{"id":495122,"date":"2022-01-08T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=495122"},"modified":"2022-01-08T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:04:55","slug":"olivia-smoliga-moves-to-train-with-bob-bowman-at-arizona-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olivia-smoliga-moves-to-train-with-bob-bowman-at-arizona-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Smoliga Moves to Train with Bob Bowman at Arizona State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-time Olympian Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> has decided to head West. After training in Georgia for the better part of a decade, Smoliga will train at Arizona State with Bob Bowman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Smoliga had trained with Jack Bauerle<\/strong> at Bulldog Aquatics after swimming collegiately at Georgia and leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA championship.<\/p>\n

She made the announcement on social media on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“Yeeeaauh?Christmas training we out! Thank you to this crew for welcoming me. I\u2019m so excited to be here,” Olivia Smoliga posted. “I really wanna thank @ugaswimdive<\/a> for an indescribable 8 years as a collegiate athlete and post graduate. Thank you @jack.bauerle<\/a>, Brian, Stef, Jerry, Harvey, Neil, Sean (and Dan for the diving well!!), for what I will remember as one of the most fulfilling and exciting rides of my life! I\u2019m so grateful. Thank you to my whole Dawg family, you all have made me the person I am today. It\u2019s forks up from here! Thank you @sundevilswimdive<\/a> and @coach_bowman<\/a> for taking me in. The vibe is high.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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