{"id":424710,"date":"2020-03-26T19:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T02:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=424710"},"modified":"2020-03-27T15:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T22:15:46","slug":"hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: ‘Finally Had the Guts to do it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The postponement of the 2020 Olympics has created a year of transition and uncertainty for many swimmers. For Hali Flickinger<\/strong>, it is nothing new. She has been in the middle of a transition year anyway.<\/p>\n

After spending the past seven years training at Georgia, Flickinger moved to Arizona State to train with Bob<\/strong> Bowman<\/strong>‘s post-grad group as she aimed for Tokyo.<\/p>\n

It was a move that was a surprise to the swimming community, but one that Flickinger needed to make to rekindle her love of the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am in a different situation where I switched teams this year. There is a lot of newness going on for me anyway, so I am just trusting Bob,\u201d Hali Flickinger told Swimming World<\/em>. \u201cI have not been focused on trials or the Olympics this whole year. I have been able to have a little distraction that has helped me. That helps me not freak out about trials and the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flickinger made the Olympic team in 2016, finishing seventh in the 200 fly in Rio. She has been one of the world\u2019s most consistent performers in that event for the past five years. She won silver a the 2019 world championships, in a finish that was disappointing to her after having the top time in prelims, even faster than she was in finals.<\/p>\n

Flickinger transformed her body<\/a> into a dominating force, and has worked to transform her mental game<\/a> as well. That is part of the reason she moved to Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a long time thinking about it,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t have the guts to do it. I have needed a change environment wise. I knew I wanted to swim outside and be somewhere a little different. I swam at Georgia for over seven years. I knew if I didn\u2019t make the move this year, then I don\u2019t think I could have been my best, because of the mental aspect of it. I believed that I needed a change just to be happy. Not to say I was unhappy at Georgia because I love Georgia so much. There was just something different I craved.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Flickinger moved to a warm place with an outdoor pool and another legendary coach, despite putting up some of the top times of her career. But fast times don\u2019t equal happiness, something that took some reflecting to figure out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can take a big sigh of relief. I was so scared. The first thing you think of is, \u2018What are people going to say?\u2019 I was swimming so well I was scared what people would think. It wasn’t all about my times. I didn\u2019t think people would understand. You can be swimming great times and be miserable \u2014 or at least not be as happy as you think you should be in a great place. I am hoping the little courage I had to do this will help someone else not feel stuck,\u201d Flickinger said.<\/p>\n

Breaking the news to coach Jack Bauerle<\/strong> was the worst part, Flickinger said. How do you approach a coach that has given so much? Will they understand the \u201cIt\u2019s not you, it\u2019s me?\u201d speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so blessed and lucky to go to Georgia and be coached by Jack and have the teammates I had. That is why the decision was so hard. Jack married Martin (Grodzki) and I. He was like my second dad. To leave that was horrible. Even the thought of having to tell him I was thinking about it was hard. That killed me inside. I didn\u2019t understand why I felt stuck or not as happy as I would have liked to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"hali-flickinger

Hali Flickinger; Photo Courtesy: Dan D’Addona<\/p><\/div>\n

Fresh scenery has helped.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to keep swimming and have a bright future still in the sport because I am happy and I am fortunate to be where I am,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Flickinger decided to give it a test run before completely uprooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came out in August and tried it out. I was here for three weeks. I knew after a week this was where I wanted to be. Martin flew out and we bought a house. He stayed in Georgia until Christmas and my mom came out and moved with me,\u201d Hali Flickinger said. \u201cIt was great with my mom. She worked remotely and was on east coast time. She got up at 4 a.m. and worked and then helped me with things around the house. It was nice to have something familiar in a place where I knew nothing. It shows how much support I have had during my swimming career. I am really grateful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, it was finally all about adjusting to the swimming. And Bowman, who coached the great\u00a0Michael Phelps\u00a0<\/strong>to 23 Olympic gold medals, has helped ease that transition.<\/p>\n

\"hali-flickinger-\"

Hali Flickinger. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt has been a lot different,\u201d she said. \u201cI know I made the right choice. Bob knows exactly what I need to do.\u00a0These practices are made to make me the best I can possibly be. It has been a good change,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of the sets I am doing, I have not done before, so that takes out a lot of comparison issues I have had. There is nothing to compare to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flickinger can focus on the little things, the details that add up to make a big difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a little bit of everything. Bob has changed my stroke, the little things that need to be fixed. He is on that about my stroke. That is something I have never really had before. The breathing pattern and finishes and turns. The little details of it.\u00a0A lot of it is anaerobic as well. Going all out is really hard. I do more of that, but also a lot of distance. It is kind of a little bit of everything, which I like.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when discussing the training and tweaks that need to be made, Flickinger has found Bowman to be straight to the point.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate the way Bob doesn\u2019t sugar-coat things. My finishes are horrible. He is the first one to tell me. Now I am always thinking about that, so I am thinking about my finishes more because Bob is always on me about it,\u201d she said. \u201cI am very aware of my stroke now, not just going and going.\u00a0 I think that is really going to be huge for me, knowing that I did the work to fix these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Flickinger has even more time to fix these things since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is heartbreaking, but we are all in this together. I know my heart breaks for the NCAA swimmers, especially the seniors. We are trying to find things we can do at home. I do a lot of dry land stuff, so not having the actual equipment is a bit of a challenge. There are ways to get cardio in and ab workouts without compromising injury. We are all trying different things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trying different things could mean trying different events at the Olympic trials. In addition to the butterfly events, she has qualified in both IMs, both backstrokes, the 200 free, 400 free and 800 free \u2014 and with the added time, will likely add the 100 free to that list.<\/p>\n

So since she has been one of the fastest 200 flyers in the world, that is pretty set in stone, but she has plenty of options beyond that.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously the fly, but other than that, we haven\u2019t really talked about a lineup,\u201d she said. \u201cIt means a lot to me to have that much versatility. It means that I really put myself through some pain to train. The 100 back and 800 free are very different. I have worked hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hali Flickinger has worked hard in all aspects of the sport. She transformed her 5-foot-5 frame into a muscular force, stepped up her mental game to match, and now has the happiness and fresh look at the details to lead her into the peak stretch of her career as she aims for Olympic gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The postponement of the 2020 Olympics has created a year of transition and uncertainty for many swimmers. For Hali Flickinger, it is nothing new. She has been in the middle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":424712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,122100],"tags":[10818,42657,1521],"class_list":["post-424710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-features","tag-bob-bowman","tag-hali-flickinger","tag-jack-bauerle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nHali Flickinger on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it'<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it' The 2016 Olympian details her move from Georgia.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it'\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it' The 2016 Olympian details her move from Georgia.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-27T02:35:29+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-27T22:15:46+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"785\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\"},\"headline\":\"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: ‘Finally Had the Guts to do it’\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-27T02:35:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-27T22:15:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/\"},\"wordCount\":1393,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bob Bowman\",\"Hali Flickinger\",\"Jack Bauerle\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Americas\",\"Features\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/\",\"name\":\"Hali Flickinger on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-27T02:35:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-27T22:15:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it' The 2016 Olympian details her move from Georgia.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":785,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Dan D'Addona\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: ‘Finally Had the Guts to do it’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\",\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\"},\"description\":\"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hali Flickinger on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it'","description":"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it' The 2016 Olympian details her move from Georgia.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it'","og_description":"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it' The 2016 Olympian details her move from Georgia.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2020-03-27T02:35:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-27T22:15:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":785,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04"},"headline":"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: ‘Finally Had the Guts to do it’","datePublished":"2020-03-27T02:35:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-27T22:15:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/"},"wordCount":1393,"commentCount":7,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg","keywords":["Bob Bowman","Hali Flickinger","Jack Bauerle"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Americas","Features"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/","name":"Hali Flickinger on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it'","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-27T02:35:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-27T22:15:46+00:00","description":"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: 'Finally Had the Guts to do it' The 2016 Olympian details her move from Georgia.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg","width":1100,"height":785,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Dan D'Addona"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-reflects-on-move-to-arizona-state-finally-had-the-guts-to-do-it\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hali Flickinger Reflects on Move to Arizona State: ‘Finally Had the Guts to do it’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04","name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor"},"description":"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Hali Flickinger looks back on her move to train at Arizona State. Photo Courtesy: Dan D'Addona","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hali-flickinger-scaled-e1585262146283.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1Mua","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}