Swimmer's Daily

  • Sabrina Silva is checking out how the California Capital Aquatics is teaming up with Placer Valley Tourism to host their annual Halloween themed Spook-Tacular Swim Meet in Roseville.

  • A cavalcade of Olympic and world champions including Katie Ledecky, Florent Manaudou, Sarah Sjostrom and Chad Le Clos joined forces for what they hope will be part of the sport’s future in Indianapolis on Saturday.

    The inaugural meeting of the professional International Swimming League (ISL) predictably produced some sizzling times.

    More importantly, it showcased a fast-paced team competition more akin to an American university meet than a traditional international competition.

    “It was very exciting. This is what we’ve been waiting for,” said Swede Sjostrom, the Olympic 100m butterfly champion.

    “It feels like a world champs final with the people behind the blocks.”

     

  • The Daily Camera reported that it happened at the Arapahoe YMCA pool.

  • FINA is pleased to announce that next year’s FINA Champions Swim Series will comprise two legs in January 2020. The first event will take place in Shenzen (CHN) on January 14-15, while Beijing (CHN) will stage the second meet of the Series on January 18-19. Olympic and World Championships medallists, World Cup stars, World Records holders and top-ranked athletes in the world ranking will be invited to the competition, successfully launched by FINA in 2019.

    Following the very positive feedback from athletes and coaches, the programme of the Series will include 28 individual events and two relays (mixed 4x100m free and 4x100m medley) over two days of exciting competition. Maintaining also the popular 2019 formula, only finals will be held, with four athletes per race. The competition will be staged in 50m-pool.

    The sport performances will be completed by an attractive entertainment show, both for spectators on site and fans around the globe.

    The allocation of prize money will continue distributing US$ 10,000 for the first in each race, US$ 8,000 for the second best, US$ 6,000 for the third-ranked swimmer and US$ 5,000 to the fourth in the final. Prize money will also be available for relay events. Moreover, appearance fee will be provided to all invited athletes, who will have their travel, accommodation and local meals also covered.

    The main goals of this new international gathering are to give high-level swimmers increased attention and additional occasions to compete, thus generating stronger international TV, digital and media interest, and creating another world-class platform for Swimming on a yearly basis.

    The 2019 edition included three meets in Guangzhou (CHN, April 27-28), Budapest (HUN, May 11-12) and Indianapolis (USA; May 31-June 1). 110 swimmers from 25 nations took part in this inaugural edition.

    Press release from FINA

  • In this episode, The Social Kick Podcast goes through the rules of the International Swim League (ISL). We discuss the aspects we’re excited about and which areas we feel need clarity and improvement. Although we feel there are more kinks to be worked out, we urge all swim fans to support the sport of swimming, most importantly, the swimmers with the ISL!

  • Want to know how and why we use the pool in horse training? Join John Price and Racing Manager Sam as they show you just how and why trainers swim their horses.

    https://youtu.be/5f4M4-ECuBw

  • Samples of beach water collected at these locations had higher than acceptable levels of enterococci bacteria.

  • The Rowdy Gaines Masters Classic is back for another year.