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The SwimSwam Podcast
In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
Episodes
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SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN LIVE | Olympic Entry Deep Dive
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we dissect the 2024 Olympic Games entry list.
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SwimSwam's 2024 Olympic Games Fantasy Draft
As is tradition at this point, the big meet of the summer is upon us and your favorite SwimSwam GMs are back in their drafting chairs. SwimSwam is proud to…
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World Record Holder Cesar Cielo Previews Men's Olympic Sprint Events in Paris
Olympic champion and current world record holder in the 50 freestyle Cesar Cielo joined SwimSwam to preview the men's sprint events heading into the 2024…
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Developing Olympians: Nashville Aquatic Club's Doug Wharam on Coaching the Walsh Sisters
Doug Wharam is the associate head coach and senior coordinator for the Nashville Aquatic Club in Nashville, Tennessee. This means that Wharam met Alex and…
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Three Kings: Race, Class And The Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched The Modern Olympic Age
Today's guest on the SwimSwam Podcast is the author of "Three Kings: Race, Class And The Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched The Modern Olympic Age", Todd…
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SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN LIVE | European Jrs, Olympic Defending Champions, and Sjostrom 50y Free
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the 2024 European Jr Championships, which male is most likely to defend his gold medal in Paris, and what Sarah…
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Michael Brinegar Shares Perspective on 4-Year Suspension for Blood Doping
On June 22, 2024, SwimSwam reported that 2020 Olympian Michael Brinegar would not be competing in the 1500m Free prelims of the 2024 US Olympic Trials after…
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Brian Benzing's Journey from Being a 4-Sport Athlete in High School to NCAA All-American
Brian Benzing is an NCAA All-American for Towson in the 100 Breast, placing 2nd at the 2024 NCAA Championships in 50.59. After his first two years of high…
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Todd DeSorbo Pre-Olympic Training Camp FULL Press Conference
On Monday, Todd DeSorbo sat down with the press to answer questions ahead of the 2024 US Olympic Team training camp that starts in Cary, North Carolina and…
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SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN LIVE | 2024 US Olympic Trials Review
Join Coleman Hodges, David Clossey (aka The Swim Scribe), and NCAA Champ Brendan Burns as we do a deep dive into the 2024 US Olympic Trials.
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Malmsten Swimming Lane Lines On The Road To The Olympics
Thanks to @malmstenab3682 and the CEO of Malmsten Inc, Mikael Orn for this inside look into the company and team that has provided swimming's lane lines for…
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COMPLETE Event-By-Event 2024 US Olympic Trials Preview | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
Join us as we go down the psych sheet, event by event, and choose our picks for who will make the 2024 US Olympic team in Indianapolis.
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Kensey McMahon Gives Candid Perspective on 4-Year Ban for Positive Doping Test
https://youtu.be/k2vojNuX1Oc Kensey McMahon is an NCAA Champion from 2023 and a world championship medalist. On June 4, 2024, it was reported that McMahon had…
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Jeremy Bagshaw Qualifies for 1st Olympic Team at 5th Trials While Finishing Med School
Jeremy Bagshaw had accomplished a lot in his 20+ year career in swimming. NCAA Champion at Cal Berkeley. Commonwealth and Pan American Games medalist…
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Olympic Champion Missy Franklin Discusses Life Lessons in Swim Ahead of 2024 Olympic Trials
Missy Franklin was a 5x Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the pool. Now outside of it, Franklin is having just as much success. She's a parent…
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Betsy Mitchell: More Than Medals, Lessons from An Olympian
Olympic Champion Betsy Mitchell is a renaissance woman in the sports world, a 2-time Olympian, gold medalist, 7-time NCAA champion, former college swimming…
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Grand Challenge, Mare Nostrum, and AUS Trials on the Horizon | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss a myriad of eye-catching swims over the last two weeks as many countries' Olympic Trials draw near.
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What We Can Learn From Sprinting a 50 Free Every Day for 100 Days
Sam Hoekstra was an NCAA All-American for Louisville, graduating in 2013. Since then, Hoekstra has stayed close to the sport via coaching club and doing…
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Blaire Anderson Talks Building on Aggie Legacy, UT-A&M Rivalry, and Vision as Director of Swimming
Blaire Anderson was recently named Director of Swimming & Diving at Texas A&M University, marking a big turning point in Aggie swimming history. With coaches…
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Virginia Media Day: Walsh Sisters, Todd DeSorbo, Kate Douglass, Jack Aikins
University of Virginia swimming hosted a media day for a number of their top athletes and coaches. Listen to Alex and Gretchen Walsh, Todd DeSorbo, Kate…
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Ben Loorz Speaks for First Time as Head Coach of Arizona
SwimSwam's Coleman Hodges sat down with Ben Loorz, the new head coach of swimming & diving at the University of Arizona. Loorz breaks down why this was the…
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Canadian Trials, US Meets, and Paris Podium Predictions | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the Canadian Olympic Trials, the Mid-May flurry of meets in the US, and if any of the swims this past weekend…
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Ohio State Head Coach Bill Dorenkott Covers 33 Years In College Swimming
Joining us today, we have a man in his 33rd year of coaching college swimming, 28 of those years as head coach. He is a 4-time Big Ten Coach of Year. Today we…
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Chase Kalisz Breaks Down Grueling Bob Bowman IM Sets at OTC Training Camp
Chase Kalisz is a 2x Olympian and the reigning Olympic champion in the 400 IM. He's gearing up for his 4th Olympic Trials, which are just one month away, with…
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Reviewing the Last 2 Weeks of International Swimming & USA May Meets | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
This week in the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the Brazilian Olympic Trials, the Sydney Open, and the upcoming May Meets in the USA
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The Walsh Sisters Go Behind The Scenes of Their Sporti Collab, Star Spangled Summer Collection
Olympic medalist and World Champion Alex Walsh and NCAA swimming superstar Gretchen Walsh, take us behind the scenes of their latest SPORTI collab, the Star…
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Matt Leach Explains Why Iowa State Was the Best Decision for His Coaching Path and Family
Matt Leach was recently announced as the new head coach for Iowa State Swimming and Diving. This surprised many as Leach had massive success at his last stop…
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Giving Context to Ahmed Hafnaoui Skipping 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Tunisian swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui, the reigning Olympic gold medalist in the 400 freestyle, will not be competing at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. According…
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Kyle Chalmers Discusses Move to St. Andrews with Ash Delaney, Australian Open, and Ankle Surgery
Olympic and world champion Kyle Chalmers just had one of the best in-season meets of his career last month at the Australian Open, going lifetime bests in the…
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Summer's Trials Lineup, High School Entry Fiasco, & NCAA Shuffle | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss Summer McIntosh's potential lineup for the 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials, a high school swim team getting locked…
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Should Swimmers be Allowed to Swim in the Same Lane During a Race?
During the 2024 Polish Swimming Championships (which qualify swimmers for the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer), a swimmer in the Women's 200 IM final ended…
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Behind the Scenes of the Chinese Doping Scandal
SwimSwam Co-Founders Braden Keith (Editor-in-Chief) and Mel Stewart (CEO) sit down to divulge how the story of 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive and walking…
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James Guy on Chinese Doping Scandal: "It opens the door to so many other things"
2x Olympic Champion and now 3x British Olympian James Guy spoke with SwimSwam after it came to light over the weekend that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested…
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THE FULL STORY | 23 Chinese Swimmers Fail Drug Test, Still Compete in Tokyo Olympics
On Friday, April 19, sources told SwimSwam that the gold-medal-winning Chinese women's 800 Free Relay from the Tokyo Olympics would be disqualified and that…
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Brendan Burns Reflects on Swimming Career, Repeating as NCAA Champion
Brendan Burns is coming off of a career NCAA performance where he not only defended his NCAA title in the 100 back but also made 3 NCAA A finals for the first…
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San Antonio Pro Swim, the Canadian Open, and Marchand Goes Pro | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the myriad of high-level meets that occurred last week, including the Pro Swim in San Antonio, the Canadian Open…
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Daniel Roy Talks Swimming Comeback, Swimming #7 200 Breast in the World
Daniel Roy was a 5 time All-American at Stanford, where he holds the team record in the 200 breast. He was the 2017 Junior World Champion in the 200 breast. In…
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Bob Bowman Introduced as Director of Swimming & Diving at Texas (FULL Press Conference)
Bob Bowman was officially introduced as the Director of Swimming & Diving at the University of Texas on Tuesday, giving a press conference in the UT Football…
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How Arizona State Swimming Went From Being Cut in 2008 to Winning a NCAA Team Title in 2024
In 2008, Arizona State cut the swimming program, but it was saved and maintained by a grassroots fundraising effort by students, coaches, and alumni. In 2015…
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Did Leon Marchand Hold Back in the 400 IM Final?
Leon Marchand defended his NCAA title in the 400 IM tonight, although he was over 3 seconds slower in the event than he was last year. This was just one night…
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Trying to Make Sense of Leon Marchand's 4:02.31 500 Free
Leon Marchand demolished the US Open and NCAA record in the 500 freestyle, swimming a 4:02.31. For context, the NCAA record had been lowered by a total of 2.6…
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Night 1 Recap of the 2024 Men's NCAA Swimming Championships
It's only night 1 of the 2024 Men's NCAA Swimming Championships and only 2 relays were swum... but 4 NCAA records were broken.
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Predicting Which Records Will be Broken at the 2024 Men's NCAA Champs
Going event by event, we dissect which records have the most and least probability of being broken this weekend at the 2024 Men's NCAA Championships in…
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Did Gretchen Walsh Just Swim The Best NCAA Performance in History?
Virginia junior Gretchen Walsh just went 7-for-7 at the NCAA Swimming Championships, breaking NCAA records in all 3 of her individual events, swimming on 4…
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Russell Mark Discusses Update to ASCA Video Library, Learning from Coaches Worldwide
Russell Mark is an internationally recognized stroke analyst and swimming guru, aiding athletes worldwide to be their best in the pool. Mark has spent the last…
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Women's NCAA Preview, New South Wales Champs, and Regan Smith in the NCAA | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we preview the 2024 Women's NCAA Championships, review the New South Wales Championships, and predict if Regan Smith will…
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Erika Fairweather Looks to Catch New Eyes in Swimming with New Zealand's First LCM World Title
20-year-old Erika Fairweather won her first world title in Doha last month, touching first in the 400 free while also winning medals in the 200 and 800 free…
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NCAA Psych Sheets, Men's Pac-12s, and the Westmont Pro Swim | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the 2024 Men's NCAA Pre-Scratch Psych Sheets, Men's Pac-12 Championships, and the Pro Swim Series stop in…
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Emma Weyant Unpacks Her Sporti Collab, Riviera Reverie Swim & Activewear Collection
Sporti, in collaboration with Olympic Silver Medalist swimmer, and 2024 Paris hopeful, Emma Weyant, is proud to announce the launch of their Riviera Reverie…
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A Deep Dive into the Men's 50 Free Controversy at the Westmont Pro Swim
As it turns out, Caeleb Dressel’s block malfunction in the 50 free A Final in Westmont was just the beginning of the errors that would occur during this race…
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How Underwater Training Helped Claire Curzan Flourish in Long Course at the 2024 World Champs
At the 2024 Doha World Champs, Claire Curzan became just the 3rd athlete (Qin Haiyang and Kaylee McKeown) to sweep all 3 individual events of one stroke at a…
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Defining the Differences Between Healthy and Unhealthy Coaching
Athlete-coach relationships are an integral part of youth sports and often numerous lives, including the athlete, their parents, and the coach. But where is…
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World Champion Finlay Knox Wins 200 IM World Title With Crooked Ceiling for Backstroke
Finlay Knox won his first world title, and Canada men's first since 2007, at the Doha World Championships in the 200 IM. We saw many backstrokers in Doha…
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Braden Holloway Assesses ACC Performances After Winning Week for Wolfpack
NC State's men won their 3rd straight ACC title (and 9th in 10 years) last week in Greensboro. Head coach Braden Holloway gives his thoughts on both the men's…
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Todd DeSorbo Analyzes Virginia Women's and Men's Teams After ACC Championships
The University of Virginia women won their 5th straight (and 20th overall) ACC team title this past week in Greensboro while the UVA men placed 5th. Head coach…
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Owen Lloyd, Ross Dant Give Full Account of 1,650 DQ at ACCs
NC State’s Owen Lloyd touched the wall in 14:37.04 in the 1,650 free, ostensibly winning the ACC title. In celebration of his victory, Lloyd mounted the lane…
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Indiana Head Coach Ray Looze Relives Small Moments That Led to Winning Big Ten Title by .5 Points
The Indiana women's swim team upset the 4-time defending champion Ohio State Buckeyes last week to win the Big Ten Championships. The 4-day meet came down to…
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High School Senior Piper Enge Walking Away From Doha World Champs with a LOT of Confidence
Piper Enge is a junior national champion, high school senior, Texas commit, and now world championships finalist. After placing 18th in the 100 breast prelims…
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SCSC Head Coach Kevin Zacher Discusses the International Swim Center Closing Indefinitely
The George F. Haines International Swim Center closed indefinitely last month, due to safety concerns around the facility. The ISC is home to the Santa Clara…
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Katja Dedekind on Chasing 3rd Paralympics, Why Swimmers are Adrenaline Junkies
Katja Dedekind is a 2x Paralympian, 2x Para world champion, and Para Commonwealth Games champion. Competing in the S13 (visually impaired) classification…