Up & Comer: Alex Walsh
Alex Walsh of Nashville Aquatic Club has been making a splash in the swimming world recently. The fourteen-year-old recently took home three gold medals this summer’s at the Junior Nationals in San Antonio, winning the 100 and 200 meter backstroke (1:00.84, 2:10.55) and leading off the 400 medley relay for her club.
Walsh will make her debut at the Olympic Trials next summer next summer in both the 100 and 200 backstroke, as well as the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM. Along with her Olympic Trials cuts, Walsh and teammates Ella Nelson, Kallie Chelsvig and Lauren Hurt currently hold the national age group record in the 13-14 girls 400 meter medley relay (4:18.41).
To read more about Alex Walsh check out the October copy today! The Up & Comer’s article is a monthly column featuring young athletes who are making a splash; sponsored by Spectrum Aquatics.
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FEATURES
009 NO WORRIES!
by Jeff Commings
Despite opinions to the contrary, Frank Busch, the national team director of USA Swimming, is confident that the Americans should continue their history of success at next year’s Olympics.
012 STUCK!
by Michael J. Stott
Older swimmers, seniors through Masters, address stagnant performance on a routine basis. But what about younger athletes? Swimming World asked some veteran coaches how they help 12-and-unders navigate the perils of age group plateaus.
014 “IT’S JUST SWIMMING…”
by Annie Grevers
Eighteen-year-old Katie McLaughlin shows that her laid-back approach to the sport she loves can breed some serious speed!
018 SUMMER TAKEAWAYS
by Jeff Commings
This summer’s meets offered us many refreshing details about the global state of swimming leading into the 2016 Olympics, mostly showing us that the world’s best are coming from virtually every corner of the globe.
026 COUNTING HER BLESSINGS
by Annie Grevers
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Swimmer Kayla Redig was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 24. Now 27, cancer survivor Kayla is helping countless others by sharing her own experiences through her blog, a documentary to be released next spring and through numerous articles that have been written about her.
COACHING
010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: BOB GILLETT
by Michael J. Stott
030 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE MISCONCEPTIONS: PROPULSION
by Rod Havriluk
A number of sources have stressed the importance of minimizing resistance to swim faster. An increase in propulsion may, however, be an even more important key to swimming faster. This article explains how one of the world’s fastest sprinters can adjust a critical technique limitation to increase propulsion and swim much faster.
042 Q&A WITH COACH JAMIE RUDISILL
by Michael J. Stott
043 HOW THEY TRAIN VICTOR POLYAKOV
by Michael J. Stott
JUNIOR SWIMMER
032 GOLDMINDS: 30 POINTS TO POP YOUR PERFORMANCE PLATEAU
by Wayne Goldsmith
045 UP & COMERS
COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS
008 A Voice for the Sport
021 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
035 PREP SCHOOL DIRECTORY
046 Gutter Talk
048 Parting Shot
Phenomenal!
Is her mom Sue Walsh???? Past Olympian? She looks just like her
No relation but both very talented