or 75 names – about 3 per Olympic quad.

And if there are two from the Tokyo 2020 Games who have propelled themselves with clear intention into that Legend tier, it’s Australian Emma McKeon and American Caeleb Dressel.

Entrance into this tier isn’t wholly predicated on success at the Olympic Games, though a huge run of Olympic success is definitely a part of it. World Records, World Championships, and the names of swimmers you beat matter too. But nobody from the modern era can get into this tier without at a minimum of multiple Olympic gold medals, and either some individual golds or a whole lot of relay golds.

Both swimmers checked that criteria at this meet, which is really just the icing on their very powerful resumes.

Those resumes, in brief:

Emma McKeon

• Tokyo medal count: 4 gold, 3 bronze
• Overall medal count: 5 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
• Australia’s most-medaled Olympian in history, surpassing Ian Thorpe
• 7 Olympic Record swims in Tokyo
• 1 World Record swim in Tokyo (relay)
• First female swimmer, and second woman in any sport, to win 7 medals at the same Olympic Games
• 4 World Championships, 17 total World Championship medals
• 1 active World Record (400 free relay)

Caeleb Dressel

• Tokyo medal count: 5 gold
• Overall medal count: 7 gold
• World Championships: 13 gold, 2 silver (LCM)
• World Championships: 6 gold, 3 silver (SCM)
• 6 Olympic Record swims in Tokyo
• 2 World Record swim in Tokyo
• 9 active World Records (the next closest is Kliment Kolesnikov with 4)

For Dressel, the progress we’ve seen from him since Rio, where he earned medals only in relays, seemed inevitable, almost a formality where he just needed to continue doing what he’s been doing in the 5-year interim. He dominated the ISL, and he’s felt almost-unbeatable at meets that matter for about 3 years now.

McKeon, on the other hand, came into the last 2 years with a ton of Australian relay medals, some individual silvers and bronzes, but a general sense that she was just at the top of the supporting cast of a rising Australian women’s group moreso than the star of the show.

The first real signs we got that McKeon was lined up for something special actually came in the 2019 International Swimming League season. Starting with her first meet in Lewisville, she started popping up at the top of lots of races, winning lots of meet MVP awards, and eventually finished 3rd in the overall MVP scoring behind Sarah Sjostrom and Caeleb Dressel.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Levelled Up: McKeon and Dressel Earn “Legend” Status After #Tokyo2020 Results

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

2020 TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

• When: Water Polo: Saturday, July 24 – Saturday, August 7, 2021
  • Men’s Water Polo: Sunday, July, 25 – Sunday, August 8, 2021
• Where: Tatsumi International Swimming Centre / Tokyo, Japan
• Full aquatics schedule
• What You Need to Know
• Stream on NBC Olympics
• Results

The final men’s group play matches took place on August 2nd, solidifying Greece and Spain as the top seeds for the elimination games, starting on August 4th.

Group A:

The first Group A match of the day saw Hungary and Italy tie 5-5, giving each team half a win. Both teams will be advancing in the tournament.

The match was rife with lockdown defense and struggling offense on both teams. Hungary shot with 24% efficiency, which is very low, but is significantly higher than the 16% Italy shot. The teams combined for 10 goals on 55 shots.

Both teams also failed to capitalize on their extra player time. Hungary made 11 shots with while Italy was down a player, but only made 2 goals on those 11 shots. Conversely, Italy managed 12 shots while Hungary was down a player, but only earned 3 goals out of it.

In the 2nd Group A match, Greece blew the USA out 14-5. The US fell to 2-3 in the Group with the loss, but they ended up 4th, managing to advance to the elimination matches. With the win, Greece kept their #1 seed for the tournament.

Greece was a problem for the US team defensively, stopping 12 American shots from making it to the goalkeeper. On top of that, the US shot on 17% efficiency. Like Hungary and Italy, the US failed to capitalize on their extra player time, making only 2 goals on 11 shots.

Japan dominated the South African team 24-9 to earn a huge win, however, unfortunately for the Japanese team, they were unable to qualify for the elimination rounds. Japan’s 1-4 record put them 5th in the gorup.

Japan hammered RSA on offense, getting off 48 shots.

Group B:

In the first Group B match, Serbia and Montenegro were playing for seeding in the quarterfinals. Serbia won the match decisively, 13-6, moving to a 3-2 record in the group (#3). Montenegro moved to 2-3, which put them 4th in the group.

Serbia basically ended the game early on, jumping out to a 6-1 lead in the 1st quarter, and extending that to an 8-2 lead at halftime. Montenegro struggled shooting throughout the match, only putting up 19% efficiency. Additionally, the Serbian goalkeeper, Branislav Mitrovic, was on top of his game, saving 14 of the 20 shots that came his way.

Another match that was only a matter of quarterfinals seeding was the Spain vs Croatia match, which Spain won 8-4. Spain retained the #1 seed going into the first elimination match with the win, while Croatia remained at #2.

The match was truly a defensive wonder, with Spain shooting on 25% efficiency to Croatia’s 14%. The goalkeepers were in excellent form as well. Spain’s Unai Aguirre saved 10 of 14 shots (70%), while Croatia’s Marko Bijac and Ivan Marcelic combined for 11 saves on 19 shots, 58%.

More important than the goalkeeping was the defense. Spain blocked 14 of Croatia’s shots from making it to the keeper, while Croatia blocked 13.

Australia played Kazakhstan in a match in which neither team had a shot of advancing to the quarterfinals. In the match, Australia bested Kazakhstan 15-7.

Monday, August 2nd Matches:

Group A (Final Standings):

Group B (Final Standings):

Men’s Bracket:

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo: Group Play Ends with Greece and Spain on Top

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine

• August 3-7
• William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Website (USA Swimming)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Live Stream (USA Swimming)

TUESDAY PRELIMS HEAT SHEET

The Speedo Summer Championships kick off tomorrow at their sites in Greensboro, NC, and Irvine, CA. On this post, you’ll find all the links you’ll need for the Irvine site of this meet.

Note: USA Swimming states that it will not be combining results from the 2 sites, so you’ll need to check out the Greensboro links post to keep up with their meet.

Timeline & Schedule:

• Prelims sessions will all begin at 9:00am Pacific Time (Noon Eastern Time)
• All finals sessions begin at 5:00pm Pacific Time (8:00pm Eastern Time)

Day 1 – Tuesday, August 3 

• 200 Butterfly
• 100 Freestyle
• Women’s 800 Freestyle
• Men’s 1500 Freestyle
• Men’s 4 x 100 Free Relay

Day 2 – Wednesday, August 4 

• 200 Freestyle
• 200 Breaststroke
• 200 Backstroke
• Women’s 4 x 100 Free Relay

Day 3 – Thursday, August 5 

• 400 Individual Medley
• 100 Butterfly
• Women’s 4 x 200 Free Relay

Day 4 – Friday, August 6

• 400 Freestyle
• 100 Breaststroke
• 100 Backstroke
• Men’s 4 x 200 Free Relay

Day 5 – Saturday, August 7

• Women’s 1500 Freestyle
• 200 Individual Medley
• Men’s 800 Freestyle
• 50 Freestyle
• 4 x 100 Medley Relay

Note: the 800 and 1500 freestyles will be swum as timed finals, with the fastest heat of each swimming in finals. For the prelims heats of those events, they will be swum fastest to slowest, and alternating men’s and women’s heats. Additionally, all relays will be swum with finals.

Live Results Link

Live Stream Link

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine: All the Links You Need

By Nick Pecoraro on SwimSwam

2021 Speedo Summer Championships — Greensboro

• Aug 3-7, 2021
• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Site
• Meet Packet
• Live Stream
• Live Results
• Psych Sheet

Day 1 Prelims Heat Sheet

Day 1 Afternoon Distance Heat Sheet

The first session of the 2021 Speedo Summer Championships will begin today, with the action first beginning in Greensboro before the Irvine site starts its own action. On the slate for this AM prelims session will be the women’s and men’s 200 fly and 100 free.

Swimming in lane four for the three women’s 200 fly circle-seeded heats will be Indiana’s Mac Looze, 16-year-old Tess Howley of Long Island, and Columbus’ Leah Gingrich, all seeded with previous swims under 2:11. On the men’s side, five sub-2:00-capable swimmers will put up morning bids, including top seeds Indiana’s Corey Gambardella and 18-year-olds Matthew Fenlon of Badger and Mason Laur of T2 Aquatics.

While Catie DeLoofcompeted at the Tokyo Olympics, her sisters Gabby DeLoof and Ali DeLoof will be competing in Greensboro, first with the 100 free heats. Keep an eye on top-three seeds 19-year-old Chloe Stepanek and 15-year-old Erika Pelaez. SwimMAC 18-year-old Tim Connery will headline the men’s 100 free heats with his lone sub-50 entry of 49.94. Seeded closely behind in the other two circle-seeded heats will be Indiana’s Jack Franzman and Josh Fleagle.

Women’s 200 Butterfly — Prelims

Top 8 Qualifiers:

Men’s 200 Butterfly — Prelims

Top 8 Qualifiers:

Women’s 100 Freestyle — Prelims

Top 8 Qualifiers:

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Courtesy: Rudo Loock

“There is no success like failure,” such a strange way to put it. Any successful person out there would tell you that their success did not come overnight. Their success came through countless failures throughout their lives. They learned from their failures. They grew from their failures. They became successful because of their failures. They have learned the value that failure brings to their lives. They have allowed failure to mold them into who they are today.

Failure is one of the best gifts given to us, because it enables us to grow. Through many failed attempts, we learn how to deal with failure and, as a result, how to embrace it. Failure surely will not kill you, but your fear to fail might keep you from reaching new heights.

Why is failure a good thing?

There are many people out there who want to change something for the better. They want to try something new, but something inside of them is keeping them from doing so. That something is often called “fear of failure”. Embracing failure and change are two concepts that are interconnected with each other. Without one, the other would not be possible. If we are afraid to fail, we cannot improve ourselves and ultimately live our best life.

For us to try something new, we have to be prepared to fail. Fear of Failure often keeps us from trying new things. We are afraid of letting ourselves and those around us down. Michael Jordan once said, “I failed over and over again in my career, and that is why I succeed”. Do not be afraid to fail, as it teaches us valuable lessons. Failure molds us into something good, something extraordinary.

How do you deal with failure?

There are many ways to deal with failure. Arguably the most common way to deal with failure is to embrace it. Expect failure to show up at your doorstep and befriend it. Once you recognize that failure can be your greatest ally, then you are already halfway to the finish line.

Another fantastic way to deal with failure is to go back to the drawing board after a failed attempt. Do not give up so easily. Find the problem. What caused you to fail? Then, find the solution to your problem. This is how we grow. Learn from it and keep going!

The third and final way to deal with failure is to simply trust the process. Great things never happen overnight. It takes time. The road to greatness and success is a long, windy, steep road. It is a road that many people would not dare to take, because it is too hard, and they do not want to cross paths with failure. Every failed attempt is one step closer to the end of the road. Failure does not mean your ideas are not good or that you dream too big. It simply means that you might have to take a different approach to reach your goal. The lessons we learn along the way are often more valuable than the end result.

If your ability to get back up after failure exceeds all your negative thoughts, then you can do whatever you set your mind to. Failure is probably one of the biggest blessings in disguise. Embrace it. Grow from it. Trust it. Follow these three steps and your life might just change before your eyes. Allow your failures to shape you piece by piece into something astonishing.

ABOUT RUDO LOOCK

My name is Rudo Loock and I am from South Africa. I was blessed with an opportunity to go swim for Florida State University. I am a 4-time ACC qualifier and one time NCAA qualifier. After battling many ups and downs throughout my career, I now aim to share my knowledge about the sport’s physical and mental side through my personal blog at www.alpha-mindz.com with the rest of the swimming world.

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Courtesy: British Swimming

Jack Laugher earned the third Olympic medal of his glittering career to complete the set by diving to a brilliant bronze in the Men’s 3m Springboard final. 

Laugher – who won silver in this event, as well as 3m Synchro gold alongside Chris Mears, at Rio 2016 – showed that he was back at his world-class best on the sport’s biggest stage inside the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, remaining in the medal positions across the entirety of the contest and finishing on a tally of 518.00 points, behind only China’s Xie Siyi and Wang Zongyuan, who took gold and silver respectively.

James Heatly, meanwhile, marked his Olympic debut with a ninth-placed finish in the final as the latest symbol of his ongoing development on the international scene.

After doing the business to ensure safe qualification through the prelims on Monday, Laugher said that his performance had given him confidence heading into ‘medal day’ of the Men’s 3m Springboard – and that seemed to show for both British divers in the semi-finals, with Laugher and Heatly moving into the finale as the third and fourth-highest scorers, including a round-best tally of 90.00 for the City of Leeds man’s Back 3 ½ Somersaults Tuck (207C).

For Laugher, that confidence continued to flow into the opening stages of the final, with impressive execution of a Forward 2 ½ Somersaults 2 Twists Pike (5154B) for 85.00 points and a Reverse 3 ½ Somersaults Tuck (307C) for 85.75 leaving him second, splitting Chinese competitors Xie and Wang after two rounds. 

Heatly’s start in the final was slightly down on the impressive standards he set in the semi, although a strong Reverse 1 ½ Somersaults 3 ½ Twists Free (5337D), worth 73.50 points from the judges, helped move the Jen Leeming-coached athlete in the right direction up the leaderboard to ninth at the halfway stage.

Laugher, meanwhile, sat in the bronze medal position at that point of an eye-catching competition – and he maintained that top-three berth with another solid Back 3 ½ Somersaults Tuck (207C) effort in round four, earning him 81.00 points.

While world champion Xie moved clear to make sure of gold, the battle for silver got closer and closer as the final dives drew in, with Laugher – who trains under coach Adam Smallwood – delivering his dive of the entire Games in round five, laying down a flawless Forward 4 ½ Somersaults Tuck (109C) to pick up 96.90 points and close to within two points of Wang in second.

An 87.85-point haul for his closing Forward 2½ Somersaults 3 Twists Pike (5156B) dive meant Laugher had done all he could do in his attempt to make it back-to-back Olympic silvers in this event, before he watched Wang do enough with his final dive to ensure it would be a bronze for the Team GB man, completing his full set of Olympic colours. 

And reflecting on his diving journey since the 2019 World Championships, Laugher opened up here about why this medal means more than any previous success so far during a superb career in the sport.

“After the 2019 World Championships and my 207C – my last dive then which is now my fourth dive – going so poorly, it really affected my mental health and wellbeing, I had very little confidence in myself, a lot of anxiety around training and I kept making that same mistake over and over again and had no idea why. I made that mistake while I’ve been training here, at the European Championships as well,” said the 26-year-old.

“It was such a difficult period for me to go through, something I’ve been so confident in, all my life, to go so poorly so quickly, has really taken its toll. I thought about quitting several times because there are only so many times you can fail and get yourself back up again.

“My friends and my family, my psychologist, my coach have all kept me in one piece, and I think that this medal really feels like it’s for them as much as it is for me, proof that I can get through this and I can be as good as everybody on my day. I feel like I’m back, I feel like I’m competing the way I want to compete. There are still some things I want to improve on, but I feel like I’ve got the confidence and the momentum now to take everything from today and keep going, keep making improvements and hopefully be able to keep up with these guys as well.

“Today, I felt very concentrated on everything I was doing. My mentality, my state of mind throughout the entire competition today, I am so proud of myself and how I’ve done today. Everything has been really good. I know it’s not a gold medal, it’s not as good as it was in Rio. But for me, this bronze medal means 100 times more than any medal I’ve ever got.”

Heatly was unable to quite replicate the stunning quality of his semi-final dives to be in medal contention. Still, he pulled out an impressive 85.50 points with his fifth-round Forward 4 ½ Somersaults Tuck (109C) to secure a top-10 finish at the first time of asking in an Olympic Games final, following on from a silver at the World Cup in the same venue earlier this year.  

It was truly valuable experience for the Edinburgh Diving Club man, who was following in the diving footsteps of grandad Sir Peter Heatly, who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games.

“For me, the goal was to make the team and then try to progress through the rounds, and that’s what I did. I’m really proud and happy about that, but it’s frustrating because there’s definitely a lot more in the tank. The pros outweigh the cons. I’m not quite sure what the lessons are right now, it’s a bit raw. Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn, and today I’ll definitely learn,” said James.

“It was a bit of a shame to leave the Heatly clan back home, but I definitely feel like he [grandad Sir Peter] was there with me on poolside.

“It’s amazing for Jack, I’m so happy for him, he’s been so great, taking me under his wing and guiding me through the last few years. To just be a part of this experience for him, let alone for myself, is great.”

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Courtesy: Stas Holodnak

The scenery on the Coney Island Beach in July was nothing short of idyllic. Children played in the waves under watch of the lifeguards who whistled occasionally when someone played roughly. Farther away a few people were swimming between the jetties. Still farther, akin to migratory birds who fly higher and longer distances, the group of swimmers were pushing along the Coney Island shoreline. Some of them were towing the red dry, floating bags that stored their clothing and other belongings. These bags double as flotation devices and are visible from afar. The formidable swimmers were training for the triathlon. They like Coney Island because of it’s quiet waters which are not common in nearby Rockaways and the Jersey shore – places with beautiful shorelines, but plenty of waves and rip currents.

The water was clean, refreshing and made me feel especially appreciative because it was the first time in many months I was swimming in it. For the last year I tried to wait out the pandemic in the mountainous region of Eastern Pennsylvania called Poconos. The Poconos has many dozens of lakes, most of them small and man-made. One such lake was next to the place where I was staying and I was swimming, kayaking and sailing on it as much as I could. Lake water is not ocean water. You sometimes touch the grassy floor with your feet when you swim and depending on rain the night before you can come out of water like an indigenous lake creature with your skin tattooed with tiny dots of dirt that soon dry up and fall off. Lake water contains none of that magic energy boost that sea water gives you.

The lake where I was had a swimming area that was marked by floating lines. Two tall wooden lifeguard chairs were emptied of their occupants because of the Covid restrictions. The lifeguards save lives especially in lakes, ponds and swimming pools where people’s sense of their vulnerability is less erect. But by confining all swimmers to tiny places, they inhibit swimming. The swimming area at my lake is the size of Starbucks while the lake is the size of at least five city blocks. The person who decided on its size was hardly a swimming enthusiast.

“Swim at your own risk” the lifeguards proclaimed every evening before leaving and I gladly obliged. So when the community didn’t not retain the lifeguards for the Covid baked summer, I didn’t miss them. I swam around the long and narrow island that sits in the center of the lake. People on paddle boards, kayaks and fishing boats would give me surprised looks while small birds, ducks and turtles minded their own business.

On the 4th of July the lake’s beach was filled with people. It was hot and the swimming area was tightly packed. The lifeguards were absent but no one ventured outside the lines that marked the swimming area. Instead, people preferred to congregate within the area where there was as much space as in a filled to capacity airplane. It didn’t surprise me. As kids Americans learn to swim in swimming pools. The water in the pool is clear to the bottom and one can swim only a preset distance one way. My friend, for example, learned to swim in the pool. He was on his school’s swimming team. He got a nice, clean stroke but he will never venture beyond the nearest buoy. I grew up near the Ros River in Ukraine. When I was learning to swim, my goal was to get to the other side of the river, not to learn the right technique. I still remember the joy I felt when my feet touched the ground of the ‘Riverbeyond’ – the name by which my townsfolk referred to the river’s other side.

Maybe the confines of the swimming pool are partially the reason but many Americans think of swimming only in terms of a safety skill and a healthy workout exercise. Swimming is more than that. It grants freedom from gravity and freedom to move through matter other than hard land. Yet, no matter how good swimming makes us feel, water is not our natural habitat. A swimmer must estimate the swimming distance in such a way that at any point the body has enough energy left to return back to shore. If we want to swim, we should follow the example of those who train for a triathlon – swim far but carry a floating rescue bag. Swim in quieter waters and swim with friends.

Also Read:

• A Ridgite In Coney Island: Part One
• A Ridgite In Coney Island: Part Two

About Stas Holodnak

The very first time Stas saw the sea was as a little boy. He saw it from a bus window at the end of a bumpy twelve hour ride. The Black Sea appeared to him as blue as the sky itself only much crisper and within reach. Today Stas lives in Brooklyn mere steps from the water. If he is not swimming or sailing – he is writing about it.

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2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine

• August 3-7
• William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Website (USA Swimming)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Live Stream (USA Swimming)

TUESDAY PRELIMS HEAT SHEET

Day 1 – Tuesday, August 3 

• 200 Butterfly
• 100 Freestyle
• Women’s 800 Freestyle (fastest heat swum in finals)
• Men’s 1500 Freestyle (fastest heat swum in finals)
• Men’s 4 x 100 Free Relay (Finals only)

The first prelims session of the 2021 Speedo Summer Championships is set to kick off this morning. There were minimal scratches for this morning’s events, including only 1 scratch by a top 8 seed.

That scratch was comes from USC’s Max Saunders, who was the 8th seed in the men’s 100 free. Saunders, who raced at the Olympic Trials Wave I meet in June, will not be racing the men’s 100 free today. Later in the meet, Saunders is also entered in the men’s 200 free and 50 free, so we’ll see if he races either of those, or if he’s pulled out of the meet.

There was another scratch in the men’s 100 free, with iNspire Swim Team and Indiana University recruit Luke Barrscratching the event. Barr, 18, was the 12th seed in the event, and he hasn’t raced the LCM 100 free since March 11. Barr is entered in 5 other events this week.

Katie Cho, an 18-year-old out of La Mirada Armada, has scratch the women’s 200 fly. Cho was the 9th seed in the event, and the only other event she’s entered in at this meet is the women’s 100 fly.

La Mirada Armada teammate Kayla Han has also pulled out of the women’s 200 fly, although in Han’s case, it appears to be in an effort to focus on the 800 free. Han, just 13 years old, wasn’t highly seeded in the 200 fly (25th). However, she’s the #3 seed in the women’s 800, and will be swimming in the fastest heat during finals tonight.

There are no scratches to report in the top 16 seeds in the men’s 200 fly. There is, however, an addition who wasn’t listed on the psych sheet. Nikolas Wheeler, a 17-year-old from Rochester Swim Club in Minnesota, has entered the event. Wheeler is the 13th seed in the event with his time of 2:03.89.

The women’s 800 free and men’s 1500 free both had no scratches.

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2021 Speedo Summer Championships — Greensboro

• Aug 3-7, 2021
• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Site
• Meet Packet
• Live Stream
• Live Results
• Psych Sheet

Tuesday Prelims Heat Sheet

Tuesday Afternoon Distance Heat Sheet

The 2021 Speedo Summer Championships kick off in Greensboro, NC, and Irvine, CA. Here, you’ll find all the links you need for the action in Greensboro.

• Click here for all the links you need for the Irvine site.

*Note: USA Swimming states that it will not be combining results from the 2 sites, so you’ll need to check out the Greensboro links post to keep up with their meet.

Timeline & Schedule:

• Prelims sessions will all begin at 9:00am Eastern Time (8:00am Central Time)
• All finals sessions begin at 5:00pm Eastern Time (4:00pm Central Time)

Day 1 – Tuesday, August 3 

• 200 Butterfly
• 100 Freestyle
• Women’s 800 Freestyle
• Men’s 1500 Freestyle
• Men’s 4 x 100 Free Relay

Day 2 – Wednesday, August 4 

• 200 Freestyle
• 200 Breaststroke
• 200 Backstroke
• Women’s 4 x 100 Free Relay

Day 3 – Thursday, August 5 

• 400 Individual Medley
• 100 Butterfly
• Women’s 4 x 200 Free Relay

Day 4 – Friday, August 6

• 400 Freestyle
• 100 Breaststroke
• 100 Backstroke
• Men’s 4 x 200 Free Relay

Day 5 – Saturday, August 7

• Women’s 1500 Freestyle
• 200 Individual Medley
• Men’s 800 Freestyle
• 50 Freestyle
• 4 x 100 Medley Relay

*Note: The 800/1500 free events will be swum as timed finals, with the fastest-seeded heats swimming in finals. Prelims will be swum fastest to slowest alternating men’s and women’s heats. Also, all relays will be swum during finals.

Psych Sheet Preview

Live Results

Live Stream

Ticket Info

**MASK UPDATE via USA Swimming and Greensboro**

**On Thursday, August 5, the City of Greensboro will require all vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals to wear a mask while inside a city building. This includes the Greensboro Aquatics Center. Please help us follow the City of Greensboro guidelines and ensure that, beginning Thursday morning, each of your athletes and personnel wear a mask while at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.**

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