{"id":283221,"date":"2017-11-06T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=283221"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:44:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:44:29","slug":"the-week-that-was-swimming-world-and-ishof-announce-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-swimming-world-and-ishof-announce-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Swimming World and ISHOF Announce Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Swimming World Magazine and the International Swimming Hall of Fame announced a major merger of the two organizations, giving both parties new ways to reach the aquatics world. Read about that merger and the other biggest stories of the week in The Week That Was.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Week That Was -- Nov. 6, 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZYdz-_my1vM?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; Four-Time Olympian Jason Lezak Joins adidas Swim<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_282918\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/four-time-olympian-jason-lezak-joins-adidas-swim\/jason-lezak-adidas\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-282918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282918\" data-attachment-id=\"282918\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/four-time-olympian-jason-lezak-joins-adidas-swim\/jason-lezak-adidas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/jason-lezak-adidas.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" 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=\"jason-lezak-adidas\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11\/3\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\njason-lezak-adidas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: adidas Swim&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/jason-lezak-adidas-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/jason-lezak-adidas-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-282918\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/jason-lezak-adidas-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"jason-lezak-adidas\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-282918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: adidas Swim<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week four-time Olympian <\/span><b>Jason Lezak <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/four-time-olympian-jason-lezak-joins-adidas-swim\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced that he will be joining adidas Swim<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, taking control of the West Control Team Accounts. Lezak will be in charge of managing adidas Swim\u2019s roster of athletes on the U.S. West Coast and be in charge of seeking new relationships. Team adidas includes U.S. Olympian <\/span><b>Josh Prenot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and World Junior Championship gold medalist <\/span><b>Michael Andrew<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lezak was a staple on the U.S. National Team for over a decade, delivering several clutch relay performances including his legendary leg on the 400 free relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211; 2016 Windsor World Champs Generate Over $32 Million of Economic Activity<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_232204\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-world-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap\/short-course-worlds-venue-windsor\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-232204\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232204\" data-attachment-id=\"232204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-world-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap\/short-course-worlds-venue-windsor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/short-course-worlds-venue-windsor.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1229,922\" 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=\"short-course-worlds-venue-windsor\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7\/11\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nshort-course-worlds-venue-windsor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/short-course-worlds-venue-windsor-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/short-course-worlds-venue-windsor-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232204\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/short-course-worlds-venue-windsor-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"short-course-worlds-venue-windsor\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-232204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-windsor-world-championships-generated-over-32m-of-economic-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A study from the Canadian Sports Tourism Alliance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revealed that that the 2016 Short Course FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor, Canada, generated more than $32 million of \u201ceconomic activity\u201d for the city. Windsor was the smallest city ever to host a FINA World Championships but was able to end with a surplus of $146,311 and supported $13 million in wages and salaries in the province, of which $8.1 million was generated directly in the city of Windsor. The 2016 World Championships hosted 864 athletes from 153 National Federations and reached over 460 million TV viewers. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; Team Unify Starts Program To Help Teams In Puerto Rico<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_223945\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-carolina-high-school-state-meets-rescheduled-due-to-hurricane-matthew\/hurricane-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-223945\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223945\" data-attachment-id=\"223945\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-carolina-high-school-state-meets-rescheduled-due-to-hurricane-matthew\/hurricane-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hurricane-1-e1475621674702.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" 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=\"hurricane\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10\/4\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\nhurricane&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hurricane-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hurricane-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-223945\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hurricane-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"hurricane\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-223945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team Unify has started a program with U.S. Olympian and Head Coach of the Pampano Beach Piranhas, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/1980-1984-olympian-jesse-vassallo-calling-for-help-with-puerto-rico-hurricane-relief\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Jesse Vassallo<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to help teams that have been affected by the recent devastating hurricanes that have hit Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico. The campaign, titled #TeamsHelpingTeams, is a way for teams to \u201cadopt\u201d another team in need and work to provide fundraising and aid to those affected by these natural disasters. Several teams across the country, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/nadadoresponceleonesswimteampuertorico-975195\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have already adopted teams and are working to raise money and supply gear for those affected. You can see the original post on #TeamsHelpingTeams <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/team-unify-joins-jesse-vassallo-in-puerto-rico-help-teams-helping-teams\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To get more information about becoming a part of the effort please email info@teamunify.com or call 541-359-2616 and ask for <strong>Andrew<\/strong> <strong>Herr<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; Texas A&amp;M Men Down Texas For First Time In 55 Years<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_178953\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-flag_24471445635_o\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178953\" data-attachment-id=\"178953\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-swimming-world-and-ishof-announce-merger\/texas-flag_24471445635_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/texas-flag_24471445635_o.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;1453022668&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;180&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"texas-flag_24471445635_o\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;texas-flag_24471445635_o&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\/2016\/01\/texas-flag_24471445635_o-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/texas-flag_24471445635_o-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178953\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/texas-flag_24471445635_o-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"texas-flag_24471445635_o\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-178953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold\/Aringo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In one of most notable match-ups so far in the 2017-18 NCAA season <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-weekly-recap-texas-men-lose-to-texas-am-for-first-time-in-55-years\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Texas A&amp;M men took down the University of Texas men in a dual meet for the first time since 1962<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Swimming at home at College Station, the Aggie men took down the reigning NCAA Champions 158-142, winning eight of sixteen events. <\/span><b>Mauro Castillo Luna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a standout for the Aggies, winning three events: 100 breast (53.70), 200 breast (1:55.93) and 200 IM (1:47.54). <\/span><b>Brock Bonetti <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also swept the backstroke events for the Aggies, with A&amp;M recording ten total runner-up positions to help propel them to victory. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-friday-recap-kentucky-starts-off-strong-at-saluki-invite-arkansas-downs-nebraska\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The women\u2019s meet was also a close one<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the Longhorns defeating the Aggies 151.5 to 148.5. A&amp;M and the Longhorns traded wins throughout the meet, with the Aggies even throwing down an end of meet 1-2-3 sweep in the 400 IM &#8212; although it wasn\u2019t enough to overcome a relay win by Texas to seal the meet. Full results of the meet can be seen <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidearmstats.com\/tamu\/swim\/1718TEXAS\/index.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; Swimming World Merges With ISHOF<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_282422\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282422\" data-attachment-id=\"282422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-swimming-world-and-ishof-announce-merger\/brent-ishof-ceo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Brent-ishof-ceo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,696\" 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=\"Brent-ishof-ceo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Brent Rutemiller ISHOF CEO&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Swimming World&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Brent-ishof-ceo-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Brent-ishof-ceo.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-282422\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Brent-ishof-ceo-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Brent Rutemiller ISHOF CEO\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-282422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Swimming World<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major partnership happened this week in the world of swimming, with the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) and Swimming World Magazine merging operations. <\/span><b>Brent Rutemiller <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will oversee the merger as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The partnership between the two entities will allow ISHOF to have a major outreach arm in the form of Swimming World Magazine, with <\/span><b>Bill Kent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, chairman of ISHOF Board of Directors commenting: \u201cthe combined organization will have a platform for sending the good message about the benefits of aquatic activities to the world at a new level.\u201d You can read more about the details of the merger <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rutemiller-to-lead-international-swimming-hall-of-fame-merge-swimming-world-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Swimming World Magazine and the International Swimming Hall of Fame announced a major merger of the two organizations, giving both parties new ways to reach the aquatics world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":283289,"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":[3,41226],"tags":[59856,64468,3720,58162,24138,881,1613,9949,17800,801,56513,57165,142,736,64467,548,56165,458,1626],"class_list":["post-283221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-weekly-review-videos","tag-2016-fina-short-course-world-championships","tag-2016-windsor","tag-adidas","tag-aggies","tag-brent-rutemiller","tag-canada","tag-college-station","tag-international-swimming-hall-of-fame","tag-ishof","tag-jason-lezak","tag-longhorns","tag-palo-alto-stanford-aquatics","tag-swimming","tag-swimming-world","tag-team-unify","tag-texas-am","tag-the-week-that-was","tag-university-of-texas","tag-windsor"],"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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