By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam

Open Cup of Belarus

• June 29-July 2
• Brest, Belarus
• LCM (50 meters)

Some of the top swimmers from Belarus and Russia are competing in Brest, Belarus this week and into the weekend. Brest is on the western side of Belarus and only about eight miles from Poland’s border.

Athletes from Belarus and Russia have been banned from international competitions, such as the 2022 World Championships that took place in Budapest this past week. Most national-level competitions though, such as Pro Swim Series meets or the French National Championships did not have athletes banned from those countries.

Highlighting the meet is 2016 Rio Bronze medalist and former world record holder Anton Chupkov of Russia. Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalists in the 4×200 freestyle relay Martin Malyutin, Mikhail Dovgalyuk, and Mikhail Vekovishchev are also in attendance. World and European male champions in attendance are Vladislav Grinev, Oleg Kostin, and Alexander Schegolev, as well as female world and European champions Maria Kameneva, Arina Surkova, and Rozalia Nasretdinova. 

The meet began today, June 29th. Winning the women’s 200 breaststroke was Alina Zmushko of Belarus in a 2:26.09. That time would have finished 11th at worlds. Her best time is a 2:24.33 which she swam at the 2021 Russian Championships.

Anton Chupkov captured the men’s 200 breaststroke win in a 2:09.98. Chupkov won the bronze medal in the event back at the 2016 Rio Olympics but finished just off the podium with a fourth place finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. His best time in the event is a 2:06.12, which is the former world record in the event.

Aliana Zhoroh of Belarus won the women’s 200 butterfly in a 2:21.49. Ivan Shamshurin of Belarus won the men’s 200 butterfly in a 1:58.97. Neither of those winning times would have qualified for semifinals at the 2022 World Championships.

Teenager Victoria Starostina won the women’s 200 IM in a 2:15.37.

After swimming semifinals of the 50 freestyle at the beginning of the session, the end of the finals session had the final of the 50 freestyle. Maria Kameneva won the women’s 50 freestyle in a 24.45, and Ilya Shevchenko won the men’s side of the event in a 22.49. Kameneva’s time would have finished fourth at the World Championships. Kameneva holds the Russian national records in both the 50 (24.20) and 100 (53.45) LCM freestyles.

Alesya Akinchyts of Belarus won the women’s 1500 freestyle out of the fastest heat during finals. She swam a time of 16:51.14 in her win. That time would have finished 19th at Worlds. It also was just off of her best time of 16:48.63 which she swam in April.

Russia’s winning 4×200 men’s freestyle relay was anchored with the fastest split of the night by Martin Malyutin. Malyutin swam a 1:47.54. That was the fastest split of the field by slightly over three seconds. Malyutin is known for his 200 freestyle speed as he is a member of Russia’s 4×200 SCM freestyle relay national record. His best time in the flat start 200 LCM freestyle is a 1:44.79. Malyutin was also a member of the ROC’s 4×200 freestyle relay at Tokyo.

Belarus’s Brest region was led off with a 55.01 from Anastasia Shkurdai in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay. That was the fastest split of the field. Russia’s Arina Surkova also had a fast split as she led off in a 55.41 to help Russia off to their win. Surkova is known for being a sprint butterflier as she holds the Russian national record in the 50 LCM fly (25.62).

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Top Belarus and Russian Swimmers Compete in Belarus Open Cup: Day 1

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Former Junior College champion Billy Cruz has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal after swimming a season-and-a-half at USC.

Cruz, who was raised in Canada but swims for Mexico internationally, began his collegiate career at Iowa Central Community College, which competes in the NJCAA. He swam there for one season, where he turned heads with a 19.10 NJCAA Record in the 50 yard freestyle in November 2019. That swim was done at a tri meet against Augustana and Sioux Falls. He swam 19.5 at that year’s NJCAA Championships to win the Junior College national title. He also won titles in the 100 fly (47.44), 100 free (43.71), and was runner-up in the 100 breast (54.97). His personal bests, which include a 54.44 in the 100 breast from the same tri-meet as his breakout 50 free, all remain from that freshman season at Iowa Central.

In January 2021, during the peak of the COVID-collegiate swimming season, he emerged at USC. In spite of his accolades at the Junior College level, he was unable to recapture the same peaks of success for the Trojans. His best time in the 50 free at USC was 19.87 at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships.

His last college meet for them came at the UCSB Invite on January 28, 2022.

Billy Cruz Time Progression, Junior College to NCAA

Cruz should have two seasons of NCAA eligibility remaining: one regular season, plus the waiver year for athletes who competed in the NCAA during the 2020-2021 season.

Cruz declined to comment on his transfer, his plans, or what he hopes to study at his new school.

Entering the NCAA Transfer Portal does not require a student-athlete to transfer; rather, it gives them more flexibility to discuss the possibility of transfer with other programs.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: USC Sprint Star Billy Cruz (19.10, 50 Yard Free) Enters NCAA Transfer Portal

By Nicole Miller on SwimSwam

2022 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – WATER POLO

• June 20 – July 3, 2022 (water polo)
• Budapest, Hungary
• Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium
• Results

The quarter finals of the men’s water polo at the 2022 World Championships happened Wednesday, featuring 4 games. The winners of the 4 quarter final matches move on to compete in the semi-finals on July 1, while the remaining teams will battle it out to determine the 5th through 8th place finishers on that same day. 

Aside from the quarterfinal action, there were two games to determine the 9th-12th place finishers and one game between Germany and Kazakhstan to determine the 13th and 14th place finishers in the tournament. 

Men’s Quarterfinal 

• Greece- United States
• Serbia-Croatia
• Spain-Montenegro
• Hungary-Italy

Men’s Classification 9-12 

• Japan-Australia
• Georgia-South Africa

Men’s Classification 13-14

• Germany-Kazakhstan

Quarterfinal Matches:

In the first match of the day Greece bested the United States with a score of 16-11. The Greek were led by Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis, who contributed 5 goals and one assist for the team, giving himself a 100% efficiency rating for the day by hitting every shot he took on the net. The US saw both Alexander Bowen and Ben Hallock score 3 goals, but the team struggled with a shooting average of 37%.

The game was tight through the first quarter, as the US maintained possession for a total of 5 minutes and 55 seconds, over 3 minutes more than Greece (2:05). Despite this, the Greek players managed to make the most of their time with the ball, managing to score 3 goals to take the early 3-1 lead. The US fired back with 6 goals in the second period, including 3 goals off of penalties, but they were unable to close the gap that Greece had established, ultimately giving the Greek the bid to the semi-finals match. 

Croatia took the next match over Serbia with a score of 14-12, putting themselves in the position to match, or possibly better, their bronze medal finish from the 2019 World Championships. Despite lacking a standout player, the Croatians showcased the depth on their team with their victory as every eligible player on their roster, with the exception of the goalies, contributed at least one goal. Josip Vlric was one of four players on the roster to contribute 2 goals to the effort, shooting a perfect 100% average in the match. 

Much like the match between the US and Greece, this match was extremely even, with the score switching between the two teams multiple times. A strong second quarter that saw the nation score on all three of its power plays helped give Croatia the slight edge in the match, ultimately leading to the team’s victory. 

The tightest match of the day occurred between Spain and Montenegro, with Spain narrowly coming out on top with a score of 7 to 6. Both teams struggled to find the net throughout the match as Spain’s players combined for a shooting average of 38% and Montenegro players shot 24% in regular gameplay. However, Spain’s goalie Unai Agguire was extremely productive, saving 54% of the shots he faced in regulation gameplay. In comparison, Montenegro’s goalie Dejan Lazovic only saved 46% of the shots he faced throughout the match.

In the final match of the day, Italy held off Hungary 11-10 to advance to the semi-finals. The defending World Champions saw Francesco di Fulvio score a total of 4 goals and post 2 assists, contributing to half of the team’s points, while goalie Marco del Lungo posted a 55% save rate to help the team. 

Despite struggling to score in “man-up” situations, Italy was led by a strong second quarter that saw the team score 4 goals. Notably, none of those goals came on power plays, all stemming from regular gameplay. Like Italy, Hungary struggled to hit the net on power plays, missing half of their shots. The team tried to make a push late in the game, scoring 4 of their goals during the 4th quarter, but came up just short. 

With their victories, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Croatia will move on to the semi-finals, with the US, Hungary, Montenegro, and Serbia all playing to determine 5th through 8th place. 

Classification 9-12 Matches:

Japan easily beat Australia in the opening consolation match, coming in with a score of 15-7. The team was led by Kenta Araki, who held a 100% shooting average and managed to score 3 goals. Notably, Japanese goalie Katsuyuki Tanamura also had a strong day, posting a 72% save average, the highest out of all of the matches contested today. 

In a similar fashion Georgia posted a dominant victory over South Africa in the second match with a final score of 20-7. With the exception of their goalies, every player on Georgia’s roster scored at least one point, with Andria Bitadze and Dusan Bazic each contributing 3 points to the team’s total. 

Georgia and Japan will now play to determine the 9th and 10th place finishers in the tournament, while South Africa and Australia will battle for 11th and 12th. 

Classification 13-14 Match: 

Germany posted a 16-7 victory over Kazakhstan to come in 13th overall in the tournament. With the loss, Kazakhstan officially places 14th overall in the competition, the same place that they finished at the 2019 World Championships. The Germans saw a boost from Lukas Kuppers, who contributed 4 goals for the team, along with 2 penalty shots, and 1 assist. A majority of the team’s points were scored in the 4th quarter, where a total of 5 goals entered the net. 

Men’s Bracket Update: 

2022 World Championships – Water Polo, Men’s Championship Bracket

2022 World Championships – Water Polo, Men’s Consolation Brackets

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2022 World Champs Water Polo: Greece Bests United States to Move on to Semi-Finals

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2022 Swedish National Championships

• June 29, 2022-July 3, 2022
• Tinnerbäcksbadet, Linköping, Sweden
• Long Course Meters (50 meters), prelims/finals
• European Championship qualifying criteria
• Results
• Championship Site (Including Live Stream)

Victor Johansson set a new Meet Record in the 400 free and picked up two wins on the first day of the 2022 Swedish National Championships, while multiple swimmers added their names to the European Championships roster.

Sweden’s qualifying period for the European Championships is from June 1 to July 4th this year. While it doesn’t appear, so far, like we’ll get any entries from the team’s World Championships roster at this week’s nationals, for other swimmers, it is an opportunity to qualify for August’s European Championships.

Time standards for that qualification are set based on 16th place at last year’s European Championships, with up to four swimmers taken per event.

For Johansson, this is his first meet (with individual swims) during that qualifying period, and he locked up qualification in one event and won two events on Wednesday.

First, in the 400 free, he swam 3:47.90, which broke the Meet Record in the event. The previous Meet Record of 3:49.21 was set in 1988 by five-time Olympic medalist Anders Holmertz, who remains the National Record holder in the event. Johansson’s swim was half-a-second short of his lifetime best of 3:47.33 from 2018, and is the fastest that he has been since that year.

Later in the session, he won the 200 fly in 2:00.79. That put him narrowly ahead of runner-up Victor Jalamo, who was 2nd in 2:00.87. Johansson was trailing by a second-and-a-half going into the final 50, but a closing split of 30.91 was enough to give him the win.

Both swimmers were shy of the 1:57.96 qualifying time for the European Championships.

• Read: Victor Johansson Details “Nightmare” 2020

Johansson wasn’t the only swimmer to add his name to the European Championship roster on Wednesday: Daniel Raisanen punched his ticket in the 200 breaststroke.

Raisanen won the race comfortably, by more than five seconds, in 2:11.63. That put him six-tenths under the qualifying standard for Euros.

The runner-up in that race was William Lulek in 2:16.84 – noteworthy because Raisanen and Lulek both train in the United States at Penn State. Raisanen qualified for the NCAA Championships in March, where he placed 18th in the 100 yard breaststroke and 27th in the 200 yard breaststroke.

Other Day 1 Event Winners:

• 16-year old Lisa Nystrand won the 200 IM in 2:16.35. Her best time is 2:15.08.
• American-trained swimmer Samuel Tornqvist won the 100 backstroke in 57.01, about half-a-second short of his best time.
• Sara Junevik won the women’s 50 backstroke in 29.20.
• Klara Thormalm won the women’s 100 breaststroke in 1:08.34, which is a best time by six-tenths of a second. She too competed in the American collegiate system, graduating from San Diego State earlier this year.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Victor Johansson Sets Swedish Championship Record, Qualifies for European Champs

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Workout Context

• Purpose:  Race Specificity
• Target age group:  13-14 years old, 15-18 years old, 19-22 years old
• Target level:  National/ Collegiate Level, Senior Age Group/ High School State Level
• Weeks until target meet:  3 weeks
• Team Location:  United States
• Course:  25 Yards
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The Workout

RSD National/Champ
Tuesday PM [4/11/22]
C2/W3

Commitment: easier and more valuable when clear you want it! Get clarity on what you want in swim this season….then work towards it daily!

[25 days out CIF finals, 18 days League finals]

20×75 [write on glass/board prior to start]
[8: o=fr-bk-fr e=fr-br-fr all dpc flow @1:15/ 6: k-sc-dr o=fr e=ch @2bottom shoots+3bobs/ 4: sc-dr-sw build o=fr e=ch @2 bottom shoots-3bobs/ 2 HVO choice @:20 rest]

5×100 kick (25 on bk/50 r-l/25 belly No Arms!)
@1:25/1:30/1:35/2:40

Mid Race:
4×75 rebuild work, o=swim fr drop stroke by 25 e=g1 meditative stroke discovery @:20r

6×100 [Hold Best + :12, 3fr@1:20 or 1:25/3 ch non fr@1:30/1:35]
50 rebuild
10 bobs
5×100 Free, hold best +:10, @1:30
50 rebuild
10 bobs
4×100 IM [hold half of best 200IM + :03]@1:40
50 rebuild
10 bobs
3×100 choice, hold best +:06 or better @2:00
50 rebuild

pull 400 fr breath 5, every 4th Fast!

3×50 choice, [@200 goal pace 3rd 50 +:03]

5×50 rebuild, recovery
(more if time)

Short: modified on theme
    
Long: modified on theme
[rounds of 200 hold best +:20/:18/:15/:12]

Joe Benjamin
Head Coach, Rancho San Dieguito

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The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the 22nd edition of the international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth. It will take place in Birmingham, England, from July 28–August 8, 2022.

The meet has an extensive reputation. Some of the greatest swimmers of all time have participated in the games since its first edition in 1930 — it has been a place for many memorable performances and records.

A perfect stage for legendary performances

The legendary Dawn Fraser, arguably the greatest female swimmer of all time, set the world record in the women’s 100-meter freestyle twice at the Commonwealth Games. In 1962, in Perth, it was the first time that the one-minute barrier was cracked in an international meet in the event.

In 1978, in Edmonton, Tracey Wickham broke her own women’s 800 freestyle world record by six seconds, and the record stood until 1987.

In 1994, in Victoria, Kieren Perkins became the first man to break two world records in the same individual race. He set the 800 freestyle world record en route to winning the 1500 freestyle also in world record time. A performance for the ages.

In 2002, in Manchester, Ian Thorpe set the final world of his amazing career. His 3:40.08 in the men’s 400 freestyle is, as of today, the second-fastest performance of all time. If it weren’t for the super suits era of 2008-2009, it would certainly remain as the longest-standing world record in history.

As we see, the games own a massive reputation and have been the perfect stage for legendary performances and world records. That’s why so many swimmers used to focus on the Commonwealth Games instead of other major meets, like the Pan Pacific and European Championships.

But, in 2022, we will have an edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. Maybe the Commonwealth Games won’t be as prioritized as they used to be.

Oh, but it will be. Some Olympic champions, like Emma McKeon, Kyle Chalmers, Tatjana Schoenmaker and Ariarne Titmus have announced that they will bypass Budapest to focus on the Commonwealth Games instead (we’ve since learned Chalmers will attend Worlds, but only in the 100 fly individually).

And there’s more: No less than a dozen Olympic champions in individual events will be competing in Birmingham. This is way more than we usually see. In 2018, six individual Olympic champions competed, which was already an above-average number. In 2014 and 2010, it was only two. And, in 2006, just one.

OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS EXPECTED TO COMPETE AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Even if some of them don’t qualify or withdraw for any reason, we will still have many more Olympic champions than in the previous editions of the games. Also, more Olympic champions will be competing at the Commonwealth Games than European Championships and Asian Games.

Throughout its history, the Commonwealth Games have been a stage for many legendary swimmers and legendary performances. That’s why so many athletes want to shine at the meet — some of them are even putting the Commonwealth Games above the World Championships in terms of priority. We cannot expect anything other than a spectacular competition.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2022 Commonwealth Games: Top Priority

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2022 GOLDEN BEAR SWIM MEET

• June 25th & June 26th
• Zagreb, Croatia
• LCM (50m)
• Results

Immediately after the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships, the Golden Bear Swim Meet took place in Zagreb, Croatia. The two-day affair typically attracts a wide international contingent, however, with the competition so close to Budapest this year’s field was on the smaller side.

Among the competitors was 19-year-old Antonio Djakovic of Switzerland, with the freestyle ace taking on the 200m and 400m distances.

In the latter, Djakovic logged a time of 3:46.16 to grab the gold, beating the 3:46.90 he produced at Worlds. In Budapest, Djakovic missed out on the final, relegated to 10th place, while his faster mark here would have placed 7th in the final.

As for the 200m free on day 2 here in Croatia, Djakovic produced a winning time of 1:46.59, splitting 51.36/55.23 to get the result. Djakovic’s effort would have rendered him 11th in Budapest, which is where he wound up finishing with a nearly identical Worlds time of 1:46.61.

Split breakdowns for both of Djakovic’s races this past weekend are below:

Additional Notes:

• Djakovic earned a 100m freestyle time of 49.36 to wrap up gold in that event as well.
• Hungary’s David Verraszto clocked a time of 1:58.69 in the 200m fly and 2:16.22 in the 200m breast to take gold medals in both events.
• Jana Pavalic of Croatia produced a time of 56.78 to win the women’s 100m free. Pavalic is just 15 years of age and owns her nation’s record in the event with her lifetime best of 56.16 from last year’s European Junior Championships.
• Amina Kajtaz of Bosnia & Herzegovina punched a time of 59.74 to take the women’s 100m butterfly.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2022 Golden Bear Meet: Djakovic Hits 400 Free Time Faster Than In Budapest

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Ashton Temme from Chesapeake, Virginia, will swim for The College of William and Mary in the class of 2026. He will join Alex Valliere, Brock Rempe, Bryce Rouzie, Logan McDonald, Rhett Cosgrove, and Will Glass in Williamsburg next fall.

Temme wrapped up his senior year swim season at Hickory High School with a fourth-place finish in the 100 fly (50.92) and a 12th in the 100 back (53.78) at the 2022 Virginia VHSL Class 5A State Championships. He had the fastest butterfly split (22.58) in the medley relay final and he led off the sixth-place 400 free relay (48.56).

Temme swims year-round with TIDE Swimming and specializes mainly in fly, free, and back. He has achieved a Winter Juniors standard in the 200 fly and Futures standards in the 100 free and 100 back. He earned PBs in the 100/200 free and 100/200 fly in December at the 2021 NCAP Invitational, finaling in all four events and placing in the top-8 in the 100/200 fly. He added two more lifetime bests in the 50 free and 100 back in March at the 2022 Virginia Swimming LSC Senior Short Course Championships.

Temme’s best times would have been helpful to the Tribe at the 2022 Colonial Athletic Association Championships, where they finished fifth out of five teams with 337 points. Temme would have scored in the B final of the 200 fly at the conference meet and would have been just a few tenths off in the 200 free. It took 1:42.80 to get a second swim in the 200 free and 49.52 to make it back in the 100 fly. (The CAA only scores an A final and a B final.)

Best SCY times:

• 100 fly – 49.90
• 200 fly – 1:51.75
• 200 free – 1:43.17
• 100 free – 47.51
• 50 free – 22.26
• 100 back – 51.94

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WILLIAMSBURG,VA.- William & Mary men’s swimming coach Nate Kellogg has announced the signing of seven newcomers that will join the Tribe in the fall. Four of the incoming freshmen are Virginia products, while two hail from North Carolina, and Rhett Cosgrove comes to Williamsburg from Pennsylvania.

Cosgrove is a versatile swimmer that has sprinting and distance ability. He has posted top times of 46.92 in the 100 free to go with 1:41.52 in the 200 and 4:35.11 in the 500 events. In the fly, Cosgrove swam a 50.75 100 and a 1:52.61 200 fly time. During his high school career, Cosgrove was a three-time All-Central League selection and twice named All-DELCO. He was twice an All-State award winner and medaled three times at the state championship meet.

Will Glass heads to Williamsburg from nearby Midlothian, Va. The distance swimmer has freestyle times of 1:42.12 in the 200, 4:36.64 in the 500, 9:28.80 in the 1,000, and a 15:43.14 mark in the 1,650. Glass finished 10th in the 7.5k USA Swimming Open Water Junior National Championships and 16th in the 2022 10k Open Water Championships. A 2020 USA Swimming National Select Camp Attendee, Glass was the 2021 state runner-up in the 500 free and twice was on the 4×100 freestyle relay runner-up teams.

Logan McDonald is a product of the Tar Heel State and has been a versatile swimmer taking on a variety of events. His top times include a 55.97 in the 100 breast, a 49.96 in the 100 fly, a 50.88 mark in the 100 back, and a 200 IM time of 1:53.30. The West Forsyth High School graduate holds six school records. He was a Winter Junior Nationals Swimmer in 2021 and was a part of the 200 LC medley relay team that holds the North Carolina state record. McDonald was All-Conference in all four years of high school and a state finalist in every season.

Brock Rempe is a breaststroke specialist from Mechanicsville. Rempe has a 100 breast top time of 55.17 and a 200 breast top time of 2:04.15. The Virginia native was the VHSL 4A champion in the 100 breast, setting a state and meet record with a atime of 55.17.

Bryce Rouzie comes to the Tribe from just down the road in Deltaville, Va. The backstroke specialist has top times of 50.35 in the 10 back, 1:48.80 in the 200 back, and a 400 IM time of 4:02.17. Rouzie holds the Hampton Roads Academy 500 free SCY record and was named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. The Winter Juniors Qualifier was also a VISSA All-State selection and a TCIS All-Conference member.

Ashton Temme is a butterfly specialist hailing from Chesapeake, Va. The Hickory High product has top times of 49.90 in the 100 fly and a 1:51.75 mark in the 200. Temme swam with TIDE Swimming and earned a fourth place finish in the 100 fly at the Class 5A State Championships.

Alex Valliere rounds out the class as an impressive sprinter from Clemmons, N.C. Valliere holds top times of 20.56 in the 50 free, 46.10 in the 100 free, and 50.76 in the 100 fly. Another product of West Forsyth High School, Valliere holds four school records and was a state qualifier all four years. Valliere was named all-conference in all four of his high school seasons and was a team and event champion in his final three years of high school.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: William & Mary Men’s Swimming Adds Seven In 2022 Recruiting Class

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2022 Eric Namesnik Memorial Open

• July 1-3, 2022
• Canham Natatorium, Ann Arbor, MI
• Hosted by Club Wolverine
• LCM (50m)
• Results on MeetMobile

Psych Sheet

Club Wolverine is hosting the Eric Namesnik Memorial Open this weekend in Ann Arbor. The meet features a mix of some prominent college swimmers and club teams in Michigan and the surrounding area. Some of the bigger clubs attending the meet include Club Wolverine (of course), Carmel Swim Club, Dayton Raiders, and Badger Swim Club from New York. Marlins of Raleigh (NC) also have a sizable group coming up to Canham for the meet as well.

Club Wolverine’s own Hannah Bellard, 17, is one of the top women’s swimmers coming into the meet. Bellard enters as the top seed in the women’s 200 free (2:01.59), 400 free (4:12.61), and 1500 free (16:56.68). She’s also the #2 seed in both the fly events, behind Carmel Swim Club’s Alex Shackell in both cases. The 200 fly in particular looks like it could be a phenomenal race, where Shackell is entered at 2:10.21 and Bellard is 2:10.40. Shackell is also the top seed in the women’s 100 free, coming in at 55.95.

The women’s 100 free could prove to be an exciting race between Shackell and Michigan’s Lindsay Flynn, who is the #2 seed and improved a ton during her freshman season at Michigan. Flynn is also the top seed in the women’s 50 free.

An interesting entry in the meet is Camden Murphy, a pro swimmer and former Georgia Bulldog All American. Murphy is still representing Athens Bulldog Swim Club, although he’s from Michigan, so he’s coming home for the meet. Murphy competed with DC Trident during ISL Season 3, posting some solid SCM times. He swam at the U.S. International Team Trials in April, clocking lifetime bests in the 50 free and 50 fly. Murphy is entered in the 100 fly, 200 fly, 50 free, 100 free, and 200 IM.

Michigan’s Bence Szabadosis entered as far and away the top men’s sprinter of the meet. Szabados is the top seed in the 50 free, coming in at 22.52, which is nearly a full second faster than anyone else. He’s 50.19 for the top seed in the 100 free, which again, is 0.99 seconds faster than anyone else.

In the men’s 50 and 100 free, it’s Oakland University’s Christian Bart, who is competing with Oakland Live Y’ers (OLY). Bart, a multiple time Horizon League Champion, is also the top seed in the men’s 100 breast.

Michigan’s Jared Daigle is the top seed in 3 men’s events. Daigle comes into the meet leading the pack in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 100 back. He’s seed first by a large margin in both IMs, however, the men’s 100 back looks like it could be a dogfight.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2022 Eric Namesnik Preview: Camden Murphy, Bellard, Shackell Highlight Psych Sheet

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The University of Notre Dame has filled its fourth and final swimming assistant coaching position for the 2022-2023 season with Trevor Carroll.

This continues a pair of themes for the offseason coaching carousel.

The first is that Notre Dame’s new head coach Chris Lindauer is getting the old Louisville gang back together in new digs in South Bend. Of the program’s five swimming coaches, four have ties to Louisville. Carroll was an All-American swimmer at Louisville from 2013 through 2017, and served as a volunteer assistant in the 2017-2018. Lindauer was an associate head coach at Louisville, new ND Associate coach Kelsi Dahlia swam and trained as a pro at Louisville, and new ND associate coach Kameron Chastain was also on staff at Louisville with Lindauer.

The other is the insular ACC coaching rotation: Carroll spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Pitt, which also hired a new head coach this offseason.

Josh Stanfield, the lone hire without strong Louisville ties, also came from another ACC program: Duke.

In Carroll’s one season on staff at Louisville, the Cardinals had one of their best seasons in school history. Both programs placed 2nd at the ACC Championships in 2018, the Louisville women finished 5th at NCAAs, and the Louisville men finished 9th.

At Pitt, Carroll focused on men’s recruiting and international recruiting for both men and women. His primary coaching focus was the breaststroke group, although he wasn’t a breaststroker himself, and assisting with the middle-distance group.

The breaststrokers were among Pitt’s most successful groups, especially on the men’s side. At last year’s ACC Championships, they scored 63 points in the men’s 100 breaststroke and 24 points in the men’s 200 breaststroke. Those were their two highest-scoring individual swimming events at the meet.

That 100 breast group included 3rd-place ACC finisher Cooper van der Laan, 8th-place ACC finisher Flynn Crisci, and 13th-place finisher Jerry Chen.

As an athlete, Carroll was a freestyle specialist and a member of Louisville’s Honorable Mention All-America 800 free relay as a freshman. In total, he earned 15 All-America awards. That includes a 16th-place finish in the 200 free as a senior in 2017.

This is a bit of a homecoming for Carroll: he grew up in Granger, Indiana and attended Saint Joseph’s High School, which is adjacent to the Notre Dame campus. The Saint Joseph’s High School team trained out of Notre Dame’s facilities while he was there. Carroll was a two-time Indiana High School State Champion in the 200-yard freestyle.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Notre Dame Completes Coaching Staff With Another Louisville Alum: Trevor Carroll

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This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss our World Champs fantasy draft, the most intriguing storylines from Budapest, and the rest of the summer moving forward. Full list of topics below:

• 0:00 SwimSwam Breakdown Introduction
• 1:14 SwimSwam Fantasy Draft Breakdown
• 9:09 Which World Record was the most impressive in Budapest?
• 14:58 Ruta Meilutyte Makes Triumphant Return to International Podium
• 21:40 Bobby Finke got Greg’ed by Gregorio Paltrinieri in the 1500

SINK or SWIM

• 27:44 Favorite NCAA coaching hire in this off-season so far?
• 35:49 Will Shayna Jack medal at Commonwealth Games?
• 39:33 Will we see an American record broken at the US Nationals?
• 44:51 Will the Stanford women win a national title in the next 3 years?

Read the full story on SwimSwam: SwimSwam Breakdown: 2022 World Championships Edition

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2022 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

• June 18-25, 2022 (pool swimming)
• Budapest, Hungary
• Duna Arena
• LCM (50-meter format)
• Meet Central
• Live Results

It’s a fairly constant concept in the world of sport. Once an athlete hits a certain level of greatness, of dominance, it almost becomes taken for granted that we’ll continue to see it again and again.

Such has long been the case for the now-retired Michael Phelps, the ever-dominant Katie Ledecky, and recently, Hungary’s Kristof Milak has started to reach that level, at least in one event.

Milak shattered Phelps’ decade-old world record in the men’s 200 butterfly at the 2019 World Championships, putting up a time of 1:50.73 to down the previous mark of 1:51.51 set by Phelps in 2009.

After that performance, Milak’s dominance in the event really took off. He rolled to a decisive Olympic gold medal in a time of 1:51.25 last year, a race we later found out was done shortly after he ripped his suit and had to do a last-minute change.

Coming into the 2022 World Championships, which would take place in his hometown of Budapest, Milak was the owner of six of the 10-fastest swims of all-time in the 200 fly, with Phelps holding the other four.

And given that Milak won the Olympic title by two and a half seconds despite the suit rip, he came into Worlds as a lock for gold and for many, it was a foregone conclusion that he would lower his world record.

But perhaps, it shouldn’t have been as much of a slam-dunk as we thought.

Coaching Change

After the 200 fly in Tokyo, Milak was upset he didn’t break the world record. As much was clear for anyone who saw his post-race reaction in the pool.

“I was so sure that I had wasted so much energy on the swimsuit that I wasn’t going to get this world record – so I just swam,” Milak told reports after the event. “These little things, little nuances can take their toll on your swim because you lose concentration.”

Kristof Milak in Tokyo. (photo: Jack Spitser)

After the Games, Milak split with his coach of eight years, Attila Selmeci, and joined forces with Balazs Virth.

A well-known coach in Hungarian swimming circles, Virth helped lead Daniel Gyurta to the Olympic title in the men’s 200 breaststroke at the 2012 Olympics in London, and also coached Boglarka Kapas to the 2019 World Championship title in the women’s 200 fly.

“I felt it would be better for me to change, I could prepare myself more effectively, in a way that was more favourable to me,” Milak told RemoNews last year.

“I thought a lot about who to pursue my career with, I listened to the opinions of different people, I examined the possible solutions in all aspects and perspectives, and I chose Balazs.”

Switching coaches is always a gamble for any athlete, especially one who has already reached the top of their sport. Milak could’ve stuck with Selmeci and continued to dominate the 200 fly and build on his breakthrough 100 fly swim from Tokyo (49.68), but he wanted more.

Pre-Meet Illness(es)

Having dealt with lung issues for years, Milak ultimately decided to have nasal septum and tonsil surgery in December 2021 to alleviate the issues. He tested positive for COVID shortly after the 2021 SC European Champs, which prevented him from racing a SC Worlds in Abu Dhabi. With the opening in his schedule, he decided to take care of the problem that he said had been hindering him throughout his elite swimming career.

“I’ve been trying to find a suitable period for three or four years, and now I’ve come to the point where I already feel the need, it’s not pleasant to live with this problem,” Milak told Hungarian outlet M4 Sport last year.

“It has quite a big influence for my everyday life and performance. I will be able to return to full-fledged training in January, which will give me enough time to prepare for the long course world championships in May.”

After undergoing that procedure, the 22-year-old endured more bumps in the road in the lead-up to Worlds, dealing with illness prior to the Hungarian National Championships in April.

“My prep (for nationals) went pretty well, until I got an ugly illness,” Milak told FINA in April. “I had a high fever during the entire last week at the training camp in Tenerife, and that dismantled me completely.

“(I) needed a week to regain some strength, so coming here I had no time targets in mind, rather a goal to learn more on myself, what I’m capable of achieving in this shape.”

At those national championships in Debrecen, Milak swam to a time of 1:53.88 in the 200 fly. At the same meet the year prior (one month earlier in March), he was significantly faster at 1:52.50. Before breaking the world record in 2019, Milak was 1:53.19 in March.

“The illness seriously hindered him, let’s not forget that,” coach Virth told Index.hu of his swims from nationals. “If he is healthy, he would have already swum 1:52. But bad luck struck us, he got sick again for a week after the Hungarian championship.

PERFORMING IN BUDAPEST

So while he regained his form relatively quickly, considering the break he was forced to take because of surgery and the illness he dealt with, the stars still had to align perfectly for Milak to reach his world record form in Budapest.

He managed to do just that and then some, as Milak, racing in front of his home fans, got out to a blistering start in the 200 fly final before holding strong to break his world record in a time of 1:50.34.

After producing the fastest time in history with numerous training interruptions, Virth indicated that Milak could’ve been even quicker if everything had gone smoothly in the months leading up, but added, “let’s not be insatiable.”

For Milak, he relished the moment of competing in Budapest.

“I can’t really recall my swim, I think I pushed a bit harder over the first 100m, that’s why it was so painful at the end but I really wanted this world record, wanted it more than anything,” he said post-race.

“The crowd gave me a tremendous boost… I mean, this is my home, my pool, I train here, I race here, lane four belongs to me, I really wanted to show something big for these fantastic people.

“The Olympic gold means a lot but winning here, with a new world record, in front of 4000 people – that eclipses everything.”

Photo: Fabio Cetti

So while we may have taken Milak winning and breaking the world record in the 200 fly for granted in Budapest, it was far from a certainty.

And given that he was able to do so in the face of adversity, he is now eyeing becoming the first man sub-1:50.

“After the semi-finals I had not really thought of ( going) the time like this, not even 1:49, maybe 1:51,” Milak said in his post-race press conference about going 1:50.3. “Now I have this, so everyone is coming with this 1:49, 1:49…I’m on it.

“I just need a little bit more time to achieve this. I really want it and if I make it, then perhaps this world record may not stand for 10 years, but maybe 20.”

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kristof Milak’s 200 Fly World Record Was Far From A Lock In Budapest

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Auburn University has announced two significant additions to its swimming roster for the 2022-23 season, bringing in Louisville transfer Polina Nevmovenko on the women’s side and Finnish sprinter Kalle Makinen for the men.

Nevmovenko was an ‘A’ finalist in the women’s 200 freestyle last season for Louisville at the ACC Championships, clocking a time of 1:46.23 in the prelims, and also established an NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 500 free (4:45.08).

The NCAA cutline last season in the 200 free was 1:45.42.

The Russian native was also a finalist in the 200 free at the 2019 World Junior Championships, placing seventh overall.

She joins Auburn with three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Nevmovenko’s SCY Best Times (LCM)

• 100 free – 50.01 (56.01)
• 200 free – 1:46.23 (1:58.94)
• 500 free – 4:45.08 (4:14.02 400 free)

Makinen joins the Tiger men with an impressive resume in both sprint freestyle and backstroke, including breaking the Finish National Records in the 50 back (23.87) and 100 back (52.03) in short course meters in December 2021.

Makinen’s SCM Best Times (SCY conversions)

• 50 free – 21.45 (19.32)
• 100 free – 47.75 (43.01)
• 200 free – 1:49.79 (1:38.90)
• 50 back – 23.87 (21.50)
• 100 back – 52.03 (46.87)
• 50 fly – 23.18 (20.88)

FULL AUBURN RELEASE

Courtesy: Auburn Athletics

AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn swimming and diving team continued to improve its roster for the 2022-23 season with the addition of two international signings, Kalle Makinen from Finland and Polina Nevmovenko from Russia.

Makinen joins the men’s team as a sprint freestyle and backstroke specialist. In December, he won five gold medals at the Finnish Short Track Swimming Championships and set Finnish records in the 50 and 100-meter backstroke – going 52.03 in the 100 back. His best times in the 50 and 100 free (short course meters) are 21.45 and 47.75.

Nevmovenko comes to Auburn as a transfer from Louisville where she swam one season. The Russian native finished eighth in the 200 freestyle at the ACC Championships, setting a career-best time of 1:46.23, and swam on the 800 freestyle relay, which took third at the same meet. She earned NCAA B cuts in the 200 free and 500 free (4:45.08).

In December 2020, Nevmovenko finished fifth in the 200 and 400-meter freestyle at the Russian Short Course Championships with career best SCM times of 1:56.43 and 4:07.30.

Makinen and Nevmovenko join a signing class that already includes four other international signees from Egypt, Germany, Russia and Uruguay. In January, Auburn added mid-year enrollees Anastasia Makarova (Russia) and Lewis Treggiden (Australia).

2022 SIGNEE PROFILES

Kalle Makinen

• Hometown: Espoo, Finland
• Club Team: Finnish National Team
• Stroke: Sprint Free/Backstroke

Polina Nevmovenko

• Hometown: Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Previous School: University of Louisville
• Club Team: Russian National Team
• Stroke: Middle Distance Freestyle

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Tim Korstanje of Nijmegen, Netherlands has announced his commitment to continue his academic and athletic careers at Alabama beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.

“Taking a big step. Starting fall 2022 I’m joining the University of Alabama swimming & diving program. Exicted to join this great program and continue to grow both as a swimmer and as a person. ROLL TIDE!!
Greatful and thankful for my family, close friends and the team in Amsterdam

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The University of Illinois has announced the addition of head diving coach Tricia Grant to the swimming and diving coaching staff.

Grant spoke of her hiring saying, “I am thrilled to be joining the Fighting Illini in their mission to compete on the national stage.” Grant continued saying, “I would like to especially thank head coach Rickey Perkins at BGSU for allowing me to be who I am and nurturing my success in the MAC. After an incredible run with my dedicated athletes at BGSU, I am looking forward to starting a new chapter in Illinois. I could tell from our first conversation that Coach Kempe shared and supported my vision for the Illinois diving team. I am excited to work alongside her to bring this prestigious academic institution closer to a Big Ten Conference Championship title.”

Grant arrives at Illinois after spending the last five seasons at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). In her time at BGSU, she had two divers qualify for Women’s NCAAs as well as five Mid-American Conference (MAC) titles on the one-meter event. She also coached four MAC titles in the three-meter event.

Prior to arriving at BGSU, Grant spent time coaching Oakland Legacy Diving at Oakland University. She graduated from Oakland University in 2015 with a degree in health science. She went on to earn her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from BGSU in 2019.

As an athlete at Oakland, Grant earned all Summit League honors as a freshman. During her sophomore season, she was named Summit League Diver of the Year and Diver of the Summit League Championships. She also set a new school record in the one-meter event with a score fo 310.70.

During her junior year she became the first diver in Horizon League history to qualify for the NCAA Championships after Oakland moved from the Summit to the Horizon League. She won seven conference titles out of eight possible in her career.

Grant arrives at Illinois that is under new head coach Jeana Kempe who was hired as the head swimming and diving coach at the end of April 2022. Kempe spoke of the hiring of Grant saying “I am incredibly excited that Tricia will be joining our staff.” Kempe continued saying, “She stuck out immensely in the interview process. Tricia is very driven and motivated; you can tell with the diving performances she led at Bowling Green. Her passion for diving has led her to success not only as an athlete, but coach as well. She coaches the athlete as whole with high expectations and ambitious goals, but she is also devoted and supporting of them.”

At the 2022 Big Ten Championships, the Fighting Illini finished 11th out of 12 teams. Taylor Shegos finished 17th in the 1 meter scoring nine points. That was all of the school’s diving points. Shegos just finished up her senior year at Illinois.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Illinois Adds Head Diving Coach Tricia Grant to Coaching Staff

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USC and UCLA are reportedly leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten as early as 2024 in a move that figures to have major ramifications for college sports – especially non-revenue ones. 

According to Jon Wilner, the move “has not been finalized at the highest levels of power,” but The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach reported that it’s all but wrapped up and could be announced officially today.

Multiple sources told The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman that the two Pac-12 schools were the ones to approach the Big Ten about switching conferences. Sources told the LA Times’ Ryan Kartje that USC was the driving force behind the move, which will reportedly include all sports except for beach volleyball.

After the SEC added Oklahoma and Texas last summer, the Big Ten reached a handshake agreement with the Pac-12 and the ACC to not poach each other’s members. It didn’t last long. 

USC and UCLA could experience a bit of a culture shock going from sunny West Coast playing fields to the snowy, gray conditions of the Big Ten. The geography of the new Big Ten – which will actually include 16 schools – now stretches nearly 2,800 miles from Los Angeles to New Brunswick, New Jersey. For non-revenue sports, the move is puzzling: Will USC really be flying out to Penn State for a Tuesday night soccer match? It’s yet another example that education is not the priority for college athletes as courts ponder their status as employees.

It’s also worrying news for the Pac-12, now set to become the Pac-10 again. And that’s if they can keep members such as Oregon, Washington, Utah, Arizona State, and others who might also be looking for a way out (maybe to the ACC?). Some are already speculating that the Power 5 could soon become a Power 2 with 20 or more members in each conference. Revenue projections from March indicated that the SEC and Big Ten will nearly double the revenue of the Pac-12, ACC, and Big 12 by 2026 — and that is before the move of USC and UCLA, two of the Pac-12’s most valuable properties.

Will the Power 5 soon become the Power 2?

Revenue projections from March: https://t.co/j6pfNdD9Gdpic.twitter.com/dJkWxVOg37

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) June 30, 2022

The Big Ten is currently negotiating its next media rights deal. Its existing deals with ESPN and Fox run through the next academic year, 2022-23.

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