By Arnaud Magnan on SwimSwam

Avec les championnats des États-Unis terminés, il est temps d’analyser la liste des nageurs qualifiés pour les Championnats du Monde de Budapest :

Hommes

• Nathan Adrian, 50 nl, 100 nl
• Zach Apple, 4×100 nl
• Michael Chadwick, 4×100 nl
• Pace Clark, 200 pap
• Jack Conger, 200 pap
• Kevin Cordes, 50 brasse, 100 brasse, 200 brasse
• Abrahm DeVine, 200 4N
• Caeleb Dressel, 50 nl, 50 pap, 100 pap, 100 nl, 4×200 nl
• Conor Dwyer, 4×200 nl
• Nic Fink, 200 brasse
• Robert Finke, 1500 nl
• Matt Grevers, 50 dos, 100 dos
• Zane Grothe, 400 nl, 800 nl, 4×200 nl
• Townley Haas, 200 nl, 4×100 nl
• Chase Kalisz, 200 4N, 400 4N
• Jay Litherland, 400 4N
• Cody Miller, 50 brasse, 100 brasse
• Ryan Murphy, 100 dos, 200 dos
• Jacob Pebley, 200 dos
• Tim Phillips, 100 pap, 50 pap
• Blake Pieroni, 200 nl, 4×100 nl
• Justin Ress, 50 dos
• Clark Smith, 400 nl, 800 nl, 4×200 nl
• True Sweetser, 1500 nl

Women

• Kathleen Baker, 50 dos, 100 dos, 200 dos
• Elizabeth Beisel, 400 4N
• Mallory Comerford, 100 nl, 4×200 nl
• Madisyn Cox, 200 4N
• Hali Flickinger, 200 pap
• Bethany Galat, 200 brasse
• Sarah Gibson, 100 pap, 50 pap
• Lilly King, 50 brasse, 100 brasse, 200 brasse
• Katie Ledecky, 200 nl, 400 nl, 800 nl, 1500 nl, 4×100 nl
• Dakota Luther, 200 pap
• Simone Manuel, 50 nl, 100 nl, 4×200 nl
• Melanie Margalis, 4×200 nl, 200 4N
• Katie Meili, 50 brasse, 100 brasse
• Lia Neal, 4×100 nl
• Cierra Runge, 4×200 nl
• Leah Smith, 200 nl, 400 nl, 800 nl, 1500 nl, 400 4N
• Regan Smith, 200 dos
• Olivia Smoliga, 100 dos, 4×100 nl
• Hannah Stevens, 50 dos
• Kelsi Worrell, 50 pap, 100 pap, 4×100 nl
• Abbey Weitzeil, 50 nl

Pour un tier des hommes et un tier des femmes, ce sera leur première participation à une compétition internationale. Cependant, l’équipe féminine a un pourcentage plus élevé d’Olympiens.

L’équipe dames

L’équipe féminine est composée de 21 nageuses, dont 14 ayant participé aux Jeux Olympiques de 2016. 6 de ces 14 nageuses ont obtenu au moins une médaille individuelle, et 6 de plus ont eu une médaille en relais. Avec deux tiers des nageuses ayant déjà participé à une compétition internationale, l’équipe a un bon mélange entre expérience et inexpérience.

Au niveau de leurs points forts et point faibles, on se rend vite compte que le nage libre sera leur principal point fort. Katie Ledecky a gagné à la suite les Championnats du Monde et les Jeux Olympiques sur les courses du 200 au 800 nl, ainsi que le 1500 nl à Kazan. Avec la forte progression de Leah Smith, il y a de fortes chances pour que les États-Unis aient deux personnes sur chacune de ces distances, avec le 200 étant la plus grosse difficulté.

En plus de leurs prouesses sur les longues distances, Simone Manuel est la co-championne olympique en titre du 100 nl, et a tout de même était battu par Mallory Comerford à Indianapolis lors des U.S Trials ; donc les US se portent bien en NL.

En sprint sur les autres nages, l’équipe dames a au moins un médaillé potentiel sur chaque nage, menées par Kathleen Baker, Lilly King et Kelsi Worrell. Olivia Smoliga et Katie Meili sont quant à elles juste au pied du podium, et auront donc pour objectif d’obtenir leur place sur le podium. Le 200 4N sera aussi l’un de leur point fort, avec Melanie Margalis et Madisyn Cox qui ont les 3ème et 4ème meilleures performances mondiales de la saison.

Le 200 papillon sera surement leur point faible avec une seule nageuse pouvant potentiellement décrocher un podium en la présence de  Hali Flickinger, “seulement” au 10ème rang des performances mondiales de la saison. L’an dernier, le 200 brasse était le plus gros point faible des nageuses américaines avec aucune finaliste, mais cette année devrait mieux se passer avec Lilly King et Bethany Galat classées respectivement 2ème et 4ème des meilleures performances de la saison.

Leur équipe ne semble avoir aucune faiblesse, avec une chance de médaille sur quasiment toutes les épreuves.

Au niveau des relais, les nageuses américaines devraient avoir un gros succès, avec le 4×100 nl étant le plus gros défis avec la présence des Championnes Olympiques australiennes, mais la perte de Cate Campbell cette année devrait sans doute les affaiblir. Le 4×100 4N et 4×200 nl ne devraient pas être un problème pour ces nageuses.

L’équipe messieurs

L’équipe messieurs a un peu plus de nageurs, avec 24 qualifiés, mais a le même nombre d’Olympiens (14) dont 13 ayant participé aux Jeux de Rio, et le retour triomphant de Matt Grevers. En plus de ces 14 olympiens, il y aura 8 nageurs participant à leur première compétition internationale, et 2 nageurs, Tim Phillips et Nic Fink, ayant déjà participé aux Championnats du monde mais pas aux Jeux Olympiques. Dans cette équipe, 5 nageurs ont été médaillés individuellement lors des JO de l’an dernier, et 6 autres ont décroché une médaille en relais.

La plus grosse faiblesse de cette équipe est sans aucun doute le 1500 nage libre, avec True Sweetser et Robert Finke classés à la 9ème et 10ème places des performances mondiales de la saison. Ils devront donc réaliser leur meilleur performance personnelle pour atteindre la finale, mais gagneront beaucoup d’expérience pour le futur dans tous les cas.

Même si Clark Smith et Zane Grothe ont déjà une grande popularité aux États-Unis, ils vont tous deux nager leur première course individuelle dans une compétition internationale. Ils ont tous les deux un espoir de médaille sur le 400 nage libre, mais devront se donner à fond dès les séries du matin, car le niveau est si élevé que chaque année au moins un favoris manque à la liste des finalistes car il a voulu se préserver pour la finale.

Caeleb Dressel va participer aux distances de sprint en nage libre et en papillon, avec des chances de médailles. Il est rejoint par Nathan Adrian sur les distances de nage libre. Tim Phillips a lui aussi réalisé de supers chronos lors des Championnats des États-Unis, et semble avoir de bonnes chances de participer aux finales du 50 et 100 papillon.

Le dos ne sera pas un problème pour eux avec Ryan Murphy, Grevers, Jacob Pebley et Justin Ress qui ont tous de bonnes chances de médailles. Kevin Cordes et Cody Miller sont tous deux en tête des participants sur les distances de brasse, et Chase Kalisz participera au 400 4n avec pour objectif un titre de champion du monde.

Le 200 4N est un grand point d’interrogation, non seulement pour l’équipe des États-Unis, mais aussi pour le monde entier. Avec l’absence de Michael Phelps et Ryan Lochte, cette distance n’a aucun favoris, et même si Kalisz et Abrahm DeVine ne serait surement pas les premiers nageurs sur lesquelles on parierait, à Indianapolis Kalisz a nagé plus vite que le temps du second lors de JO de 2016, et DeVine a nagé plus rapidement que le temps du troisième.

Le relais 4×100 nl semble être sur le toit du monde avec deux nageurs sous les 48 et deux nageurs sous 48.2 à Indianapolis. Le 4×100 4n se jouera sans doute contre les Britanniques, et le 4×200 nl, quoi que moins dominant qu’il fût auparavant, ils sont toujours les favoris pour le titre de champion du monde, avec 3 nageurs classés dans le top 8 des performances mondiales de la saison sur le 200 nl.

Quant aux relais mixes, tout peut arriver, même si les USA seront dans les favoris sur les 4×100 nl et 4×100 4N.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Liste des 45 nageurs américains qualifiés pour les Mondiaux de Budapest

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Hungarian swimmer Kristof Rasovsky has won the 2nd leg of the LEN European Open Water Swimming Cup in Barcelona, giving him 2 wins in as many stops so far this season. In a pair of thrilling finishes, his win came by 2.2 seconds over France’s Jean-Baptiste Clusman, while the women’s race was won by less than 1 by Paula Ruiz Bravo.

Rasovsky is leading a new generation of young European open water swimmers to the forefront, replacing the aging generation of ‘originals’ who straddled the two sides of the sport’s 2008 Olympic inclusion.

In 2016, he won the European Junior and World Junior titles over 10 kilometers, and this season he’s snagged his first FINA World Cup win as well – topping the Setubal stop there, in addition to European circuit stops in Eilat and Barcelona.

He beat out 16-year old Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Clusman for the win, with Germany’s Christian Reichert 5.1 seconds back in 3rd. Reichert, the 30-year old veteran, has two World Championship gold medals in team events.

The women’s event, the home Spaniard Paula Ruiz Bravo touched in 2:02:02.1, which was .7 seconds ahead of Hungary’s Anna Olasz (2:02:02.8). It was a three-swimmer photo finish between those two and another Hungarian, Kata Onon Somenek.

Men

1. Kristof Rasovszky (HUN) 1:52:32.6
2. Jean-Baptiste Clusman (FRA) 1:52:34.8
3. Christian Reichert (GER) 1:52:37.7

Women

1. Paula Ruiz Bravo (ESP) 2:02:02.1
2. Anna Olasz (HUN) 2:02:02.8
3. Kata Onon Somenek (HUN) 2:02:03.4

2017 European Open Water Swimming Cup – Legs

• Leg 1 – Eilat (ISR), 26 March (10km)
• Leg 2 – Barcelona (ESP), 1 July (10km)
• Leg 3 – Navia (ESP), 5 August (7.5km)
• Leg 4 – Copenhagen (DEN), 25 August (6km)
• Final – Bracciano (ITA), 16-17 September (5 and 10km)

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kristof Rasovsky Wins 2nd-Straight European Open Water Cup Race

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

Parker Brown, of Maple Grove, Minnesota, has committed to swim at South Dakota State University, where he plans to study Civil Engineering, beginning in the fall of 2017. Brown attended Maple Grove Senior High School and he swims for the Aquajets Swim Team.

“I am excited to announce my commitment to swim, and continue my education, at South Dakota State University next year. Thank you to my coaches, parents, and teammates for challenging me, pushing me, and helping me achieve this goal. Go Jacks!”.

Brown achieved best times in all his SCY events during senior year, and mostly at the 2017 Minnesota Swimming Senior State Championships. There he was runner-up in the 500 free, and placed fourth in the 1000 free and 1650 free, fifth in the 200 free, and 12th in the 100 back.

His best SCY times are:

• 1650 free – 16:29.34
• 1000 free – 9:50.09
• 500 free – 4:42.14
• 200 free – 1:44.84

Brown will be a nice addition to the Jackrabbits’ lineup in the fall. At the 2017 Summit League Championships, his 500 would have scored in the B final and his 1650 would have been the 10th-fastest in the meet, just after that of future training partner Christian Offenhauser, a rising SDSU sophomore. Offenhauser and Brown will have to shoulder the distance group, as standouts Weston Christensen, Chris Angerhofer, and Matthew Carpenter were all seniors last season.

If you have a commitment to report, please send an email with a photo (landscape, or horizontal, looks best) and a quote to Recruits@swimswam.com.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Aquajets’ Parker Brown to Swim for South Dakota State in the Fall

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

Parker, Colorado-native Elijah Warren has verbally committed to Arizona State University for the 2018-19 school year. Warren is a rising senior at Regis Jesuit High School and he also swims for Denver Swim Academy.

“I am extremely excited to announce my commitment to Arizona State University! I am so thankful for this opportunity and to those who have been there to support me along the way. Go Devils!”

Warren was runner-up in the 100 breast (55.88) at the 2017 CHSAA 5A Boys Swim & Dive State Championships. He also placed fourth in the 50 free (21.13) and swam legs on Regis’ medley relay (24.61 breast) and 400 free relay (46.20 anchor). At 2016 Speedo Winter Juniors he competed in the 50 free, 100/200 breast, 100 fly, and 200 IM, placing 8th in the 100 breast.

His best SCY times are:

• 100 breast – 54.82
• 200 breast – 2:04.58
• 200 IM – 1:50.34
• 100 fly – 50.06

Warren adds his name to a list future members of the ASU class of 2022 that already includes: Cody Bybee, Eddie Michael, Ethan Luc, Jakob Icimsoy, Khalil Fonder, Liam Bresette, and Noah Henry.

Extremely honored and excited to announce my verbal commitment to Arizona State University!! FORKS UP! ☀️

By Kierra Smith on SwimSwam

Team USA announced Alyssa Greymont as team captain for the Deaflympics this summer in Samsun, Turkey.

Alyssa Greymont is a standout sophomore at Buffalo State. She is their current pool record holder and has her sights set on becoming a Division I All American. This would make her Buffalo State’s 20th All American in history. Greymont is a Morgan Hills, CA native and made the move to New York to swim at Buffalo State because she saw that the team goes above and beyond to support each other.

Greymont has sensorineural deafness which occurs when there is damage to the cochlea or to the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain.  It is the most common type of permanent hearing loss. SNHL reduces the ability to hear faint sounds and loud speech is unclear/muffled. Doctors do not know what causes it but they do know that it currently has no true medical treatment and is irreversible.

Greymont was always singing and telling jokes as a child then suddenly one day her parents noticed that she stopped entertaining the way she used too and wouldn’t respond when they spoke to her. They took Greymont to get her hearing checked and they were told that she was severely deaf and would need implants before she turned 12. Greymont took opera singing lessons growing up which helped her annunciate her words.

Greymont started swimming when she was nine years old. Michael Phelps visited her home pool and she was instantly inspired. Greymont’s parents didn’t treat her like she was deaf and never told her she couldn’t do something, gladly signing her up for the sport. Although it helped that they never held her back, her coaches went without knowing that Greymont was severely hearing impaired and underestimated her deafness. She could read lips but that did not fully substitute being able to hear her coaches. Swimming came with its struggles for Greymont and she had to push through struggling with her balance and soon became withdrawn from the sport.

When she was 13 she began swimming under a new coach, Tom Nethers. Nethers took the time to understand that Greymont is deaf, but reassured her that her deafness would not decide her future. By the time Greymont was 15 she was putting up Division I times and was invited to the Oympic Training Center the first of 3 times. In 2015 Greymont swam for Team USA in San Antonio at her first World Deaf Swim Championships and won the 400 and 800 meter freestyles.

The 23rd Summer Deaflympics will be held in Samsun, Turkey July 18-July 30th.  The swimming portion will be held July 20th-July 26th. Alyssa will be swimming a full load of events including defending her World Championship titles in the 400 meter and 800 meter freestyle from San Antonio in 2015. Her events this summer include the 200, 400, 800 meter freestyle, 200 and 400m IM, and the 100 and 200 meter backstroke.

This is a video of Greymont telling her own story.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Alyssa Greymont Named Team USA’s Deaflympic Women’s Captain

By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam

At the request of many teams and dedicated swim fans, SwimSwam now offers a way to embed the latest swimming news stories directly into your team website.  This is a great way to keep the swimmers visiting your team site informed about the swimming news stories relevant to your team.  News from every category on SwimSwam is available in widget form and every widget is automatically updated with the latest swimming news stories from SwimSwam as they are published.

Get Swimming News on your team website from SwimSwam

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: How To Put SwimSwam World Championship News on your Website

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

2017 SWEDISH SUMMER NATIONALS

• June 30th, 2017 – July 4th, 2017
• Boras, Sweden
• Results

After the first four days of Sweden’s Summer National Championships featured an onslaught of victories from Olympic gold medalist Sarah Sjostrom, the fifth and final day of racing saw Louise Hansson take over.

Hansson, a 2016 Olympian in the 100 fly and 200 IM, picked up wins in the 100 free and 200 IM to close out the meet. After Sjostrom was a no-show in the 100 free prelims, Hansson was the clear favorite, winning the final easily in a time of 55.58. Silver went to Ida Lindborg in 56.46, and her sister Nathalie Lindborg took bronze in 56.78. These two wins came after finishing runner-up to Sjostrom in four consecutive events over the first four days. She finished behind her in the 50 free, 200 free, 50 fly and 100 fly.

The 200 IM was an even more decisive win for Hansson, touching in 2:15.33 to finish well ahead of Vilma Ekstrom (2:18.63). That swim was actually faster than Hansson went in Rio when she placed 29th (2:15.66). She has been as fast as 2:12.72, done at the Danish Open in 2015.

There was one more meet record broken on day 5, as Erik Persson shattered his own mark in the 100 breast. Persson touched in 1:00.82, lowering his 2015 record of 1:02.24 by nearly a second and a half. Over two seconds back for silver was Johannes Skagius (1:03.03).

Persson has really impressed this year, particularly in the 200, where his best time of 2:07.85 has him ranked 5th in the world. At the 2016 Rio Games Persson finished 11th in 2:10.12, out of the final. He broke the meet record in that event as well on day 1, clocking 2:10.02.

OTHER EVENTS

• Hanna Eriksson topped the women’s 200 fly in 2:16.39, with Frida Berggren getting in there for silver in 2:18.34.
• Two-time Rio semi-finalist Simon Sjodin won the men’s 200 IM easily in 2:02.06, with Adam Paulsson claiming silver in 2:04.35. Sjodin was also a finalist in this event at the 2015 World Championships, placing 8th.
• Paulsson followed up that swim with a win in the 200 free, holding off a hard charging Isak Eliasson down the stretch. Eliasson trailed by nearly a second heading into the final 50, but closed in 27.63 to nearly take the win. At the wall it was Paulsson 1st in 1:50.90, with Eliasson right there for 2nd in 1:51.07.
• Emma Sundstedt (17:13.21) and Christine Ekman (17:22.50) went 1-2 in the women’s 1500, and Eriksson followed up her win in the 200 fly with another solid swim for 3rd in 17:33.05.
• Helsingborgs came out on top in the men’s 400 free relay, led by Christoffer Carlsen‘s 49.06 anchor, the only one under 50 seconds.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Louise Hansson Doubles Up On Final Day Of Swedish Summer Nats

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

Texas A&M will play hosts for the 2018 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships next February.

The Aggies will have the rest of the SEC come to battle from February 13-17, 2018. Last year, the Aggie women won the SEC title in Knoxville, while the men placed 7th overall. It will be the first time that the SEC Championships have taken place in College Station since February of 2013, when Georgia dominated the team race. The University of Tennessee hosted the 2017 Champs.

The SEC Championships continue to be the only known conference meet to span over five days of competition. Like most Division I conferences, the first day is only the 800 free relay and 200 medley relay, though the rest of the events are parsed out to take four days instead of three.

The women will have a month between their SEC Championship meet and the women’s NCAA Championship meet, while the men will have five weeks in between. The women’s NCAA meet will be held in Columbus, Ohio from March 14th-17th, while the men’s NCAA championships are slated to take place from March 21st-24th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Texas A&M to Host 2018 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships

By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

Die Amerikanerin Elizabeth Wickham ist eine richtige “Schwimmer-Mutter”: 14 Jahre lang hat sie als Freiwillige im Schwimmverein ihrer Kinder mitgeholfen, Geld gesammelt, die Vereinszeitschrift betreut und Wettkämpfe organisiert. Studiert hat sie Journalismus und beruflich engagiert war sie in der PR-, Marketing- und Werbebranche. Ihre Artikel sind in vielen US Zeitungen erschienen, darunter auch  in der Los Angeles Times.

Vielleicht gehören Sie zu den Glücklichen, deren Kind sich nie beschwert hat: “Ich habe gar kein Leben.” Hausaufgaben, Training, Wettkämpfe – damit sind die Tage mehr als ausgelastet.

Irgendwann in der Pubertät verschieben sich aber die Interessen unter Umständen etwas, auch Ihr Kind möchte mal ausgehen, ist auf einer Party eingeladen – nur leider ist gerade am nächsten Tag eine wichtiger Wettkampf. Dann hören Sie meistens: “Ich kann nicht zu der Party gehen. Ich bin ein Schwimmer. Das Leben ist so ungerecht.”

Den Freunden, die keine Schwimmer sind, muss Ihr Kind oft erklären: “Ich habe keine Zeit. Ich muss zum Training.”

Hier sind 6 Tipps wie Sie Ihrem Kind vielleicht ein wenig helfen können, wenn es in der “ich habe kein eigenes Leben”-Phase ist:

EINS
Bleiben Sie ruhig.

Manchmal ist es ein vorübergehender Gedanke oder ein normales Aufbegehren eines erschöpften Teenagers. Aber sie lieben das Schwimmen und möchten es nicht aufgeben.

ZWEI
Signalisieren Sie Verständnis.

Schwimmer haben weniger Freizeit als andere Teenager. Akzeptieren Sie diese Gefühlen und sagen Sie Ihrem Kind, dass Sie stolz darauf sind, dass sie oder er so viele Einschränkungen hinnimmt, um schwimmen zu können.

DREI
Erinnern Sie an die guten Zeiten.

Schwimmer haben Spaß, mit ihren Teamkameraden abzuhängen, zu Wettkämpfen zu reisen, andere Schwimmer zu treffen, die sie sonst vermutlich nie kennengelernt hätten. In mancher Hinsicht leben sie ein Leben, von dem andere Kinder träumen – abwechslungsreich und vielfältig.

VIER
Lassen Sie ihrem Kind die Wahl.

Für das zukünftige Leben ist es wichtig, Ihrem Kind auch einmal die Wahl zu überlassen. Ist es so schlimm, mal mit Freunden auszugehen? Die jungen Erwachsenen müssen lernen, auch einmal selbst Entscheidungen zu treffen und die Verantwortung für diese Entscheidungen zu übernehmen.

FÜNF
Hören Sie zu.

Warum meint Ihr Kind, etwas zu verpassen? Warum glaubt sie oder er, kein “Leben” zu haben? Sprechen Sie mit Ihrem Kind darüber, um die Ursache für diese Gedanken herauszufinden. Geben Sie Ihrem Kind die Freiheit, diese Gedanken auszusprechen ohne direkt als Mutter oder Vater Ratschläge zu geben oder diese Gefühle wegzudiskutieren. Hören Sie einfach zu.

Sechs

Liebe und Unterstützung.

Was ist, wenn Ihr Kind die Liebe zum Schwimmsport verloren hat? Es ist ein harter Sport und die Entbehrungen erscheinen umso härter, wenn man die Leidenschaft für das Schwimmen verloren hat. Stellen Sie sicher, dass Ihr Kind weiß, dass Sie immer da sind und seine/ihre Entscheidungen akzeptieren – egal, was sie machen und für sich entscheiden.

Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Elizabeth Wickham

Hier ist der Originalartikel zu finden.

You can read more parenting tips on her blog: http://bleuwater.me/.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 6 Tipps für Schwimmer-Eltern wenn ihr Kind sagt: “Ich hab kein Leben”

Hali Flickinger won the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. The win secured her a spot in the FINA World Championships in July.

       

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

The Geramny Swimming Federation (DSV) has announced a team of 10 swimmers that will race in open water at the upcoming World Championships in Budapest. Ironically, that list is almost as big as their 14-swimmer roster for the pool races at the same event, which was dampened by Germany’s brutal qualifying standards for the event. There are 40 pool races, but only 7 in open water.

“The team is a nice mix of experienced and young open water swimmers. I am convinced that we will perform there as a strong team and also compete for medals and first places,”said DSV national open water swimming coach Stefan Lurz (Würzburg).

4 of Lurz’s own proteges from Würzburg are included in the roster, as are 3 from Madgeburg.

Germany is one of the legendary countries in open water swimming, and this year’s roster includes 8-time World Championship medalist Angela Maurer and defending 5k bronze medalist Finnia Wunram. Those two will represent the country in the premier event of the open water portion: the 10k.

The men’s side will have Christian Reichert and Rob Muffels swimming that 10k, and also racing as part of Germany’s 5K team. Germany has won the team race at each of the last two World Championships, and Reichert has been on both of those teams. Isabelle Haerle, who was on both of those teams with Reichert, is not on the 2017 squad.

Not racing open water is Florian Wellbrock, who was the German Champion in the 5km race. He instead will focus on his duties with the German pool team. Muffels also waived his right to the spot in the 5km race, leaivng Marcus Herwig and Ruwen Straub to fill those spots.

Since open water swimming was first brought to the World Championships in 1991, Germany has won more medals (35) than any other country, with Russia sitting 2nd at 30 and Italy 3rd with 24.

Women (4):

• Finnia Wunram (Magdeburg / 5km, 10km, mixed relay)
• Leonie Beck (Würzburg / 5km, mixed relay)
• Angela Maurer (Wiesbaden / 10km, 25km)
• Sarah Bosslet (Saarbrücken / 25km)

Men (6):

• Marcus Herwig (Magdeburg / 5km)
• Ruwen Straub (Würzburg / 5km)
• Rob Muffels (Magdeburg / 10km, mixed relay)
• Christian Reichert (Würzburg / Wiesbaden / 10km)
• Andreas Waschburger (Saarbrücken / 25km)
• Soren Meissner (Würzburg / 25km, mixed relay)

Coaching Staff

• Coaches: Stefan Lurz (Germany coach), Bernd Berkhahn (Magdeburg), Hannes Vitense (Saarbrücken)
• Doctor: Prof. Dr. Alexander Beck
• Physio: Martin Krebs

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Germany Names 10 Swimmers to World Champs Roster in Open Water

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

The dates and locations for the 2018 Big Ten men’s and women’s championships have been announced.

For the women, the 2018 B1G Championships will be hosted by Ohio State University at The Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The championships will run from Wednesday, February 14 to Saturday, February 17, 2018. Meanwhile, for the men, the 2018 B1G Championships will be hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatics Center, from Wednesday, February 21 to Saturday, February 24.

Last year, the women’s B1G Championships were hosted by Purdue University, where the Michigan Wolverines won the team title. Michigan score 162 more points than 2nd place Indiana University. The 2017 men’s B1G Championships were held at Ohio State— they’ll be hosting the women’s championships in 2018. The Indiana men came through for the win in 2017, while Ohio State and Michigan ended up tying for 2nd place.

The women will have a month between their B1G Championship meet and the women’s NCAA Championship meet, while the men will have a month between their conference and national champs. The women’s NCAA meet will be held in Columbus, Ohio from March 14th-17th, while the men’s NCAA championships are slated to take place from March 21st-24th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. That means that the women’s and men’s B1G champs will be at the same place as their respective NCAA meets.

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By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

With the U.S. World Championship roster now official, we’ve provided a full list of their Twitter & Instagram usernames with links so you can follow along as they prepare for Budapest. For the full event lineup of the American roster and a breakdown of the men’s and women’s teams, click here.

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

USA Swimming has released all of the A-final videos from 2017 U.S. Nationals, and you can watch them all below. All of the ‘B’ and ‘C’ final races are also available on their Youtube channel, which you can visit here.

All videos courtesy of USA Swimming on Youtube.

*NOTE: The women’s 100 freestyle is the only race yet to be uploaded. Once it is, it will be added.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: WATCH: All Race Videos From The 2017 U.S. National Championships

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

Below, watch all of the record-breaking swims from U.S. Nationals. In total there were two American Records, five U.S. Open Records, and 14 Championship Record breaking swims, including four done in the prelims.

Those four swims from prelims – done by Mallory Comerford, Cullen Jones, Lilly King and Kevin Cordes– aren’t available, but all record-breaking swims from finals are, found below.

Race videos courtesy of USA Swimming on Youtube.

AMERICAN RECORDS

The two American Record-breaking swims came from Kevin Cordes (men’s 100 breast) and Lilly King (women’s 50 breast). Both swims were also U.S. Open Records, and obviously meet records.

U.S. OPEN RECORDS

Along with the swims from Cordes and King, U.S. Open Records were delivered by Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400 free, Mallory Comerford in the women’s 100 free, and Kathleen Baker in the women’s 100 back.

*Women’s 100 freestyle A-final race video is currently unavailable.

U.S. NATIONAL MEET RECORDS

Along with those swims, there were five more meet records. Caeleb Dressel lowered the men’s 50 fly mark (which Cullen Jones set in the prelims), and both Hannah Stevens and Justin Ress broke the 50 back record. Cordes also added a pair of meet records in the 50 breast, lowering it in prelims and finals, and King earned another in the 100 breast.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: WATCH: All Record-Breaking Swims From 2017 U.S. Nationals

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

There are age groupers, college kids, and pros mixed in to the 2017 U.S. Worlds Team, which is 45 swimmers (pool and open water, combined) strong. The swimming scene in the USA is dominated by the NCAA collegiate system, which typically acts as a feeder for the national team and eventual professional careers. We’ve compiled a breakdown of college affiliations from all of the swimmers on the U.S. team for Budapest, based on where they’re committed to swim, where they currently go to school or where they most recently competed as an undergrad.

In terms of conference, the SEC reigns supreme with 19 swimmers. The Pac-12 has 13 swimmers affiliated, while the Big Ten and ACC have 7 each. Texas is the sole representative for the Big 12 conference with 4 swimmers

NOTE: Open Water swimmers have been included in this breakdown. Their names are followed by an ‘OW’ to distinguish them from the pool swimmers.

HEAVY HITTERS

These are the teams with at least four swimmers headed to Budapest for the USA. Coaches from all of these schools are on the Worlds coaching staff, with Cal’s Dave Durden (men’s head coach) and Stanford‘s Greg Meehan (women’s head coach) taking leading roles.

The winners of overall bragging rights, with a landslide victory, goes to the University of Georgia. They have seven alums, one current swimmer (Jay Litherland) and one class of 2022 commit (Dakota Luther) going to Worlds this summer. As expected UGA head coach Jack Bauerle was named to the 2017 Worlds coaching staff.

GEORGIA (9)

• Hali Flickinger
• Dakota Luther
• Melanie Margalis
• Olivia Smoliga
• Pace Clark
• Nic Fink
• Andrew Gemmell (OW)
• Chase Kalisz
• Jay Litherland

CAL (5)

• Kathleen Baker
• Abbey Weitzeil
• Nathan Adrian
• Ryan Murphy
• Jacob Pebley

STANFORD (5)

• Katie Ledecky
• Simone Manuel
• Lia Neal
• Abrahm Devine
• True Sweetser

TEXAS (4)

• Madisyn Cox
• Jack Conger
• Townley Haas
• Clark Smith

SMALLER GROUPINGS

These schools have two or three swimmers each going to Worlds. Some of them, like Florida, have swimmers who aren’t connected by age (Dressel is 20, Beisel 24, and Dwyer 28). Florida is a perennial powerhouse, though, so it makes sense to have swimmers from various different years representing. Other schools, like Texas A&M, have swimmers like Bethany Galat and Sarah Gibson who are current training partners.

Arthur Albiero (Louisville), Gregg Troy (Florida) and Ray Looze (Indiana) are on the 2017 Worlds coaching staff.

INDIANA (3)

• Lilly King
• Cody Miller
• Blake Pieroni

FLORIDA (3)

• Elizabeth Beisel
• Caeleb Dressel
• Conor Dwyer

AUBURN (2)

• Zach Apple
• Zane Grothe

LOUISVILLE (2)

• Mallory Comerford
• Kelsi Worrell

MIZZOU (2)

• Hannah Stevens
• Michael Chadwick

NORTHWESTERN (2)

• Matt Grevers
• Jordan Wilimovsky (OW)

TEXAS A&M (2)

• Bethany Galat
• Sarah Gibson

USC (2)

• Haley Anderson (OW)
• Becca Mann (OW)

VIRGINIA (2)

• Leah Smith
• Brendan Casey (OW)

SOLO DOLO

This isn’t a knock on any of the following programs– they just are being represented by a sole swimmer in Budapest. Pros like Katie Meili aren’t typically paired with their alma maters when their names come to mind, but she did swim and complete her undergrad degrees at Columbia.

ARIZONA

• Kevin Cordes

COLUMBIA

• Katie Meili

DUKE

• Ashley Twichell (OW)

NC STATE

• Justin Ress

OHIO STATE

• Tim Phillips

TENNESSEE

• David Heron (OW)

UNC

• Chip Peterson (OW)

WISCONSIN

• Cierra Runge

UNATTACHED

These young stars are still in high school and have not committed to any NCAA programs (that we know of).

• Cathryn Salladin (OW)
• Regan Smith
• Robert Finke
• Simon Lamar (OW)

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Bragging Rights: 2017 USA Worlds Team’s College Affiliations Breakdown

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

The Boston College swimming & diving program’s 2016-17 season was split in two when head coach of nearly half a century, Tom Groden, resigned in December of 2016. It would’ve been 45 consecutive seasons at the helm for Groden, had he finished out the year– Groden started the program in 1972.

Joining up as an assistant coach in 2013 was Michael Stephens, who took over as interim head coach following Groden’s resignation. According to this afternoon’s article courtesy of the BC Interruption, Stephens has been named the official head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving program at BC by athletic director Martin Jarmond. Jarmond was hired in April after serving as Ohio State University’s deputy director of athletics.

Stephens earned his Bachelor’s and MBA at BC, and swam for Groden as an undergrad. At 26 years old, he will be the youngest swimming and diving head coach at an NCAA Division I Power Conference school. That’s not the only ‘only’ at BC for Stephens– the swimming and diving program is the only D1 Power Conference team that does not offer athletic scholarships.

BC swimmers and divers have also voiced concerns over plans for a new pool and aquatic facility that do not include a 3-meter diving board, which is typically needed for diving at NCAA dual meets, as well as conference and national championships. The plans also do not include a 10-meter platform diving tower.

“I am incredibly grateful to Martin Jarmond, Tom Peters, and the athletic administration for their faith in me and our swimming and diving program,” said Stephens in a BC Athletics press release. “After spending a combined eight years on The Heights as a student-athlete and a coach, I care deeply about this university and believe greatly in our swimming and diving teams. The opportunity in front of us as a program is extraordinary, and I am grateful to have such a passionate group of student-athletes to work with.”

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Following Shaky 2016-17 Season, BC Names Michael Stephens Head Coach

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