{"id":238294,"date":"2017-01-23T09:54:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T16:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=238294"},"modified":"2017-01-23T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T16:54:21","slug":"the-week-that-was-meehan-and-durden-selected-for-team-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-meehan-and-durden-selected-for-team-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Meehan And Durden Selected For Team USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week saw Team USA announce their its coaching selections for this summer\u2019s 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Read about who was picked\u00a0and the other big stories from this week in The Week That Was!<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Week That Was -- Jan. 23, 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4Q84j7KC0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #5 &#8211; Texas Women Vault To No. 1 Ranking<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_228689\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228689\" data-attachment-id=\"228689\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-meehan-and-durden-selected-for-team-usa\/jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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=\"jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold \/ Aringo Photos&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-228689\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"jordan-wheeler-goggles-texas\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-228689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold \/ Aringo Photos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a historic dual meet win against previously No. 2 University of Georgia, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-women-vault-to-no-1-in-cscaa-d-i-poll-cal-men-remain-on-top\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the University of Texas women\u2019s team was ranked No. 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the most recent CSCAA TYR Top 25 Coaches Poll. Last week, Texas broke a winning streak for the Bulldogs at home that has lasted since 1995 and included 103-straight dual meet wins. Stanford, the previous\u00a0top-ranked team, dropped down to No. 2 while Georgia fell to No. 3. This latest poll gives Texas Head Coach <\/span><b>Carol Capitani <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her first No. 1 ranking during her time at Texas. On the men\u2019s side, Cal-Berkeley remained in the top ranked spot ahead of the two-time defending champion\u00a0Texas Longhorns.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211; Swimming Australia Partners With Arena<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_157396\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australians-win-5-events-on-final-night-in-santa-clara\/emily-seebohm-paul-seiserspa-images-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-157396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157396\" data-attachment-id=\"157396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australians-win-5-events-on-final-night-in-santa-clara\/emily-seebohm-paul-seiserspa-images-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/emily-seebohm-11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" 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;Emily Seebohm        \\u00a9Paul Seiser\\\/SPA Images&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;Emily Seebohm        \\u00a9Paul Seiser\\\/SPA Images&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"emily-seebohm (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Emily Seebohm \u00a9Paul Seiser\/SPA Images&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Paul Seiser\/SPA Images&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/emily-seebohm-11-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/emily-seebohm-11-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157396\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/emily-seebohm-11-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Seebohm \u00a9Paul Seiser\/SPA Images\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Paul Seiser\/SPA Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming Australia announced late last year that they were parting ways with Speedo effective December 31, 2016, and this week <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-australia-announces-apparel-deal-with-arena\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revealed that their new apparel partnership will be with Arena<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Italian company\u2019s partnership with Swimming Australia started at the beginning of the new year. Swimming Australia CEO <\/span><b>Mark Anderson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commented that his organization will use the partnership to push Arena products within Australia while also working on developing the best performance wear for their athletes as they move into the new Olympic quad. Australian swimming already has a sizable representation of athletes wearing Arena, including <\/span><b>Cate Campbell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Bronte Campbell<\/b>, <strong>Mitch<\/strong><b> Larkin\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Emily Seebohm. <\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; Ryan Lochte Announces Deal With Powerbar, Reveals Child\u2019s Gender<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_217358\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217358\" data-attachment-id=\"217358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-meehan-and-durden-selected-for-team-usa\/lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio-e1549472190261.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1005,720\" 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=\"lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2\/6\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n10\/28\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n9-7-16 &#038; 12-14-16&lt;br \/&gt;\nlochte-br-200im-prelims-rio&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio-1024x734.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217358\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"lochte-br-200im-prelims-rio\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-217358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olympian <\/span><b>Ryan Lochte <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-announces-sex-of-his-baby-stars-in-powerbar-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made a return to the limelight this week with a new partnership with PowerBar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Appearing in a new ad for the sports nutrition company, the Olympic gold medalist played off of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/reports-ryan-lochte-fabricated-robbery-story\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his much-publicized controversy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that followed the completion of the swimming competition in Rio this past summer. Falling in line with the PowerBar campaign of a \u201cclean start,\u201d Lochte appears ready to jump back into the pool to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Lochte is still <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/suspensions-for-lochte-feigen-bentz-conger-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">currently serving a suspension from USA Swimming through June 30, 2017<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which leaves him unable to qualify for the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. Lochte also revealed in a CBS News interview related to his new partnership that he and fiancee <\/span><b>Kayla Rae Reid <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are expecting a boy. The couple <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-and-fiancee-kayla-reid-announce-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced they were expecting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near the end of 2016 following their engagement. You can see the full transcript of Lochte\u2019s CBS interview <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-reveals-babys-sex-talks-wedding-plans-and-pledge-for-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; Olympian Fran Halsall Retires<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_47349\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/francesca-halsall-pos-1-gbr\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47349\" data-attachment-id=\"47349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-meehan-and-durden-selected-for-team-usa\/francesca-halsall-pos-1-gbr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Francesca-Halsall-Pos-1-GBR-e1485141101112.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1992,1352\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joao Marc Bosch&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375467814&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Francesca Halsall Pos 1 GBR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Francesca-Halsall-Pos-1-GBR-e1485141101112-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Francesca-Halsall-Pos-1-GBR-e1485141101112-1024x695.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47349 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Francesca-Halsall-Pos-1-GBR-e1485141101112-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Olympian <\/span><b>Fran Halsall <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympian-fran-halsall-announces-retirement-from-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced her retirement early last week with a post on her Twitter page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The three-time Olympian admitted that her retirement was bittersweet, saying that she will miss the sport that has given her so much while also acknowledging that she is excited to begin the next phase of her life outside of the pool. Halsall has long been a fixture for Great Britain on the international stage, having competed at multiple Commonwealth, European, and World Championships over the last decade in addition to appearing at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Her first international meet was the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where she walked away with two silver medals from relays. Her highest finish from an Olympic Games came just this summer, when she finished fourth in the 50-meter freestyle in 24.13, just .02 away from the bronze. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; Durden And Meehan Named Worlds Coaches<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_238009\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/meehan-durden-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238009\" data-attachment-id=\"238009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-meehan-and-durden-selected-for-team-usa\/meehan-durden-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/meehan-durden-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,798\" 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=\"meehan-durden (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1\/19\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nmeehan-durden (1)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H.Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/meehan-durden-1-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/meehan-durden-1-1024x681.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-238009\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/meehan-durden-1-700x500.png\" alt=\"meehan-durden (1)\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-238009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H.Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Team Director <\/span><b>Frank Busch <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced this week that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dave-durden-greg-meehan-named-head-coaches-for-2017-fina-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collegiate coaches <\/span><b>Greg Meehan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Dave Durden <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will lead Team USA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary this summer. Both coaches have international coaching experience with Team USA, having served as assistants for the 2016 Olympic Team that competed in Rio de Janeiro. Durden, who is the current head men\u2019s coach at Cal-Berkley, will serve as the men\u2019s head coach, while Meehan, who is the current head women\u2019s coach at Stanford University, will be the head coach of the women\u2019s team. The coaching duo both boast a number of national teamers on their teams, and combined their athletes won a total of 18 medals at the 2016 Olympics. That includes the likes of <\/span><b>Nathan Adrian<\/b>,<b> Ryan Murphy<\/b>,<b> Simone Manuel<\/b>,<b> Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Maya DiRado. <\/b>This will not be the first time the two coaches have worked with each other. Meehan served as the Assistant and Associate Head Coach for Cal under Durden for five seasons before landing the job at Stanford in 2012.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qualifications for the U.S. World Championships Team June 27-July 1 in Indianapolis, with the actual competition being held July 23-30. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week saw Team USA announce their its coaching selections for this summer\u2019s 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. 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