Tuesday's Swim Report - To Aspetar And Back & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - OC Register posts "Swim safety, not speed, is Olympian Janet Evans' new goal. Olympic gold medalist is on a crusade to prevent childhood drownings."

Lane 2 - 7 News posts "Olympic swimmer Van Dyken-Rouen injured in ATV crash. Colorado's Olympic gold-medal winning swimmer, Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, severed her spine in an ATV crash in Arizona."

Lane 3 - Super Sport posts "Phelps to swim at Santa Clara GP. Michael Phelps, the 18-time Olympic champion and 22-time medal winner who came out of retirement in April, continues he comeback next week at the Santa Clara Grand Prix."

Lane 4 - My Stateline posts "Olympians Teach Stateline Swimmers.  Chloe Sutton and Jimmy Feigen visited the Rockford YMCA Sunday as part of the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour. The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by SwimOutlet.com came to Rockford Sunday. 2012 Olympians Chloe Sutton and Jimmy Feigen spent the day teaching kids the foundations of fast swimming at the YMCA."

Lane  5 - Lucky Meisenheimer posts "Safer Swimmer Buoy at Lucky's Lake Swim Open Water Swim. Doc Lucky Meisenheimer discusses the use of the Safer Swimmer Buoy at Lucky's Lake Swim. www.LuckysLakeSwim.Com"

Lane 6 - Gulf Times posts "South African national swimming team undergoes altitude training at Aspetar."

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Sunday's Swim Report - Conquer The Pool & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Steamboat Today posts "Blake Worsley looking on to life after swimming. "I’ve found something I love in my life,” he said last week, an Olympic swimmer relaxing near what, for much of his life, has been his native environment — a swimming pool. “I know what it’s like to be passionate about something, and I refuse to do something I’m not passionate about. So I’m just looking for what that is.”

Lane 2 - Vasa Trainer posts "Conquer the triathlon swim: stronger, better, with more confidence. Time-Crunched triathlete? Want a stronger, more confident swim? Here's a proven way to improve your freestyle swimming strength, stamina, and confidence."

Lane 3 - Charlotte Observer posts "Ryan Lochte turns to Charlotte SwimMAC coach David Marsh for the 2016 Olympics. An unlikely sports drama is playing out in Charlotte as star swimmer Ryan Lochte prepares to race in front of the world one more time."

Lane 4- The Sydney Morning Herald posts "Swimming: the worst job in the sporting world. It is actually pretty amazing there is not more former Olympic swimmers snorting coke and ice and Stilnox because if there is a sport tailor-made for producing sociopaths and depressives, it has got to be swimming."

Sunday's Swim Report - Give Your Best #swimselfie & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Times Colonist posts "Canadian swimmers go to Scotland with gold in mind. The 30-swimmer team was finalized following the completion of the four-day Canadian trials Saturday evening in a packed and steamy Saanich Commonwealth Place pool."

Lane 2 - Swimming Canada posts "Practice Your Accent: #SwimSelfie video."

Lane 3 - The Telegraph posts " David Beckham set to cause a splash with H&M budgie smugglers. Who better to model the first David Beckham for H&M swimwear collection than the man himself? Those who like their swimwear short and tight are catered for with Speedo-esque 'budgie smugglers' in white, khaki and navy. Then there's the more popular style of short swimming shorts, while come in the same colour ways and include a nylon bag for storage."

Lane 4 - Stack posts "Vegetarian Athlete Tips: Olympic Swimmer Kate Ziegler. Kate Ziegler, a two-time Olympian and four-time World Champion swimmer, powers her performance with fruits, veggies, whole grains and legumes. The 25-year-old Ziegler says her vegetarian diet gives her more energy while speeding recovery between meets and practices. STACK spoke with Ziegler to find out why she became a vegetarian and just how much quinoa it takes to power all of those laps in the pool."

Lane 5 - Omaha.com posts "Mutual of Omaha adds 7 swimmers to its Gold Medal Team. Mutual of Omaha signed seven athletes who are training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming part of Mutual of Omaha’s Gold Medal Team. Team members conduct clinics and make personal appearances as part of Mutual’s sponsorship of USA Swimming. The athletes:
Matt McLean
Anthony Ervin
Allison Schmitt
Caitlin Leverenz
Jimmy Feigen
Conor Dwyer
Michael Andrew
The other swimmers sponsored by Mutual are Josh Davis, Matt Grevers, Misty Hyman, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak and Dana Vollmer."

Lane 6 - The Sydney Morning Herald posts "Australia picks 59-strong swim team for Glasgow. Australia will have a 59-strong team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games although triple Olympian Eamon Sullivan will have to pass a fitness test in coming weeks after being set to have his third shoulder operation in 18 months this week."

Lane 7 - Swimming Australia posts "Cameron McEvoy & James Magnussen - 100m Freestyle - 2014 Australian Swimming Championships."

Lane 8 - Hanson Media Group posts "Surf Life Saving Australia, April 5, 2014: Ironman brothe: Ky Hurst, the king of Australian surf swimming, defied age, conditions and a hot field of rivals to win a record 10th open surf race title at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Scarborough, WA, today. The 33-year-old from Kurrawa timed his finish perfectly to outsprint longtime rivals Shannon Eckstein (Northcliffe) and Nathan Smith (Manly) in an exciting finish."

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Wednesday's Swim Report - Speedo Fashion Season Is Here & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Men's Fitness posts "SI Cover Model Nina Agdal Shares Her Swimsuit Advice. Model Nina Agdal and NBA star Chandler Parsons talk summer fashion."

Lane 2 - Swimming Australia posts "Swimming Australia - Multi Class Classification Explained."

Lane 3 - fibre2fashion posts "Speedo debuts flattering ‘Sculpture’ swimwear range. Speedo believes that all women should be able to look and feel great in and out of the water. That’s why it created Speedo Sculpture, a swimwear collection made to give women confidence by smoothing and shaping the body to enhance and control feminine curves."

Lane 4 - Sarasota Magazine posts "Beachy-Chic Resort Wear for Spring. Shot on location at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, Beach Club on Lido Key, these beachy-chic looks will make you want to break away for a day. Letarte Swimwear snake print top and bottom, $98 each, The Met; Speedo Shoreline square-leg brief in black with white stripe, $46, Swim City. Gold cuff, $620, June Simmons Jewelry at the Met."

Lane 5 - SBS posts "Bring on Phelps - Aussie 200m team. Suddenly American swimming superstar Michael Phelps' rumoured comeback can't come soon enough for Australia's 4x200m relay team members. A world class men's 200m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games trials in Brisbane on Wednesday night not only had Australia's young guns pumped for Glasgow but also a mooted 2015 showdown with the great Phelps."

Lane 6 - Xtri posts "The Posture and Position of the High Elbow Catch.   For the Wingline, the swimmers elbow posture is always higher than the wrist. From this position, the elbow must be high and flexed. I use the analogy of the bird wing when demonstrating this (see video). However, I may not have always been clear about the positioning and the central point – where the elbow is in space and time following entry and at the termination of the extension (some call this a glide which is incorrect)."

Lane 7 - Go Swim posts "Freestyle - Narrow Flutter Kick. Developing a constant kick is very important for freestyle, but making sure it's narrow will also be something to focus on."

Lane 8 - Manilla Standard posts "Making A Splash. The days when Speedo was just a brand only for professional swimmers are long gone as shown by the most recent showcase of its latest collection for Spring/Summer 2014. Anchored on the running theme “evolution,” the overall aesthetic and functional direction of the collection is reflective of the brand’s mission of developing techniques and improving performance geared for underwater fun—be it as a competitive sport or just plain leisure."

Tuesday's Swim Report - The Bad Girl of Swimming & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1- KFYR5 posts "Olympic Swimmer Visits New Rec Center. This past weekend was the grand opening of the brand new Williston Recreation Center. On Saturday, the lap pool was opened and the 2012 800 meter Olympic champion, Katie Ledecky, came to swim the first lap in the pool dedicated to her grandfather Edward Hagan."

Lane 2 - Swimming Australia posts "Trials SwimFan - Pre-Race Routines."

Lane 3 - Herald Sun posts "Why Cate Campbell plans to model herself on the leadership example set by Grant Hackett. CATE Campbell will never forget how Grant Hackett reached out to her at her loneliest moment and it’s why she now models herself on the former Australian swim star."

Lane 4 - Las Vegas Review-Journal posts (w/video) "Olympic swimmers drop in on local kids’ practice. This is a video my colleague Keith Rogers shot at Las Vegas Swim Club practice on Tuesday. It shows world class swimmers Rebecca Soni and Ariana Kukors talking to the swimming kids at the Pavilion Center community pool near Palo Verde High. (Keith’s son Bryce is on the swim team.)"

Lane 5 - The Courier posts "Kylie Palmer’s going the whole hog on the ride of her life that could end at 2016 Rio Olympics. KYLIE Palmer kept this bad boy a secret for months because she was too afraid of what her teammates might think. The Olympic gold medallist became the wild child of Australian swimming last November when she succumbed to her long obsession and bought a Honda CBR 500 motorcycle."

Lane 6 - Courier Mail posts "Alicia Coutts motivated and ready ahead of Commonwealth Games trials."

Lane 7 - Bloomberg TV posts "Great Barrier Reef Under Threat by Coal Industry. Shipping in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is expected to triple over the next 15 years, and is renewing the debate about commerce versus conservation. The argument sets Australia's resource sector against the fate of one of the world's greatest living treasures. Paul Allen reports."

Lane 8 - SCVnews posts "SCV-based AMG Scoops Up Multimillion Dollar Projects. AMG’s ability to take on new challenges in seemingly record time and accomplish them like champions is due in no small part to the strength of its leadership team, which includes former Olympian Tryggvi Helgason, AMG’s Manager of Procurement. A member of Iceland’s 1984 Olympic Swim Team, Helgason found the ideal marriage of his passions for swimming, construction, and beautiful weather at AMG. Helgason’s drive to compete and win has never wavered, and he is currently ranked among the Top 10 internationally in three Masters Swimming events—100m Butterfly Men Short Course, 200m Breaststroke Men Short Course, and 200m Breaststroke Men Long Course. Helgason works out daily with U.S. Masters Swimming teammate Giacomazzi at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center, another of AMG’s landmark project."

Swimmer to Attempt World Distance Record on Lake Michigan

Open-Water Swim to be Broadcast LIVE on Facebook Starting Aug. 25, 2014

Chicago, Illinois, March 22, 2014 – This summer Jamie Patrick will attempt to set a world open-water distance record by swimming from Milwaukee Bay to Chicago Harbor. It will be a grueling 60-hour, 75-mile test of attrition and human perseverance as he braves inclement weather, cold temperatures, mental exhaustion, and more than 250,000 arm strokes in an attempt to swim into the record books.

 

"When Jamie completes this swim, it will be the longest documented traditional solo marathon swim ever done," said Scott Zornig, president of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association. "There have been 3 or 4 claims globally of longer swims, but these swims did not follow marathon swimming's 139-year-old rules or are lacking in evidence."

 

To put Patrick’s non-stop aquatic endeavor into more perspective, Abou-Heif, considered one of the greatest marathon swimmers of the 20th Century, had to be immediately hospitalized due to exhaustion and dehydration after he swam 60 miles across Lake Michigan. “And he was in the prime of his swimming career at the time,” said Steve Munatones, a world-renown marathon swimmer and founder of the World Open Water Swimming Association.

 

“In my opinion, Jamie will be attempting one of the most difficult swims in human history,” added Munatones. “ I can only think of a few swim attempts that would be comparable over the last 100 years.”

 

Patrick’s non-current assisted marathon swim will be farther, longer, and take place in colder water than the swim that left the “Crocodile of the Nile” in the hospital. Despite all this, at the ripe old age of 43, the loving husband and father from Northern California is ready to attack this amazing challenge.  

 

A high school All-American in swimming, Patrick went on to have a successful collegiate career. The real accomplishments, however, came after he left the pool and dove into “open water.”

In 1996, he began his open-water career swimming the English Channel in a relay. Since then, Patrick has completed 15 Ironman Triathlons, completed two Ultraman World Championships, and finished a non-stop triple Ironman. He’s also completed a 44-mile double crossing of Lake Tahoe, swam the strait of Gibraltar, and swam 111 miles non-stop down the Sacramento River.

 

Thursday's Swim Report - An Average Day Of A Swimmer & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Athens Banner-Hreald posts "Vreeland not afraid of hard work. She begins the day with a 7,500-yard workout, goes to class, returns for a 5,000-yard workout, studies, goes to sleep, and wakes up at 5 a.m. to do it all again. An average day for a swimmer, but Shannon Vreeland is not an average swimmer. Vreeland won a gold medal in the 800 freestyle relay at the 2012 London Olympics."

Lane 2 - Star Tribune posts "College swimming a blur for Cal's decorated Olympian Franklin. Her career was on the fast track when Missy Franklin took a detour and became an NCAA contender at California."

Lane 3 - NBC Sports posts "Federica Pellegrini wants to swim at 2016 Olympics, then retire."

Lane 4 - Courier Mail posts "Troubled stars Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett to be offered mentoring roles with Swimming Australia.  GRANT Hackett and Ian Thorpe will be invited back into the Australian team as mentors after Swimming Australia launched a scheme to help swimmers handle the pressure of life in and out of the pool. Hackett and Thorpe are in rehabilitation to overcome personal battles they have suffered since their careers ended, prompting Swimming Australia to take a far more active approach to the “life balance” of their athletes."

Lane 5 - US Masters Swimming posts "Open Water Drafting with Sara McLarty - SWIMMER Magazine. Sara McLarty shows us how dafting another athlete—that is, using the energy generated by the movement of the water off the other swimmer's body to assist your swim—is a legal way to gain an advantage over your competitors in an open water swim or triathlon race."

Lane 6 - Shape Magazine posts "12-Week Olympic Triathlon Training Plan for Beginners."

Sunday's Swim Report - Swimmers Start Your Engines & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - SF Gate posts "Olympian Missy Franklin finds happy days with Cal swimmers. If her face does not shatter from smiling so much, Missy Franklin might end up having a pretty good college career when her time at Cal is up about a year from now."

Lane 2 - TMZ posts "Schwarzenegger's Son Joseph: Beastly Swimmer. Joseph Baena is starting to look more and more like this dad Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's now a swimmer in school, with his huge arm span he's made varsity!"

Lane 3 - Fox Sports posts "What’s the Buzz: Ian Thorpe is trying to get on top of health issues and remains in rehab.  FIVE weeks after being admitted to rehab, swimming legend Ian Thorpe is still under specialist treatment as he battles depression."

Lane 4 - Daily Mail posts "Her nose might have changed but her life hasn't: Stephanie Rice talks her fans through her morning routine.  She made headlines when she revealed she had gone under the knife to have a nose job. And Stephanie Rice's fans couldn't help but admire her new nose when she posted profile shot to her Instagram on Monday morning." Daily Mail posts "Vroom, vroom! Sassy Steph Rice as confident as ever and all revved up at the Ferrari Grand Prix party in Melbourne."

Lane 5 - 220 Triathlon posts "Mark Foster named celebrity relay captain at London Triathlon 2014. British swimmer tells 220 what time he is aiming for, why it's important to stay relaxed in the water, and which triathletes he rates highly."

Lane 6 - Triathlete posts "Gerry Rodrigues Swim Tips: Technique Truths. Breaking The Drill Myth."

Lane 7 - Swimming Australia posts "Trials SwimFan Lazy Sunday - Kylie and Katie."

Lane 8 - Las Vegas Sun posts "Desert Mermaids give us a glimpse into the world of synchronized swimming. The Nevada Desert Mermaid synchronized swim team practices Tuesday, March 11, 2014."

Sunday's Swim Report - The Ups & Downs Of WInning By A Nose & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Inside The Games posts "Former Olympian McKeon takes over reins of Australian open water program. Former Olympic swimmer Ron McKeon has been announced as the new national open water coach and performance manager by Swimming Australia."

Lane 2 - Swimming Australia posts "Trials SwimFan Lazy Sunday - Melbourne."

Lane 3 - The Daytona Beach News-Journal posts "Spruce Creek product Lochte says he swam too soon after injury.  Ryan Lochte didn't want to heed his doctors' advice. But when nature intervened, he had no choice. “I got back in the water faster that what was expected,” said Lochte, who swam in two events at Orlando. “The doctors still say that I should be more careful, and I said, 'Ahh, I don't want to listen to them, I want to get back in the water.' It started feeling fine. Then when I raced in Orlando, I don't know, something happened, something was wrong in my knee and it hurt, so I knew I pushed it too hard."

Lane 4 - The Sydney Morning Herald posts "James Magnussen moves on from Olympics scorn.  The Olympic silver-medallist has grown physically and mentally since the 2012 Games and is ready for the chase again, writes Daniel Lane."

Lane 5 - The Telegraph posts "Good for you, Rebecca Adlington. If the Olympic swimmer has had her nose altered, well done. There’s nothing wrong with doing that if it makes you happy."

Lane 6 - People posts "Amanda Beard’s Blog: The Ups and Downs."

Lane 7 - Swimming Australia posts "Trials SwimFan Skill Session Saturday - Melbourne."

Lane 8 - The HuffPo posts "The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Swimmer."