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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected College Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n

(From the January issue of Swimming World Magazine)<\/em><\/p>\n

While college swimming has assumed a back-in-business profile, all is not exactly as it seems. Admittedly, the COVID-induced 22-month hiatus disrupted familiar operational and competitive rhythms. That left even more of a divide between schools and divisions, says Jon Howell, whose Emory women have won every NCAA D-III championship since 2010 (10 in a row, with the meet canceled in 2020 and 2021).<\/p>\n

\u201cI see that range of disparity growing at least for a while,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been hard on a lot of institutions, and people have had to make some serious cutbacks. I don\u2019t see that going away in a year. What we are finding is that COVID seems to be a little behind us, but there are still ripples that create waves we have to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n

And those ripples affect every aspect of the competitive spectrum: athlete and coaching routines, planning, practices, meets, travel and recruiting. While restrictions upon campuses have eased, some universals remain, especially masking and forms of social distancing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s just more to think about on a daily basis,\u201d said Johns Hopkins coach Scott Armstrong. \u201cMandatory indoor masking, weekly COVID tests for all athletes. We have an app where athletes have to register any travel and take a daily health check. Last year really affected their social lives most of all, party registrations and size limits. This year, most of the teams on campus are just not socializing in big groups out of fear of losing their seasons. They are really trying to be above reproach so that they don\u2019t lose their ability to compete again,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Armstrong has a kindred soul in Queens\u2019 Jeff Dugdale, whose Royals have won the last six contested D-II championships: \u201cWe have many athletes who have embraced taking team or friend walks in the evening and spending more time outdoors because of what they have learned from last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Practices, both in-water and dryland, have received a second look as well. Dugdale reports that training has \u201cgone to another level because athletes now know that we are never promised tomorrow. A season could be canceled with a moment\u2019s notice. It is very real for them.\u201d He\u2019s also become more flexible, adaptable and introduced more recovery into the team\u2019s training regimen. \u201cI do not hesitate to give someone off if I feel they need it. We learned from COVID and all the fast swimming that we can afford to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Practicing without restrictions has been a blessing, especially for a team like Hopkins with a six-lane pool. \u201cLast spring was a mess\u2014basically, we could only swim five hours per week, but now we are pretty well back to normal,\u201d said Armstrong. \u201cI am much more likely to cut the filler out of the practices and just goof around with swimmers more. We really are focusing more on making the pool a fun place while also getting the main thing done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Todd DeSorbo\u2019s national champion Virginia women<\/a> appeared to benefit from an altered training schedule due to the pandemic<\/a>. \u201cWe learned a lot regarding how much training means. Last year, we didn\u2019t do doubles the entire first semester; we went from nine to six practices per week. I was OK with that because the athletes had three months off (in some cases, five), and got back in during late July and August. They trained straight through August, and by September, they were in better shape than they had ever been by Sept. 1. In 2021 with Trials and the Olympics, nobody had been in the water for at least four weeks, taking a break they really needed. This year, we didn\u2019t do doubles until the end of September,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Coach planning routines have undergone changes as well. \u201cI really know we need to keep swimmers healthy as much as possible. If someone shoots me a text message at 5 a.m. saying they don\u2019t feel well, I tell them to stay home, where in the past, I might have told them to get their butt in gear,\u201d said Armstrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went from a year where kids were taking classes in their bedrooms or at home. Class grading was a little more forgiving because professors were worried about kids. Coming back from COVID, I\u2019ve had to be a little more patient,\u201d says Howell. \u201cWe\u2019ve really focused a lot on mental health and psych. We\u2019ve created an endowment to raise awareness of mental health. That\u2019s been a priority,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The Mental Toll<\/h3>\n

In these COVID days, coaches are entering a brave new world of their own when it comes to routine and planning. \u201cI feel like I work 24\/7,\u201d said Howell. \u201cEverything just takes more time. Travel\u2014it\u2019s hard to get vans. We have to have backup plans for everything we do. Supply chains are a disaster. Everything has been delayed. To do things to our standard takes more time and effort. I assume that will melt away over time, but it is the reality of where we are.”<\/p>\n

More than one program leader took inventory of his own mental health. Both Dugdale and DeSorbo have adopted routines that allow for some mental space away from the job. \u201cThese days, I go home for breakfast after morning workout, see the kids off to school and work out in the weight room I built in the garage,\u201d said the Virginia coach. Previously, he\u2019d pack breakfast and lunch, leave for work and arrive home after p.m. practice.<\/p>\n

Travel seems less of an issue for D-I programs. In October, Virginia went cross country to take on the Cal Bears. Drury\u2019s dual meet schedule remains relatively unchanged. \u201cSome teams at smaller schools have had budgets impacted,\u201d said the Panthers\u2019 Brian Reynolds. \u201cLast year, we had a big drop in the budget, simply because we weren\u2019t going to travel as much. We saved the school a lot of money.” Such cuts have led to a lot of reprioritizing across the board.<\/p>\n

Recruiting<\/h3>\n

From Armstrong\u2019s perspective, Hopkins recruiting \u201ctotally changed and still changes every week. The current class of first-years didn\u2019t really get any sort of a visit process. And this current group got only one-day visits. That pushed this already accelerating timeline up even more. If there is no info to gather from an official overnight in the fall, why not commit in July?\u201d he asked. \u201cMy hope is that it slows back down. With the academic standards at Hopkins as high as they are, it\u2019s really made things difficult on us. We simply cannot commit to someone before July after junior year, so all these juniors committing in the fall don\u2019t even have a shot with Hopkins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emory faces a very similar situation. \u201cThe reality with the \u201923s is I\u2019m not going to know who is a really good fit until the spring anyway because junior year is such a pivotal year academically. I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll have a junior who can commit. That\u2019s a D-I reality. We need more time to unfold before we can go down that path,\u201d Howell said.<\/p>\n

As for Virginia, the Cavaliers are back to official recruiting visits. \u201cI think our athletes have forgotten how tiring, involved and how much work it is,\u201d said DeSorbo. The good news is that as early as last May, the Cavaliers had already snagged three of the country\u2019s top 13 females as well as the No. 1-ranked Pennsylvania prospect, Zoe Skirboll.<\/p>\n

Top-ranked Division II programs tend to have a significant international presence within their rosters. \u201cIf you are going to maintain a top-five national spot, you have to have an international influx,\u201d said Reynolds. Queens and Drury sat atop the D-II standings last year. Thirty-three percent of their rosters for 2021-22 are comprised of international swimmers. Not only are the athletes fast, but the Drury faculty gives them props for adding \u201ca welcome diversity of thought and presence across the student body.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both schools have resumed campus recruiting visits, up to 48 hours for long distance prospects, yet Dugdale found real value in last year\u2019s virtual approach. \u201cWalking the campus virtually upped the engagement quotient that resulted in a large class of well-assimilated freshmen. This is one area from which all divisions can learn. To save our sport and budgets, I feel strongly that we should move back to senior recruiting and get rid of the recruiting budgets. Most prospects find their way to the school of their interest. If prospects visit on their own, your yield rate increases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While social distancing protocols limit pre- and post-meet pleasantries, dual meets, lost for much of last year, are treasured. \u201cWe are making a bigger deal out of each meet and making tech suits optional more often,\u201d said Armstrong. \u201cI always talk with the other coaches beforehand to see what their teams will be doing, but our view is that if you have a meet, it\u2019s a chance to swim fast. Why not maximize your potential?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always a good time to swim fast,\u201d agreed Dugdale. \u201cNever take a chance to race for granted knowing that it can be taken away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here to Stay?<\/h3>\n

The good old days? \u201cI don\u2019t think life will ever be the same,\u201d said Reynolds. \u201cWe\u2019ll work harder more often. There are a lot of things we\u2019ve learned from COVID, but I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll ever be back to normal. This is going to be with us for quite a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael J. Stott is an ASCA Level 5 coach, golf and swimming writer. His critically acclaimed coming-of-age golf novel, \u201cToo Much Loft,\u201d was published in June 2021, and is available from store.Bookbaby.com, Amazon, B&N and book distributors worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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