ASU Redshirts; YMCA OH Cancels; USA Swimming
Virtual Meets; Family Drowning Averted; Viral Video Flashback

‘Call Me Maybe’ Video Still Captures Team USA’s Bond in 2012, Kathleen Hersey’s Vision

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics supposed to have opened, Swimming World takes a look back at the “Call Me Maybe” video that dazzled ahead of the 2012 London Games.

“Hey, I just met you … and this is crazy … but here’s my number, so call me maybe”

“Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen is still a popular song, but for the swimming community, the song will always be tied to a video released by USA swimmers on the eve of the 2012 London Olympics that went viral.

YMCA Swimming Cancellation in Central Ohio Left Coaches Shocked, Searching For Answers

When the YMCA of Central Ohio announced last week that it would be cancelling competitive swimming for the upcoming season, it was a huge shockwave felt by all involved in the area. The YMCA sent a letter to swimming families announcing their decision with no prior warning that a decision of that magnitude was impending, or even being considered.

“I always felt like we would be safe because we are not at a college or a school,” said Jeff Riegler, head swim coach of Gahanna YMCA Gators. “I had been in communication with the association aquatics director and sent him a 12-page return to pool plan and also have been running my own group for the last seven weeks of social distant practices.”

USA Swimming Launches Virtual Meet Simulator as Part of Return to Competition Plan

As the team at USA Swimming sought to make the most of its unexpected downtime during the COVID-19 pandemic, the data team got to thinking. During an unprecedented stretch of months without meets, it sought something that was accessible, low-cost in times of budgetary strain on clubs, a utility that could look backward to competitions that have happened and help adapt to new challenges clubs face.

St. Cloud State Swim Captain Marena Kouba Saves Family of Three from Drowning

Marena Kouba sensed something wasn’t right Sunday. Kouba, a captain of the swimming team at St. Cloud State in Minnesota, and her boyfriend Dayton Nash spent the day in Michigan at Lake Superior.

While swimming across a thin portion of the lake to reach Little Presque Island, they noticed a man and two kids swimming in the lake and appearing to get into trouble in the current near.

“Prior to going out there, we had seen this uncle and the two kids (10-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy),” Nash told the St. Cloud Times Thursday. “We kept an eye on them and slowly saw them get farther and farther out. I kept an eye on them because something didn’t feel right.”

Advanced Aquatic Resistance Training: How The GMX7 X1-PRO Works

The goal of all training is to improve our Swimming Machine biology. We want to send the signals to our muscles, blood vessels, heart and nerves that promote improvement which results in faster swimming. The better the training, the better the signal, the better the improvement. The X1-PRO is that better training!

Save The Dates: ISHOF Hall of Fame ’20 and ’21 Classes Will be Inducted in Spring and Fall of 2021

The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is inviting the entire aquatics community back to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 16-17, 2021 to celebrate the belated induction of its Class of 2020 Honorees, Paragon Award winners, and ISHOF recognitions.