Swimming World’s Male High School Co-Swimmers of the Year:
Carson Foster & Luca Urlando
By David Rieder
In August 2018, Carson Foster and Luca Urlando returned from representing the United States at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Fiji. As the two teenagers began their respective junior years of high school, both had just captured their first international gold medals, giving them a taste of international success that left them hungry for more.
The next stops on their swimming journeys brought both of them to their junior year of high school racing—Foster at Sycamore High School in Montgomery, Ohio (a suburb northeast of Cincinnati), and Urlando at C.K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento, Calif. Foster ended up breaking a national record and posting the top time in the country in two events, while Urlando recorded a public school national record and one of the top times in the country in three events.
And for those efforts, both Foster and Urlando earn the honor of Swimming World’s Male High School Co-Swimmers of the Year.
“USA Swimming National Junior Team Director Mitch Dalton told us, ‘Look around this room. Someone here is going to be an Olympian, and it could be you. That stuck with me. People who I competed with on that team (2017 World Junior Championships) are going to be Olympians. Why can’t I be an Olympian? Ever since I was 15, that’s kind of been my dream…. I’m putting everything I can into swimming, and that’s something I want to accomplish.” —Carson Foster
To read more about our swimmers of the year Carson and Luca,
check out the full July 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now!
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FEATURES
016 EXPLOSIVELY FAST…AND ONLY A SOPHOMORE
by Dan D’Addona
Torri Huske of Yorktown High School in Arlington, Va., is a national high school record holder, the fastest female this past high school season in two individual events and Swimming World’s Female High School Swimmer of the Year. And she still has two more years remaining of high school!
018 SHARING THE SAME PATH TO SUCCESS
by David Rieder
Swimmers Carson Foster and Luca Urlando: both are high school juniors…both were U.S. teammates and four-time gold medalists at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacs in Fiji…and both were named as Swimming World’s Male High School Co-Swimmers of the Year. And they also share the Olympic dream of competing next year in Tokyo!
022 THE BATTLE FOR FIRST
by Dan D’Addona and David Rieder
Not only did this year’s top high school swimmers turn in impressive performances, but six of the top eight will be returning next season, providing optimism for another year of fast swimming.
024 TOP HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITS
by Chandler Brandes
Swimming World takes a look at the swimmers it considers to be the 10 best high school recruits (both male and female) from the Class of 2019 and where they’ll be attending college in the fall.
027 HISTORY IS ON THEIR SIDE
by David Rieder
Back before Mack Horton, Mireia Belmonte, Tyler Clary, Kyle Chalmers and Caeleb Dressel became Olympic gold medalists, they were World Junior champions. Who will emerge from the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships and follow the same path as many of those before them?
029 PIONEERS OF TITLE IX
by Bruce Wigo
Swimming World takes a look back to the years when there were only isolated opportunities for girls to swim while in high school. We also remember two pioneers who helped make swimming a high school sport for women: Donna de Varona and Sandra Bucha.
032 NUTRITION: AROUND THE TABLE WITH MICHIGAN LAKESHORE AQUATICS (Part 3)
by Dan D’Addona and Dawn Weatherwax
COACHING
010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: JERRY HOLTREY
by Michael J. Stott
014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: THE PREVALENCE OF SHOULDER PROBLEMS IN SWIMMING
by Rod Havriluk
Shoulder injuries are as prevalent now as they were 40 years ago. This is especially troubling given what we know about technique adjustments to prevent shoulder injury. To decrease the number of shoulder problems, it is vital that injury management strategies emphasize prevention and not just provide treatment.
036 SPECIAL SETS: LISA BRATTON—WOMAN AT WORK
by Michael J. Stott
Coaches preach that swimming is a process, a journey honed by dedication and perseverance. Presenting Exhibit No. 1: professional swimmer Lisa Bratton.
038 TRAINING PARTNERS
by Michael J. Stott
While pool and open water practice may seem dissimilar, the two are actually remarkably complementary. Open water offers a host of transferable skills, including variety, aerobic benefit and strategic training.
041 Q&A WITH COACH RICK ROWLAND
by Michael J. Stott
042 HOW THEY TRAIN SCOTT TOLMAN
by Michael J. Stott
TRAINING
013 DRYSIDE TRAINING: CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED
by J.R. Rosania
JUNIOR SWIMMER
034 GOLDMINDS: WE, NOT ME!
by Wayne Goldsmith
What makes swimming teams great? It’s the power of selflessness.
045 UP & COMERS: ERIN GEMMELL
by Shoshanna Rutemiller
COLUMNS
008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT
009 BEYOND THE YARDS
031 DID YOU KNOW? CLARE DENNIS
044 HASTY HIGH POINTERS
046 GUTTER TALK
048 PARTING SHOT