The countdown is on. In four days, your life is going to change for the better. That’s the first day of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Put aside whatever else is on your calendar. Cancel dinner plans. Stay home. Warm up your TVs. And watch the most […]
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U.S. Olympic Swimming: Do Tattoos Make You Swim Faster?
Two of the fastest U.S. swimmers in the world – Caeleb Dressel and Adam Peaty – both have major league tattoos on their left shoulders and both arms. Dressel’s left arm is smothered in black ink with a tint of light orange, sort of Halloween-ish. The image is of some […]
U.S. Swimming Trials: Waves One and Two Will Be Wonderful
Because of Covid-19, we’re in for some big changes at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials coming up in June. Instead of all swimmers who qualified competing during the same week, the format of the typical trial, this year the trials will take place over a two-week span. Wave 1 will […]
5 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make Before U.S. Olympic Trials
This is the time for you as an elite American swimmer to be more disciplined and vigilant than you ever have been in your life. You’re heading towards the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials and you want to be as ready to go as can be when the noise “oinks” to […]
U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials: Watch Women Steal Stage From Men
Everything in our American lives is changing – and for the better. We’re moving ahead, away from that dirty four-number thing, 2020, into the Spring azalea-sprouting, and right after that the June 4th splashdown of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in the centerpiece of our nation, Omaha, Nebraska. What’s changing […]
U.S. Olympic Swimming: At Long Last, Trials Coming Fast
The world is waking up like it’s a new sunny day, with no clouds in the sky, with positive vibes pumping through our hearts and souls after a period of prolonged darkness. There’s so much to look forward to this summer – family reunion barbecues, picnics outside with friends and […]