Swimming World Presents “Hurricane Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces”

Workers use front-end loaders to restore Sombrero Beach Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Marathon, Fla. Sunday marked the first day, since Hurricane Irma passed through the Florida Keys on Sept. 10, that Keys officials gave the green light for visitors to return to the island chain. While Key Largo and Key West were least impacted, other areas of the Keys, including Marathon, are still recovering. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

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Hurricane Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces

Most people who reside in the southeastern United States and Caribbean live their lives hoping to avoid hurricanes, but this year’s batch of storms proved especially devastating. However, everyone in the area hosting swimming events intends to be back up and running again soon.

The recent rash of major hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean devastated rst southeast Texas (Harvey) and then the Caribbean and Florida (Irma). And then, much of the Caribbean got hit by two additional storms just weeks later.

Life stopped for the storms, and many of the locals who left their homes, particularly in Puerto Rico and the Florida Keys, had to wait days or weeks before they could get back. When they arrived, they had to pick up the pieces.

To learn more about how the open water swims in both Florida and the Caribbean were affected, check out the November 2017 issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now!

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FEATURES

2017 OPEN WATER SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR
by Annie Grevers
Swimming World’s Open Water Swimmers of the Year for 2017 are both two-time winners, with France’s Aurelie Muller also having won the title in 2015, and the Netherlands’ Ferry Weertman taking the honor in back-to-back years.

A PROPOSITION: OPEN WATER RELAYS AT THE OLYMPICS
by Annie Grevers
Open water relays are already part of the swimming schedule at the World Championships. Why not add a 5K team event to the Olympics?

2017: A TIME TO REFLECT
by David Rieder
Water temperatures, water quality and athlete safety are still hot topics in open water swimming.

HURRICANE AFTERMATH: PICKING UP THE PIECES
by David Rieder
Most people who reside in the southeastern United States and Caribbean live their lives hoping to avoid hurricanes, but this year’s batch of storms proved especially devastating. However, everyone in the area hosting swimming events intends to be back up and running again soon.

THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
by David Rieder
Joe Zemaitis was looking for a challenge, a worthy goal. So, this past summer—after a year of planning and training—the head swim coach at Swim Neptune in Scottsdale, Ariz. accomplished that goal by crossing the English Channel from England to France in 12-1/2 hours.

SWIMMING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: A LOOK BACK IN TIME
by Bruce Wigo
Legend has it that in 55 B.C., when Roman General Julius Caesar stood on a beach in Gaul, plotting his conquest of Britain, he looked across the sea, saw the white cliffs of Dover and asked one of his men: “Do you think we could swim it?” His subordinate replied, “I think we should take boats.” They did, but an idea was born even though it would hibernate in the minds of men for nearly two millenia.

MENTAL PREP: BEFORE THE BEEP WITH LEAH SMITH
by Annie Grevers

COACHING

010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: FRANK BUSCH
by Michael J. Stott

COLLEGE RECRUITING: HOW IT’S DONE
by Michael J. Stott
In the first of a multi-part series, Swimming World explores the basic elements of the college swimming courtship.

SWIMMING TECHNIQUE MISCONCEPTIONS: FRONT QUADRANT SWIMMING
by Rod Havriluk
A common misconception is that front quadrant swimming (FQS) is an effective freestyle technique. It is not. While FQS has been used by top swimmers, that is not justification for promoting that strategy. FQS produces an arm coordination that is counterproductive to fast swimming.

SPECIAL SETS: THE (SWIMMING) DISTANCE FORMULA
by Michael J. Stott
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) swept the women’s and men’s swimming and diving titles at this year’s NAIA Championships—in part because of its outstanding distance freestyle performances. Here, Coach Scott Teeters shares some of his training methods for ONU’s highly successful distance program.

042 Q&A WITH COACH JON JOLLEY
by Michael J. Stott

043 HOW THEY TRAIN ROSS DANT
by Michael J. Stott

TRAINING

039 DRYSIDE TRAINING: BUILDING A STRONGER SWIMMER
by J.R. Rosania

JUNIOR SWIMMER

036 GOLDMINDS: RELAX…IT’S ONLY SWIMMING
by Wayne Goldsmith
Stressed? Tense? Anxious? Not to worry…just…relax

045 UP & COMERS
by Taylor Brien

COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS

008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT
030 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
046 GUTTER TALK
048 PARTING SHOT

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