{"id":132812,"date":"2015-04-28T08:40:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=132812"},"modified":"2015-04-28T14:19:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T21:19:26","slug":"cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>The head coach of the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre \u2013 Victoria and Director of Island Swimming died late Monday night in Victoria after a battle with cancer. Originally diagnosed as non-small cell lung cancer earlier in the year, the diagnosis was later revised to metastatic malignant melanoma.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old had been head coach of Canada\u2019s top senior national teams at every major international competition since 2009, including the 2012 Olympic Games. He had been head coach at the HPC-Victoria since 2008. HPC-Victoria swimmers and Olympians Hilary Caldwell, Alec Page and Ryan Cochrane all qualified for this summer\u2019s Pan American Games team, as did Jeremy Bagshaw of Island Swimming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a tremendous example of a dedicated coach,\u201d said Swimming Canada CEO Ahmed El-Awadi. \u201cHe loved our sport, he cherished his athletes and he proudly represented his family and Canada. He was a man of remarkable courage and strength of character. His achievements are too numerous to name but what stands out most is that he inspired others to achieve and they did. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett helped Canadian swimmers achieve medal performances at many international meets, including Cochrane\u2019s bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics and silver medal at the 2012 Olympics, both in the men\u2019s 1,500-m freestyle. More recently Bennett\u2019s swimmers delivered all four of the Canadian swimming medals at the 2013 FINA World Championships. In addition to two from Cochrane in the 800-m and 1,500-m freestyle, Caldwell emerged with a bronze in women\u2019s 200-m backstroke. Eric Hedlin, meanwhile, burst onto the international open water swimming scene with a silver medal in the 5-km.<\/p>\n<p>Caldwell followed that up with a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where Cochrane defended his double gold medals in the 400-m and 1,500-m free. Cochrane also took gold in the 800-m and silver in the 1,500-m at last year\u2019s Pan Pacific Championships. Over the years, Bennett had great successes working with national team stalwarts such as Marianne Limpert, Rick Say, Julia Wilkinson and Mike Mintenko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRandy was always focused on high performance in everything he did,\u201d said Swimming Canada High Performance Director John Atkinson. \u201cHe will be greatly missed by all in swimming. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett is survived by his wife Lesley and two teenage sons, Brett and Kyle. Swimming Canada is in contact with the family and will share further relevant information as appropriate. A plan is already in place to support the family and the athletes, which includes grief counseling. Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Talent Development Coach Ryan Mallette continues to oversee the senior swimmers, while Swimming Canada IST Director Dr. Allan Wrigley heads up a strong support team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRandy faced cancer, malignant melanoma, with the same tenacity with which he coached,\u201d said national team physician Steve Keeler, who had been acting as Bennett\u2019s primary physician throughout this situation, working alongside a team of specialists. \u201cDespite the rapid progression of his disease Randy remained focused on his family and the athletes he coached. His strength through this journey was impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Canada asks that media and members of the public respect the privacy of Bennett\u2019s family as well as that of the athletes. Those wishing to express their condolences can send messages to farewellrandy@swimming.ca<\/p>\n<div><i>Statement from two-time Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane:<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>We\u2019ve lost a mentor, a visionary, and a friend. Randy\u2019s ability to fight for what was right is a tenet we must all continue to uphold. He expected nothing except the absolute best from each and every person he touched.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Coaching was his passion and his life, and I know he has had a profound impact on my life both in and out of sport. I would not be the athlete or person I am today without him. The values and imagination Randy instilled in all of his athletes will live on and that&#8217;s a testament to his love of swimming.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com\">newsmaster@swimmingworld.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett. The head coach of the Swimming Canada High Performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":121882,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[48332,48331,34769],"class_list":["post-132812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-obituary","tag-passages","tag-randy-bennett"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett.\" \/>\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\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/\" \/>\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:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-28T15:40:29+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-04-28T21:19:26+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1167\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jason Marsteller\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jason Marsteller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 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\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jason Marsteller\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8ae4cee04e7ce67136eb7d1c1d86cb0b\"},\"headline\":\"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-28T15:40:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-28T21:19:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/\"},\"wordCount\":709,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Obituary\",\"Passages\",\"Randy Bennett\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/\",\"name\":\"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-28T15:40:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-28T21:19:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg\",\"width\":1167,\"height\":700,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Kezia Nathe\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51\"}]},{\"@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\/8ae4cee04e7ce67136eb7d1c1d86cb0b\",\"name\":\"Jason Marsteller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd664875bd27ded97aa834580029e058?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd664875bd27ded97aa834580029e058?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Jason Marsteller\"},\"description\":\"Jason Marsteller is the general manager of digital properties at Swimming World. He joined Swimming World in June 2006 as the managing editor after previous stints as a media relations professional at Indiana University, the University of Tennessee, Southern Utah University and the Utah Summer Games.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/jasonm\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51","description":"Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett.","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\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51","og_description":"Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2015-04-28T15:40:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-04-28T21:19:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1167,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jason Marsteller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jason Marsteller","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/"},"author":{"name":"Jason Marsteller","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8ae4cee04e7ce67136eb7d1c1d86cb0b"},"headline":"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51","datePublished":"2015-04-28T15:40:29+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-28T21:19:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/"},"wordCount":709,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg","keywords":["Obituary","Passages","Randy Bennett"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/","name":"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg","datePublished":"2015-04-28T15:40:29+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-28T21:19:26+00:00","description":"Members of the swimming community in Canada and around the world are mourning the death of longtime national coach Randy Bennett.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg","width":1167,"height":700,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Kezia Nathe"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cancer-claims-canadian-national-coach-randy-bennett-51\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cancer Claims Canadian National Coach Randy Bennett, 51"}]},{"@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\/8ae4cee04e7ce67136eb7d1c1d86cb0b","name":"Jason Marsteller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd664875bd27ded97aa834580029e058?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd664875bd27ded97aa834580029e058?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Jason Marsteller"},"description":"Jason Marsteller is the general manager of digital properties at Swimming World. He joined Swimming World in June 2006 as the managing editor after previous stints as a media relations professional at Indiana University, the University of Tennessee, Southern Utah University and the Utah Summer Games.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/jasonm\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Kezia Nathe","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/randy-bennett.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-yy8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132812","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}