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Zoe Bartel Goes In-Depth on Mid-Season Retirement, Relationship with Swimming Dec 28, 2021

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We sat down with Zoe Bartel, the NCAA champion from Stanford who recently announced a mid-season retirement in what was her senior season on the team. Bartel goes into detail about her relationship with swimming, starting when she was young and actually tried to quit swimming when she was 16. She reveals that skiing was always her true love, but she did eventually come to love aspects of swimming, like the hard work that came with training and her teammates. Bartel explains why this was finally the right time for her to step away from the pool completely and what her future looks like moving forward.

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Music: Otis McDonald
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Tennessee Associate Head Coach Ashley Jahn on Weaving Joy into Swimming Dec 27, 2021

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We sat down with Tennessee's associate head coach, Ashley Jahn. Jahn has been with the Vols for a decade now and it shows as she discusses her methodical approach to training. One big thing Jahn hits on that is unique about this season is the energy that the "COVID 5th year" swimmers bring to the pool deck. Jahn explains that getting that extra chance to improve has brought a lot of joy to those athletes, which in turn trickles down to the rest of the team.

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Music: Otis McDonald
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SwimSwam Breakdown: Winter Jrs, SC World Champ Preview, & Sjostrom in the NCAA Dec 14, 2021

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This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discussed the 2021 Speedo Winter Junior Championships, the upcoming Short Course World Championships, and the prospect of Sarah Sjostrom being an NCAA swimmer.

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Brent Nowicki Details His Journey So Far As FINA’s Chief Executive Dec 13, 2021

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Brent Nowicki’s been the new FINA Executive Director about six months. He’s young, only 42 years old, with an impressive resume. As expected he’s bringing a lot of energy and changes to FINA. Brent’s managing an extremely jam-packed calendar, and it appears he’s striving to package tentpole aquatic events as spectacles. The upcoming World Championships in Abu Dhabi will provided much needed data to determine if spectacle events can work—be a cost-benefit and be bigger driver of TV rights. Brent’s transparent on this topic. SwimSwam will touchback with him to learn more about these results.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Kelsi Dahlia on World Record While Only Doing Singles, Move to Sprint Training Dec 10, 2021

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We sat down with Kelsi Dahlia, the Cali Condor's star who broke the world record in the 100 fly in the ISL final. Dahlia explains the pain of missing the Olympic team, how she processed that sense of loss, and came back to pool with a sense of purpose to get ready for the 2021 ISL season. Dahlia also talks about her current training plan, which has included 6 practices a week (1 per day 6 days/week, no doubles) in the Louisville sprint group.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Penn‘s Lia Thomas Opens Up On Journey, Transition To Women‘s Swimming Dec 09, 2021

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University of Pennsylvania senior Lia Thomas has been making headlines so far in this NCAA season, producing several record-breaking performances in what is her first year competing as a woman.

Thomas, a trans woman, sat down on the SwimSwam Podcast to discuss everything from when she realized she was trans, what the transition period was like, and how she's been able to adjust to life both in and out of the pool.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Coach Mark Schubert Details His New Elite Training Group at Saddleback El Toro Dec 07, 2021

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In this podcast Mark unpacks what he's doing at SET Aquatics, and he dips back into his history discussing his coaching philosophy. I traveled the world with Mark for ten years on the USA Swimming National Team back in the 1980s and 90s, but I've never talked to him about his Mission Viego dynasty years. I was dumbfounded to learned he took over the program at the tender age of 23 back in 1973. Mark discusses his genesis story, nearly going into the legal profession, and how his father told him he'd never make a living as a swim coach.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

SwimSwam Breakdown: ISL Final DQ, Heilman NAGs & Daiya in Scottsdale Dec 07, 2021

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This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the ISL Final and the controversy that surrounded it, Thomas Heilman's NAG record siege in Greensboro, and Daiya Seto training in Scottsdale.

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Blaire Bachman Discusses Virginia Fall Training, Being a Head Coach at 24 Dec 05, 2021

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We sat down with Blaire Bachman, the associate head coach at the University of Virginia. Bachman takes us through her thoughts on the hoos’ performances at the 2021 Tennessee invite, their mid-season rest meet, as well as how training has been for the defending national champions (on the women’s side) this fall. We then delve into Blaire’s coaching journey and she gives us key insights on what she’s picked up over the course of her 10+ year career so far.

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Music: Otis McDonald
www.otismacmusic.com

Lezak, Dahlia, Ress Break Cali‘s Down Gut-Wrenching Loss in ISL Final Dec 05, 2021

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Condor's GM Jason Lezak along with World record-holder Kelsi Dahlia and American record-holder Justin Ress sat down with SwimSwam to digest the ISL final. Cali was the defending champions from 2020 and came up just short of their 2nd team title, losing to Energy Standard in a back-and-fourth match by just 12 points.

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