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CONTENTS 008 MATT SATES BREAKING OUT AS THE NEXT SOUTH AFRICAN STAR by David Rieder After three days of head-turning racing at the FINA World Cup in Berlin, 17-year-old Matt Sates has the swimming world wondering if he will become the next burgeoning swimming star that South Africa has produced. 010 MIKE UNGER TO LEAVE USA SWIMMING TO BECOME FINA’S DIRECTOR OF SPORTS COMPETITION by David Rieder For more than a decade, Mike Unger has been the No. 2 figure at USA Swimming, first behind Chuck Wielgus and for the last five years as Tim Hinchey’s chief lieutenant. But Unger, who first joined the organization in 1993, will now work for FINA as its director of sports competition beginning in January 2022. 011 LILLY KING HELPS DEDICATE NEW AQUATIC CENTER; POOL NAMED IN OLYMPIAN’S HONOR by David Rieder Olympian Lilly King recently helped dedicate the Deaconess Aquatic Center in her hometown of Evansville, Ind., and participated with nine youth swimmers in a ceremonial first race across the pool. The facility includes a 50-meter pool plus diving boards as well as areas for lessons and recreation. 012 USA SWIMMING RESTRUCTURES HOUSE OF DELEGATES TO COMPLY WITH NEW LEGISLATION by David Rieder The USA Swimming House of Delegates recently voted to approve a planned restructuring to bring the organization into compliance with the latest amendment of the Amateur Sports Act, first passed in 1978 and better known as the Ted Stevens Act.

013 IOWA SETTLES TITLE IX LAWSUIT BY ADDING WOMEN’S WRESTLING TEAM by Matthew De George The University of Iowa announced a settlement with female athletes that sued the institution, alleging violation of Title IX gender equity protections. As a result of the suit, which was led by swimmers, the university is adding a women’s wrestling team. It had already reversed course on cutting the women’s swimming and diving team in February. 014 ELIZABETH BEISEL COMPLETES BLOCK ISLAND SWIM, RAISES MORE THAN $130,000 FOR CANCER RESEARCH by Matthew De George Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel became the first woman to swim to Block Island, a 10.4-mile trip. The Block Cancer swim, done in memory of her late father, had raised more than $130,000 for cancer research and awareness via a partnership with Swim Across America. 015 KLETE KELLER PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY CHARGE OVER JAN. 6 CAPITOL INSURRECTION by Matthew De George Olympic swimmer Klete Keller pleaded guilty to a felony charge of acting to obstruct an official proceeding stemming from his presence in the United States Capitol as part of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of his seven-count indictment and is entering a cooperation agreement with the government in return for the Department of Justice dropping the six other counts and receiving a sentencing recommendation.

SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY OCTOBER 2021 | ISSUE 19 016 TIM HINCHEY OUTLINES USA SWIMMING STATE OF THE SPORT REPORT FOR 2021 by Dan D’Addona USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey recently gave his state of the sport report for 2021 and the Tokyo quadrennial, outlining the positives and negatives from the past Olympic cycles as well as the aim for the next quad. 018 MARK SCHUBERT STEPS DOWN AS HEAD COACH AT MISSION VIEJO NADADORES by Matthew De George Legendary coach Mark Schubert recently resigned as the head coach of Mission Viejo Nadadores, the club at which he made his name in the 1970s as one of the world’s premier swim coaches and where he returned in 2016 to keep Mission Viejo atop the American swimming world. Saying that “it just seemed like the right time (to retire)”—but leaving the door open for possible future opportunities—he is looking to spend more time with his wife and grandchildren. 020 NATALIE COUGHLIN INDUCTED INTO BAY AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME AS PART OF STAR-STUDDED CLASS by Dan D’Addona Natalie Coughlin, a 12-time Olympic medalist—tied for the most by a U.S. female in any sport in history—was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Class of 2021 inductees include former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, former Oakland A’s MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Bryant Young and Olympic sailor Paul Cayard. 022 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 026 VIRGINIA VS. STANFORD: NEW RIVALRY IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE SWIMMING TAKING SHAPE by David Rieder The new signature rivalry in women’s college swimming appears to be between two schools separated by an entire country and almost 3,000 miles: Virginia, this year’s NCAA women’s champions, and Stanford, the team that had won the three previous national titles. 028 HOW THEY TRAIN: MAGGIE McGUIRE & JACK NUGENT by Michael J. Stott 029 SHAINE CASAS TO TURN PRO AND TRAIN AT TEXAS WITH EDDIE REESE by David Rieder Shaine Casas will forego his senior year of college eligibility, leaving his training base at Texas A&M and relocating to the University of Texas to train with Coach Eddie Reese and focus on his professional career. 030 2021 PREP SCHOOL DIRECTORY 038 PARTING SHOT

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Matt Sates Breaking Out as the Next South African Star BY DAVID RIEDER

f you didn’t know the name Matt Sates a few days ago, no one can blame you. But suddenly, three days of racing at the FINA World Cup in Berlin has the swimming world wondering if Sates is the next burgeoning swimming star that South Africa has produced. Sates did swim at the Tokyo Olympics, and he qualified for the semifinals of the 200 IM, where he finished 14th. He was also 32nd in the 100 butterfly. In a meet as full of meaningful swims as an Olympics, a single semifinal swim can certainly go unnoticed. But a top-10 performer of all-time, in multiple events? That’s not going to slip by anyone. Consider Sates’ performances over these three days of short course meters racing. Friday, there was a runner-up performance in the 400 free to Danas Rapsys (3:40.28) and his first international victory in the 100 IM (51.78). But then he blew the doors down Saturday when he dominated the 200 IM from start to finish, with no one finishing within 2.5 seconds. He swam a time of 1:51.45, crushing the world junior record by more than a second and breaking the South African record — a mark that was, at the time, the world record. Darian Townsend, one of the four South African men who swam on the gold-medal-winning 400 freestyle relay squad at the 2004 Olympics, swam a 1:51.55 in the short course meters 200 IM back in 2009 to beat Ryan Lochte’s existing world record by one hundredth. The record lasted about a year before Lochte reclaimed it. Since then, other men have swum 1:51s and 1:50s, and Lochte swam a 1:49 back in 2012, but Sates’ 1:51.45 makes 8

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him the eighth-fastest performer in history. Seven of the men ahead of him on the all-time list are Olympic medalists. The only men to eclipse that time during this year’s ISL season were Daiya Seto and Caeleb Dressel during their Match 6 showdown and Andreas Vazaios during the play-in match last week. Any way you frame it, that swim is elite. And that was not all for Sates on the weekend. Sunday saw him comfortably win the 400 IM in 4:01.98, earning him a spot on the all-time top-25, and then he returned to the pool for the 200 freestyle. And he won that race, too, as he set another world junior record and held off Australia’s Kyle Chalmers — you know, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 100 free, the silver medalist in Tokyo and a world-class 200 freestyler in addition to his sprint skills. Sates led Chalmers by four tenths with 50 meters to go, and the fast-finishing Aussie was not done yet, but Sates had enough to hold him off, 1:40.65 to 1:40.82. Rapsys, an Olympic finalist in the event this year, was third in 1:41.17. And on the all-time list, Sates now slots in at sixth, trailing Paul Biedermann’s world record of 1:39.37 from the era of full-body polyurethane suits, 2012 Olympic gold medalist Yannick Agnel, two-time World Championships medalist Danila Izotov (also from the supersuit era), 2021 Olympic runner-up Duncan Scott and 2017 World Championships silver medalist Townley Haas. To recap, that’s a group of history’s best 200 freestylers, and right behind them, a little-known 18-year-old. One incredible weekend can put a swimmer into that conversation, and Sates surely looked like the real deal as he went head-to-head with

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Beyond his international career representing South Africa, Sates is committed to swim for the University of Georgia, and according to his bio on the Speedo South Africa website, he plans to arrive in Athens this December. So if all goes well, he could be swimming for the Bulldogs at the SEC championships in February and at the NCAA championships in March. He just showed what he can do in short course meters, so translating that success to short course yards very quickly is certainly realistic.

And Sates is 18, an age when young male swimmers can improve rapidly and make the jump to the elite level. We have seen that happen this year in one of Sates’ main events, the 200 free, with South Korea’s Hwang Sun-woo and Romania’s David Popovici both narrowly missing Olympic medals in Tokyo after emerging from relative obscurity.

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Internationally, Sates could be following in some big footsteps in terms of great South African swimmers. After winning that historic relay gold medal in 2004, South Africa did not medal in swimming at the 2008 Games, but then, Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos each captured individual gold medals in 2012. Both men returned to the podium as silver medalists in 2016, and even though no South African man won an Olympic medal in swimming this year, the country got to watch Tatjana Schoenmaker win a pair of breaststroke medals and set a world record on her way to Olympic gold in the 200 breast.

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He could take on Carson Foster, Hugo Gonzalez and Destin Lasco in the 200-yard IM on the last Thursday in March. A showdown against U.S. Olympians Kieran Smith and Drew Kibler in the 200-yard free? Can you imagine?

Of course, one weekend of startling success at a low-key World Cup meet is no guarantee of sustained success, but Sates is eighth-fastest and sixth-fastest all-time as a teenager. Can’t argue with statistics. And maybe this breakout will just be the beginning for Matt Sates, already an Olympic semifinalist and soon to be a Georgia Bulldog with potentially much more to come. ◄

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Mike Unger to Leave USA Swimming To Become FINA’s Director of Sports Competition BY DAVID RIEDER

wimming World has learned from multiple sources that Mike Unger will be leaving USA Swimming.

Since 1993, Unger has been a consistent presence in the USA Swimming organization, and for more than a decade, Unger has been the No. 2 figure with the organization, first behind Chuck Wielgus and for the last five years as Tim Hinchey’s chief lieutenant. But Unger is now headed to work for FINA as its Director of Sports Competition. Swimming World has learned that Unger’s final day at USA Swimming before he begins his new globally-focused role will be December 31. Unger’s current title is Chief Operating Officer, and before that, he was the Assistant Executive Director and the interim Executive Director, stepping into the leadership role when Wielgus was battling cancer and then after Wielgus passed away in April 2017. Unger was considered a candidate for the permanent lead job that eventually went to Hinchey, but he remained with the organization and served as a key figure in the leadup to the delayed Tokyo Olympics. While at USA Swimming, Unger has also worked as National Events Director, Marketing Director and National Team Coordinator, and he oversaw all major USA Swimminghosted events, including the Olympic Trials, Nationals, Golden Goggles, the Duel in the Pool and, in 2014, the Pan Pacific Championships. He has played a role in just about every department at USA Swimming at some point during his long tenure with the organization. 10

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Under Unger’s leadership, USA Swimming has elevated its Olympic Trials from a 4,000-seat arena at the IUPUI Natatorium in 2000 to a 10,000-seat temporary venue in a Long Beach, Calif., parking lot in 2008 to the major sporting event that it now is. Four straight Trials have been held inside an Omaha, Neb., basketball arena that can seat around 14,000 fans when set up for swimming, and Unger has been among those whose efforts have helped grow the sport and put on an event of such significance. Unger has also been involved in all major swimming telecasts since the 1996 Olympics. He has typically sat in the production truck, and he has been a voice in the ear for commentators Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines for seven Olympics (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020). He has also helped out the production efforts for domestic and collegiate swimming telecasts. In 2016, Unger was honored on Swimming World’s list of the 10 most impactful people in the sport, and he will continue his involvement with the sport at FINA. It is unclear exactly what his role will include with the international governing body, but we can expect that Unger will be heavily involved in the operation of the World Championships and FINA’s World Cup series in various sports, as well as the Olympic Games. ◄

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The facility includes a 50-meter pool plus diving boards as well as areas for lessons and recreation. King believes that adding such a presence to a community previously lacking in swimming resources will be a huge boost to Evansville. In addition to the local impact, the Deaconess Aquatic Center is scheduled to host the Division II NCAA championships in 2026.

Lilly King Helps Dedicate New Aquatic Center; Pool Named in Olympian’s Honor BY DAVID RIEDER

hile growing up in Evansville, Indiana, Lilly King did not swim in pristine aquatic facilities. The town lacked a signature competition pool beyond local high school and recreational facilities, but a beautiful new aquatic center is ready to open to the public Monday. In a Friday event that dedicated the Deaconess Aquatic Center, King was present and participated with nine youth swimmers in a ceremonial first race across the pool.

”This facility is going to change this community forever,” King said, according to 14 News. “It’s bringing aquatics to a much broader audience, and not just competitive. While the competitive swimming side of it is obviously fantastic, it’s so much more than that. I think it’s going to bring a real impact.” She added, “Growing up I never thought we’d be here, so to see it finally be done and be complete and have kids swimming in the pool is really, really cool,” she said. King grew up in Evansville and lived there until she began her collegiate career at Indiana University in 2015, and she continues to train at IU with head coach Ray Looze. King became a local star at the 2016 Olympics when she won gold in the 100 breaststroke, and this year, she won three additional medals at the Tokyo Olympics. She recently returned from a month-long stint in Naples, Italy, where she was competing as part of the Cali Condors in the International Swimming League regular season. ◄

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The original USA Swimming proposals can be found here.

USA Swimming Restructures House of Delegates to Comply With New Legislation BY DAVID RIEDER

n Saturday, Sept. 25, the USA Swimming House of Delegates voted to approve a planned restructuring to bring the organization into compliance with the latest amendment of the Amateur Sports Act, first passed in 1978 and better known as the Ted Stevens Act. A November 2020 bill passed by Congress laid out that for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and all American Olympic national governing bodies (NGBs), 33.3% of the governing board must include athletes who have represented the U.S. in international competition. Of that group, 20% must be active athletes or athletes who had represented the U.S. within the last 10 years. Previously, the House of Delegates (HOD) had consisted of 20% athletes from around the country, with no requirement that they were competing on the elite level or that they had represented the United States in international competition. Now, the number of active athletes (that have not swum internationally) on the board has been reduced from 18% to 8%, and non-athlete, non-coach volunteers has been reduced in percentage from 39% to 18%. In contrast, the percentage of U.S.-representative athletes on the board has been massively increased, from 2% to 33.3%. This weekend, 2016 gold medalist Maya DiRado was re-elected to the USA Swimming HOD, and fellow Olympians Tony Ervin and Ashley Twichell were also elected.

The push by Congress to make changes to the Ted Stevens Act and increase athlete representation within their organizations resulted from the ongoing sexual abuse scandal within USA Gymnastics, in which former national team doctor Larry Nassar was able to abuse hundreds of athletes while the organization was either ignorant or turned a blind eye to his crimes. In response to that tragedy, gymnasts and other athletes from around the country have demanded a larger say in the governance of their sport. The bill also sets forth procedures for reporting sexual abuse and assault and keeping former perpetuators out of sports. Last week, the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) released a statement in support of the new plan for the HOD, still a proposal at that point. ASCA had opposed a previous version of the plan designed to bring USA Swimming into compliance with the Ted Stevens Act because the proposal had drastically reduced the number of coaches in the HOD. But the final version brought the percentage of coaches in the HOD to 41%, equal to the proportion of active or former athletes (elite plus non-elite). You can read the full ASCA statement below. The American Swimming Coaches Association is pleased to support the recently revised proposal for the restructuring of the USA Swimming House of Delegates, as well as the new proposal for a Coaches Advisory Council. ASCA urges all delegates to vote in favor of both R-3 and R-4 when the vote is taken at the Special House of Delegates meeting on Sept. 25. The working group made up of equal numbers of coaches, athletes and officials demonstrated impressive collaboration to come up with this proposal which returns the guaranteed coach representation to 41%, equal to that of athletes. This latest proposal is a far cry from the original proposal published in late April which greatly reduced coach representation. ASCA immediately opposed that version, and urged coaches across the country to engage in the process, and speak up during the comment period.

Shawn Smith, who led the USA Swimming working group that brought about the change, is optimistic that the change will be beneficial to the organziation down the line.

Not only does this latest version bring the House of Delegates into compliance with the USOPC Bylaws and Federal Law, it also recognizes the important voice of coaches whose livelihood depends on the sport.

“My hope is that we have been able to create a House that retains the critical components of our historical governance structure that we can continue forward with a House that is now 41% athletes, and still maintains the institutional knowledge that is critical to the continuum of success USA

Special thanks to the coaches who gave of their time and expertise to negotiate this proposal: Tim Bauer, Gulf Swimming; Allison Beebe, Gulf Swimming; Ira Klein, Florida Swimming; Shawn Smith, Colorado Swimming; Beth Winkowski, Georgia Swimming. ◄

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Iowa Settles Title IX Lawsuit by Adding Women’s Wrestling Team BY MATTHEW DE GEORGE

he University of Iowa on Thursday announced a settlement with female athletes that sued the institution alleging violation of Title IX gender equity protections. As a result of the suit, which was led by swimmers, the university is adding a women’s wrestling team. It had already reversed course on cutting the women’s swimming and diving team in February, but the relief from the cuts did not apply to the men’s swimming team and the other men’s teams axed. Iowa athletics director Gary Barta said that adding women’s wrestling had been on the radar for a while, to pair with a national powerhouse men’s team. “I’ll just tell you, and this is the bottom line, were it not for COVID, we wouldn’t have cut sports,” Barta told the Iowa Gazette. “Were it not for the Title IX lawsuit, I wasn’t ready to add women’s wrestling yet. But I can tell you that while the timing may be challenging, the decision is awesome. We’re excited about it, and we’re ready to go forward.” Iowa announced the cuts in Aug. 2020, to take effect after the 2020-21 season. It cited COVID-19 pandemic-related budget pressures. Men’s gymnastics and men’s tennis were also cut in addition to both swim programs. Four swimmers filed a Title IX complaint by the end of September; a wrestler and rugby player joined the suit as it was filed in the Southern District of Iowa in December. The suit contended that the university was violating its Title IX obligations to female students by not offering equivalent

athletic opportunities to men and women based on their oncampus representation. In February, the university reinstated the program, after a district judged preliminary ruled that the women had a “fair chance” of winning their case. None of the four original plaintiffs remain on the Hawkeyes’ swim and dive roster. Barta said the school intends to fund women’s wrestling to the NCAA maximum of 10 scholarships and 30 members. The settlement also includes a cap on the “likely inflated” number of women on the rowing team, which in 2018-19 was reported as 94. (Rowing is used as a frequent makeweight to offset the large number of football athletes, a male-only sport that has no corresponding female equivalent in terms of investment or scholarship numbers.) As part of the settlement, the university will conduct annual audits for Title IX compliance. “They have maintained that women undergraduates at the University of Iowa were entitled under Title IX to additional varsity sports opportunities, and this exciting new development will assure that such additional opportunities will be available,” James Larew, the attorney for the six female athletes said. “Our brave clients have done a very effective job of serving as advocates for women athletes.” Larew added that the plaintiffs were “delighted” in Iowa’s commitment to adding women’s wrestling. ◄ BIWEEKLY

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Elizabeth Beisel Completes Block Island Swim, Raises More Than $130,000 for Cancer Research BY MATTHEW DE GEORGE

lympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel on Saturday became the first woman to swim to Block Island, a 10.4-mile trip. The Block Cancer swim, done in memory of her late father, has raised more than $130,000 for cancer research and awareness via a partnership with Swim Across America. Beisel covered the distance in five hours and 19 minutes, departing from Matunuck beach just after 6 a.m. on Saturday. She was greeted on the island by her mother, Joannie, and brother Danny. A group of supporters awaited her at Ballad’s Beach Resort later in the day. “I felt amazing the first three hours,” Beisel told the Providence Journal. “I was like, ‘Ah, this is cake.’ Then the current started to pick up. The swell started to pick up. There was a bit of a (riptide) coming into Block Island, and that’s kind of when I started to get discouraged and in my own head.” The swim was twice postponed, first from Sept. 9 (due to hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean) and again last Wednesday. Conditions finally relented on the weekend for the attempt. The 29-year-old Beisel is a native of Rhode Island. She won a silver medal in the women’s 400 individual medley and a bronze in the 200 backstroke at the 2012 London Olympics. The former University of Florida standout also swam at the

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2008 and 2016 Olympics. Beisel had never participated in an open-water race before, but the swim to Block Island proceeded under Marathon Swimming Federation Rules. Her on-water support crew included two kayakers and two support boats. Atlantic Shark Institute executive director Jon Dodd, Marathon Swimmers Federation observer and marathon swimmer Elaine Howley, Swim Across America CEO Rob Butcher, Olympian Craig Beardsley and family friends Jack Nichting and Stephanie Cotsonas were among those supporting her during the swim. Beisel’s father, Ted Beisel, died in July after a battle with pancreatic cancer. After her work commentating on the Tokyo Olympics for NBC, Elizabeth Beisel turned her attention to the Block Island swim, helping to raise six figures. “I just wish my dad was here, honestly,” Beisel said. “I know that he’s here in spirit. Everybody who has fought cancer and who’s beat cancer, this is for them.” “Elizabeth has been supporting Swim Across America for many years, even before her father’s diagnosis, so this was our opportunity to support her,” Butcher said. “Our cancer researchers will use the Block Cancer funds for science and patient care that will hopefully save someone’s life in the future.” ◄

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Klete Keller Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge Over Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection BY MATTHEW DE GEORGE

lympic swimmer Klete Keller on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a felony charge of acting to obstruct an official proceeding stemming from his presence in the United States Capitol as part of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Keller, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of his seven-count indictment. He is entering a cooperation agreement with the government in return for the Department of Justice dropping the six other counts and receiving a sentencing recommendation.

unlawfully present, even while law enforcement officers deployed chemical irritants. Keller exited the Capitol at 3:30 p.m. Keller destroyed his phone following the insurrection. He also threw away the jacket with the “USA” insignia on it from which he was identified on subsequent video. Keller described wanting to “make amends” for his part in the action, according to reporters in the court room. ◄

The sentencing guideline for the charge is 21-27 months in prison. One defendant who has taken a similar plea around the insurrection agreed to eight months in prison. According to a press release form the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia: Keller admitted to entering the Capitol building around 2:39 p.m. on Jan. 6 through a hallway on the west side of the building. He was wearing a red, white and blue jacket with the letters “USA” on the back, as well as a light-blue neck gaiter and sunglasses. According to his plea, Keller entered the Rotunda and took photographs and videos of the surroundings. He then proceeded to the Ohio Clock Room hallway, where he stood with others and began filming law enforcement officers who were clad with riot gear and attempting to prevent the group of rioters from advancing. According to his plea, Keller yelled, “F*** Nancy Pelosi!” and “F*** Chuck Schumer!” before others began pushing forward toward the law enforcement officers. At 2:51 p.m., Keller returned to the Rotunda, where he continued to take photographs and videos. Around 3:02 p.m., law enforcement officers entered the Rotunda to herd rioters toward the east exit. Keller did not leave. At 3:08 p.m., Keller jerked his elbow, shaking law enforcement officers off him as they attempted to remove him from the area. Keller then entered the east Rotunda doors area, where he remained with the crowd, clapping his hands and interacting with others BIWEEKLY

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Tim Hinchey Outlines USA Swimming State of the Sport Report for 2021 BY DAN D'ADDONA

SA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey gave his state of the sport report for 2021 and the Tokyo quadrennial, outlining the positives, negatives from the past Olympic cycles as well as the aim for the next quad. “The vision of USA Swimming remains to grow the success of swimming in the United States. It will take competitive success at the international level, resources to support athletes, coaches and clubs and public engagement with swimming,” Hinchey said. One of the biggest obstacles during this quad has been the COVID-19 pandemic. “I don’t think anyone assumed we would still be tackling the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2021, but here we are, continuing to be as safe, fiscally responsible and realistic as possible,” Tim Hinchey said.”We will craft well-laid plans, and endeavor to ‘get back to business,’ while also being prepare to shift and pivot our slow climb. “We feel confident in the return of our sport and in the work put in by those across our membership, but we know the road ahead will be long and patience will be key.” Hinchey said being good stewards of the financial side of things will be vital to the return of swimming post-pandemic.

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USA Swimming released the average annual revenue breakdown for the Tokyo quad, that raised $35 million. Sixtytwo percent of revenue still comes from membership with 15% coming from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), 11% coming from partnership

marketing, 4% from events and broadcast revenue, 3% from the USA Swimming Foundation, 3% from investment income, 1% from merchandise and 1% was designated as other. “The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a previously identified concern with our 12-and-under membership,” Tim Hinchey said. “We must do better to make our sport more inclusive and welcoming, and the sport of choice for young children and parents.” USA Swimming reported the organization is down nearly 60,000 12-and-under members since 2019.

members. “The new Quadrennial also provides hope and excitement, which we certainly don’t want to overshadow,” Tim Hinchey wrote. “We will be steadfast in our efforts to grow the sport through 2024 in very targeted areas, such as diversity, equity & inclusion, coach development, technology , revenue and performance. “As we strive for greater inclusion within our sport, it is incumbent upon every member to create a welcoming environment, and we will lead by example.”◄

“We have a steep hill to climb, but we are up for the challenge knowing that 9- to 11-year-old swimmers are our likely 2032 Olympians. Meanwhile, the average annual expenses were also listed at $35 million. That breaks down to 26% spent on the national team, 18% on insurance and technology, 16% on sport development, 16% on marketing, communications and partnerships, 15% on event operations, 5% on domestic and international development, 3% on business and administrative operations and 1% on foundation development. “We are not passive in our projections, but rather continue to re-prioritize programmer member resources and service to ensure we are aligned with, and supporting, our stakeholders,” Tim Hinchey said. That was highlighted in the way USA Swimming conducted its Olympic Swimming Trials. To make sure the opportunities were there, but safety during the pandemic was the most important factor, leading to the two-waves plan and a 50% capacity crowd. That led to a seven-figure investment and loss for the organization, “but worth every dollar,” Hinchey said. Hinchey also discussed the Keeping Athletes First Action Plan, a $5 million investment that aims to ensure a safe environment for all BIWEEKLY

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Mark Schubert Steps Down as Head Coach at Mission Viejo Nadadores BY MATTHEW DE GEORGE

ark Schubert has been through the drill nearly a dozen times, perhaps more than any coach in swimming history. When an Olympic cycle culminates, there’s a rest and a re-evaluation before committing to the next four years. There’s a regrouping to assess what the priorities are and where a coach of Schubert’s pedigree wants to be when the next Olympics convene. At 72, Schubert felt that after this most recent and most unique Olympic cycle, the time was right to take a step back. Schubert resigned on Thursday as the head coach of Mission Viejo Nadadores, the club at which he made his name in the 1970s as one of the world’s premier swim coaches and where he returned in 2016 to keep Mission Viejo atop the American swimming world. “After the Olympics and with COVID and everything, it was a pretty hard couple of years,” Schubert told Swimming World. “We had a successful Trials, and I was proud of how the athletes did in the Olympics. And it just seemed like the right time to me.”

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Schubert is looking to spend more time with his wife, Joke, and his grandchildren. He didn’t close the door on ever coaching again, however, saying, “I don’t know what opportunities may come up, but I’m always open to opportunity, and you never know.” He’s accomplished just about all there is to achieve on the pool deck, bringing a unique training approach to Mission Viejo that revolutionized American swim coaching. The 1997 inductee to the International Swimming Hall of Fame started at Mission Viejo in 1972, after the University of Kentucky graduate spent a year coaching at Cuyahoga Falls High School in Ohio. Schubert was at Mission Viejo from 1972-85. He then spent three seasons at Mission Bay Makos Swim Club in Florida, and won two NCAA titles in four seasons as the coach of the University of Texas women’s team. He won a women’s NCAA title in 14 successful seasons at the University of Southern California. He was hired in 2006 as the U.S. national team head coach and general manager.

Schubert joined Golden West Swim Club in California in 2011 and returned to Mission Viejo in 2016.

That remains a personal highlight for Schubert, as does the first national championship won in 1974, in the women’s category, won alongside the George Hainesled Santa Clara Swim Club. “I remember standing in the locker room, soaking wet, and George coming up and congratulating me,” Schubert said. “And that was the thrill of a lifetime.”

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His unyielding approach to distance training grew a Mission Viejo program of 55 swimmers to more than 500 within a decade, the blue-and-gold juggernaut winning AAU and USS Club national championships and raising Olympians. A Mission Viejo swimmer has been on every American Olympic team since 1976, when Brian Goodell won the men’s 1500 freestyle at the Montreal Games. Goodell also won the 400 free at those Games.

“I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Mark Schubert during my swimming career,” Goodell said in a statement. “He coached me from the age of 12, all the way through my glorious Olympic and college career. Mark’s dedication and hard work helped thousands of athletes achieve their goals and dreams, including dozens of Olympians, and impacting athletes from all-over the world. Mark’s passion and intensity to build the Mission Viejo Nadadores into a nationally ranked team created one of the most successful swimming and diving programs in the world, a legacy we value and honor today. “I am sorry to see Mark Schubert leave the helm of the Nadadores, and I want to congratulate and wish the best to Mark and his wife, Joke, on the next phase of their lives.” Schubert would eventually down Santa Clara’s record for national titles with 44 (18 women’s, eight men’s, 18 combined). Schubert was an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic teams in 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1996. He served as the women’s head coach in 1992 and 2004, and the men’s coach in 2000, not to mention coaching numerous Team USA delegations to international meets. His Olympians are almost too numerous to name: Goodell,

Shirley Babashoff, Mary T. Meagher, Tiffany Cohen, Mike O’Brien, Dara Torres, Sippy Woodhead, Rich Saeger, Janet Evans, Brad Bridgewater and Kristine Quance, just to name a few. At the Tokyo Olympics, the Nadadores were represented by Haley Anderson, Zach Apple, Michael Brinegar and Annie Lazor. Schubert’s career hasn’t been without controversy. He was the subject of a lawsuit (since dropped) and had an acrimonious split with USA Swimming. Things have changed greatly since Schubert took over Mission Viejo as a 23-year-old in the early 1970s. But one thing that has kept him in the sport is the constant relationship between hard work and success, the cornerstone of his tutelage. “I think what stays the same is, work works,” he said. “It’s a blue-collar sport, and people who are willing to work at it, whether you’re a sprinter or a distance swimmer, the work is different but it’s still up to the athlete to get the job done. When you stand on the blocks at the Olympic Games, all eight guys are probably equally compared, but it’s the guys that are strongest mentally and do the work that are going to succeed.” ◄ BIWEEKLY

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Natalie Coughlin Inducted Into Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame as Part of Star-Studded Class BY DAN D'ADDONA

atalie Coughlin was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on Monday at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Class of 2021 inductees include former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, former Oakland Athletics Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Bryant Young and Olympic sailor Paul Cayard. Natalie Coughlin is a 12-time Olympic medalist, tied for the most by a U.S. female in any sport in history. Coughlin was the third American woman to win five Olympic medals in one meet. She was the first woman to swim the 100 backstroke in less than a minute, then the first to do so in less than 59 seconds. She was the first swimmer since 1978 to win five national titles in one meet, which she did in 2002. She was the 2002 USA Swimming Swimmer of the Year and three-time NCAA Swimmer of the Year at Cal where she won 12 NCAA title. Natalie Coughlin went on to swim in the first year of the 20

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International Swimming League (ISL) and now runs a winery in California. The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 1979 by Lou Spadia, former president of the San Francisco 49ers. Spadia had long dreamed of a Hall of Fame to honor the Bay Area’s athletic legends and at the same time raise funds to help kids play sports. Now celebrating over 40 years of enshrining the great athletes, the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame has enshrined 185 athletes and donated over $4 million to youth organizations in our community. A portion of the proceeds of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony will benefit Special Olympics Northern California. Special Olympics Northern California (SONC) enriches the lives of children and adults with intellectual disabilities through sports, health, leadership and inclusive schools programs. The 501(c)3 nonprofit organization offers free year-round programming in 44 counties across Northern California, empowering athletes to be their best both on and off the field. More information is available at SONC.org. ◄

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Virginia vs. Stanford: New Rivalry in Women’s College Swimming Taking Shape BY DAVID RIEDER

hese days, the University of Virginia is the trendy team in women’s college swimming. The Cavaliers had a very real shot at capturing a national title in 2020 prior to the cancellation of the NCAA championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But coach Todd DeSorbo’s group just had to wait another year for their coronation, and in 2021, Virginia dominated the championships, the margin of victory a whopping 139 points. Meanwhile, the team that had won the three previous national titles, Stanford, ended up ninth, the Cardinal’s roster depleted of much of the incredible talent that had launched its dynasty of 2017, 2018 and 2019. The teams led by Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel and Ella Eastin in 2017 and 2018 were untouchable, and group featuring less depth but still led by Eastin and Taylor Ruck in 2019 extended that streak. Heck, the year before Stanford’s run of titles, head coach Greg Meehan’s group came within one disqualified relay of a national title, even with Manuel taking an Olympic redshirt and Ledecky deferring her enrollment for a year. But for the 2021-22 season, Stanford will be back. The team has added three Olympic veterans, all of whom swam in at least one individual Olympic final in Tokyo and all of whom brought home at least a relay medal. Meanwhile, Virginia

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has said good-bye to Paige Madden but returns its two other Olympic medalists while adding a third Tokyo podium finisher and one of the top young sprinters in the country. Any doubts on which teams will be locked in battle for the NCAA team title when the teams get together for this year’s championships in mid-March in Atlanta? That’s just this year. Then, for the 2022-23 school year, Stanford will bring in Claire Curzan, another Olympian and one of the best high school short course swimmers ever. Stakes raised. Looking at this year’s showdown, the Cavaliers return Alex Walsh, last year’s 200 IM champion and the Olympic silver medalist in the long course version of the event. Ditto Kate Douglass, who won the 50 free and finished second in two other events before joining Walsh on the podium for the 200-meter IM in Tokyo with a bronze in the 200-meter IM in Tokyo. Also back are two-time NCAA runner-up Ella Nelson and A-finalists Lexi Cuomo, Reilly Tiltmann, Alexis Wenger and Abby Harter. The additions include 400-meter IM Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant and sprinter Gretchen Walsh, younger sister

of Alex and the national highschool-record holder in the 50 and 100 free. Virginia has already started the season quickly with both Douglass and Gretchen Walsh splitting 20.9 on relays at the Cavaliers’ intrasquad meet. Who could challenge that group? A team featuring superstar freshmen Regan Smith and Torri Huske and a returning Ruck, now a twotime Olympian and a finalist in the 200 back in Tokyo. At her only prior NCAAs, Ruck took second in the 200 free and 200 back and third in the 100 back. Smith won three medals in Tokyo, bronze in the 100 back, silver in the 200 fly and silver in the 400 medley relay. In short course yards, Smith holds the American >> Regan Smith records in both backstroke events and ranks second all-time in the 200 fly. She would be heavily favored to win all three of those events at the NCAA championships, even with the 200 back-200 fly double on the meet’s final day. Huske, meanwhile, was fourth in the 100-meter fly in Tokyo, but her path to an NCAA title in that event goes through Maggie MacNeil, the fastest swimmer of all-time in the event and the Olympic gold medalist in the meters race from Tokyo, and Douglass. Huske has the advantage of being able to swim just about any race she wants really well, so Meehan has some options when deciding how to maximize her point totals given all the extraordinary talent at his disposal. Relay-wise, Ruck, Smith and Huske will all contribute majorly to Stanford’s relays, only one of which finished above eighth last year. Will they bring enough to beat out Virginia’s deep sprint squads? Right now, the edge still belongs to the returning champs. Maybe Virginia does have enough to hold on and defend that national crown. Maybe the Olympians will push Stanford back to the top of the pile. Regardless, this season will build-up toward that clash of elite programs led by elite coaches. The always-exciting NCAA championships could get a superstar-driven team battle for the ages. Excited yet, swim fans?

And then, as the following season approaches, Curzan will arrive on the Farm. The 17-year-old from Cary, N.C., made her long-awaited college decision this week. Curzan qualified for the Olympic team after finishing second to Huske in the 100 fly at Olympic Trials, but before that, she was simply magnificent all spring as she inched close to short course records and turned herself into a bona fide Olympic contender in multiple events. Curzan plus Smith, Huske and, for one year, Ruck? That has the look of a super-team. Can you imagine those medley relays if only Stanford can find the right breaststroker to handle that leg? Maybe Stanford can convince current senior Allie Raab to stick around for a fifth year. No doubt, Curzan’s commitment shifts the balance of power in women’s college swimming back westward to the Cardinal. Can Virginia land the counterpunch and pose a legitimate challenge? The Cavaliers have a solid recruiting class of their own, although no swimmers on Curzan’s level. We’ll find out. This is the new signature rivalry in women’s college swimming, two schools separated by an entire country and almost 3000 miles. Stanford is primed to rebound after a one-year drop-off, so this year’s NCAAs should be chapter one. ◄

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MAGGIE McGUIRE SCY 100 Back

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HOW THEY TRAIN

MAGGIE McGUIRE & JACK NUGENT

BY MICHAEL J. STOTT

eammates Maggie McGuire and Jack Nugent are poised to continue Santa Margarita Catholic High School’s impressive Trinity League and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section success. Both have strong club training backgrounds: McGuire at Socal Aquatics and Nugent with Evolution Racing Club. SMCHS has been a lucky beneficiary. Maggie McGuire: A backstroke/ distance/IM specialist, the 5-10 McGuire is the 14th-ranked Golden State female in the Class of 2023 (114th nationally) by collegeswimming.com (swimcloud). Additionally, she is a two-time NISCA AllAmerican in the 100 yard back (55.15, 47th) and 500 free (4:56.13, 62nd). “Maggie comes from an athletic family (dad MLB, mom swimming, brother collegiate baseball) and possesses a strong work ethic,” says Ron Blanc. “A highly skilled technician, her years of swim training have produced an efficient freestyle, smooth backstroke and an improving IM.” McGuire gained her first junior cuts in 2018 and has performed well in Junior National and U.S. Open competitions when held. “Regrettably, the COVID lockdowns interrupted her rapid progress, but now she is regaining her speed and confidence. Her return to form resulted in her first individual CIF Southern Section title in the 100 backstroke (55.15),” he says. SAMPLE TRAINING SESSION: MAGGIE McGUIRE (Day 21, Week 5—Wednesday, March 31 p.m.)

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Warm-up (900 yards) • 300 freestyle • 6 x 100 (1st: breast/free, 2nd: back/free, 3rd: fly/free, repeat) (Take heart rate at 200 yards) • 4 x 50 freestyle @ :50 (sprint down, easy back) EN3 (1,600 yards) • 8 x 200 freestyle Odds free @ 2:20, evens back @ 2:30 (Maggie held 2:05 on free, 2:15 on back) Stroke Work (300 yards) • Turns (6 x 50 choice, full turn from midpool) Kicking (300 yards) • 6 x 50 choice kick @ 1:00 (high speed, all back kick) EN3 (1,000 yards) • 3x {3 x 100 freestyle @ fastest interval possible (Easy 50 after each set) (Maggie swam on a 1:05 base and held 1:01s) EN2 and SP2 (1,400 yards) • 8 x 100 @ 1:20 (75 free, last 25 is sprint choice) • 8 x 50 free @ :35 • 8 x 25 choice sprints @ :30 Warm-down (200 yards) • 4 x 50 easy freestyle @ 1:15 Total: 5,900 yards

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Jack Nugent: Like McGuire, Nugent specializes in back, distance and IM. Standing 6-2, he is the third member of his family to swim for SMCHS and is quickly getting faster. “His level of improvement in the past two years has been astonishing,” says Coach Ron Blanc, “and his time drops have positioned him as a major college recruit.” At present, collegeswimming.com (swimcloud) has him ranked 21st (state) and 175th (nationally) in the Class of 2023. “Jack’s technique is well-suited for middistance backstroke,” says his coach. “With increased growth, strength and tempo, he will be a SCY sub-:50 backstroker and sub1:50 IMer. He has connected the intensity requirements in training to produce results in racing. A fierce competitor who doesn’t like to lose, he qualified for his first junior nationals this summer.” Examples of his progress include a 51.23 Futures 100 back plus 1:49.19 and 2:06.82 200 backs from the 2021 short and long course junior nationals. SAMPLE TRAINING SET: JACK NUGENT (Day 26, Week 7—Monday, April 12 p.m.) Warm-up (900 yards) • 300 freestyle • 6 x 100 (25 choice, 25 free) (Take heart rate at 200 yards) • 4 x 50 free @ :50 (25 hard, 25 easy) EN3 (1,000 yards) • 20 x 50 freestyle (interval descends by 1

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(Jack made the :28 interval before missing the :27 interval, so he attempted 29 50s freestyle) Recovery (300 yards) • 3 x 100 @ 1:30 (25 choice, 25 free on easy pace) EN2 and SP2 (900 yards) • 6 x 150 @ 2:20, 2:25 or 2:30. (Jack held 1:40s and went on the 2:20 base) • 100 free (85%), 10 seconds rest, 50 choice (100%) Kicking (300 yards) • 12 x 25 sprint kick @ :45 (:15 sprint wall kick, flip through arms, 25 sprint kick) Specialty—EN1 and SP3/EN3 (specialty—1,300 yards) • Specialty (done backstroke) • 5 x 100 specialty @ 1:20 (25 specialty, 25 free) • 4x {2 x 50 choice for time (100%) @ 1:30, 100 choice stretch (medium effort) @ 2:00 Warm-down (200 yards) • 4 x 50 easy freestyle @ 1:15 Total: 5,150 yards  Michael J. Stott is an ASCA Level 5 coach, golf and swimming writer. His critically acclaimed coming-of-age golf novel, “Too Much Loft,” was published in June 2021, and is available from Bookbaby.com, Amazon, B&N and book distributors worldwide. Q&A / Continued from 43

SW: Is it in the Eagle DNA to swim in college? CB: I think so. We have coached many talented athletes and had a lot of team success. Our school and teams have developed a culture of striving for academic and athletic excellence. Knowing that encourages others to do the same. Each year the succeeding class wants to continue that legacy of championships and excellence.

planet. CB: We started our media guide back in 1989 on our parent’s dot-matrix printer, and it has grown to about 80 full-color pages. The media guide was designed to provide SW: What percentage of your athletes also publicity for our swimmers and divers swim club? that once seemed to be reserved only for CB: Of the 140 athletes on our team, about football and basketball players. We hope it 30 swim club, so about 20% swim club yearis a memento that our athletes will continue round. The remaining 80% train with us to cherish. (For author Ron Blanc), it is a during the high school season. labor of love and a mini-thesis each year. BY DAVID Once RIEDER complete, it’s similar to a high school SW: And what percentage of their training yearbook. do they do with you at SMCHS? CB: Our year-round club swimmers are eeks after we learned that Shaine SW: Reese Casas and his Is it spoke fair to highly say it isofrepresentative of given the option of training with their club Casas will be leaving his training potential. He told Swimming World, the team parent support? teams during the high school season if base at Texas and relocating “I We really believe he’s one of the best cannot run our program without the they make certain A&M time standards. We haveto CB: help and support of the teaminparents. We Texas, Swimming swimmers in the world a couple a the goodUniversity relationshipofwith our local club would goand bananas if we hadforward to do this by coaches. clubinformation swimmers World We hasencourage learned our more things, I’m looking to the ourselves. Wehe want timeit.” on our swim team to on train whenever they can our high Casas’ future plans. Theat21-year-old time when shows to be a family event where our parents can school practices, Texas, especially during our from McAllen, will not be using enjoy their child’s four-year high school morning workouts. Because of COVID pool any of his remaining college eligibility experience. At last season’s NCAAs, Casas missed restrictions this past year, many of our club with the Longhorns, and instead, he Ryan Murphy’s American record in swimmers attended our high school practices How did be turning professional while SW: the The 200Jessie backRees by Foundation: just two hundredths forwill their necessary yardage and conditioning. get1:35.75, involved and in that? training with Texas men’s coach Eddie SMCHS with his he ranks second CB: When inJessie going through her SW: What does an average in-season all-time that was event. In short course Reese. cancer, her sister was a member of our swim weekly high school program look like? yards, Casas also ranks third all-time in team. We met Jessie and saw how strong and CB: Our daily practicesWorld go from the 200 she IMwas. (1:38.95), in with the 100 Sources toldswim Swimming that2:30 the awesome We got fourth involved her to 5 p.m. We average between 25,000 and back (43.87) and sixth in the 200 fly move has been in development for and her foundation, which was a blessing to 30,000 yards per week, depending on the In longandcourse, several all(1:38.69). of our swimmers coaches.Casas won time of theweeks. season. Our morning workouts Jessie would titles have attended ourand school U.S. National in the 100 200 are in the weight room for two to three hours when she reached her high school years. back in 2019, and he was expected to a week. The year that wasthe to Olympic be a freshman, contend for Jessie spots on team her family donated money to cover another SW: What do the Eagles do for strength this year. swimmer’s entire team participation fees. and conditioning? They told us that since this would have been CB: We have a 6,000-square-foot weight At theteam, Olympic up Jessie’s they Trials, wanted Casas to helpended someone room and a strength-and-conditioning coach else financially so that they could be a team finishing third in the 100 back, 0.28 who has collegiate training experience. Our member. younger brother was a behind Jessie’s runner-up Hunter Armstrong weight sessions are not lengthy, but are swimmer with theback. familyHe stayed and sixth in us, theso200 waswith just intense and customized to swimmer needs. us for a long time.  We don’t do any bench press or squats, but

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like Carmel, Southlake Carroll, Sacred Heart, etc. 䜀伀䰀䐀䴀䔀䐀䄀䰀倀䔀刀䘀伀刀䴀䄀一䌀䔀匀吀䄀刀吀匀 We want our kids to see the big picture of how we compete against the nation’s 圀䤀吀䠀刀䔀匀䤀匀吀䄀一䌀䔀吀刀䄀䤀一䤀一䜀 best. We go over times from state high school championship meets as goals for our individual swims and relays. We would absolutely love to swim against Carmel HS in a dual meet—(Coach Plumb, can we set up a home-and-home series?)— work on power, core, joint flexibility and although our state organizations may have a stabilization. It has made a huge difference say in that matter. with our athletes. SW: SMCHS swims a lot of meets, way more than most high school teams. Why一娀䌀漀爀搀稀⸀挀漀洀 is that? 㠀 ⸀㠀㠀㘀⸀㘀㘀㈀㄀ CB: The swim meets are where the athletes

Eagle girls are this year’s Swimming World independent high school national champions. In addition, they have won 21 Trinity League, eight California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section, three CIF state and one NISCA national title. In 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2021, they topped the NISCA independent school national dual meet team rankings (900+) while finishing second in 2014, 2015 and 2019. SMCHS boys have won 12 Trinity league crowns, have been CIF runnersup four times, and are the 2021 CIFSS champions. In the process, more than 130 of their aquatic graduates have gone on to compete in collegiate programs. 

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second—swim until failure) (:55, :54, :53, :52, :51, :50, :49, :48, :47, :46, :45, :44, :43, :42, :41, :40, :39, :38, :37, :36, :35, :34, :33, :32, :31, :30)

can build team camaraderie. For many, the meets are the most fun they have in high school swimming. In addition, some meets have different formats—like relays only, which are a lot of fun. For the most part, we keep to one swim meet per week and devote much of the season to training.

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off his lifetime best in the 100 back but almost two seconds off in the 200 Michael Stott is an ASCA golf back. J. Casas will surelyLevel have5 coach, his sights and swimming writer. His critically acclaimed set much higher in coming years as coming-of-age golf novel, “Too Much Loft,” he published leaves college swimming behind was in June 2021, and is available to focus on his professional at from Bookbaby.com, Amazon, B&N career and book distributors Texas. ◄worldwide. OCTOBER BIWEEKLY 2021

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15 times since 2006, coached Team USA at the 2011 and 2017 World Junior Championships, was Head Coach of Team USA at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in 2018, and is one of a small list of high school coaches on the USA National Team Coaches list. 31. See display ad on page 35. The Bolles School College Preparatory, Coed Boarding and Day Grades PK-12 • Enrollment: 1,600 7400 San Jose Blvd. • Jacksonville, FL 32217 Coach: Peter Verhoef Phone: 904-256-5216 Email: verhoefp@bolles.org Website: www.bolles.org The Bolles School is an independent, coeducational day and boarding college preparatory school founded in 1933. Bolles enrolls 1,700 students in grades Pre-K through 12 on four separate campuses. The Bolles Resident Life program enrolls students from around the world in grades 9-12. The Bolles swimming program has a long history of outstanding success from youth through Olympic levels. Bolles and its year-round United States Swimming program, the Bolles Sharks, have developed many nationally and world-ranked swimmers, including 63 Olympians since 1972, earning 29 medals. Bolles girls’ swimming has claimed 30 consecutive state titles and 34 titles overall, while Bolles boys’ swimming has achieved a U.S. record 33 consecutive state titles and 42 titles overall. The program facilitates training and stroke instruction in Bolles’ 50-meter and 25-yard pools, as well as the Aquatic Center with dryland and weight training equipment. 32. See display ad on page 36. Fork Union Military Academy College Preparatory, Boys Boarding Grades 7-12/Postgraduate • Enrollment: 300 P.O. Box 278 • Fork Union, VA 23055 Director of Admissions: Jackie Montero-Sharpe Phone: 434-842-4205 Head Swim Coach: Jon B. Larson Phone: 434-842-4210 Email: LarsonJ@fuma.org Website: www.forkunion.com Fork Union Military Academy is one of the premier college preparatory schools in the country. Founded in 1898, the school has a tradition of educating young men in “Body, Mind and Spirit.” The Academy is located in Central Virginia near the town of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. FUMA has been nationally recognized as a sports powerhouse, producing multiple Olympians, two Heisman trophy winners and over 150 professional football, basketball and baseball players. Our Swimming & Diving program has produced athletes

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who have gone on to swim at some of the nation’s best college programs. FUMA alumnus, Ali Khalafalla, competed for Egypt in both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Starting in 2016-17, Fork Union Military Academy expanded their swimming program to include postgraduates who are looking to improve academically or just get stronger and faster in the water before attending college. Like their high school program, postgraduate students participate in the One Subject Plan, where students take one subject at a time over seven-week terms throughout the year. In addition to this, they have access to SAT/ACT prep courses and college credit courses through advanced placement (AP) courses, dual enrollment courses taught with PVCC (a local community college). This academic approach, along with the discipline and structure it provides, helps students not only achieve academically, but also athletically, helping instill self-discipline, character and time management. From a swimming standpoint, swimmers will have access to between 9 and 11 training sessions a week, competing at USA Swimming-sanctioned meets throughout the year to include Winter Nationals, Winter Junior Nationals and Speedo Sectionals. Their program and school have a long history of developing young men of character both in and out of the pool. Swimmers train in a state-of-the-art, multi-million-dollar, 8-lane-by25-meter indoor pool that was built in 2006. In addition to the pool, they also have access to the best in athletic training

staff and dryland equipment, whether it is on our pool deck or in one of the weight/cardio rooms. This is the setting that they have used to help produce four high school state championships in the past seven years, over 40 High School All-Americans and countless others who have gone on to swim at national and international meets, including the World Championships as well as the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. See display ad on page 37. 33. Gulliver Preparatory School Miami, Fla. College Preparatory, Coed Day Grades PK-12 • Enrollment: 2,200 (3 campuses) Upper School Campus • 6575 North Kendall Dr. • Pinecrest, FL 33156 Director of Enrollment Management: Elena Castellanos Email: admissions@gulliverprep.org Head Coach/Director of Aquatics: Christopher George Phone: 305-666-7937 x 1552 Email: cgeorge@gulliverprep.org Website: www.gulliverprep.org Gulliver Preparatory School is a 501(c)(3) private, nonprofit, independent coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission to create an academic community devoted

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Academics, Arts, Athletics and Activities for All. BOARDING AND STUDYING WITH STUDENTS OF ALL FAITHS, CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.

Students Discover Their Passions, Learn and Grow—All at Bolles.

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to educational excellence, with a personal touch, that fulfills each student’s potential. Located in Miami, the school provides a challenging academic curriculum featuring a wide variety of electives, AP and Honors courses and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. A Gulliver Prep education combines the best of the traditional college preparatory curriculum with 21st century approaches to teaching and learning. From PK through senior year, students learn to be informed, engaged and critically perceptive. Gulliver Prep’s Aquatic Center is a premier training and competition facility with a state-of-the-art Olympic-size pool. The school’s swim teams and year-round USA Swimming program, the Gulliver Swim Club, are guided by Christopher George. Gulliver’s girls’ swim team won five straight 2A Florida State Championships from 2014-18, and the boys’ swim team captured the state title in 2016 for the first time in program history. Home to 1984 Olympic silver medalist Michele Richardson (’87) and 2003 Pan Am Games medalist Christina Swindle (’03), Gulliver boasts aquatics graduates who have gone on to compete at respected institutions such as the University of Florida, Vanderbilt and Harvard, and alumna Kelly Fertel (’16) swam professionally for the Cali Condors. Since 2011, the girls’ swim team has recorded 32 individual state titles, while the boys’ swim team has amassed 20 individual state championships. Established in 2011, the Gulliver Swim Club is consistently ranked as a top team in South Florida. See display ad on page 34. 38.

McDonogh School College Preparatory, Coed Day and 5-Day Boarding Grades PK-12 • Enrollment: 1,450 8600 McDonogh Rd. • Owings Mills, MD 21117 Director of Enrollment Management: Steve Birdsall Phone: 443-544-7021 Email: sbirdsall@mcdonogh.org Website: www.mcdonogh.org Aquatic Director: Scott Ward Phone: 443-544-7161 Email: sward@mcdonogh.org On 800 rolling acres in a suburb north of Baltimore, McDonogh School is a vibrant, diverse, family-like academic community. Students are inspired regularly by talented, caring teachers and achievement-oriented classmates. Opportunities abound in academics, arts, athletics and service. A five-day boarding program is an appealing option for swimmers with early morning practices. The Henry A. Rosenberg Jr. Aquatic Center, built in 2006, includes an indoor eight-lane, 50-meter pool that is home to boys’ and girls’ swim teams and coed water polo teams. Since 2003, the girls’ squad has won 14 league championships, and the boys have won league championships in 2012, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Additionally, water polo earned a league championship in 2018. McDonogh swimmers have risen to the top of the sport.

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Fork Union Military Academy is a top college prep school for student athletes who are serious about their sport and their studies, FUMA has produced worldclass talent for decades. Olympians, NBA players, NFL stars (including Heisman Trophy winners Vinny Testaverde and Eddie George), and many more have chosen to prepare for college by attending FUMA. We send more than three dozen athletes to Division I college programs on scholarship each year, and have a long history of helping young men develop in body, mind, and spirit. Come train in our $4 million aquatic center and be part of a winning team.

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Since 2000, the boys’ and girls’ teams have had 54 individual High School All-Americans, totaling 179 All-America performances. Recent graduates have contributed to top collegiate programs, including Harvard, Stanford, Arizona, Auburn, Georgia, Purdue, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and the U.S. Naval Academy. In 2009, one alum set a national high school prep record and later went on to win a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in record time. Most recently, five alumni participated in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Trials. Upper School tuition for day students is $34,700; $46,600 for five-day boarding. In 2021, McDonogh awarded more than $6.3 million in need-based financial aid. Mercersburg Academy College Preparatory, Coed Boarding and Day Grades 9-12/Postgraduate • Enrollment: 446 100 Academy Dr. • Mercersburg, PA 17236 Head Swim Coach: Glenn Neufeld Phone: 717-328-6368 Email: neufeldg@mercersburg.edu Phone (Admission): 717-328-6173 Email: admission@mercersburg.edu Website: www.mercersburg.edu Swimming at Mercersburg Academy has an enduring tradition of excellence. The program has fielded 31 Olympians, including five gold medalists. Head coach and former YMCA National Coach of the Year Glenn Neufeld leads a program that has produced numerous prep school All-Americans,

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and has sent countless swimmers to compete at top colleges and universities. The school’s athletic complex features the new Lloyd Aquatic Center with an Olympic-size 50-meter pool and diving area. Mercersburg also operates summer swim clinics for ages 8-17. Founded in 1893 in southern Pennsylvania, Mercersburg Academy gives students in grades 9-12 and postgraduates the opportunity to live and learn in a diverse environment that’s home to young people from 29 states and 36 countries. With a 300-acre campus, 153 academic courses, 27 varsity sports, a robust arts program and $8 million in annual financial aid, Mercersburg is within easy reach of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. See display ad on page 35. 39. Peddie School College Preparatory, Coed Boarding and Day Grades 9-12/Postgraduate • Enrollment: 550 201 South Main St. • Hightstown, NJ 08520 Director of Admission: Molly Dunne Phone: 609-944-7501 Fax: 609-944-7911 Email: admission@peddie.org Director of Competitive Swimming: Emmett Walling Email: ewalling@peddie.org Website: www.peddie.org Founded in 1864, Peddie School surrounds Peddie Lake on a beautiful 230-acre campus minutes from Princeton, midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Known nationally for its academic excellence and strong

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THE DAY BEGINS

BREAKFAST Enjoy breakfast offerings like omelets made to order, hot and cold cereals, fresh fruit, and a waffle bar.

Wake up at 6:30 a.m. and head to the Lloyd Aquatic Center or the McDowell Fitness Center to work out from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m.

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MORNING CLASSES Take your pick of more than 150 courses across eight academic departments.

HELP PERIOD Use this built-in time between morning classes to meet with your teachers or adviser group, get help with your coursework, or just relax.

AFTERNOON CLASSES After two more classes, the school day ends. A 30-minute break gives you time to grab a snack before heading back to the pool.

LUNCH Family-style lunch is a Mercersburg tradition, and it gives you the chance to meet new peers and faculty throughout the school year.

PGA Swimming practice is typically held from 4 to 6 p.m. in our 50-meter Olympic-size pool and diving area.

DINNER AND FREE TIME Dinner is served family style or buffet, depending on the evening. Hang out afterward in the Simon Student Center or get a head start on homework.

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9th–11th graders must sign in to their dorms by 8 p.m. but may sign out to visit the library. Final dorm sign-in for all students is 10 p.m.

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sense of community, Peddie’s talented faculty is highly accessible, and its technology unsurpassed. The average class size is 12, and the student-to-faculty ratio is 6:1. Peddie’s student body represents 24 states as well as 34 foreign countries. A perennial national power, Peddie swimming has been represented at the Olympics in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. In addition to swimming on the world stage, Peddie School has consistently ranked at the top of Swimming World’s National High School Mythicals, with its boys placing sixth nationally in 2018 (and third among independent schools)! Graduating swimmers have gone on to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Northwestern, Kenyon, Denison and ASU, among many others. Peddie’s substantial endowment provides need-based financial aid for roughly 40% of its students. See display ad on page 36. 40. Phillips Academy College Preparatory, Coed Boarding and Day Grades 9-12/Postgraduate • Enrollment: 1,191 Founded in 1778 180 Main St. • Andover, MA 01810

With its expansive worldview, legacy of academic excellence and commitment to equity and inclusion, Phillips Academy, known globally as “Andover,” offers extraordinary opportunities to the student-athlete. Supported by remarkable financial resources, the school is able to admit students on a need-blind basis—without regard to a family’s ability to pay tuition. Accordingly, 47% of students receive scholarship support from an annual financial-aid budget of more than $23 million. Andover student-athletes immerse themselves in a broad, deep and always evolving curriculum that contains more than 300 college-preparatory courses, including more than 150 electives, many of which are college-level. Within this rigorous academic environment, Andover’s Swimming & Diving program enjoys great success on Eastern, national and international stages. Since its first meet in 1912, Andover has produced multiple Olympians—including most recently in Tokyo, Lindi Schroeder (’20) and Andrew Wilson (’12)—as well as more than 170 All-Americans and numerous national record holders. In just the last 10 years, Andover swimmers and divers have competed for schools such as Brown, Emory, Harvard, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Texas, USC, Williams and Yale. See display ad on page 37. 41. 

Boys’ Coach: David Fox Email: dfox@andover.edu Girls’ Coach: Paul Murphy Email: pmurphy@andover.edu Website: www.andover.edu

To view our Prep School Directory online, please visit our website at: www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/prep-school-directory/

Peddie swimming has produced Olympic gold medalists, national champions, National Junior Team members and numerous high school All-Americans while providing each student-athlete a first-class education. An eight-time High School National Championship Team, Peddie swimming has been represented in six out of the last eight Olympic Games. Recently graduated swimmers have gone on to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Stanford, The University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern.

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• Eastern and New England Team Champions • Olympians • All-Americans • National, Eastern, and New England Record Holders • Represented USA at World Schools Championships in Rio

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KYLIE MASSE OF THE TORONTO TITANS FLASHES HER SMILE FOR THE CAMERA DURING ISL MATCH 9. [ Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto ]

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