To many swimming fans, Louisville’s Mallory Comerford is, perhaps, remembered as the swimmer who tied Katie Ledecky for first in the 200 yard free at last year’s women’s NCAAs. To her teammates and coaches, she’s probably known more as the ultimate team player—quick to credit everyone but herself after a triumph and one who thinks of her teammates as family. Read about Comerford and all of Swimming World Magazine's 2018 NCAA Champinship Predictions. Current subscribers can visit the Swimming World Vault to download the issue now! [ PHOTO BY PETER H. BICK ] Swimming World Magazine gives you access to all of the back issues of Swimming World Magazine dating back to 1960! Visit the Swimming World Magazine Vault. FEATURES 016 PRIMED FOR THE SEQUEL by Dan D’Addona Stanford’s performance last year in winning the women’s NCAA Division I Championships by nearly 200 points was a blockbuster hit. And this year’s team might even be better! 020 A REPEAT FOUR-PEAT? by Dan D’Addona Texas won four NCAA team titles in a row from 1988 through 1991. They’re on the verge of making that happen again in 2018, having already won three straight championships since 2015. 024 CAN’T GET ENOUGH by Andy Ross and David Rieder The swimming superpowers of NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and NJCAA will try to pick up where they left off last year and continue their dominance at their respective national championships. 027 INSPIRED by David Rieder Townley Haas’ story about his rapid rise to become an American record holder and an Olympic gold medalist is inspiring. What’s more inspiring to Haas, however, is the positive outlook on life shown by his sister, Emily. In 2007, she survived being shot in the head at the Virginia Tech massacre that killed 32 people and wounded 17. 030 COMING INTO HER OWN by Annie Grevers In 2017, Mallory Comerford tied freestyle superstar Katie Ledecky at NCAAs and collected five gold medals at the World Championships. Named USA Swimming’s “Breakout Swimmer of the Year,” the 20-year-old University of Louisville junior and team captain is more than ready to see what 2018 will bring. 034 TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH by Bruce Wigo To celebrate women’s history month, Swimming World looks back at one of history’s most awful tragedies—the General Slocum Disaster—and how it influenced the right to swim for women. COACHING 010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: RON BALLATORE by Michael J. Stott 014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: CAN KATIE LEDECKY SWIM FASTER? (Part 2) by Rod Havriluk Katie Ledecky absolutely has the potential to swim faster—much faster. She could make three important technique improvements regarding the head, arm coordination and pull phase. 037 COLLEGE SWIMMING: BEING YOUR BEST by Michael J. Stott Many college coaches believe that how they train their swimmers between the conference and national championships depends on each individual athlete. But the end result is the same for everyone: making sure their swimmers are able to perform their best. 048 Q&A WITH COACH BILL PILCZUK by Michael J. Stott 050 HOW THEY TRAIN JOEL AX by Michael J. Stott JUNIOR SWIMMER 053 UP & COMERS: EMMA KERN by Taylor Brien COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS 008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT 013 BEYOND THE YARDS 036 THE OFFICIAL WORD 040 2018 SWIM CAMP DIRECTORY 052 HASTY HIGH POINTERS 054 GUTTER TALK 056 PARTING SHOT |