{"id":471862,"date":"2021-05-10T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=471862"},"modified":"2022-02-14T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:48:10","slug":"swimming-world-presents-up-comers-novaquatics-teagan-odell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-up-comers-novaquatics-teagan-odell\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents – Up & Comers: Irvine Novaquatics’ Teagan O’Dell – Sponsored By Spectrum Aquatics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nUp & Comers: Irvine Novaquatics’ Teagan O’Dell<\/span><\/h1>\n

By Shoshanna Rutemiller
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In August 2019, 12-year-old Teagan O\u2019Dell of the Irvine Novaquatics (Calif.) took down Missy Franklin\u2019s 11-12 girls national age group record in the 200 meter IM, clocking 2:18.69 at the Western Zone Age Group Championships to erase Franklin\u2019s 2:19.12 mark set in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeagan has only been swimming for me for a relatively short time,\u201d says her coach, Ken LaMont. \u201cSo at a very early stage, we offered up some fast 100s at the end of the workout with a lot of rest between each one. Keep in mind she was only 13 years old at the time, and I was watching her push 51-second 100 yard freestyles in workout.<\/p>\n

\u201cOddly, she doesn\u2019t consider herself a freestyler above other events, which would explain why during the same season, she swam a 1:58.9 200 yard IM at one of our championship meets. This shows her wide range of talent in her swimming ability.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the 2020 Speedo Championship Series in Carlsbad, Calif., Feb. 27-March 1, O\u2019Dell, still 13, took first in the 200 yard breaststroke (2:15.06) and 400 IM (4:13.42) despite racing against finalists in her events as old as 18. She also placed second in the 100 back, 100 breast and 200 IM, and third in the 200 back.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeagan (now 14) still enjoys one of the hardest things there is to teach\u2014and that is she enjoys racing,\u201d says Coach LaMont. \u201cShe is a great girl and very humble regarding her swimming. With that being said, she is also fully aware of her swimming and goals. Whenever I approach her with a goal or future plans, she usually has the same plan in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Dell also comes from an athletic family. She is a middle child in a family of four kids. Her three brothers all play football as a quarterback\u2014just like their dad. Both of O\u2019Dell\u2019s parents agree: Their daughter is tough and willing to take on challenges!<\/p>\n

SWIMMING WORLD:<\/span><\/strong> What is the best thing you do in swimming?
\nTEAGAN O’DELL:<\/strong><\/span> I am probably best at competing. It is also my favorite thing about the sport.<\/p>\n

SW:<\/span> <\/strong>What are some of the toughest workout\/sets that you’ve done?
\nTO:<\/span><\/strong> Some of the toughest things in practice are any and all 100% efforts. I race against my very fast teammates, and it gets very tiring…but I love it!<\/p>\n

SW:<\/strong><\/span> What are you most looking forward to this year?
\nTO:<\/span><\/strong> I am looking forward to going to more swim meets, and I\u2019m very excited to watch the Olympics!<\/p>\n

SW:<\/strong> <\/span>Who is someone you look up to in swimming… and why?
\nTO:<\/span><\/strong> Katinka Hosszu is definitely a swimmer I look up to. She is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She also swims every stroke, and I aspire to be like her.<\/p>\n

SW:<\/strong> <\/span>What are your favorite hobbies?
\nTO:<\/span><\/strong> Some of my favorite things to do are watching Netflix and reading.<\/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

    \n
  • 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