{"id":454866,"date":"2020-11-20T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=454866"},"modified":"2020-11-20T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:51:27","slug":"idaho-water-polo-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a moment when water polo can use any positive news regarding COVID-19, a detailed report out of Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be one of the safest indoor contact sports available to age group athletes.<\/p>\n

Mark Collingham<\/strong>, a former polo player for Washington State University who has built an age group power house in Coeur d\u2019Alene, recently put forth a detailed position paper about his club\u2019s experience practice polo.<\/p>\n

[<\/em>Coronavirus and Environmental Considerations for Aquatic Sports<\/em><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"kroc-logo\"With a master\u2019s degree in chemical engineering, and an attention to detail that underscores careful conclusions drawn from six months observation at the Ray & Joan Kroc Center pool, Collingham, head coach for Cour d’Alene\/KROC Water Polo Club<\/a> provides a refreshing perspective on what steps aquatic programs might take to safely get back in the water.<\/p>\n

From early August through the end of October, the polo coach observed approximately 100 swimmers and 50 water polo players participating in anywhere from 3 to 6 practices per week at the Kroc Center. Collingham specified that four additional high school swim teams of 32 swimmers each also conducted practices at the facility.<\/p>\n

Swimmers were initially limited to 5 swimmers per lane while the water polo group was limited to a maximum of 25 players a practice. Swim team practices were later expanded to 8 per lane; water polo practices continued with a maximum attendance of 25. Collingham specified that the practice area for water polo has ranged from 4 lanes (272 sq yd) to 7 lanes (477 sq yd).<\/p>\n

Key to the good health his club has enjoyed\u2014no transmissions\u2014is maintaining spacing in an indoor facility with a properly equipped HVAC system, one of the Kroc Center’s features.<\/p>\n

Studies of infection rates of COVID-19 indicate that prolonged close contact in confined spaces leads to significantly greater infection rates. Conversely, efforts to make contact between individuals short in duration, physically distant, and conducted in open spaces should lead to lower rates of infection. By turning the air over quickly, filtering small particles and providing a high percentage of fresh air, the indoor pool environment may be able to replicate the lower infection rates observed in outdoor settings. <\/em>[<\/strong>Excerpt from Collingham study]<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Collingham, the Kroc\u2019s air handling system in the building can supply up to 50% fresh air, a situation very close to being outdoors. That and the fact that the air volume in the center is substantial makes the facility a prime candidate for success in retarding transmission of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\"kroc-center-CDA-pool-NOV20\"

Photo Courtesy: The Salvation Army Kroc Center Coeur d’Alene<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe have strong air circulation in our facility\u2014probably as much as I\u2019ve seen in any other facility,\u201d Collingham said in an interview earlier this week.<\/p>\n

A major concern of parents and concerned observers is transmission in the water; the chemical engineer specified that science suggests typical chlorine levels should be more than potent enough to kill the virus.<\/p>\n

A study in 2005 found that a similar coronavirus was inactivated within 10 minutes in water containing a free chlorine level of 0.4ppm. The study also showed that nearly half of the coronavirus was inactivated within 1 minute at the same chlorine concentration. It is expected that chlorine is similarly effective in inactivating covid-19 within the pool environment. <\/em>[<\/strong>Excerpt from Collingham study<\/strong><\/em>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Key to this observation is participants\u2019 continuous exposure to chlorine while swimming and playing polo, resulting in a \u201cwashing or rinsing action [that] would be expected to inactivate any coronavirus contained in the mouth, throat and nose surfaces during the athlete\u2019s time in the pool,\u201d the report observed.<\/p>\n

According to Collingham, the biggest hurdle for beating COVID-19 is not in the water but on the pool deck. Kroc\/CDA players are instructed to come to the pool in their suits then change on the deck after practice before returning home to shower. Occasionally players would need to shower at the center; the coach emphasized that players were encouraged to move as quickly as possible out of the locker room and the center.<\/p>\n

If all works out, his club\u2014which includes a junior group ages 7 – 10; a development group ages 11 – 13 and high school athletes 14 and up\u2014will get a chance to compete in the upcoming high school season.<\/p>\n

The Idaho polo season starts right after swim season, which typically would mean later this month. A couple of other teams have started to practice, but teams in Boise have not yet got in the water. Current plans are to hold the Idaho state championship in March 2021; an extended season will allow other teams to log enough practice time before they start competing.<\/p>\n

\"kroc-center-CDA-polo-NOV20\"

Kroc\/CDA Water Polo Club players in an earlier time (sans masks). Photo Courtesy: Kroc\/CDA WPC<\/p><\/div>\n

Kroc\/CDA is understandably eager to compete; they have dominated regional play, winning seven straight Idaho high school championships. In years past, the team would travel the 200+ miles to compete against teams in neighboring Washington state. But, Seattle teams have only recently begun swimming and ball drills; Collingham hopes his expert observations will spur more polo activity in the region.<\/p>\n

Until then he maintains a rigorous practice schedule for his athletes and looks to keep COVID out of his facility, a fight that is hard to win in the midst of rising infection rates across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t guarantee it,” Collingham said when asked what he tells parents about the risk of indoor polo play. “Certainly, nobody can. We\u2019ve been practicing for almost six months now and I\u2019ve yet to have a transmission from one player to another in the pool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, presenting an optimistic conclusion, he added: \u201cYou\u2019d be hard pressed to find any activity that multiple kids are involved with that would have a better safety record; you can\u2019t do better than zero.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a moment when water polo can use any positive news regarding COVID-19, a detailed report out of Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be one of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4875,"featured_media":454873,"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":[122087,8,7,12],"tags":[126396,121252,14385,126394,126393,60192,126395,54416],"class_list":["post-454866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-high-school","category-usa","category-water-polo","tag-coeur-dalene","tag-covid-19","tag-idaho","tag-kroc-cda-water-polo-club","tag-mark-collingham","tag-michael-randazzo","tag-ray-joan-kroc-center","tag-water-polo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nHope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A report from Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be the safest indoor contact sports available to young athletes.\" \/>\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\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A report from Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be the safest indoor contact sports available to young athletes.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-11-20T17:00:23+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-20T17:51:27+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Randazzo\" \/>\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=\"Michael Randazzo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 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\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Randazzo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb\"},\"headline\":\"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-20T17:00:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-20T17:51:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/\"},\"wordCount\":988,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coeur d\u2019Alene\",\"Covid-19\",\"Idaho\",\"Kroc\/CDA Water Polo Club\",\"Mark Collingham\",\"Michael Randazzo\",\"Ray & Joan Kroc Center\",\"Water Polo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Coronavirus\",\"High School\",\"USA\",\"Water Polo\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/\",\"name\":\"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-20T17:00:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-20T17:51:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"A report from Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be the safest indoor contact sports available to young athletes.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Mark Collingham\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho\"}]},{\"@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\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb\",\"name\":\"Michael Randazzo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Michael Randazzo\"},\"description\":\"Michael Randazzo is a freelance contributor at Swimming World focusing on water polo. He covers polo all over the United States for SW and other publications, including the Collegiate Water Polo Association, Skip Shot, The New York Times, Total Water Polo, Water Polo Planet and others. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children and roots for St. Francis Brooklyn polo.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/michael-randazzo\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho - Swimming World","description":"A report from Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be the safest indoor contact sports available to young athletes.","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\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho","og_description":"A report from Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be the safest indoor contact sports available to young athletes.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2020-11-20T17:00:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-20T17:51:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Randazzo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Randazzo","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Randazzo","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb"},"headline":"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho","datePublished":"2020-11-20T17:00:23+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-20T17:51:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/"},"wordCount":988,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Coeur d\u2019Alene","Covid-19","Idaho","Kroc\/CDA Water Polo Club","Mark Collingham","Michael Randazzo","Ray & Joan Kroc Center","Water Polo"],"articleSection":["Coronavirus","High School","USA","Water Polo"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/","name":"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-20T17:00:23+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-20T17:51:27+00:00","description":"A report from Idaho suggests that\u2014when played in proper conditions\u2014polo may be the safest indoor contact sports available to young athletes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Mark Collingham"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/idaho-water-polo-revival\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hope For a Water Polo Revival Springs Forth From Idaho"}]},{"@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\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb","name":"Michael Randazzo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Michael Randazzo"},"description":"Michael Randazzo is a freelance contributor at Swimming World focusing on water polo. He covers polo all over the United States for SW and other publications, including the Collegiate Water Polo Association, Skip Shot, The New York Times, Total Water Polo, Water Polo Planet and others. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children and roots for St. Francis Brooklyn polo.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/michael-randazzo\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Under the watchful gaze of head coach Mark Collingham, Kroc\/CDA Water Polo players practice. Photo Courtesy: M. Collingham","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mark-coaching-on-Deck-2019-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1Uky","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454866","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\/4875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}