{"id":367754,"date":"2019-05-07T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=367754"},"modified":"2019-05-07T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T16:06:25","slug":"swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-julia-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-julia-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “How They Train: Julia Stevens”"},"content":{"rendered":"

How They Train: Julia Stevens<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s been nearly a year since Dan Mascolo has coached Julia Stevens. He is now the head coach of YMCA Spartaquatics in Spartanburg, S.C.\u2014some 800 miles away from where he was associate head coach for the Cheshire YMCA\/Sea Dog Swim Club in Connecticut as well as the girls\u2019 head coach at Cheshire High School from 2012-18.<\/p>\n

But Mascolo recalls with remarkable clarity Stevens\u2019 emergence as an accomplished swimmer. In early April at the 2019 YMCA National Championships in Greensboro, N.C., he had several reminders of the talent she has become.<\/p>\n

At that meet, Stevens swam on five Cheshire Y relays and finished in the top 24 of her four individual events, including an 11th-place showing in the 200 yard butterfly (2:02.55).<\/p>\n

This past November, Stevens continued to pad her aquatic resum\u00e9 by placing first in four events at the Connecticut Class-L high school state meet.<\/p>\n

Notes Mascolo, \u201cI had the pleasure of being Julia\u2019s primary coach from ages 9 through 12, and then I worked with her again on the Cheshire High School team, where she was a multi-time state champion.<\/p>\n

“For all of her individual accomplishments, Julia\u2019s ability as a relay swimmer shines above the rest. I can think of numerous occasions where she would split times two to three seconds faster than her lifetime best on championship relays\u2014and she still does that to this day,\u201d says Mascolo.<\/p>\n

Julia Stevens’ Progression of Time Chart<\/p>\n

\"Julia<\/p>\n

To read more about Julia Stevens and how she trains with the Spartaquatics,
\ncheck out the May 2019<\/a><\/span> issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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[PHOTO CREDIT: PETER H. BICK]<\/p>\n

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