Swimming World Biweekly: The Best of 2018

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This issue of SW Biweekly features a review of our most favorite swimming news stories from all of 2018, some of which include taking a look back in history to understand its importance today. Read about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the right to swim, and Chris Silva, who was the first African American to qualify for a U.S. Olympic swimming team (1984), the first to hold a U.S. record, and the first to represent the U.S. in international competition. Catch up with Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Allison Schmitt, Kathleen Baker, Ella Eastin, Margo Geer, and Abby Van Harn!  Plus much, much more. This issue is packed, so we welcome you to take a little holiday stress off with tales from the pool.

And while it may or may not be too late for your gifts to arrive in time for the holiday, it’s not too late to honor your swimmer with the gift of your best intentions…
Check out our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide!

008 MEEHAN AND SLUSSER FORGING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE AT STANFORD
by Guerby Ruuska

011  REMEMBERING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND THE RIGHT TO SWIM
by Bruce Wigo

012 STRENGTH TO SPEED: CALVIN’S ABBY VAN HARN AIMS FOR NCAA TITLES 
by Dan D’Addona

014 AN AMERICAN ROSE
Commentary by Chuck Warner

 016 MARGO GEER’S JOURNEY BACK TO SWIMMING
by David Rieder

018 CELEBRATING COLLEGIATE SWIMMING AND THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1898
by Bruce Wigo

020 CALM STRIKES UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SWIM TEAM DURING FALSE BALLISTIC THREAT
Commentary by Kasey Schmidt

022  ELLA EASTIN HEARTBROKEN, BUT NOT DEFEATED
by David Rieder

025 ‘NO LEGS, NO LIMITS’
by Dan D’Addona

026 FORT LAUDERDALE CELEBRATES 90 YEARS OF SWIMMING 
Commentary by Laura Voet

027 OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

036 CAELEB DRESSEL ALWAYS WANTED MORE
by David Rieder

039 BLACK SWIMMING HISTORY MONTH: REMEMBERING CHRIS SILVA
by Bruce Wigo

040 ESSAYS, EDUCATION AND EXCELLENCE: THE CLASSROOM SIDE OF KATIE LEDECKY
by David Rieder

043 THE BEAR IS GOLDEN: KATHLEEN BAKER BACK ON TOP 
by David Rieder

044 SEEING CARDINAL RED: STANFORD OVERWHELMS WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
by David Rieder

046 CAELEB DRESSEL LEADS MYTHICAL MASHING OF RECORDS AT MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
by David Rieder

48 WHY ALLISON SCHMITT CAME BACK TO SWIMMING
by David Rieder

050  TIME FOR MICHAEL ANDREW TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP
by David Rieder

052  AFTER CAL APPRENTICESHIP, YURI SUGUIYAMA GETS HIS CHANCE AT WISCONSIN
by David Rieder

055 KATIE LEDECKY’S ERA OF DOMINANCE
by Kevin Donnelly

056 HOW A 17-YEAR-OLD SWIMMER FIGHTS CANCER
by Payton Titus

058 PROS AND CONS OF POTENTIAL USA SWIMMING BAN ON AGE GROUP TECH SUITS
by Eamonn Keenan

060 THE FANTASTIC FOUR SWIMMERS WHO MADE HISTORY AT NCAA DI MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
by Grant Anger

062 FIRST-TIMERS EARN THEIR SPOTS, STEAL THE SHOW AT USA SWIMMING NATIONALS
by David Rieder

064 ANDREW SELISKAR LEADING AMERICAN RESURGENCE IN MEN’S 200 FREE 
by David Rieder

066 REGAN SMITH FEELS NO PRESSURE AND POSSESSES UNLIMITED POTENTIAL 
by David Rieder

068 KATHLEEN BAKER’S 368-DAY JOURNEY TO A WORLD RECORD
by David Rieder

070 WHAT’S SO FRUSTRATING FOR KATIE LEDECKY?
by David Rieder

071 SWIMMING HALL OF FAME REMAINS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, SIGNS 30-YEAR LEASE
by Andy Ross

072 ‘CONFUSION, ANGER AND SADNESS’: MADISYN COX OPENS UP AFTER EMOTIONAL ANTI-DOPING SAGA
by David Rieder

074 12-YEAR-OLD COLTON HOFFMAN OFFICIALLY BECOMES AN ARIZONA WILDCAT
by Chandler Brandes

076 COLLEGE SWIMMING AT 34:  JED GALUTIRA PROVES IT’S NEVER TOO LATE
by Melissa Wolf

078 PARTING SHOT