{"id":394485,"date":"2019-09-16T14:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=394485"},"modified":"2019-09-16T14:30:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:30:35","slug":"the-week-that-was-andrei-minakov-drops-out-of-isl-to-save-amateur-status-for-ncaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-andrei-minakov-drops-out-of-isl-to-save-amateur-status-for-ncaa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Andrei Minakov Drops Out of ISL to Save Amateur Status For NCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Swimming League has dominated the headlines this week in the world of swimming. With three weeks until the first meet of the new league, the ISL announced some major changes this last week including\u00a0Cyndi Gallagher\u00a0<\/strong>being named as head coach of the DC Trident, and\u00a0David Marsh\u00a0<\/strong>being named as coach of the LA Current. Gallagher is also going to be leading a historic all-female coaching staff for the Trident alongside\u00a0Rachel Stratton-Mills\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Stefanie Williams.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the ISL did lose\u00a0Andrei Minakov<\/strong>, who was set to swim for Energy Standard. Minakov decided to drop out of the ISL in order to save his amateur status so he could one day swim at the NCAA level. Minakov, who is a native of Russia, has been training off and on in California the last few years.<\/p>\n

USA Diving also made a big decision in leaving Indianapolis to move its headquarters to Colorado Springs. Indianapolis has been home to USA Diving since 1981.<\/p>\n

Check out the five biggest stories from the last week in the week that was.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #5: Michael Phelps, Nicole Phelps Welcome Baby Number Three<\/h3>\n
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