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📜 Set of the Week
🤡 Swimming Meme of the Week

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🏊‍♀️FAST SWIMS AROUND THE WORLD 🌎

Lausanne Swim Cup

Many big names at the 2023 Lausanne Swim Cup this week Adam Peaty, James Wilby, Luke Greenbank, and Anna Hopkin, Thomas Ceccon, Flo Manaudou, Melanie Henique, Marie Wattel, Farida Osman, Louise Hansson, Matt Sates, Tatjana Schoenmaker, Andrii Govorov, Will Licon, and Meiron Cheruti.

Here were the highlight wins:

Tatjana Schoenmaker: 200 Breast in 2:26.72.
Matt Sates: 200 Free in 1:47.46, 400 IM in 4:18.86, and 200 IM in 1:59.94.
Louise Hansson: 50 Fly in 25.92, 100 Fly in 57.71, and 100 Back in 1:00.55.
Meiron Cheruti: 50 Free in 22.18
James Wilby: 200 Breast in 2:14.24
Adam Peaty: 50 Breast in 27.08 and 100 Breast in 59.88.
Marie Wattel: 50 Free in 24.96 and 200 Free in 1:59.19
Melanie Henique: 50 Fly in 25.97
Thomas Ceccon: 100 Back in 53.99

Swimming World @SwimmingWorld

Louise Hansson Wins Four Titles In As Many Races As Lausanne Swim Cup Comes to An End - is.gd/BIS0Yw

6:12 PM • Feb 26, 2023

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Jalisco International Swimming Cup

On the other side of the world in Mexico, the Jalisco International Swimming Cup kicked off. Big names in the swimming world including Michael Andrew, Dylan Carter, Chase Kalisz, Jay Litherland, Nicholas Santos, and Sydney Pickrem were in attendance.

Here were the highlight wins/times:

Michael Andrew:

100 Breast 🥇 1:00.81
50 Fly 🥈 23.53
100 Fly 🥇 52.78
50 Breast 🥇 27.30
50 Free 🥇22.22
50 Back 🥇 25.37

Dylan Carter:

50 Fly 🥉 23.70
100 Free 🥇 49.18
50 Free 🥈 22.47

Chase Kalisz:

100 Breast 🥈 1:02.15
100 Fly 🥈 53.55
200 Fly: 🥇1:57.19

Jay Litherland:

200 Free 🥇 1:52.27
100 Free 🥉 51.51
200 Breast 🥈 2:21.12

Nicholas Santos:

50 Fly 🥇 23.44

Sydney Pickrem:

100 Breast 🥇 1:08.43
200 IM 🥇 2:11.95
50 Breast 🥇 31.51
200 Breast 🥇 2:27.78
Prelim Only: 400 IM 4:57.92

Michael Andrew on Instagram: "First time in Guadalajara, for my first race of 2023! Excited to be here for the Jalisco Cup 🙏🏽🇲🇽"

6,805 Likes, 60 Comments - Michael Andrew (@swimmermichael) on Instagram: "First time in Guadalajara, for my first race of 2023! Excited to be here for the Jalisco Cup 🙏🏽🇲🇽"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpBJiWAPVHp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

BUCS Long Course Championships

At the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Championships this week, there were many stand-out swims. Some of the big names in swimming included Andreas Vazaios, Laura Stephens, Catie DeLoof, Duncan Scott, Daniel Wiffen, Katie Shanahan, Lewis Fraser, and more!

Here were the highlight wins/times:

Daniel Wiffen:

1500 Freestyle 🥇 15:02.92
800 Free 🥇 8:02.49
200 Free (4th) 1:52.09

Duncan Scott (Prelim Only):

200 Free - 1:48.15
400 IM - 4:20.44

Andreas Vazaios:

100 Fly 🥈 53.32
200 Fly 🥇 1:59.96
50 Fly 🥈 24.14

Laura Stephens:

100 Fly 🥇 58.86
200 Fly 🥇 2:10.53

Katie Shanahan:

200 Back 🥇 2:08.08 - New Meet Record 🔥
200 IM 🥇 2:11.63 - New Meet Record 🔥

Catie DeLoof:

100 Free 🥇 54.17 - New Meet Record 🔥
50 Back 🥇 28.26
50 Free 🥇 24.74 - New Meet Record 🔥

Lewis Fraser:

100 Fly 🥇 52.94
50 Fly 🥇 23.82

Lily Booker:

200 Breast 🥇 2:25.77 - New Meet Record 🔥
200 IM 🥉 2:16.75

Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim

SCOTTISH RECORD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

University of Edinburgh swimmer Kara Hanlon becomes the first Scottish woman to drop below 67 seconds in the 100m Breaststroke!

What a swim from Kara, who comes home in 1:06.75 at BUCS Long Course Championships 💥

6:28 PM • Feb 26, 2023

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College Swimming Roundup

Tomorrow morning we will publish all the conference happenings and record breaking swims. But...

Stanford beat Cal (and everyone else) at Pac 12's. Torri Huske went undefeated. Claire Curzan posted a 1:47.3 200 Backstroke.
Texas Men & Women won Big 12's. Yes, shocking. Carson Foster & Kelly Pash were named the swimmers of the meet.
Howard University won its first conference championship in 34 years, winning the Northeast Conference.
The Indiana Men won Big 10's by over 300 points.

Ohio High School State Championships on 🔥🔥

This weekend marked the end of the high school swimming season for Ohio, and there were some serious swims from some of the nation's top-ranked recruits/commits.

Here are the highlight swims from Division II:

Gibson Holmes '23 (Committed to Stanford):

200 IM: 1:45.01 (prelims) // 1:45.23 Finals🥇- Holmes holds the state record from 2022 at 1:44.59
100 Fly: 47.62 🥇- holds the current state record from 2022 at 46.77
50 Fly (r): 20.91 🥇
100 Free (r): 43.62 🥇

Jason Zhao '25 (Uncommitted):

500 Free: 4:24.01 🥇 - 🔥 New State Record! 🔥

Logan Ottke '23 (University of Missouri):

100 Breaststroke: 54.89 🥇

Kamdyn Periat '24 (Uncommitted):

100 Back: 54.32 🥇

Lilly Mehok '24 (Uncommitted):

100 Fly: 53.94 🥇

Lucas Lane '23 (Committed to The Ohio State University):

100 Free: 45.12 🥇
200 Free: 1:36.81 🥇

Here are the highlight swims from Division I:

Scott(y) Buff '23 (Currently the top-ranked recruit for '23 by SwimCloud - committed to the University of Florida)

50 Back (r): 21.29 🥈
100 Back: 46.71 🥈
100 Fly: 44.97 🥇 - 🔥 New State Record and National Record (previously 45.37 from Aiden Hayes)🔥
100 Free (Realy Lead-Off): 43.38 🥉

St. Francis de Sales Athletics @SFSAthletics

Replying to@SFSAthletics

Confirmed - NEW NATIONAL RECORD!!! #SFSSwimDive#AquaKnights#GoKnights

9:58 PM • Feb 25, 2023

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Thackston McMullan '24 (Committed to Cal):

200 Free: 1:35.86 🥇
500 Free: 4:26.26 🥇
100 Free (r): 43.52 🥇

Emily Brown '24 (Committed to The University of Tennessee):

200 Free: 1:45.88 - 🔥 New State Record! 🔥
500 Free: 4:51.17 🥇

Hudson Williams '23 (Committed to NC State University):

50 Free: 19.55 🥇 - 🔥 New State Record 🔥
100 Free: 42.98 🥇 - 🔥New State Record 🔥

Grant Gooding '23 (Committed to the University of Louisville):

100 Breast: 53.54 🥇
200 IM: 1:47.85 🥈

Will Modglin Breaks BIG Record

On Friday at the Indiana High School State Championships, Texas Longhorn commit, Will Modglin broke American Backstroke Superstar, Ryan Murphy's (45.34) National High School record in the 100 yd Back. His time was 🔥💣45.08💣🔥. That time would currently rank him eighth in the country behind Nate Stoffle from Auburn (44.89) and ahead of Wyatt Davis from Michigan (45.20). Also to note, Modglin won the 200 IM in a new IHSAA State Record of 1:43.74🔥

David Woods @DavidWoods007

BREAKING: Will Modglin of ⁦@ZCHSswimdive⁩ sets national record of 45.08 in 100-yard backstroke at ⁦@IHSAA1⁩ prelims. Old record 45.34 by Olympic champ Ryan Murphy (Bolles, Jacksonville FL) in 2012.

1:11 AM • Feb 25, 2023

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Aaron Shackell Breaks High School Record

Also at the Indiana High School State Championship meet, Cal commit, Aaron Shackell broke Carson Foster's 2019 National High School Record in the 200 free (1:32.99). Shackell BLEW away the championship heat winning in a time of 💣1:32.85💣. Second place was exactly five seconds behind (Walker Mattice - 1:37.85). Shackell later won the 500 free in 4:15.38 and anchored the winning 400 Freestyle relay splitting 42.96. Shackell swims for Carmel high school under head coach Chris Plumb. Check out his interview here.

IHSAA @IHSAA1

🚨NATIONAL RECORD🚨
Carmel senior Aaron Shackell clocks a 1:32.85 to set a new national high school record in the 200 Freestyle!
🔥⏱️👀 @carmelathletics@INSwimming@SwimmingWorld@swimswamnews@NFHS_Org

11:28 PM • Feb 24, 2023

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BRETT HAWKE CLIPS OF THE WEEK

This week on INSIDE with BRETT HAWKE...

This morning at 8AM EST...Dive Inside LIVE!

Brett and Sonny catch up with the most important stuff going on in swimming.

On Tuesday...Episode #302...the University of Houston's Tanica Jamison!

Tanica Jamison, a proven winner and producer of several NCAA champions, has led the University of Houston to two conference titles in her first two years, furthering the Cougars streak of 9 in a row.

Prior to UH, Tanica coached the Texas A&M women's team from 2011-2021. As a result of Jamison's efforts, Texas A&M has placed in the top 10 seven times in the NCAA Championships, including two third-place finishes in 2017 and 2018, and four consecutive fourth-place finishes.

Jamison was a two-time team captain at the University of Texas and a Big 12 Freshman and Newcomer of the Year in 2000. She also won the program's Leadership Award in 2001 and 2002 and was named an All-American in both 2001 and 2002. In 2003, she was honored as the team's Most Valuable Player.

📝 SWIM SET OF THE WEEK

James Gibson + Drag Sox Tips & Sets

be sure they Drag Sox aren't too big and build up slowly to avoid injury
use them for power based sets
vertical kicking 15 seconds on, 45 seconds off
10x10m bursts underwater
8x15m sprint swim with drag sox and fins @ 1:00 or 1:30 (lots of rest) -- put the fin on first, then put the drag sox on over top of the fins

🤡 SWIMMING MEME OF THE WEEK

Claire Curzan with a 1:47 200 yard backstroke at Pac 12's...

Jacob @JakeSwinn

Female 200 backstrokers around the NCAA watching Curzan go 1:47 as a freshman

3:27 AM • Feb 26, 2023

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Is this a meme? I mean, we could make this into a meme. Brendan Burns yawning after winning the 2 Fly (1:39.5) and 2 Back (1:38.2) is legendary. He is one of 3 men to ever go sub 1:40 in both events.