Here Come The Americans!

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Here Come The Americans!

In 2015, it took a 59.60 in the men’s 100 meter breaststroke to rank among the top 10 in the world. The only Americans to crack into that elite bracket were Cody Miller, a 2014 graduate of Indiana University, and Nic Fink, who wrapped up his eligibility as a Georgia Bulldog in 2015.

The Brits may boast a world record holder (Adam Peaty) and a 59-flat 100 breaststroker (Ross Murdoch), while South Africa (Cameron van der Burgh) and Lithuania (Giedrius Titenis) have swimmers who dipped under 59 in 2015. But they all should have formidable American breaststrokers nipping at their heels this Olympic year.

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FEATURES

014 TOP 9 OLYMPIC UPSETS: #7 ANTHONY NESTY BEATS THE GREAT ONE!
by Chuck Warner
Beginning with the November 2015 issue and running through July 2016—a month before the start of the Olympic swimming events in Rio on Aug. 6—Swimming World Magazine will bring you its top 9 upsets in the individual events in Olympic history— in particular, in the last 50 years.

016 5 TOP STORIES OF 2015
by Jason Marsteller

017 THE STATE OF U.S. SWIMMING: THUMBS-UP!
by Chuck Warner and Annie Grevers
New swimming facilities in the United States are keeping pace with the country’s growing number of competitive swimmers.

020 2015 ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: DIVING, POLO, SYNCHRO, DISABLED SWIMMING
by Jason Marsteller

026 HERE COME THE AMERICANS!
by Annie Grevers
Team USA’s men’s breaststrokers are ready to kick down the door in 2016. With Nic Fink, Cody Miller and Andrew Wilson not having to divide their attention between the books and the pool, and Kevin Cordes training under Zen master and Olympic breaststroker Sergio Lopez, the year is bubbling with possibilities.

030 2015 RECORD PROGRESSION
by Jason Marsteller

COACHING
010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: BOB BOWMAN
by Michael J. Stott

012 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE MISCONCEPTIONS: ARM ENTRY
by Rod Havriluk
In freestyle and backstroke, swimmers typically complete the arm entry with the arm parallel to the surface. In butterfly, it is common for swimmers to complete the arm entry with the hands above the shoulders. Research shows that these typical arm entries result in significant wasted time.

019 TECHNIQUE: BACKSTROKE— REACH FOR THE SKY!

022 THE SWEET SPOT IN DISTANCE TRAINING: WHERE VOLUME MEETS INTENSITY
by Michael J. Stott
Distance training has changed considerably over the years. The key is finding the balance among endurance, speed work and training at critical practice speeds.

041 Q&A WITH COACH SUSAN TEETER
by Michael J. Stott

042 HOW THEY TRAIN LISA BOYCE AND CLAIRE McILMAIL
by Michael J. Stott

TRAINING
040 DRYSIDE TRAINING: NEW YEAR, NEW STRENGTH—4 SIMPLE EXERCISES TO A STRONGER 2016
by J.R. Rosania

JUNIOR SWIMMER
036 GOLDMINDS: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
by Wayne Goldsmith
The training load for young swimmers and the high time commitment required to be involved in competitive swimming are critically important issues both to the athletes and their parents.

045 UP & COMERS
by Taylor Brien

COLUMNS
008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT
046 GUTTER TALK
048 PARTING SHOT

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Bill Bell

8 years ago

Don’t count out the guy who’s American record-holder in 100-200 YARD breaststrokes and mebbe eveb Michael Andrew/Reese Whitely (although it’s a stretch for latter two.)

But even if Mller/Cordes/Fink and perhaps Brendan McHugh get into low 59s @. Omaha Peaty and Murdoch’ll be in the 57s by Rio it’s academic.

And speaking of “academics” I think Cody Miller and IU coach Ray Looze’ll be “quite surprised” to learn Miller is a graduate of the University of Indiana since the school’s official name is Indiana University.