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‘I Would Do It Again’: Arizona State Back Stronger off Team Redshirt Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Nora Deleske<\/strong> and her Arizona State teammates left the Zoom meeting in July 2020, they were convinced by the vision laid out by Bob Bowman. <\/strong> Nearly 18 months later, Deleske hasn\u2019t wavered.<\/p>\n

Along the way, though, there were moments when sustaining that belief wasn\u2019t easy, when there was nothing rosy about the uphill slog of training without a meet in sight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we thought it was going to be a lot, I wouldn\u2019t say easier, but there were a lot more roadblocks in the way that we haven\u2019t had to experience before,\u201d Deleske told Swimming World<\/em> last week. \u201cAnd so I was really proud of all of the men and women on our team just because we handled adversity really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sun Devils made headlines in the summer of 2020 when Bowman announced that the program would redshirt its swimmers for the season<\/a>, which at that point was very much in doubt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As they\u2019ve returned to competition this fall, there are no regrets to that decision.<\/p>\n

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Emma Nordin; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI would do it again, and I feel like it was the call then,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cAnd so did the NCAA, they gave everyone another year. We just did it first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowman\u2019s calculus then was that his Sun Devils were in no position to compete in the fall. They\u2019d been out of the water from March through August. To ramp up to a season would do his swimmers a disservice, and it would rob them of the natural rhythm of a college season, with its late-fall peak for invitationals and spring finals.<\/p>\n

So instead of rushing toward an incomplete season, Arizona State took itself out of the mix. It took pressure off swimmers pushing for the Tokyo Olympics the next summer not to have to decide on a gap year, and alleviated any conflict for those who had redshirted or deferred the 2019-20 season before the Games were postponed. The decision was, as Bowman says, the kind of creative solution that the university was looking for<\/a>. It was made in consultation with the administration, and it met with near unanimous approval from the swimmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really big team decision, more so, and it felt like we were a part of it, which I was super grateful for,\u201d Deleske said. \u201cWhen we first heard the news, I think it was a lot more excitement and oh my gosh, this is going to be amazing, this is the best thing that could happen, because no one really knew what was going on. \u201c<\/p>\n

At that point in July, it looked as if the NCAA might not have any college sports in 2020-21. Not until August, when cases hit a summer lull and a groundswell of opposition to football postponement, did the situation start to change. For swim teams, though, that still meant condensed schedules, many with league-only opponents or no fall schedule, including no invitationals.<\/p>\n

Part of what made it an easier sell at Arizona State is the building process that Bowman has overseen since he was hired in April 2015. His goal was to elevate the Sun Devils into a national power. To some of his veterans who\u2019ve been along for the ride in that process, framing the redshirt as a down payment on future success fit that plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe very first thing that Bob said to is, look, this is an investment for our program,\u201d captain Evan Carlson<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kept them safer,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cWe were able to have a year of development. I think we had some kids on our team that I feel like needed a year, and I also think we\u2019re able to keep some guys who were fifth-years who got to develop as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean it was easy, physically or emotionally. The FOMO of seeing friends and former teammates swimming was very real. The thought of a Pac-12 Championships and an NCAAs going on without them was painful. For some of the underclassmen who might not have known what they were missing, the challenge was a seemingly interminable wait until their next (or first) meet. Veterans still felt the sting of not being able to compete, even if they kept the larger picture in mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been ups and downs,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cI\u2019d be less than honest to say it\u2019s been a walk in the park, because there\u2019s been many challenges even though we weren\u2019t competing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It required a lot of believing in each other, Deleske said, providing the validation and motivation that usually comes from external sources.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was this huge grind, which now all of us have an amazing training base and we\u2019re super grateful for that now,\u201d she said. \u201cBut looking back on it and being in there, it was definitely difficult to get the freshmen and those younger classes excited about swimming collegiately because they\u2019ve never had that experience yet. The coaches did a great job continuing to tell us that, hey you\u2019re going to have your time to race, but focus on school right now, get done what you need to get done and take this as a learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jarod Arroyo Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe had faith in the coaches. We had faith in each other,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cSo while everybody was off competing at their own meets, we had our meets here, and I think that a lot of our guys and girls were able to throw down very fast times and we went into the summer season pretty excited about things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The big challenge for Bowman was devising \u201ccompetitive opportunities\u201d to fill the void. Much of that came under the banner of Pitchfork Swim and Dive at local sectional meets<\/a>. Friday practices would usually be reserved for racing of some kind, with the timing system in for a skins competition or off-events races. It gave swimmers a chance to gauge their progress, but also boosted their resolve with a chance to cheer for teammates and remind themselves of the college atmosphere they came to Tempe for. Bowman said the team lowered a handful of short-course yards records during the year, even without an actual meet. They also concocted informal meets, like a scrimmage against the University of Arizona for the men this fall while the women opened their season in Washington.<\/p>\n

Deleske left the year off with a better sense of how to race herself. She cites a handful of best times from a long-course tune-up for Olympic Trials last summer that featured just two or three Arizona State swimmers per heat. That notion of not needing an external rival to bring out the best in her felt empowering.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that kind of stuff goes to show how the coaches changed our minds,\u201d Deleske said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re in a race sometimes, you worry so much about what the person is doing next to you, and it really solidified that, just worry about what you\u2019re doing. Take the time to do all your details right. Take the time to just really hone in on the small things, and you\u2019ll see people doing amazing things, and I think that\u2019s something that\u2019s really exciting for us coming into this year. I\u2019ve seen all these men and women do amazing things and I know you\u2019re going to see that at the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The redshirt paid off for a number of individuals. Bowman was pleased with the Sun Devils\u2019 performance at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the summer. ASU was represented in Tokyo by Jarod Arroyo<\/strong>, swimming for Puerto Rico<\/a>, plus incoming freshman Leon Marchand<\/strong> of France.<\/p>\n

In its first big meet of the 2021-22 season, Arizona State impressed at the NC State Invitational<\/a> with 10 program records, led by Marchand<\/a>, Emma Nordin<\/strong> and a new mark in the men\u2019s 800 free relay. Grant House<\/strong> flourished in the freestyle events. Getting back to racing in dual meets \u2013 the women opened Oct. 16 at Washington State<\/a>, the men Nov. 6 by hosting USC \u2013 was a different sensation, with the captains having to show young swimmers the ropes. (As a consequence of the redshirt, around half the roster is either true or redshirt freshmen.) But Deleske said that representing Arizona State and instead of Pitchfork definitely feels different.<\/p>\n

The entire experience has brought the team closer, a byproduct Bowman had hoped for. Having leaned on each other in so many difficult moments over the last year, the support structure is primed for a season that looks much more normal. The brotherhood that Carlson and others once talked about in abstract terms has become very, very real.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the camaraderie of the team has gone through the roof through the last year,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cWe all went through something that no one expected to go through, with the pandemic and everyone redshirting, and just the fact that all of us shared that really unique experience brought a lot of us really, really close.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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