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By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern If at first you don’t succeed, it’s probably not worth the effort, right? That was how I felt all through elementary school, and looking back, it’s not surprising. I followed in the footsteps of many kids who find their niche at a young age: I was reall...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern There are a small handful of swimmers who truly dream of a career in coaching. The majority of us cringe slightly when we find out we need to figure out a way to teach our sport to an outsider. However, my own experience has shown me just how powerful t...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern A car pulls up to the curb. A kid gets out of the car and comes running up to the pool yelling, “Hey, Coach, I’m here!” That was the advice Team Eugene Aquatics head coach Scott Kerr received on the second day of his first assistant coaching job in 1983...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern Another meet record almost fell on the fourth and final night of the Western Region Sectionals as Kyle Robrock of the University of Denver Hilltoppers (TOPS) took the men’s 50 free in 22.93. The meet record is 22.85. Robrock became the second man at thi...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern Oregon swimmers swept the top three spots of the men’s 100 breaststroke in what turned out to be a dominant day three for the state at the Western Region Sectionals. Unattached Oregon swimmer Jonathan Zoucha won the event in 1:05.59, followed by Caspar ...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern After finishing seventh in the 200 back at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, Jacob Pebley moved up to second this year to clench a spot on his first Olympic team. While Pebley is a relative newcomer to the ranks of the national elite, he’s been making an im...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern The first record of the Western Region Sectionals fell on night two as Taylor Ruck of Scottsdale Aquatic Club (SAC) shattered the 200 free record and became the first woman to go under two minutes at the meet. Ruck’s 1:59.90 improved the former record o...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern As she cruised to victory in the 200 breast in 2:34.52, 14-year-old Kaitlyn Dobler of The Dolphins Portland Swimming (TDPS) secured her spot as the youngest event winner in an opening night that already favored the younger swimmers at the Western Region...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern For Curtis Klein, one of the highlights of the U.S. Olympic Trials will be watching his friend Jacob Pebley attempt to make the Olympic team. Pebley is seeded third in the 200 back. He placed seventh at the 2012 Trials in the same event. He and Klein bo...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern Sid Farber didn’t commit to swimming competitively until his sophomore year of high school. At that time, his priority was still playing pitcher for his high school baseball team. Only in the spring of his junior year did he give up baseball to focus on...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern When you swim full time with a team, you don’t really think about all its little quirks until you leave for an extended period of time. That’s one of the interesting things about going off to college—and then coming home again. The team you thought you ...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern Whether we admit it or not, we all catch ourselves having those thoughts at the end of a disappointing season. Maybe you spent your whole season at least five seconds off in every event and hoped taper would magically whip you into lifetime best form in...