Robert Griswold - (Author)

By Robert Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. At all levels of swimming from novice to elite, there is a dirty word that every parent fears and every swimmer resents. Plateau. This word can mean something different to everyone but it is mostly regarded in swimming circles as a stall in progress...

By Robert Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. This summer, I have the privilege of training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado with U.S. Paralympic Swimming resident team. Many swimmers wonder what it might be like to live and train at the state-of-the-art Olympic Trai...

By Robert Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. Cierra Runge has dominated in the pool at every level of the sport. The rising junior at the University of Wisconsin swam in the morning heats of Team USA's Olympic-gold-winning 4x200 freestyle relay in Rio last summer. In addition to her Olympic ac...

By Robert Griswold Swimming World College Intern. At the beginning of every Olympic and Paralympic four-year cycle, both international and national federations alike evaluate the successes and failures of the previous four years and plan for the future. World Para Swimming as a whole has accomplishe...