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By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. Being a team captain is a unique role to play. Although every team follows a slightly different procedure for voting, team captains are known to be teammat...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. Whether you’re just starting out your swimming career or you’ve reached the highest levels in the sport, anyone can experience nerves behind the blocks. So...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. Every four years, the Summer Olympics come around and interest in competitive swimming spikes. NBC confirms that swimming is one of the top three most-watc...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. The 2019 Speedo Sectionals Jenks kicked off with an evening full of action. The big theme was close finishes, with many pairs battling it out down to the w...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. This summer many families will undoubtedly be packing up their towels and floaties and coolers to head out to the beach or the pool for a fun day in the su...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. The body of a swimmer is incredible. It wakes up before the sun is up, works out crazy hard for three hours, then comes back for another three grueling hou...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. Libby Walker has been a swimmer all her life. Her mom was a swim coach, which led her to want to join in on the action at the pool from a young age. Walker...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern Whether it’s a club team championship, a high school state swim meet, the NCAA championship, or a Master’s meet, every swimmer will have a last swim meet of...

By Haley Wen, Swimming World College Intern. The Grind As swimmers, we are taught from a young age to worship the grind. We buy T-shirts that proudly read “eat, sleep, swim”; we commiserate together o...