{"id":388809,"date":"2019-08-07T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=388809"},"modified":"2019-08-07T07:31:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:31:47","slug":"swimming-world-presents-special-sets-lisa-bratton-women-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-special-sets-lisa-bratton-women-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Special Sets – Lisa Bratton: Women at Work”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special Sets\u00a0<\/span>
\n Lisa Bratton: Women at Work<\/span><\/h2>\n

By Michael J. Stott<\/span><\/p>\n

Coaches preach that swimming is a process, a journey honed by dedication and perseverance. Presenting Exhibit No. 1: professional swimmer Lisa Bratton.<\/p>\n

Lisa Bratton was a salutatorian at Delta High School in Pasco, Wash., which provided a STEM-based curriculum (science, technology, engineering and math),
\nbut no sports. So she swam for Richland High in Richland, Wash., where she was a five-time state champion (3x 100 back and 2x 200 IM), state swimmer of the year as a senior and a USA Swimming national junior team member.<\/p>\n

She then traveled nearly 2,000 miles from Richland to College Station, Texas, where she graduated from Texas A&M this year in ocean engineering. In college, she was a 12-time NCAA All-American, 2015 World University Games champion (200 back), two-time SEC champion (200 back, 200 IM) and SEC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In 2018, as team captain, she joined forces with teammates Bethany Galat, Sidney Pickrem and other Aggies to snag a third-place finish at the women\u2019s NCAA Division I Championships.<\/p>\n

As a professional, she clocked 2:00.71 to win the 2018 World Short Course 200 meter backstroke. Still training with Steve Bultman at Aggie Swim Club, the current national team member now has her sights set on a U.S. Olympic team berth after she finished third at her second Trials in 2016 in the 200 back (2:08.20).<\/p>\n

“One test set we do is 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 x 200, with each grouping dropping five seconds with a little easy swimming in between each grouping. I always alternate back\/IM by 200,\u201d she says, \u201cso the last one is a 200 back fast. We usually start on 2:25 on stroke and 2:30 on IM, so the last one stroke is on 2:05. Steve challenges us to step up and put all we have in the last 200; it\u2019s fun to challenge myself to come in under 2:00. This set challenges me to swim as easily as possible early on and work 200s on about 10 seconds rest\u2014ideally. It\u2019s a great set to chug out and to challenge your mind and body; you have to learn to control your pace throughout,\u201d says Bratton.<\/p>\n

To access the complete sets from Aggie swimmer Lisa Bratton,<\/strong>
\ncheck out the full July 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now<\/strong><\/p>\n

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