{"id":118153,"date":"2014-12-22T11:54:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=118153"},"modified":"2014-12-22T11:54:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T18:54:24","slug":"5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Annie Grevers<\/em><\/p>\n

TUCSON – The Christmas Training season can certainly create some anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly becomes\u00a0wide open. Instead of fearing the added training opportunities, you can learn to embrace them.<\/p>\n

5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer<\/h2>\n

1) Oh what fun it is to train on a school-free, open day!<\/h2>\n

\"no<\/p>\n

How often do you get to devote all your energies to your favorite sport?<\/p>\n

Never.<\/em><\/p>\n

Take advantage of this break from scholastic curriculum and exercise the brain as you stare down that black line in your lane.<\/p>\n

Christmas training is not often lumped in with our favorite holiday traditions, but the novelty of swimming without the stress of school is to be celebrated.<\/p>\n

The best swimmers do not just log laps. They think about every angle of every portion of every stroke they take. Challenge your brain to engage throughout every stroke this year. Cerebral swimming may just become a habit.<\/p>\n

2) It\u2019s the nap, nappiest season of all<\/h2>\n

\"Napping\"<\/p>\n

Hmmm. What to do after morning practice?<\/p>\n

Option 1:<\/strong> eat fudge.<\/p>\n

Option 2:<\/strong> play video games.<\/p>\n

Option 3:<\/strong> take a nap!<\/p>\n

Recovering like a professional is seldom an option with school in between workouts. You have the rare opportunity to recover like swimming is your job. Seize that opportunity and see what kind of results come when you recover with a hearty breakfast and a sizeable nap.<\/p>\n

3) The best way to spread Christmas cheer, is singing loud for all to hear.<\/h2>\n

\"Charlie<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t take Buddy the Elf\u2019s advice in it\u2019s entirety. We know all know the singers in the group.<\/p>\n

Their songs are not appreciated as you try to savor the gasping seconds on the wall. But a great way to spread Christmas training cheer is to, you guessed it, CHEER!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not cheesy. It\u2019s not embarrassing. In fact, your teammates will like it.<\/p>\n

They might even use their extra sugar energy to cheer for you in return.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe tough!\u201d \u201cLast one, fast one!\u201d \u201cCome and get me!\u201d are a few suggestions if you are struggling with to find cheer content.<\/p>\n

4) Appreciate Santa\u2019s Swimmer Clause:<\/h2>\n

\"Candy\"<\/p>\n

All those making merry shall gain weight during the holiday season, unless you are a swimmer undergoing Christmas Training.<\/p>\n

OK. Not a guarantee. We would advise you to fuel your body with protein, adequate carbohydrates, fruits and veggies and minimal sugar.<\/p>\n

But also appreciate the amount of exercise you are doing! I know this swammer misses never feeling the full effects of the caramel corn variety tin, mom\u2019s fudge, and countless other sugary temptations I went after with fervor.<\/p>\n

5) Silver and Goals!<\/h2>\n

\"what_are_your_goals\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Write down a goal and three ways you\u2019re going to attain that goal. The \u201chow\u201d is so important in goal setting.<\/p>\n

Just because you will something to happen, does not mean it\u2019s going to magically transpire.<\/p>\n

I guess this could be considered homework, but it\u2019s the most inspiring homework assignment you\u2019ll ever get to do and your last assignment of 2014!<\/p>\n

Reevaluate your existing goals. If you have not written down three goals, this is the perfect time.<\/p>\n

Our most arduous training sessions can be so much more productive and meaningful with our goals fresh on our minds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Annie Grevers TUCSON – The Christmas Training season can certainly create some anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly becomes\u00a0wide open. Instead of fearing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":118176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[47637,47638],"class_list":["post-118153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-commentary","tag-christmas-training","tag-holiday-training"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Christmas Training season can certainly create anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly breaks open.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Christmas Training season can certainly create anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly breaks open.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=10136060&fref=ts\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"687\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Annie Grevers\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@annie_channie\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Annie Grevers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Annie Grevers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c1007936b42e0f7d78fd75dd928a583\"},\"headline\":\"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/\"},\"wordCount\":548,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Christmas Training\",\"Holiday Training\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/\",\"name\":\"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Christmas Training season can certainly create anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly breaks open.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":687,\"caption\":\"Cheer\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c1007936b42e0f7d78fd75dd928a583\",\"name\":\"Annie Grevers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d5fc8042bea690c35d1db727997f265?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d5fc8042bea690c35d1db727997f265?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Annie Grevers\"},\"description\":\"Annie (Chandler) Grevers is a staff writer for Swimming World. She swam for the University of Arizona, winning the 100 yard breaststroke at the NCAA DI Championships as a senior in 2010. She was also a member of six NCAA Championship relays during her college career as well as a member of Arizona\u2019s NCAA Championship title in 2008. She represented the United States at the Pan Pacific Games in 2010 and at the Pan American Games in 2011, where she won the 100 breaststroke. She is married to Matt Grevers and resides in Tucson, Arizona.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.SwimmingWorld.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=10136060&fref=ts\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/annie_channie\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/annie-grevers\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer","description":"The Christmas Training season can certainly create anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly breaks open.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer","og_description":"The Christmas Training season can certainly create anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly breaks open.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=10136060&fref=ts","article_published_time":"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":687,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Annie Grevers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@annie_channie","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Annie Grevers","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/"},"author":{"name":"Annie Grevers","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c1007936b42e0f7d78fd75dd928a583"},"headline":"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer","datePublished":"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/"},"wordCount":548,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg","keywords":["Christmas Training","Holiday Training"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/","name":"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg","datePublished":"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-22T18:54:24+00:00","description":"The Christmas Training season can certainly create anxiety for a swimmer as the standard routine of swim-school-swim-homework-sleep suddenly breaks open.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg","width":800,"height":687,"caption":"Cheer"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-ways-turn-christmas-training-fear-cheer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Ways to Turn Christmas Training Fear into Cheer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c1007936b42e0f7d78fd75dd928a583","name":"Annie Grevers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d5fc8042bea690c35d1db727997f265?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d5fc8042bea690c35d1db727997f265?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Annie Grevers"},"description":"Annie (Chandler) Grevers is a staff writer for Swimming World. She swam for the University of Arizona, winning the 100 yard breaststroke at the NCAA DI Championships as a senior in 2010. She was also a member of six NCAA Championship relays during her college career as well as a member of Arizona\u2019s NCAA Championship title in 2008. She represented the United States at the Pan Pacific Games in 2010 and at the Pan American Games in 2011, where she won the 100 breaststroke. She is married to Matt Grevers and resides in Tucson, Arizona.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.SwimmingWorld.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=10136060&fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/annie_channie"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/annie-grevers\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cheer.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-uJH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}