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By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. It’s that season once again where thousands of high school athletes are looking at where to swim and study collegiately. This is an important process for a young person’s future, as these schools hold the keys to success for the next four years. One imp...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Most seasons are over at this point, but there are a couple more championship meets coming up. That means that there are a lot of swimmers out there on taper right now. Taper is a magical thing that every swimmer dreams about during the regular season. ...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Now that it is March, most of our swim seasons are over and we are prepping for next season. Swimming is the last thing that some of us want to think about, but now is an important time to start setting our goals for next season. Here is a look at what ...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Swim season is beginning to wind down for swimmers across the country. Whether your last meet has already happened, or it is yet to happen, I hope the results you get are what you've been working towards since the beginning. Regardless of whether you co...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Swimming has come a long way since the 1980s. Swimmers have gone from having full mustaches and not wearing goggles, to not having a single hair on the body and having fancy goggles that streamline the water. Everything has changed since the 1980s: stro...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Everyone knows who the sprinters are at swim meets. They’re usually stereotyped to be tall and beefy guys, and very muscular girls. They usually walk around with a certain swagger that they need to be successful in their event. This swagger is half of w...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Winter training is mostly over across the country, and swimmers can officially rejoice that they no longer have to hear absurd sets that make them want to cry. Now that these couple of weeks is finally over, there is one question that is brought about: ...

4 Ways to Improve Your Freestyle By Jacob Riley Freestyle is a complicated stroke because it's the resting stroke that everybody seems to do differently. Some people look like they're flailing with pizzaz, some people look so elegant that there is no way they're going fast, and some people just find...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. While everyone else collectively lets out a shout of joy for winter break, swimmers let out a shout of terror most of the time due to the lurking threat of winter training. Winter training is something that swimmers hate, but it’s absolutely necessary i...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. You swim two or more hours a day to get better at the sport you love. You do this for nobody but yourself. Swimmers work hard; this is a fact nobody can dispute. That's why swimmers are very employable after their aquatic careers are over. Swimming teac...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. It’s that time of the year again, the time where most swimmers nationwide hit the stride in their training that brings them to what I like to call “the doldrums of season.” This is the point in the year when your skin dries out, you continually have a f...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Every swimmer has their own preference of how to get themselves prepared for meets. Some already have their routine down to a tee. For those of you looking to find songs to prepare you to swim fast, look no further! Here are seven songs that every swimm...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern. Alright, so you just came back and had a bad meet. You’re pretty down in the dumps because you didn’t put up the times you wanted to. This is a tough situation that even some of the greatest swimmers in the world fall into. A disappointing performance a...

By Jacob Riley, Swimming World College Intern Wabash College is looking to have a breakout year this season in the swimming world. With the graduation of the 2016 class, this could be a hard feat for the Little Giants from Crawfordsville, Indiana. The class of 2016 held nine out of the 19 school rec...