...but wait! There's more!

This post just about wraps it up for the 2019-20 high school swim program.

I asked Coaches Werner and Kalisek about the banquet video (originally scheduled for the 23rd), but didn't get a date on when it would be posted.

I will let y'all know when I know, so keep an eye on sportsYou!

I'll shift over to the Marauder Aquatics blog for a while.

I won't post there nearly as much as you've seen here in the past couple of months, though.

Please remind your folks that we can always use more officials!  They can get started at the NFHS.

Friday's post was supposed to be the last of the USAS videos I'd post.

However, the preview of a Kathleen Baker video reminded me of how quickly things can change in our sport.

Since this video was posted a year ago, plenty has changed in Team USA women's backstroke!

Teenage sensation Regan Smith broke both the 100 LCM (:57.57) & 200 LCM (2:03.35) backstroke world records last summer.

Today's suggestion:


Here's how Baker has been coping with the shutdown:

“I go on a lot of hikes. I run a lot of sprints. My boyfriend is a marine and he has a nice gym in his garage I can lift weights at,” she said.

More here

Quote of the Day

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Mary Ann Evans, a.k.a. George Eliot

Okay, just one more...

...USAS video.

From last year, Caeleb Dressell vs. Michael Andrew:


Notes:

You'll recall that Gregg Troy has retired from the college program, but is still coaching a few elite club athletes in Florida.

Maxime Rooney left Florida and is now with Eddie Reese at Texas.

Anthony Nesty (Suriname) won gold in the 1988 Seoul Games in the 100 butterfly.  He beat Team USA's Matt Biondi by a hundredth of a second.

Quote of the Day

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel

Nutrition Idears from USAS

Kelly's YouTube channel is here

Her nutrition site is here

Quote of the Day

As an athlete, you'd better laugh at

yourself when you slip in the mud.

via USA TODAY

Dwayne Douglas "The Rock" Johnson

More Dry-Land

via Swimming World

via Zimbio

Nic Fink (Georgia/Team USA) and Simone Manuel (Stanford/Team USA) show us some more dry-land work.

Today's suggestions:

Quote of the Day

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day.  And

don't lose the passion and the love for what you do.

Nadia Elena Comăneci

No Gators!

If you've been reading along with us for the past couple of months, you'll recognize some of these names!

In addition to their dry-land work, some swimmers - including Olympians Lily King and Cody Miller - are doing a little open water training.

Full article is here

A summer without a culminating championship has been “weird but good,” King said.

“I’m going to be honest. It’s been kind of nice. Haven’t exactly had a break since I’ve been 8 years old. So it’s kind of nice to just kind of step back for a little bit and just swim for the sake of swimming and not necessarily for the sake of performing in a meet.”

“Yeah, if you don’t love it, you’re certainly not doing it now, swimming in a pond,” said Cody Miller, 28, the Hoosier breaststroker who won Olympic bronze and gold medals in 2016. “But anything is better than nothing.”

On this day, Zane Grothe is the first of seven swimmers to arrive. Grothe, 28, who set two American records in 2017, said he is “gung-ho” about the pond. He was out of the water for six weeks entirely.

“Every day, I’m like, ‘Man, I’ve got to work hard. I’ve got to get in shape, I’ve got to get in shape,’“ he said ... before adding there is nothing important for 13 months.

Quote of the Day

Either move or be moved.

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound

Summer Training Update

We met with the parks & recreation folks yesterday.

The pool will be opening for our (Aquacat & ShAC) practices starting Tuesday, June 2.

We are still working out a practice schedule.

Tentatively, morning ShAC practice will be before the Aquacats on weekdays.

Expect ShAC practices to end around 8:30 so the Aquacats can start practicing at that time.

Afternoon ShAC practices will likely end around 5:00, so overcrowding during lap swim can be avoided.

There will also be Saturday morning ShAC workouts.

Much of our summer schedule depends on several factors:

• Staffing - If there aren't enough lifeguards, pool availability will be restricted.
• Virus - An uptick in cases in our area could force a reduction in activities.
• Politics - Federal, state, & local officials - with help from the "experts" - dictate facility use.

Quote of the Day

We learn about life not from the pluses

alone, but from the minuses as well.

via the guardian

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Misc.

We once had a guy shave down for a J.V. dual meet.  Kids called him "Bic" from then on.




Zane Grothe (Auburn/Team USA) continues to improve his "100" time.  He's in the 5th week of a pushup challenge.

TAAF has called off their summer games.

I must admit that I haven't caught any of CG Sports Network's stuff (yet), but they certainly do feature some of the biggest names in our sport.  Visit their home page here

Quote of the Day

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

(via Wikipedia)

Wilma Glodean Rudolph

Federica Pellegrini

Italy's Federica Pellegrini is the world record holder in the 200 LCM freestyle (1:52.98) and was the first woman under 4:00 for the 400 LCM freestyle.

Read more about her here

Pellegrini is preparing now for Tokyo in what would be her fifth Olympic Games. She’s been a world-class performer for 16 years. Between 2004 and 2019, she’s medaled in the 200 free at major meets (Olympics, SC Worlds, LC Worlds or Europeans) every year except 2018.

If she races in the 200 free in Tokyo, she'll be just a few days shy of turning 33 years old.

She can REALLY finish races!

Here's some great race footage of some of Pellegrini's top swims. 


Oh yeah, Federica's a pull-up machine: