{"id":462735,"date":"2021-02-23T07:23:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=462735"},"modified":"2021-02-23T07:23:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:23:48","slug":"how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black swimming participation rates continue to be alarmingly low in the United States. African-American\/Black swimmers make up only 1% of both USA and NCAA Swimming. Many factors contribute to these statistics, such as the sport’s affordability, facility access, and role model recognition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, how do we change that?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It all begins with putting systems in place to set black swimmers up for success. I believe that starts at the grassroots level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few proposals that I think, if implemented, could stimulate black swimming\u2019s growth at the collegiate level in both the short and long-term.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Learn to Swim Programs at Colleges\/Universities<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

One of the biggest obstacles for black people and swimming is lacking access. Whether it be not having a pool nearby or being unable to afford YMCA fees, they do not have opportunities to get into the sport. Cities such as Baltimore, Atlanta, and Detroit have a high black population and numerous colleges nearby. College swim teams could offer their facilities and athletes on weekends and teach kids from nearby communities how to swim. Starting learn-to-swim programs would result in increased swimming participation and decreased drowning rates. Additionally, developing relationships through this initiative can help improve community relations between the schools and the area involved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Expanding Black Heritage Swim Meets<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"cullen_jones\"

Photo Courtesy: Skylar Smith<\/p><\/div>\n

Currently, Washington D.C. and North Carolina are the only two states with black heritage swim meets. While a step in the right direction for black swimming, I believe there needs to be an expansion to those two meets. One way would be additional meet locations. For example, they could add meets in places like Florida, Georgia, Texas, and California. The meet could also adopt a similar format to the U.S. Open and the TYR Pro Series, where they compile results from all the meets to determine winners in each event. Having only two black heritage\/history swim meets in the entire United States, both on the East Coast, excludes black swimmers from other parts of the country from being able to compete. Establishing meet sites throughout America will give every black swimmer a chance to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another idea is to mimic the format of many state meets. Numerous states have a meet series that consists of a district, regional, and state championship. The district meet would be similar to the first proposal and be multiple meets across the country. The top 24 swimmers in each event per region of the country would advance to a regional championship. From there, the top 24 swimmers across all four regions in each event would advance to a National Black Swimming Championships. Nationals could feature an \u201cambassador(s)\u201d every year, such as Cullen Jones<\/strong> or Simone Manuel<\/strong>. To ensure every swimmer has a chance to participate in the regional and national championships if they qualify, USA Swimming could put together a fund to cover the expenses for athletes that cannot afford the costs to attend those meets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Adopting either idea gives black swimmers more access to racing and a fun, competitive meet to aim toward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3.USA Swimming Scholarships for Black Swimmers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Over the past year, USA Swimming<\/a> has made great strides to ensure swimming in America is more inclusive. Last September, it formed a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council and Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition. Most recently, last week, it distributed 12 community impact grants to clubs to support diverse coaches and provide programming and more competitive opportunities to underserved communities. While the initiatives are long overdue, I am proud to see the organization committing to improve the sport\u2019s state in the country. Additionally, I think they can take their actions one step further. I propose having a scholarship program for young black swimmers. It would be a set number of scholarships given every year to promising black swimmers from inner-city communities. The scholarship would cover a USA Swimming Membership, club and meet fees, and travel expenses to out-of-state competitions until college. Scholarship recipients would also be assigned a mentor to guide them as they progress in the sport and in the college recruiting process. Aside from institutional racism, lack of access and affordability are reasons for low black participation in the sport. Implementing this program would allow the sport to be more accessible and inclusive. Additionally, the scholarship would ease the financial burden on families and encourage young black kids to keep swimming.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Diversity Spots on College Swimming Rosters\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although growth starts at the age-group level, colleges can implement programs to make college swimming conducive to black athletes. One proposal is for all college swim teams to have \u201cdiversity\u201d spots on their roster. For example, every team would have one scholarship spot reserved for swimmers from under-represented communities. The scholarship could be given to one swimmer or divided between multiple athletes. Allocating spots will increase representation and opportunities for black swimmers at the collegiate level. The goal is that, eventually, the regulation won\u2019t matter as most teams will already have a diverse roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

While USA Swimming has taken strides in making swimming a more inclusive sport, there is still a long way to go. There is no \u201cquick-fix\u201d to do so, but I believe taking these steps will bring American swimming closer to that target.<\/span><\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States? Black swimming participation rates continue to be alarmingly low in the United States. African-American\/Black swimmers make up only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36550,"featured_media":321839,"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":[60427,25027,59528,50874,251,25400,2690],"class_list":["post-462735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","tag-black-history-month","tag-cullen-jones","tag-diversity","tag-inclusion","tag-ncaa","tag-simone-manuel","tag-usa-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nHow Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Increasing the participation of black swimmers in the United States is an important target, and there are several ways to make it happen.\" \/>\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\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Increasing the participation of black swimmers in the United States is an important target, and there are several ways to make it happen.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jesse Marsh\" \/>\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=\"Jesse Marsh\" \/>\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\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jesse Marsh\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf5ca39bdaa5037899f7763c2aeb575\"},\"headline\":\"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/\"},\"wordCount\":925,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Black History Month\",\"Cullen Jones\",\"Diversity\",\"Inclusion\",\"NCAA\",\"Simone Manuel\",\"USA Swimming\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Americas\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/\",\"name\":\"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Increasing the participation of black swimmers in the United States is an important target, and there are several ways to make it happen.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":750,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?\"}]},{\"@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\/baf5ca39bdaa5037899f7763c2aeb575\",\"name\":\"Jesse Marsh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/753ebe29779ee0f61ad05fdbaae1e84c?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/753ebe29779ee0f61ad05fdbaae1e84c?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Jesse Marsh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/jesse-marsh\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?","description":"Increasing the participation of black swimmers in the United States is an important target, and there are several ways to make it happen.","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\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?","og_description":"Increasing the participation of black swimmers in the United States is an important target, and there are several ways to make it happen.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jesse Marsh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jesse Marsh","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/"},"author":{"name":"Jesse Marsh","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf5ca39bdaa5037899f7763c2aeb575"},"headline":"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?","datePublished":"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/"},"wordCount":925,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg","keywords":["Black History Month","Cullen Jones","Diversity","Inclusion","NCAA","Simone Manuel","USA Swimming"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Americas"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/","name":"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg","datePublished":"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-23T14:23:48+00:00","description":"Increasing the participation of black swimmers in the United States is an important target, and there are several ways to make it happen.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg","width":1000,"height":750,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-can-there-be-more-black-collegiate-swimmers-in-the-united-states\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Can There Be More Black Collegiate Swimmers in the United States?"}]},{"@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\/baf5ca39bdaa5037899f7763c2aeb575","name":"Jesse Marsh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/753ebe29779ee0f61ad05fdbaae1e84c?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/753ebe29779ee0f61ad05fdbaae1e84c?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Jesse Marsh"},"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/jesse-marsh\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/simone-manuel-2018-us-nationals-3884-e1613876989633.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1Wnt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462735","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\/36550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}