FEATURES<\/p>\n
008 BRENT RUTEMILLER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AS ISHOF CEO AND SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE PUBLISHER<\/strong><\/span> 010 HOW CARSON FOSTER IS FULFILLING POTENTIAL AS NEXT AMERICAN MEDLEY STAR<\/strong><\/span> 014 COMMENTARY: BACKSTROKE FINISH RULE NEEDS CHANGE AFTER JUSTIN RESS DQ ORDEAL<\/strong><\/span> 016\u00a0 HOW THEY TRAIN CALEB MAULDIN<\/strong><\/span> 017 CHINA WRAPS UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 13-FOR-13 IN DIVING MEDALS<\/strong><\/span> 018 MADDIE MUSSELMAN SCORES FIVE GOALS; U.S. WOMEN\u2019S WATER POLO WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT TITLE<\/strong><\/span> 020 BEFORE THE HEROICS OF JASON LEZAK, AMERICAN BRUCE HAYES DELIVERED GROSS-BUSTING ANCHOR FOR 1984 RELAY GOLD<\/strong><\/span> 022 A SUMMER OF REDEMPTION FOR TEAM USA VETERAN AND DISTANCE STAR LEAH SMITH<\/strong><\/span> 024 BUDAPEST MIRAGE? ASSESSING U.S. DOMINANCE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/span> <\/strong> 026 2022 AQUATIC DIRECTORY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this issue of SW Biweekly, read about how Carson Foster<\/strong> has been fulfilling his potential as the next American medley star. Also featured is Brent Rutemiller<\/strong>, who announced his retirement as ISHOF CEO and Swimming World publisher; Commentary on the backstroke finish rule that needs changing after the Justin Ress<\/strong> DQ ordeal; How They Train with Midshipman Caleb Mauldin<\/strong>; China wraps up Worlds with 13-for-13 in diving medals; U.S. Women’s water polo wins fourth straight title, and Maddie Musselman<\/strong> scores five goals; How American Bruce Hayes<\/strong> delivered the Michael<\/strong> Gross<\/strong>-busting anchor for 1984 relay gold; A summer of redemption for Team USA veteran and distance star Leah Smith<\/strong>; Assessing U.S. dominance at Worlds… a Budapest mirage?; The 2022 Aquatic Directory<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":508324,"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":[56108,130112],"product_tag":[75943],"class_list":{"0":"post-508322","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-2022-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 John Lohn<\/strong>
\nAfter five years as the CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and more than 30 years in multiple roles with Swimming World Magazine, most recently as publisher, Brent Rutemiller has announced his retirement. His decision comes on the heels of a courageous battle with cancer, which is in early remission, and his tenure can only be measured as highly successful.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nCarson Foster had just swum 4:06.56 for the silver medal in the 400 IM at the recent World Championships in Budapest\u2014more than two seconds behind Leon Marchand\u2019s 4:04.28. To the uninformed eye, the race appeared a crushing defeat for Foster, but he had actually produced the best swim of his life by an enormous margin, becoming the third fastest American ever behind Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nJustin Ress was initially disqualified after touching first in the 50 backstroke at World Championships for fully submerging at the finish\u2014which was later overturned, with Ress reinstated as the winner. It\u2019s time for FINA and the other powers in swimming to rewrite the backstroke finish rule so no swimmer at the World Championships\u2014or your local club meet\u2014is DQ\u2019ed for a tick-tack infraction on a backstroke finish.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nChina swept the last three diving medals at the recent World Championships over the final two days of competition, completing a perfect 13-for-13 run for the diving superpower. All told, China took 17 medals from 13 events, with 13 gold, two bronze and two silver.<\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nBehind five goals from MVP Maddie Musselman, the United States overcame Hungary, 9-7, in the women\u2019s water polo final at the 2022 FINA World Championships. It\u2019s the fourth consecutive title for the Americans\u2014an unbroken streak dating back to 2015\u2014and seventh overall since 2003.<\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nAgainst seemingly insurmountable odds, Bruce Hayes anchored the U.S. 800 free relay at the 1984 Olympics with the best swim of his life to pull off a stunner for gold after coming from behind on the last 100 meters to touch out West Germany\u2019s Michael Gross, the 200 free world record holder, by 4-hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nAfter not qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team headed for Tokyo, the summer of 2021 could\u2019ve been the end of the road for veteran Leah Smith, who had won two medals five years earlier at the Rio Olympics. But it says something about Smith\u2019s fortitude and character that she came back from that adversity and was as good as ever at the 2022 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nAlthough this year\u2019s World Championships was very different from years past, with so many stars of the Tokyo Olympics not competing, the American dominance, nevertheless, was unmistakable. Team USA finished with 45 medals, the most ever by one country at a World Championships, shattering the previous record of 38 from 2017\u2014and they finished with 17 gold medals.<\/p>\n