Day 1 of Women's NCAAs, World Record Holder Dick Roth's Appendix at ISHOF, Swimming World/ISHOF CEO Brent Rutemiller to Have Lifesaving Stem Cell Transplant, Maggie Mac Neil Named Swimming Canada’s Swimmer of the Year, Applications For 2022 Swimming World Summer Internship Program, and Elmbrook Swim Club Breaks NAG Records

Maggie Mac Neil Named Swimming Canada’s Swimmer of the Year

Maggie Mac Neil didn’t know what to expect from herself heading into last summer’s Tokyo Olympics.

The 21-year-old London, Ont., native was considered a medal contender after winning the 100-metre butterfly at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, Korea, but her training and competition schedule for the Olympics had been disrupted by COVID-19.

“I probably would have had more swimming goals time wise, and medal wise, if we had a normal year going into it,” said Maggie Mac Neil. “But not really being able to compete with the best in the world for a year leading up to it, I wasn’t really sure what to expect.

Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Swimming World Summer Internship Program

Swimming World Magazine, as part of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, is seeking a gifted group of writers and content creators for the summer of 2022 who are interested in enhancing their journalism and social media skills, while building valuable experience to add to their resumes. Our successful internship programs have connected interns with jobs in related fields across the country!

Please note this will be a remote internship, and is open to college students and beyond. This program is conducted via email and Slack, meaning all work can be done remotely.

Swimming World/ISHOF CEO Brent Rutemiller to Have Lifesaving Stem Cell Transplant

Brent Rutemiller, CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and Publisher of Swimming World Magazine was diagnosed in June of 2021 with a rare and aggressive cancer in his bone marrow – Plasma Cell Leukemia; Multiple Myeloma. After 41 straight weeks of chemotherapy treatments, Rutemiller is now scheduled for a stem cell transplant on Friday, March 18 at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.

“I’m shaved and tapered. This is my Olympic moment. I have been training daily to get to this point. I have prayed and visualized a successful outcome from day 1,” said Rutemiller in an email to his Board of Directors and staff.

Sean Green, Elmbrook Swim Club Break NAG Records at NCSA Junior Nationals

During the first evening of racing at the NCSA Junior Nationals in Orlando, two National Age Group records were broken, with 14-year-old Sean Green knocking more than eight seconds off a record in the 1650 freestyle before the Elmbrook Swim Club took down a star-studded medley relay record later in the evening.

Green recorded a time of 15:05.83 to finish third in the 1650 freestyle. That crushed the previous NAG record of 15:14.17 set by Germantown Academy’s Arthur Frayler in 2008. Green, representing Long Island Aquatic Club, ended up finishing third in the race behind Levi Sandidge (14:49.75) and Giovanni Linscheer (14:51.96).