{"id":471199,"date":"2021-05-01T04:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=471199"},"modified":"2021-04-30T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:18:26","slug":"swimming-world-presents-a-voice-for-the-sport-thank-you-eddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-a-voice-for-the-sport-thank-you-eddie\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents – A Voice For The Sport: Thank You, Eddie!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Voice For The Sport: Thank You, Eddie!<\/span><\/h3>\n

By John Lohn<\/span><\/p>\n

Endings are inevitable. They are part of life, and as much as we may want to rev up the time machine and buy a few more minutes before the farewell becomes official, that is not the way it works. Acceptance is, simply, mandatory.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, we knew the end of the Eddie Reese era at the University of Texas was approaching. With each passing season, the same question arose: How long will he coach? It\u2019s not that Eddie wasn\u2019t producing. Quite the contrary. Heck, the man has guided the Longhorns to team titles at five of the past six NCAA Championships, including the crown this past campaign.<\/p>\n

But when a man creeps into his upper 70s and has given all of himself to the sport for more than a half-century, including the past 43 years at Texas, the time and place comes to say: \u201cThat\u2019s a wrap.\u201d That day arrived for Reese during his team\u2019s latest championship reign, and he made it official just two days after the Longhorns lifted their 15th NCAA title\u2014all under the guidance of Reese.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people get together with the mindset of accomplishing something, even though it is tough during that year in time, it just adds up to something truly amazing,\u201d Reese said. \u201cI want to thank those guys who trusted me, did all the hard workouts and made the sacrifices in and out of the water. It has been an honor for me to be a part of this program.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has been an honor to have Eddie Reese influence the sport for the better part of his life. It is easy to look at Reese\u2019s career from the standpoint of accomplishments. No one has won as many NCAA championships. He has guided three United States Olympic squads and served as an assistant on four others. His athletes have captured more than 100 NCAA titles and 29 Olympic gold medals. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2002.<\/p>\n

Yet, his biggest influence is measured outside the pool. He has been called a father figure. A mentor. A motivator. A friend. A jokester. A devoted family man. When those titles are used to describe a man, it is clear his meaning stretches well beyond coach. So, when word of Reese\u2019s decision started to seep through the swimming world, many tears of appreciation were unsurprisingly shed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething really special about Eddie is he doesn\u2019t really view us as athletes or point scorers,\u201d said current Texas star Drew Kibler. \u201cHe views us all as human beings and wants what is best for us as human beings, and that is how it has always been. He always cares, even during the hard practices. It makes you see the value in yourself and makes everybody want to be the best. The culture makes you want to work and where you can take these roads. Eddie has a different way of going about these things, and he is just such a phenomenal man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Reese will be officially retired once the United States Olympic Trials and Olympic Games in Tokyo unfold, he won\u2019t disappear from the pool deck. He will assume the title of coach emeritus and plans to stop by practices and impart the wisdom he has long possessed. But he\u2019ll also have more time to spend with his family, including his wife, Elinor, and enjoy favorite pastimes such as hunting and fishing.<\/p>\n

As for the sport? Well, let\u2019s just say that Eddie Reese is not going to be forgotten. His record will stand as a measuring stick for others, the bar raised to a height that will be difficult to reach. Meanwhile, athletes and coaches will share stories and exchange some of the jokes\u2014good and bad\u2014that have been trademarks of Reese for years.<\/p>\n

Few individuals in the sports world are known merely by their first name. In our sport, Eddie fits that bill. He is an icon. He is a legend. He personifies greatness\u2014as a man and a coach.<\/p>\n

So, we end this column in the simplest of ways: Thank you.<\/p>\n

John Lohn<\/strong><\/span>
\nAssociate Editor-in-Chief <\/span>
\nSwimming World Magazine<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Swimming World May 2021 Issue<\/span><\/h1>\n

FEATURES<\/p>\n

014<\/span> WOMEN\u2019S NCAAs: A NEW NO. 1<\/strong>
\n<\/span>For the first time in the history of the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships\u2014since 1982\u2014the University of Virginia finished first. It was also the first time it cracked the top 5 with its previous highest finish sixth in 2019.<\/p>\n

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  • VIRGINIA\u2019S ROAD TO HISTORY<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • NC STATE ADDS TO ACC DOMINANCE<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • THE TALK OF THE MEET: MAGGIE MacNEIL<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby John Lohn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    018 <\/span>MEN\u2019S NCAAs: THE PERFECT RETIREMENT GIFT<\/strong><\/span>
    \nDays before their coach, Eddie Reese, officially announced his retirement from coaching after 43 years, the Texas men\u2019s team won their 15th men\u2019s NCAA national team championship.<\/p>\n

      \n
    • THIS ONE\u2019S FOR EDDIE!<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • SCINTILLATING PERFORMANCES: SHAINE CASAS & RYAN HOFFER<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby John Lohn<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • PATIENCE REWARDED: MAX McHUGH & NICK ALBIERO<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      022<\/span> NCAA D-II CHAMPS: SOME THINGS NEVER SEEM TO CHANGE<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong>
      \nA year into the pandemic that has completely changed our world, Queens University of Charlotte brought about some stability to the 2021 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships by sweeping their sixth straight women\u2019s and men\u2019s team titles.<\/p>\n

      023<\/span> NO LIMITS!<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby David Rieder<\/strong>
      \nClaire Curzan has been swimming fast since she was a young age grouper and has continued to do so in high school. Last March, she came within 13-hundredths of the American record in the short course 100 fly, and in April, she found herself within 22-hundredths of the long course U.S. best. She\u2019s versatile, she\u2019s coachable, she has international experience, and she\u2019s moved from a fringe Olympic contender to an Olympic favorite. Curzan is only 16, and her promising future couldn\u2019t be brighter.<\/p>\n

      026<\/span> TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: WHEN IRISH EYES WEREN\u2019T SMILING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby John Lohn<\/strong>
      \nIreland\u2019s Michelle Smith\u2014a four-time Olympic medalist in 1996 who received a four-year ban from the sport in 1998 for tampering with a doping sample\u2014has been defined as being a poster girl for cheating, and by her willingness to cut corners and take advantage of performance-enhancing drug use to make the leap from an athlete of very-good skill to one of elite status.<\/p>\n

      029<\/span> 50 SWIMMERS, 6 MEDALS<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
      \nThe Tokyo Olympics will mark the fourth occasion that open water swimming will be contested on the Olympic level, and even a 10-kilometer marathon race can bring exciting moments and dramatic finishes.<\/p>\n

      030<\/span> JOSH MATHENY: RISING STAR<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
      \nFrom a middle-schooler newly committed to swimming full-time in 2016, the future looks encouraging for 18-year-old Josh Matheny, who approaches the U.S. Olympic Trials for Tokyo in June as a dark horse to make the team in men\u2019s breaststroke.<\/p>\n

      032<\/span> ISHOF: THE ART OF SWIMMING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
      \nThis is the story of Hero and Leander, Lord Byron and the birth of open water swimming.<\/p>\n

      035<\/span> NUTRITION: HYDRATION\u2014BEYOND THIRST!<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong>
      \nHydration truly has a daily importance for all kinds of swimmers from age groupers to Olympians to Masters swimmers, but it tends to get more notoriety when the weather gets warmer.<\/p>\n

      COACHING<\/p>\n

      012<\/span> THE POWER OF POSITIVE COACHING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
      \nRelationships built upon honesty, trust and communication go a long way toward cementing a bond between coach and athlete. Coupling that with knowledge of the individual first and athlete second produces a positive working relationship that can last for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

      038<\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: MAXIMIZING SWIMMING VELOCITY (Part 1)\u2014STROKE RATE vs. STROKE LENGTH<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
      \nSwimming velocity is the criterion measure for swimming performance and is the product of stroke length and stroke rate. This article explains how stroke length and stroke rate vary and how stroke time provides insight into maximizing swimming velocity.<\/p>\n

      042<\/span> Q&A WITH COACH STEVE HAUFLER<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

      044<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN CHARLOTTE SHAMIA<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

      TRAINING<\/p>\n

      037<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: THE IM DRYLAND CIRCUIT<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n

      JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n

      047<\/span> UP & COMERS: TEAGAN O\u2019DELL<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n

      COLUMNS<\/p>\n

      008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      011<\/span> DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT THE MOREHOUSE TIGER SHARKS?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      046<\/span> THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      048<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n