In the latest issue of the Swimming World Biweekly, you will find a recap from TYR Pro Swim Series in Austin, top news stories, water polo, athlete interviews, overcoming disappointment, mistakes that swimmers make, Missy Franklin and more… Current subscribers can visit the Swimming World Vault to download the issue now! Non-Subscribers can download for .99 cents by Clicking Here Want More? Subscribe With This Special 2-Year Offer! Swimming World Magazine gives you access to the last 24 months of back issues! SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY FEATURES 008 2018 TYR PRO SWIM SERIES AUSTIN FULL FINALS RECAP by Andy Ross & Jason Tillotson The first night of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series in Austin featured 11 finals with a good fraction of the national team in action… 014 MISSY FRANKLIN NOW TRAINING AND IN SCHOOL AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA by David Rieder Missy Franklin, a five-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist, has relocated from California to Athens, Ga., and she is now training at the University of Georgia. 016 THE CLOUDS THAT HANG OVER RUSSIAN SWIMMING by David Rieder Last month, Russia’s men dominated the European Short Course Championships, bagging nine gold medals. The team won at least one gold medal in all four strokes plus both men’s relays… 018 THE CAELEB DRESSEL OF DIVISION II? by Andy Ross Oklahoma Baptist senior David Lambert is a guy you have most likely never heard of. The 24-year-old Lambert won the Texas Invite with a 19.17, good for a new Division II NCAA record… 020 UNLIKE FIGURE SKATING, U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING DOESN’T NEED SELECTION COMMITTEE by David Rieder At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., 26-year-old Ross Miner finished second in the men’s event. But the next day, Miner was not among the announced trio of men that would represent the United States at the Olympics… 022 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, THE ONLY CANADIAN NCAA SWIM by David Rieder All divisions of the NCAA swimming championships are filled with foreign-born athletes, but there’s only one school in the entire NCAA that’s actually located in another country: Simon Fraser University. 024 FINDING THE SILVER LINING IN THE MIDST OF DISAPPOINTMENT by Meaghan Raab Have you ever been disappointed in a race or a practice? Have you ever felt that you weren’t good enough based on your performance in the pool? You are not alone in these feelings… 026 CELEBRATING COLLEGIATE SWIMMING AND THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1898 by Bruce Wigo In January of 1897, the University of Pennsylvania became the first American college to make a swimming pool available to its students… 032 CALM STRIKES UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SWIM TEAM DURING FALSE BALLISTIC THREAT Commentary by Kasey Schmidt On Saturday morning, for a brief moment, I worried that I might not finish a swim practice. And no, not because the workout was overly strenuous. Actually, it wasn’t an issue pertaining to swimming whatsoever. The cause of my worry resulted from something completely out of my control… 034 A HUGE MISTAKE 75% OF SWIMMERS MAKE by Dawn Weatherwax RD, CSSD, LD, ATC, CSCS What’s a mistake 75 percent of swimmers make that directly impacts performance? Seventy-five percent of all swimmers do not eat enough! 036 RUTA MEILUTYTE TRAINING WITH TEAM ELITE IN SAN DIEGO by David Rieder The Texas A&M men and Duquesne University women took the team titles at the 2018 Orange Bowl Swim Classic in Key Largo, Florida. 037 USA DIVING OLYMPIAN ABBY JOHNSTON OFFICIALLY RETIRES by David Rieder Abby Johnston, who represented the United States in diving at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, has officially announced her retirement. 038 JEFF FARRELL RESCUED BY SON IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE; NEEDS SUPPORT by Dan D’Addona Hall of Fame swimming legend Jeff Farrell was rescued by his son from mudslide in Montecito, California, according to an ABC News report. 039 KELSI WORRELL DAHLIA TO COMPETE UNDER MARRIED NAME by David Rieder 2017 World Championship team member and 2016 Olympian Kelsi Worrell made an announcement on social media that she would start competing under her married name. 040 FIVE QUESTIONS WITH MEGAN HUSAK OF ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN WOMEN’S WATER POLO by Michael Randazzo After more than a decade of playing and coaching women’s water polo in the East, Megan Husak is now a fully qualified expert on polo in this part of the country… 042 REMEMBERING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND THE RIGHT TO SWIM by Bruce Wigo On the national holiday remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember his love of swimming an the role he played in making swimming accessible to all. |