{"id":574910,"date":"2023-12-15T06:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574910"},"modified":"2023-12-15T06:18:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T13:18:55","slug":"friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s once again Friday FunDay at Swimming World and let&#8217;s take a deeper look into a fun topic for most swimmers: Music.<\/p>\n<p>Whether in the ready room or on deck, or in the car or just about anywhere, many swimmers use music to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-5-of-the-best-pump-up-jams-for-swimmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pump them up<\/a> before a race or a meet.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of swimmers have headphones on, some not playing anything, some playing an epic song to motivate them.<\/p>\n<p>But what if you are allowed to pick the pump-up song for everyone on the speakers at the pool?<\/p>\n<p>In a lot of meets, from USA meets to high school conference championships or state meets, the top seed in each event can pick the entry song.<\/p>\n<p>So what do you pick? Do you pick the same song that you would have on your headphones before a race?<\/p>\n<p>At a recent Michigan high school state meet, the songs played varied from the Spice Girls to AC\/DC and everything in between. That is the case at all kinds of meets.<\/p>\n<p>If it were me, I would change it up if I got to choose.<\/p>\n<p>Not only would I pick something that could pump me up, but I would pick something that might throw other swimmers off.<\/p>\n<p>And not throw myself off.<\/p>\n<p>I love all kinds of music and have this discussion with swimmers often. I would probably throw in something classical just to make others think. Who knows, it could be enough to get someone of their game.<\/p>\n<p>Too dancy and I might feel like dancing. Too dark and it might lose focus. Too light and it will definitely lose focus.<\/p>\n<p>I would choose a fanfare from opera Turandot by <strong>Giacomo Puccini<\/strong>. Start the following link at 47:47 and play for a minute and a half and it will get your juices flowing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giacomo Puccini &quot;Turandot&quot; Sutherland, Pavarotti, Caball\u00e9, Ghiaurov, Krause; Mehta 1973 CD I\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZn_FGQmlVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It might get enough swimmers to be thinking about why you chose this one, and give you and advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that is just me.<\/p>\n<p>Dancing might work for you, or light and fun, or darkness, or rap, or jazzy or the theme from &#8220;Rocky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it is music, it is fun and it can inspire.<\/p>\n<p>What song would you choose for your walkout?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song? It&#8217;s once again Friday FunDay at Swimming World and let&#8217;s take a deeper look into a fun topic for most swimmers:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":210697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122607],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-swim-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Song Friday FunDay: How Do You Your Race Walk-up Song?<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song? Would you go light and dancy, dark and ominous or just off the wall?\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song? Would you go light and dancy, dark and ominous or just off the wall?\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan D&#039;Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan D&#039;Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\"},\"headline\":\"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/\"},\"wordCount\":395,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Swim Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/\",\"name\":\"Song Friday FunDay: How Do You Your Race Walk-up Song?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song? Would you go light and dancy, dark and ominous or just off the wall?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1600,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\",\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\"},\"description\":\"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Song Friday FunDay: How Do You Your Race Walk-up Song?","description":"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song? Would you go light and dancy, dark and ominous or just off the wall?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?","og_description":"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song? Would you go light and dancy, dark and ominous or just off the wall?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2400,"height":1600,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04"},"headline":"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?","datePublished":"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/"},"wordCount":395,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg","articleSection":["-Home Slider","Swim Life"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/","name":"Song Friday FunDay: How Do You Your Race Walk-up Song?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-15T13:18:55+00:00","description":"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song? Would you go light and dancy, dark and ominous or just off the wall?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg","width":2400,"height":1600,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/friday-funday-how-would-you-choose-a-race-walk-up-song\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friday FunDay: How Would You Choose a Race Walk-up Song?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04","name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor"},"description":"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sierra-schmidt-2016-o-trials-9298.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2pyK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}