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One of the clubs that returned to the water this week is Riptide Swim Team, which means that world-record backstroker<\/a> Regan Smith<\/strong> is back training.<\/p>\n

The club, based in Apple Valley, Minnesota, returned to training Monday at the Bluewater Aquatic Center. The training is under new procedures, some of which Smith related in an interview with the New York Times<\/em> Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before getting back in the water, Smith relied on a treadmill, snow often making running outside her Lakeville home a less viable option. She said she has \u201cbeen completely fine\u201d with many of the things that she\u2019s missed in her senior year, from prom to graduation. She would\u2019ve missed the latter anyway, with a training trip scheduled to Fort Myers, Fla., to tune up for Olympic Trials before everything was cancelled by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Smith will swim at Stanford in the fall. She toyed with the idea of deferring her enrollment but ultimately decided that being in Palo Alto would help her best prep for the Tokyo Olympics next summer:<\/p>\n

“It was something I really had to think long and hard about. It’s a big decision. It\u2019s a big change. I\u2019m lucky I have the opportunity to go to an incredible school. I know that the Stanford coach, Greg Meehan, will work really well with my coach, Mike Parratto, and they collaborate really well. I know it will be a hard adjustment, but I think I\u2019m ready. For me mentally, I think moving on and heading off to school and getting a change of scenery and pace will be really great.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Smith’s new routine is much different, with Riptide\u2019s 300 swimmers staggered to allow only one swimmer per lane. The result is a practice day that extends from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. to accommodate as many people as possible. Her father, Paul Smith<\/strong>, is Riptide\u2019s program director<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As described by the Sun This Week<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Before they could come into the building, however, they [swimmers] have to read and abide by a detailed set of guidelines the club sent to members last week in advance of the re-opening. The guidelines told swimmers when to arrive, what door to use, what to wear and what not to wear. It even spelled out the protocol for bathroom breaks. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Swimmers needed to have their temperature checked (no more than 100.4 degrees) before going into the pool and answer two COVID-19-related screening questions at a check-in table. They needed to arrive wearing their suits and caps. Backpacks and cellphones weren\u2019t allowed. Water bottles were allowed and even encouraged so swimmers didn\u2019t have to use drinking fountains.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paul is hopeful that Regan Smith and other elite swimmers could get back into competition by August. In the meantime, Regan is improving where she can, on physical aspects like her flexibility. Other than that, it\u2019s just the struggle to fill the quarantined time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t really found any super solid hobbies,\u201d she said. \u201cI color here and there. I\u2019m still trying to figure out how to fill space.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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