{"id":446809,"date":"2020-09-18T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=446809"},"modified":"2020-09-18T08:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:55:41","slug":"rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Aquatics Coalition has helped several states and communities get back into the pool safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. But <strong>Rowdy Gaines<\/strong> said the group&#8217;s work is just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The USA Swimming Aquatics Coalition has helped pools get reopened over the last couple of months,&#8221; Gaines told <em>Swimming World <\/em>this week. &#8220;We got all of these organizations involved and came up with something to present. We had to tailor it and make it for different parts of the country. I am really proud of our sport. USA Swimming really took a lead on this and created this. If this coalition wasn\u2019t formed, pools still would not be open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group includes USA Swimming, USA Diving, USA Artistic Swimming, U.S. Masters Swimming, the U.S. Swim School Association, USA Triathlon, YMCA and the American Red Cross. The group has helped educate elected officials on opening pools safely and has seen results in several states.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a long way to go.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are parts of the country that still aren\u2019t listening,&#8221; Rowdy Gaines said. &#8220;Now we are moving to indoors and many of them are still not there. The job is not going to be done until we figure out a way to get these pools open. The coalition was put together to show we can prioritize opening for instructional purposes. Swim lessons can make a lot of money and teaching kids how to swim is a good business model\u2014 and kids&#8217; lives are at stake. More kids are going to drown because pools aren\u2019t open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aquatics-coalition-launched-to-speed-up-americas-safe-return-to-pools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated goal of the organization<\/a> is to \u201chelp guide states and municipalities across the country in reopening swimming facilities for instructional aquatics in the safest possible manner.\u201d It emphasizes the increased risk of untrained swimmers heading for unsafe water as temperatures rise, and hopes to push governments to prioritize opening pools for \u201cpurpose-driven aquatics, including using pools for swim lessons, exercise, rehabilitation, and athletic training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applaud the public health professionals and policymakers on the front lines of combating transmission of COVID-19 and we understand that their jobs are incredibly difficult, so we want to help be part of the solution,\u201d <strong>Shana Ferguson<\/strong>, USA Swimming\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer, said in a press release announcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/utility\/community-quaratine-resources\/aquatics-coalition-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coalition<\/a> in June. \u201cThe Aquatics Coalition is bringing together some of the best minds in water sports to identify and share best practices to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission in natatoriums and outdoor venues, while allowing a safer, phased re-entry into the pool.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aquatics Coalition has helped several states and communities get back into the pool safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Rowdy Gaines said the group&#8217;s work is just beginning. &#8220;The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":306001,"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],"tags":[123838,3455,123058,125485,2690],"class_list":["post-446809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","tag-aquatics-coalition","tag-rowdy-gaines","tag-shana-ferguson","tag-swim-safety","tag-usa-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning. Gaines spoke with Swimming World about the issue\" \/>\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\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning. Gaines spoke with Swimming World about the issue\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan D&#039;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&#039;Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 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\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\"},\"headline\":\"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/\"},\"wordCount\":433,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Aquatics Coalition\",\"Rowdy Gaines\",\"Shana Ferguson\",\"swim safety\",\"USA Swimming\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Americas\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/\",\"name\":\"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning. Gaines spoke with Swimming World about the issue\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning\"}]},{\"@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":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening","description":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning. Gaines spoke with Swimming World about the issue","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\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning","og_description":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning. Gaines spoke with Swimming World about the issue","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.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":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04"},"headline":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning","datePublished":"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/"},"wordCount":433,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg","keywords":["Aquatics Coalition","Rowdy Gaines","Shana Ferguson","swim safety","USA Swimming"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Americas"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/","name":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-18T15:55:41+00:00","description":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning. Gaines spoke with Swimming World about the issue","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rowdy-gaines-aquatics-coalition-pivotal-for-pools-re-opening-work-just-beginning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rowdy Gaines: Aquatics Coalition Pivotal for Pools Re-Opening; Work Just Beginning"}]},{"@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":"Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/rowdy-gaines-2018-mesa-pss.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1SeB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446809","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=446809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}