Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was not so long ago when American pool swimming coaches believed that open water swimming was detrimental to one's (pool swimming) career. The coaches - from elite Olympic veterans to young age-group newcomers - thought that swimming in oceans, lakes, rivers and seas was the kiss of death for promising
The men's field is stacked for the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships 5K. With a number of Olympians and NCAA finalists, it is going to be a dogfight from start to finish. But with the size of the field (51) and the aggressiveness of the pack, we foresee a veteran ultimately emerging from the crowded packs as the victor. We do not
"I love coming to work every day, but I wouldn’t call is work. My life has been enriched from being here, I am blessed," says coach Richard Shoulberg of the Germantown Academy. Alicia Aemsigger of Princeton University warmly describes Coach Shoulberg, "He cares about us as swimmers, but he cares more about us as people." Now that is a coach whose has
After the 2012 London Olympic Games, each country's coaches and administrators take stock of the results and then plan again for the next Olympic quadrennial. While Tunisia (Ous Mellouli, gold), Germany (Thomas Lurz, silver), Canada (Richard Weinberger, bronze), Hungary (Eva Risztov, gold), USA (Haley Anderson, silver), and Italy (Martina Grimaldi,
There was an intriguing battle in Thursday's Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Roberval, Québec, Canada. Olympian Richard Weinberger went mano-a-mano with American Arthur Frayler. While Frayler is not going to the Olympics and lost out to his Canadian rival Weinberger in lac St-Jean, we suspect that these two young warriors will have dozens of
Andrew Gemmell has a kick. A tremendous kick. His kick propelled him from the rear of the pack to a silver medal finish in the 10 km at the 2009 World Swimming Championships. He swims straight. He swims streamlined. And he swims smart. Those attributes enabled him to fly past leading Arthur Frayler on the final straightaway of the USA Swimming Open
