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By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern Being a counter for a teammate can take time away from your own warmup, stretching, and mental preparation for races, so when someone does volunteer to count, it means that much more. There are also a very specific set of things that will definitely happ...

3 Ways Swimming Has Made Me a Better Student By Sarah Lloyd As I sat in the library writing this article, I couldn't help but think about the amount of schoolwork that was piling up around me for the week. I had an annotated bibliography and the opening four pages of an history research paper due fo...

Why Morning Workouts Are the Secret Pride of Swimmers It’s 5:57 a.m. and yet again, you find yourself standing at the edge of the pool, cap and goggles on, about to take the plunge. You’re cold, not quite willing to dive into an even colder pool and you’re tired; definitely not keen on raising your ...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern Dear Freshmen, I hope you're getting settled into your new room at your new school. I hope your excitement about starting on a new team outweighs the nerves you have about it. I hope that you're not too intimidated by the sheer number of people you have ...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern From about age 10 on, I introduced myself to everyone I met with some variation of "Hi, I'm Sarah! I'm a swimmer." For most of my life, I felt this introduction was more than sufficient to give that person a sense of who I was--I devoted all of my time o...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern Indiana Hoosier rising sophomore, NCAA champion, American record holder, and first-time Olympian, Lilly King swam into the hearts of Americans everywhere when she won both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events at the Olympic Trials in Omaha a few weeks ago...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern As I watched the Olympic Trials on live broadcast last week, I couldn't help but feel a strange sense that everything was about to change. And after watching Missy Franklin and Natalie Coughlin finish at the back of the pack in the final of the 100 backs...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern I'm a chronic pool swimmer. It's not that I don't like open water--I really, really like it when I get the chance to do it, but going to school in the middle of Amish country Ohio and having a real person job during the summer severely limits my opportun...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern When I started swimming competitively at the age of 8, part of it was my dad's doing. He had been a swimmer in high school and college before switching to rowing and he did a lot to foster my love of the water. I was a fish from an early age, so joining ...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern Let's face it, for many of us, summer isn't what we see in the movies. Instead of hitting the beach every day or jetting off to exotic locales for unfettered fun, most of are (gasp!) working. If you're like me, you probably haven't had a summer off from ...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern It's that time of year again. Classes are winding down, final exams are underway, and the sweet release of summer vacation looms large on the horizon. And while graduating seniors are busy getting all the ~*feels*~ about the real world, swammer life, and...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern With the NCAA Division I Championships coming up, there's more than just fast swimming to look forward to. Ten NCAA Division I teams (Alabama, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Penn State, Purdue, USC, Texas, Tulane, and West Virginia) have generously donated ...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern This March, Swimming World is celebrating the volunteers of the sport--parents who officiate meets, parents who time, announcers, kids who march the athletes out and carry baskets--the list goes on. The sport of swimming would not be what it is without t...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern The USC women made history this evening with their first ever conference title. While Stanford had notable swims from freshman Ella Eastin, Lia Neal, and Sarah Haase, as well as a relay win, the depth of the Trojan women's depth was too much for the Card...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern On the final night of the Division I Ohio State Championship meet, the boys of Cincinnati St. Xavier and the girls of Upper Arlington came up victorious. St. Xavier broke two state records en route to their victory. 200 Medley Relay The title in the girl...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern The last day of prelims at the 2016 Pac-12 Women's Championship has been another exciting session. Stanford freshman Ella Eastin continues to make a lasting impression on the swimming world and she's set up for another individual win of the meet--her thi...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern 400 IM If you didn't watch this swim live, you should go back and watch it on the replay. Stanford's Ella Eastin absolutely crushed the field--her 3:59.30 left everyone else in the dust on her way to her second individual win of the meet. California se.....

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern Stanford's freshman Ella Eastin just joined a pretty elite club tonight with her 3:59.30 in the 400 IM at the Women's Pac-12 Championship. She joins the ranks of those such as Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, Caitlyn Leverenz, Julia Smit, Maya DiRado, Elizabeth...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern The Ohio Division II Swimming Championships finals took place this evening at the CT Branin Natatorium in Canton, OH and it was a showcase of fast swims and good races. 200 Medley Relay The champion in the girls' event was the team of Claire Doerr (26.46...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern The Pac-12 Women's Championship resumed for the prelims session of day three this morning and the competition is as stiff as ever. Stanford teammate junior Lia Neal and  freshman Ella Eastin and California junior Farida Osman, among others, put up good s...