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The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em><\/span>
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Lia Neal: Working For Change<\/span><\/h1>\n
By David Rieder<\/span><\/p>\n
\nIn response to the Black Lives Matter movement, elite swimmers Lia Neal and Jacob Pebley created Swimmers for Change to promote diversity and to make swimming a more inclusive sport and a more inclusive community.<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In late May, the gruesome murder of George Floyd, an African American man, by Minneapolis police officers sparked a national outcry for racial justice throughout the United States and led to the invigoration of the Black Lives Matter movement. Throughout cities across the country and even the globe, protestors took to the streets to demand a dissolution of the systemic racism built into the fabric of society, justice for the black men and women inexcusably murdered by police officers and an end to police violence against minorities.<\/p>\n
Inevitably, in short order, the Black Lives Matter movement found its way to swimming. Members of the American swimming community of all races and ethnicities began speaking out and demanding justice and change.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Lia Neal, one of the pioneers for African Americans swimming on the elite level, took center stage in demanding for change both behind the scenes and in the public eye.
\nNeal is a two-time U.S. Olympian, who represented the U.S. in the 400 free relay at the 2012 Olympics while just 17 years old, and then again qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2016. She has won two Olympic relay medals along with five World Championship medals\u2014and she is mixed race, of both African American and Chinese descent.<\/p>\n
Nowadays, Neal is a steady presence on national teams, but since 2000, only five black or mixed race swimmers have qualified to represent the U.S. in the Olympics. Yes, five. Along with Neal, there have been Anthony Ervin, Maritza Correia, Cullen Jones and Simone Manuel. All have won Olympic medals, but each Olympic team averages 55 to 60 swimmers total, and African Americans make up 13.4% of the U.S. population. Five total swimmers over five Olympic cycles represents a sport with a glaring lack of diversity.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the murder that sparked the movement, Neal became a founding member of the Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition (BLAC), a group of 14 current and former members of the U.S. national team that began working with and advising USA Swimming on racial issues around this time. Among BLAC\u2019s earliest actions, the group worked with USA Swimming to craft a statement that reflected the premise that used the words \u201cblack lives matter\u201d in the aftermath of Floyd\u2019s murder, and the group has continued to work with USA Swimming to put in place new measures to promote diversity and inclusion in swimming.<\/p>\n
The second and more front-facing effort that Neal took up to promote diversity and inclusion came in tandem with fellow 2016 Olympian Jacob Pebley. Pebley remembers swimming
\nat practice one day shortly after Floyd\u2019s murder and feeling ticked off about police violence and racism. So he texted Neal, his teammate at Team Elite in San Diego, looking for ideas about what he could do to spur change.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was feeling what a lot of people were feeling around that time, when things were starting to really unfold in just feeling a little bit helpless,\u201d Neal said. \u201cJacob came to me asking, \u2018What can we, as swimmers, do ourselves?\u2019<\/p>\n
It just wasn\u2019t worth it to wait for the bigger national governing body to do something because every day that was passing since especially George Floyd\u2019s death, it was just an opportunity lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s how Swimmers for Change came to be, as an endeavor to make swimming a more inclusive sport and a more inclusive community. \u201cIt was a way of having the same community\u2014a predominantly white sport and white community\u2014step up and show their support as allies for the black community to just say that black lives matter. That very simple and what many would say is common sense or morally right ideology was just something that wasn\u2019t being said.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pebley and Neal decided to launch a series of webcasts, two weeks of one-hour shows hosted by national team athletes. The webcasts would raise money through selling merchandise and T-shirts that would then be donated to organizations that promoted inclusion and diversity in swimming. The swimmers hosting each show chose the particular group to whom they would direct funds raised the day of their shows and then promoted Swimmers for Change through social media and their sponsorships.<\/p>\n
Pebley hoped that the message of Swimmers for Change would spread and make a widespread impact, but he realized that it wouldn\u2019t even take that much to make a significant difference.
\n\u201cNikki, my wife, told me, \u2018There will be one small black swimmer that will see this and see the support, not only from Lia and Cullen, but from the white swimmers, too,\u2019\u201d Pebley said. \u201cIf I could just impact one person in that way with this, then it\u2019s absolutely worth it. It\u2019s worth it over doing absolutely nothing. For me, that\u2019s what gave me the courage to do it, and I saw that.\u201d<\/p>\n
To read more about Lia Neal and Swimmers For Change,<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n Check out the full article in Swimming World’s October 2020 issue, available now!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nSwimming World Magazine October 2020 Issue<\/span><\/h2>\n
FEATURES<\/p>\n
012<\/span> WORKING FOR CHANGE<\/strong><\/span>
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nIn response to the Black Lives Matter movement, elite swimmers Lia Neal and Jacob Pebley created Swimmers for Change to promote diversity and to make swimming a more inclusive sport and a more inclusive community.<\/p>\n
020<\/span> THE TROUBLE WITH SPRINTERS (Part 4): REVISITING THE CAREER OF GARY HALL JR.<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
\nAs Dave Marsh and Mike Bottom explained in the previous issue, if there is a problem with sprinters, it is because, mentally, they are wired differently from other athletes. Potential trouble then seems to start when coaches and administrators are unable to understand their behavior and their needs. But while causing trouble for some, the aquatic sports world would not be where it is today without the rebellious personalities of sprinters.<\/p>\n
026<\/span> DEFYING ALL ODDS<\/strong><\/span>
\nby John Lohn<\/strong>
\nThere is no doubt that the Summer of 2004 remains the defining moment in South African swimming history. That\u2019s when Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling shocked the world with their Olympic gold medal and world record-setting performance in the men\u2019s 400 meter freestyle relay in Athens.<\/p>\n
COACHING<\/p>\n
010<\/span> PLAN B: WHEN BEST-LAID PLANS GO AWRY<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nBolstering swimmers\u2014in sickness and health\u2014is part and parcel of a coach\u2019s job. When done right, everybody wins.<\/p>\n
038<\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DR. ANDERS ERICSSON\u2019S CONCEPT OF DELIBERATE PRACTICE<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
\nDr. Anders Ericsson left a vital legacy for athletes striving to become experts. His deliberate practice concept specifies the key components that help athletes progress to an expert level. The success of deliberate practice suggests that a coach prioritize deliberate practice strategies in team training and relegate conditioning to secondary importance.<\/p>\n
040<\/span> SPECIAL SETS: MICHAEL PHELPS\u2014FROM GOOD TO GREAT<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nThe sets included in this article are taken from the 2001-02 short course and early long course season. They are a representative sample of Coach Bob Bowman\u2019s early program in developing Michael Phelps as the greatest Olympic swimmer of all time.<\/p>\n
043<\/span> Q&A WITH COACH DAN\u2019L MURRAY<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
044<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN EMANUEL FAVA<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
TRAINING<\/p>\n
030<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: NO SEASON, NO RACING…NOW WHAT?<\/strong><\/span>
\nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong>
\nThis pandemic has shut down our competition calendar. Whether it\u2019s a high school, college, professional or Olympic season, we need to perform exercises that will help us stay strong, fast and explosive.<\/p>\n
JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n
046<\/span> UP & COMERS: EMILY WAY<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n
COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n
008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
015<\/span> HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
023<\/span> DID YOU KNOW? MARY HOERGER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
031<\/span> PREP SCHOOL DIRECTORY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
042<\/span> HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
047<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
049<\/span> PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span>
\nSwimming World is now partnered with the International Swimming Hall of Fame. To find out more, visit us at ishof.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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