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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

In late November, four of USA Swimming\u2019s stars from the early 2000s got together in Los Angeles to draft teams for the newly-rechristened TYR Pro Swim Series<\/a> in 2018. The objective: Put together the collection of talent possible.<\/p>\n

So basically, USA Swimming is bringing fantasy football to in-season swimming? Something like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a really interesting way to get people involved with swimmers who they may not pay attention to\u2014you might not cheer for them as much because you don\u2019t know as much about them or they\u2019re not on your team,\u201d Natalie Coughlin said. \u201cI just look at how much more involved I am in football, and that\u2019s because of fantasy football.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The so-called USA Swim Squads are debuting this year<\/a>\u2014this weekend, in fact, with the first stop of the Pro Swim Series in Austin, Texas<\/a>. USA Swimming recruited Coughlin, Lenny Krayzelburg<\/strong>, Jason Lezak<\/strong> and Kaitlin Sandeno<\/strong>\u2014all Olympic gold medalists\u2014to help make the familiar set of in-season meets more exciting.<\/p>\n

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Natalie Coughlin — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

After she drafted her team, Coughlin insisted that she has been promoting an idea like the Swim Squads for years. \u201cSince I think 2004,\u201d she said, \u201cand I think people within USA Swimming thought I was kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept makes almost too much sense. For years, a system has existed which provided prize money to top performers on the Pro Swim Series, but athletes and coaches were hesitant to take their attention away from end-of-season goals. It\u2019s hard to swim all that fast without a full taper and shave, and few swimmers showed up at Pro Series meets in prime condition.<\/p>\n

Swimmers should not have to stake prize money\u2014and potentially their livelihoods\u2014on in-season racing, so how best to make these meets competitive and exciting for fans without putting an overt focus on results?<\/p>\n

Enter the Swim Squads.<\/p>\n

Before each meet, the captains will set their lineups with one swimmer assigned to each of six categories\u2014free, back, breast, fly, IM and flex (any two races). Points will be awarded to any A-finalist (10 for first place down to one for eighth place), and the team with the most points at the end of the circuit will win $10,000 for the charity of their choosing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the excitement level is going to be different because now these meets, more than experience and getting in there to race, you\u2019re racing for a cause,\u201d Sandeno said. \u201cI hope everybody\u2019s excited for the charity that they\u2019re racing for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coughlin\u2019s team is competing to raise money for the DAM-Cancer foundation, while Lezak plans to support the USA Swimming Foundation. Both the Krayzelburg and Sandeno teams are competing to support the Jessie Rees Foundation, which seeks to support children stricken with cancer.<\/p>\n

Competitive enough that the swimmers should care, but not to the point where an athlete would put their long-term goals on hold for a Pro Series meet. Just about right.<\/p>\n

As for the composition of these teams, any member of the 2017 USA Swimming National Team was eligible to be selected, as well as any 2016 Olympian\u2014two of whom, Dana Vollmer<\/strong> and Ryan<\/strong> Lochte<\/strong>, opted in.<\/p>\n

Each team has a complement of star athletes, but plenty of familiar names were not at the top of draft boards. Katie Ledecky<\/strong> was not selected until the ninth overall pick, and further behind her were Lilly King<\/strong> (11), Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> (12) and Simone Manuel<\/strong> (14). What\u2019s the logic there?<\/p>\n

Very sound logic, actually. Not every single swimmer actually shows up to each Pro Series stop, and without knowing each individual athlete\u2019s schedule, college swimmers are highly unlikely to show up to either of the first two stops\u2014Austin or Atlanta in early March\u2014due to their NCAA commitments.<\/p>\n

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Swim Squads No. 1 pick Chase Kalisz — Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n

So Krayzelburg, with the No. 1 overall pick, selected Chase<\/strong> Kalisz<\/strong>. Kalisz, he figured, had turned professional and was likely to compete at many of the stops on the circuit. Three rounds in, he snatched up Ledecky, knowing that even if she only swims at three or four of the six stops, she brings big-point potential at every meet she attends.<\/p>\n

Pros-first? Sound draft strategy. Pick three male breaststrokers in your first five picks? Slightly more questionable strategy\u2014but that\u2019s exactly what Lezak did. After selecting Nathan\u00a0Adrian<\/strong> first, he scooped up Josh Prenot<\/strong>, Kevin Cordes<\/strong> and Cody Miller<\/strong> in succession. Afterwards, Lezak had a defense for his bold move.<\/p>\n

\u201cI picked a bunch of great breaststrokers, but here\u2019s the deal: I took away from the other people because I thought they were the best ones on the board, and we can trade in this league. When people are going to be desperate for a breaststroker, I\u2019m going to have a few,\u201d he said. \u201cSome people are looking at my first five, like, \u2018What are you doing?\u2019 but I think I did a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bold move, sir. Over the next few months, we\u2019ll see exactly how that works out.<\/p>\n

But in the meantime, there remains work to do for all four captains\u2014setting their lineups for every meet\u2014yes, just like fantasy football. And since all but Coughlin have been out of the sport for years, having an outlet to reconnect and follow swimming more closely was appealing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s one of the main reasons why I chose to be a part of it because I can be more involved,\u201d Krayzelburg said. \u201cQuite honestly, the past ten years I haven\u2019t been as involved, but now I\u2019ve got to get into the nitty gritty, try to analyze who\u2019s going to be going to the competitions and what lineup I have to choose and also re-evaluate the previous competition and how my team did.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sandeno explained that USA Swimming will aim to get at least one of the four captains to each stop on the circuit, and each captain will try to attend two meets. When they do, each one is expecting a step up from the typical in-season meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting. It\u2019s next level,\u201d Sandeno said. \u201cI think it\u2019s what USA Swimming needs right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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