{"id":256443,"date":"2017-05-17T05:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=256443"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:15:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T17:15:45","slug":"simone-manuel-featured-in-sports-illustrated-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-featured-in-sports-illustrated-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Manuel Promotes Water Safety in Sports Illustrated Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four-time Rio Olympic medalist <strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong>\u00a0recently caught up with <em>Sports Illustrated Kids<\/em> to talk about finishing up another year at Stanford, her Olympic success, and why more children should be participating swim lessons. They also highlighted her involvement with USA Swimming&#8217;s Make A Splash Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-foundation-begins-ninth-annual-make-a-splash-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">which is currently on its ninth-annual tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many stories involving swim lessons and swim education have been surfacing recently in honor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-foundation-and-olympic-athletes-offer-swim-safety-tips-as-part-of-water-safety-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Water Safety Month<\/a>. FINA is\u00a0doing their part as well, with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-for-all-swimming-for-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swimming for All, Swimming for Life<\/a> campaign and clinic currently taking place in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_132171\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132171\" data-attachment-id=\"132171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-featured-in-sports-illustrated-kids\/simone-manuel-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/simone-manuel-mesa-2015-2205.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2399,1597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;simone-manuel-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1429354598&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;simone-manuel-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"simone-manuel- mesa-2015-2205\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;simone-manuel- 2015, Manuel Simone, Mesa Arena Pro, Skyline Aquatic Center, Warm-up&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\/2015\/04\/simone-manuel-mesa-2015-2205-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/simone-manuel-mesa-2015-2205-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-132171 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/simone-manuel-mesa-2015-2205-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"simone-manuel-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-132171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the article, Manuel explained that formal lessons decrease drowning rates by 88%. While these lessons cannot completely prevent drowning, she said they are the most important step in creating comfort and safety in and around the water.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8220;It\u2019s really important to get involved in swimming because it\u2019s a life-saving skill,&#8221; Manuel told <em>Sports Illustrated Kids<\/em>. &#8220;And with the Make a Splash program, the goal of USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation is to give a million swim lessons to children. It\u2019s important to be safe around the water and comfortable when you\u2019re swimming.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Manuel stressed this issue multiple times, she also answered some more light-hearted questions regarding her time at Stanford and who her heroes were growing up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_247578\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247578\" data-attachment-id=\"247578\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-and-national-champion-stanford-women-back-to-the-grind\/stanford-400-free-relay-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stanford-400-free-relay-2017-wncaa-4844.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. 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Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stanford-400-free-relay-2017-wncaa-4844-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stanford-400-free-relay-2017-wncaa-4844-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-247578 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stanford-400-free-relay-2017-wncaa-4844-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"stanford-400-free-relay-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-247578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Manuel\u00a0mentioned how special it was to help win Stanford&#8217;s first NCAA title in 19 years with her very talented teammates. \u00a0She also explained why\u00a0she admired <strong>Serena Williams<\/strong> as a child and throughout her life; Manuel said she\u00a0could easily relate to Williams because of her diversity and the experiences she has gone through.<\/p>\n<p>She also gave some tips on how to balance school and swimming, but provided one quote that most swimmers can relate to. When asked what she thinks about during her countless hours in the pool, Manuel said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8220;[laughs] I don\u2019t think about that much. It depends. Sometimes it\u2019s something as simple as, &#8216;What am I going to eat after this practice?&#8217; I think about a lot of technical things that I\u2019m swimming. But most of the time I\u2019m not thinking about anything. I feel like the pool is a place for me to kind of shut off my brain.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full <em>Sports Illustrated Kids<\/em> article can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sikids.com\/si-kids\/2017\/05\/16\/simone-manuel-talks-olympic-fame-stanford-success-and-importance-swim-lessons\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-time Rio Olympic medalist Simone Manuel\u00a0recently caught up with Sports Illustrated Kids to talk about finishing up another year at Stanford, her Olympic success, and why more children should be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":196321,"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":[3,7],"tags":[33362,25400,19694,61564,2535,2690,61565],"class_list":["post-256443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-usa","tag-make-a-splash","tag-simone-manuel","tag-sports-illustrated","tag-sports-illustrated-kids","tag-stanford-swimming","tag-usa-swimming","tag-water-safety-month"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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