﻿{"id":213582,"date":"2016-07-28T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=213582"},"modified":"2016-07-27T15:20:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:20:15","slug":"4-reasons-to-root-for-first-time-olympian-cody-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/4-reasons-to-root-for-first-time-olympian-cody-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Reasons to Root for First-Time Olympian Cody Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Nicole E. Johnson, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>World champion and newly-minted Olympian,\u00a0<strong>Cody Miller<\/strong>, has put forth some eye-catching performances in recent history. From setting NAG\u00a0records as a teenager to becoming the reigning national champion in the 100 breaststroke, Miller seems to keep steadily improving. At Olympic Trials in Omaha last month, Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/209545-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">earned his Olympic berth<\/a> by finishing second to\u00a0<strong>Kevin Cordes\u00a0<\/strong>in the 100 breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things you may not know about the Olympic rookie&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>1. He&#8217;s making Indiana University history.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_157929\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157929\" data-attachment-id=\"157929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/champions-mojo-podcast-a-chat-with-breaststroke-star-cody-miller\/cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andy Ringgold\\\/Aringo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T1i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1445085841&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;215&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold\/Aringo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157929\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"cody-miller-2015-texas-florida-indiana-002\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-157929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold\/Aringo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Miller, a former Indiana University student-athlete, is part of a tribe of IU swimmers becoming the first Hoosiers to\u00a0make it onto a U.S. Olympic team in 40 years. Breaststroker\u00a0<strong>Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>and freestyler <strong>Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>also added to Hoosier history by securing slots on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.\u00a0The Hoosiers sent <strong>Jim Montgomery\u00a0<\/strong>to the Olympics back in 1976 where he became the first man to swim the 100-meter freestyle in under 50 seconds. IU Head Coach\u00a0<strong>Ray Looze<\/strong>\u00a0speaks highly of Miller saying that he has coached very few people that have the passion and determination that Miller possesses.<\/p>\n<h2>2. He is sponsored by TYR.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_164188\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164188\" data-attachment-id=\"164188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tyr-sport-signs-world-championship-gold-medalist-and-american-record-holder-cody-miller\/tyr-pr-cody-miller-12-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TYR-pr-cody-miller-12-15.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,610\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TYR-pr-cody-miller-12-15\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: TYR Sport&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TYR-pr-cody-miller-12-15-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TYR-pr-cody-miller-12-15.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-164188\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TYR-pr-cody-miller-12-15-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: TYR Sport\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-164188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: TYR Sport<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the end of 2015, Cody Miller\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tyr-sport-signs-world-championship-gold-medalist-and-american-record-holder-cody-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\">signed with TYR<\/a>,\u00a0adding to the company&#8217;s list of talented athletes. The announcement of his professional sponsorship came a week after Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cody-miller-sets-2nd-breaststroke-american-record-with-100-win\/\" target=\"_blank\">set two American records<\/a> (200 SCM breaststroke and 100 SCM breaststroke) at the 2015 Duel In the Pool. It was a good week to be Cody Miller!<\/p>\n<h2>3. He has overcome physical obstacles.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_55686\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55686\" data-attachment-id=\"55686\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/miller_cody_06f_001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Miller_Cody_06F_001-e1469656918758.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Mike Comer\\\/ProSwimVisuals.com&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400265295&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;340&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Miller_Cody_06F_001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Mike Comer\/ProSwimVisuals.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Miller_Cody_06F_001-e1469656918758-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Miller_Cody_06F_001-e1469656918758-1024x769.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-55686 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Miller_Cody_06F_001-e1469656918758-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Mike Comer\/ProSwimVisuals.com\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Mike Comer\/ProSwimVisuals.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Miller started swimming when he was 8 years old to help monitor his heart and breathing because of a medical condition called pectus excavatum (sunk-in chest). As it turned out, Miller was a natural and continued to swim, showing tremendous breaststroke talent early in his career.<\/p>\n<h2>4. He was featured on the cover of the January&#8217;s issue of\u00a0<em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_214140\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214140\" data-attachment-id=\"214140\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/4-reasons-to-root-for-first-time-olympian-cody-miller\/swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"2400,3225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1-762x1024.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-214140\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1-700x500.png\" alt=\"swimming-world-january-2016-cover-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-214140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Miller recently stole the cover\u00a0of the January 2016 <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em>\u00a0issue after stealing the show at December&#8217;s Duel in the Pool. Miller upset\u00a0world record-holder <strong>Daniel Gyurta<\/strong>\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cody-miller-upsets-daniel-gyurta-with-200-breast-american-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">win the 200 breaststroke<\/a>.\u00a0Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2016\" target=\"_blank\">SwimmingWorld.com&#8217;s vault<\/a>\u00a0to see the January issue of the magazine, as well as covers from issues dating back to 1960!<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck in Rio, Cody!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nicole E. Johnson, Swimming World College Intern World champion and newly-minted Olympian,\u00a0Cody Miller, has put forth some eye-catching performances in recent history. 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