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Though the summer long course swimming season is upon us, most of the past week\u2019s top swimming headlines looked forward to the fall season, where a swimming great made a choice about her training location and FINA announced a change to its format for the World Cup.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Week That was is supported by <a title=\"AgonSwim.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.AgonSwim.com\" target=\"_blank\">AgonSwim.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Week That Was #5: Petra Martin named head coach of Rutgers Women\u2019s Swimming<\/h2>\n<p>Rutgers University is bringing on Petra Martin as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rutgers-brings-on-petra-martin-as-new-head-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\">the head coach of the women\u2019s swimming team at the New Jersey school<\/a>. She comes from Bowling Green University, where she helped the Falcons place in the top three at the Mid-American Conference. Martin will have a heftier goal at Rutgers, working to get the Knights out of the bottom of the Big Ten rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>The Week That Was #4: Joe Lucia\u2019s retirement creates split of Cornell swim programs<\/h2>\n<p>After 28 years leading the swim programs at Cornell, Joe Lucia is preparing to step down as the head coach of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams at the Ivy League school. He\u2019ll stay on deck for a period of time as a volunteer assistant coach, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/joe-lucia-retires-from-cornell-cornell-programs-separating\/\" target=\"_blank\">according to the university\u2019s press release<\/a>, and help with fundraising and recruiting. Lucia had two associate head coaches under him to separately focus on the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams, and instead of continuing to have both squads run under one person\u2019s leadership, the associate coaches will run the programs separately. Patrick Gallagher will take over the women\u2019s team, while Wes Newman will run the men\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<h2>The Week That Was #3: Banned doctor Ba Zhen gets suspension extended<\/h2>\n<p>Ba Zhen, the doctor who was partly to blame for Sun Yang\u2019s positive drug test last year, got into trouble by the World Anti-Doping Agency when it was discovered that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ba-zhen-sun-yangs-banned-doctor-has-suspension-extended-after-violation\/\" target=\"_blank\">he attended last fall\u2019s Asian Games<\/a> to support the athletes under his care. His one-year ban that was supposed to end this coming Saturday prevented him from attending any competitions, even as a spectator. FINA said that Ba Zhen went to the Games to \u201crehabilitate his athlete during that competition.\u201d As a result, Ba Zhen is banned until September 27.<\/p>\n<h2>The Week That Was #2: FINA World Cup in 2015 to be conducted in long course<\/h2>\n<p>In a subtle bid to attract more American swimmers, FINA announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-cup-switching-to-long-course-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">this year\u2019s World Cup meets will be held in long course meters format<\/a>, a major change for the popular circuit that takes swimmers across Europe and Asia for the opportunity to earn cash while getting in some racing experience. Most of the top swimming nations send their best athletes to many of these meets, except the United States. With the exception of mainstays such as Tom Shields, the USA rarely has a strong presence in the World Cup. That might change with the news that it will not be in short course meters, which is not a popular format in the States. FINA also said the change was designed to give athletes more opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. We\u2019ll see how the change affects the leaderboard, where Hungarian Katinka Hosszu is still likely to reign supreme and race as many events as possible. Michael Phelps had indicated that he was planning to attend the World Cup meet in France in mid-August, which will come immediately after the U.S. nationals.<\/p>\n<h2>The Week That Was #1: Katie Ledecky staying at Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club this fall, will defer enrollment to Stanford<\/h2>\n<p>One of the most anticipated headlines of this summer was Katie Ledecky\u2019s unenviable choice of either attending Stanford University this fall as a freshman, or deferring enrollment for a year in preparation for the Olympics. The world\u2019s top distance freestyle swimmer chose the latter, opting to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-officially-defers-stanford-enrollment-for-a-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">stay with Coach Bruce Gemmell at Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club through summer 2016<\/a>. Ledecky made the announcement via press release, mentioning that the decision came after much discussion with Gemmell and Stanford head coach Greg Meehan. 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