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008<\/span> SIMONE MANUEL CO-FOUNDER OF NEW MEDIA COMPANY, TOGETHXR<\/strong><\/span> 09<\/span> SIMONE MANUEL, COMCAST PARTNER TO HELP BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN OAKLAND<\/strong><\/span> 010<\/span> TORRI HUSKE REFLECTS ON NATIONAL RECORD-SETTING, STATE TITLE-WINNING HIGH SCHOOL FINALE<\/strong><\/span> 011<\/span> KATIE LEDECKY RETURNS TO COMPETITION WITH STRONG EFFORT IN 1500 FREESTYLE<\/strong><\/span> 012<\/span> KATIE LEDECKY EXCITED TO BE PART OF \u201cMEANINGFUL\u201d GENDER-EQUAL OLYMPICS<\/strong><\/span> 014<\/span> \u201cWE\u2019RE IN A GOOD SPOT\u201d: RYAN LOCHTE PLEASED AFTER PRO SWIM SERIES FINAL<\/strong><\/span> 015<\/span> WIN IN PRO SWIM SERIES 100 FLY REFLECTS REGAN SMITH\u2019S COMFORT WITH DOUBLES<\/strong><\/span> WORLD NEWS<\/p>\n 016<\/span> SWIMMING AUSTRALIA REVEALS\u00a0 BACKUP PLANS AND INSURANCE SWIMS FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS<\/strong><\/span> 018<\/span> BRITAIN\u2019S MOLLY RENSHAW TALKS MANCHESTER, DAVE HEMMINGS AND HER PERSONAL ISL LEGACY<\/strong><\/span> 020<\/span> TOKYO OLYMPICS CHIEF VOICES SUPPORT FOR POSSIBILITY OF SPECTATORS AT GAMES <\/strong><\/span> 020<\/span> CORNEL MARCULESCU, LONGTIME FINA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STEPS DOWN<\/strong><\/span> COLLEGE NEWS<\/p>\n 022<\/span> YES, VIRGINIA, NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR MOVE<\/strong><\/span> 024<\/span> THIS SHOULD BE WELL WORTH THE WAIT <\/strong><\/span> WATER POLO NEWS<\/p>\n 026<\/span> USA WATER POLO WILL EMERGE FROM COVID-19 SCARRED, BUT PERHAPS WISER <\/strong><\/span> SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n 030<\/span> 2021 SWIM CAMP DIRECTORY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 038<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN: MAGGIE PURCELL<\/strong><\/span> 039<\/span> HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 040<\/span> PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this issue of SW Biweekly, you can check out our preview of the 2021 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Championships. Also featured is Simone Manuel’s<\/strong> newly co-founded media and commerce company , TOGETHXR, created to showcase voices of women. She also partnered with Comcast to help low-income families throughout Oakland, California get internet access; Torri Huske<\/strong> reflects on her national record-setting, state title-winning high school finale; Katie Ledecky<\/strong> returns to competition with a strong effort in the 1500 freestyle, and she’s excited that the 2021 Tokyo Olympics will be the first time ever that the women’s 1500 will be added to the schedule, as well as the men’s 800; Ryan Lochte<\/strong> is pleased with his results at the TYR Pro Swim Series; Regan Smith’s<\/strong> win in the TYR Pro Swim Series shows her comfort with double events ahead of Olympic Trials; Australia reveals backup plans and insurance swims for their June Olympic Trials in Adelaide; the 2021 Swim Camp Directory<\/strong>; and much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":464531,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[56108,126883],"product_tag":[75943],"class_list":{"0":"post-464526","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-swimming-world-biweekly-1","7":"product_cat-click-to-view-all-issues-in-2021-swimming-world-biweekly","8":"product_tag-sw-biweekly","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"downloadable","13":"sold-individually","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nOlympic gold medalist Simone Manuel is one of four athlete founders of TOGETHXR, a media and commerce company founded to showcase voices of women.<\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nOlympic swimmer Simone Manuel and Comcast announced a partnership recently to help provide internet access to low-income families in Oakland, Calif. Comcast contributed $100,000 to the city, along with 1,000 laptop computers and 12 months of free internet services to needy families.<\/p>\n
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nIn her final high school swimming season, Torri Huske set two national high school records and nearly claimed a third, leading Yorktown to the Virginia state high school team championship.<\/p>\n
\nby John Lohn<\/strong>
\nBefore she stepped onto the blocks at the USA\u00a0 Swimming TYR Pro Series stop in San Antonio, it had been a year since Katie Ledecky last raced competitively. Even so, the evidence of her dominance in the 1500 meter free was on display, as she unleashed a time, 15:42.92, that only she and four others have bettered in history!<\/p>\n
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nThe 2021 Tokyo Olympics will be the first in which women will compete in the 1500 freestyle and the men in the 800. Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky is excited that the women\u2019s 1500 will be added to the Olympic schedule not only because she\u2019s the world record holder, but because she is part of a generation that is fighting for gender equality.<\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nOn paper, Ryan Lochte\u2019s results at the TYR Pro Swim Series might have seemed underwhelming, but the 36-year-old who will be vying for his fifth straight Olympic Games was enthused citing the amount of quality training he\u2019s been doing: \u201cThe times I\u2019m going in practice, just the yardage, the back-to-back practices that I\u2019m having that are great, I\u2019m seeing it more often. And it makes me excited to see what this summer\u2019s going to hold.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nWith an impressive runner-up finish in the 200 back followed by a win the 100 fly at the TYR Pro Swim Series in San Antonio, Regan Smith gleaned a little more information about the challenge of a multi-swim finals session as she prepares for this summer\u2019s U.S. Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n
\nby Ian Hanson<\/strong>
\nSwimming Australia announced a range of scenarios if a COVID lockdown and border closures disrupt its June Olympic Trials in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\nby Liz Byrnes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nSeiko Hashimoto, the new head of the Tokyo Olympic Organization Committee, has expressed support for having fans in attendance if the Games proceed this summer.<\/p>\n
\nCornel Marculescu, FINA\u2019s executive director for the last 35 years, announced his resignation, effective immediately, at the recent first FINA Bureau meeting of 2021.<\/p>\n
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nFor years, Stanford and Cal have been battling each other for national supremacy at women\u2019s NCAAs, with the Cardinal and Golden Bears finishing 1-2 in the last three championships. Before that, Cal had put together four team titles since 2009. But in 2021, look for Virginia to make its move\u2014not only as a new rival, but quite possibly as a new champion!<\/p>\n
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nA year ago, all eyes were on the Cal and Texas men\u2019s swimming and diving teams in what looked to be one of the greatest NCAA Championship duels ever. Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out that showdown, but spirits are running high one year later\u2014not only for that much anticipated Cal-Texas confrontation, but for the simple fact that college swimmers will again be able to come together and compete at a national championship.<\/p>\n
\nCommentary by Michael Randazzo<\/strong>
\nThis is the final in a series of articles examining the health of the national governing body for U.S. water polo in the wake of Bahram Hojreh\u2019s criminal and civil sexual abuse cases and the coronavirus pandemic that has resulted in more than 500,000 American deaths.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n