{"id":388923,"date":"2019-08-08T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=388923"},"modified":"2019-08-08T22:57:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T05:57:04","slug":"swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-california-baptist-universitys-scott-tolman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-california-baptist-universitys-scott-tolman\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “How They Train: California Baptist University’s Scott Tolman”"},"content":{"rendered":"

How They Train: California Baptist University’s Scott Tolman<\/span><\/h2>\n

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

At 6-1, 167 pounds, Eric Scott Tolman is a young man of faith, committed to getting better as a person and as a swimmer. An Olympic Trials qualifier as a high school senior, he was ranked 16th in California by collegeswimming.com after finishing second in the 100 yard breaststroke (55.21) and fourth in the 200 IM (1:50.22) at the CIF state meet.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Cal Baptist computer science major has collected eight NCAA D-II All-America citations, including the school\u2019s first individual NCAA crown, a 1:54.26 200 breast as a sophomore in 2018. This year, as a part of the NCAA-mandated moratorium on teams moving to D-I, Tolman won the 200 breast (1:53.96) at the National Invitational Championship. He has already achieved Olympic Trial cuts in the two breaststrokes and will redshirt the 2019-20 season to focus on long course training for a run at the U.S. Olympic team.<\/p>\n

To accommodate swimmer class schedules and water polo practice, Coach Rick Rowland divides morning practice into three separate training groups, a system that Tolman savors, thanks to the commitment of his hardworking teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe environment really drives us to do better since we all want the same thing\u2014to get better,\u201d Tolman says. \u201cMy favorite breaststroke set is the four rounds of 4 x 50s on 1:00, all pace. Coach Rowland really pushes the pace on the 200, and I feel very prepared for races every time I do that set.<\/p>\n

\u201cA killer set that I love to do is 12 x 200 breaststroke pull. I can get within 15 seconds of my best 200 time just pulling. The length of the set has significantly increased my endurance for the race,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

To access a full CBU Mid-Season Breaststroke workout,<\/strong>
\ncheck out the full July 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now<\/strong><\/p>\n

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