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Keri-anne Payne is a 3x British Olympian. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she won the silver medal in the 10k. She went on to win back-to-back World Championships in 2009 and 2010 in the same event. Defending her Olympic title at her home Olympics in 2012, Keri-anne made a rookie mistake and wound up touching 4th by just a few fractions of a second. While devastating, it is al...

How did Arizona State's Leon Marchand win the 400 IM (3:34.4!) and then split 41.1 on the back of the 4x100 Medley Relay?!?    Coach David Marsh with some analysis after watching Leon clean up at Pac-12's:   "Coaches and young kids need to understand this....it's not a joke when we say that underwater kicking is the 2nd fastest way to swim. It may be the first fastest if you're kick...

Mykhailo Romanchuk is a 2x Olympic medalist from Rivne, Ukraine. He is one of the world's premier distance swimmers.  On February 24th, he woke up to bombs exploding just miles away in Kyiv while at a training camp. The Ukrainian national swimming pool was just bombed.  His family is still in Ukraine. 00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law 00:04 Hello Misha Romanchuk 00:40 February 24th 02:40...

Summer McIntosh is a generational talent. At the 2022 Canadian Selection Trials Prep Meet, she broke two World Junior Records:  4:29.12 in the 400 IM and 2:05.81 in the 200 Fly. Her former coach, Ben Titley, talks about some of the workouts she did leading up to these performances. Support Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneu...

Shaine Casas , the 2021 SC World Champion in the Men's 100 Backstroke, has made the move from Texas A&M to Texas to swim under Eddie Reese (the GOAT).  The 22 year old American is versatile. He is world class in fly, back, and free. Shaine sees himself as a 100/200 specialist that trains a lot of IM.  World Champ Trials are next month, his next big test.   00:00 Bratter PA, Immi...

Coach David Marsh stopped by Dive Inside LIVE to talk about Pac-12's and NCAA's.    How do the Cal Bears stop the Texas Longhorns? Support Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities,...

Big coaching news in the world of swimming with Ben Titley going from Canada to Spain.  Support Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim...

Brett and Nate talk about swimming with Special Guest David Marsh! The University of California wins for the 5th year in a row. California 853.5 Stanford 760 Arizona State 652 Southern Cal 449 Arizona 423.5 Utah 264 Leon Marchand (ASU) wins most impressive freshman award after winning 200 Breast 1:50.39 400 IM 3:34.45 200 IM 1:39.65. Bjorn Seeliger (Cal) MVP. 50 Free 18.84 100 Free 41.51 100 Back...

Cindy Ong is a 5x World Masters Swimming Champion from Malaysia. After giving birth to 3 children and being away from the pool for several years, she had to relearn the sport and reignite her competitiveness.   Cindy talks about maximizing the little time she does have, doing less yardage in the pool, and focusing on explosive out-of-the-water exercises. Enjoy! 00:00 Bratter, PA Immigration L...

Lara Jackson is in her first year as an Assistant Swimming Coach at the University of Arizona, where she was a 9x NCAA Champion and 14x All-American. She won back-to-back NCAA titles in the 50 Freestyle (2008, 2009) lowering the NCAA record down to 21.27. Lara began her career as a walk on. In 2008, she went on to set the American Record in the 50 LCM Freestyle (24.50) in Prelims at her first Olym...

Brett, Sonny, and Nate talk about swimming.  FINA has cancelled World Jrs in Kazan. Also, they took back the award they gave Putin back in 2014. Canada, Australia, and Scandinavia have all backed out of any meet in Belarus or Russia. Russian swimmers are allowed to compete but not under the Russian flag.   The International Swimmers Alliance (ISA) has called for Fina & the ISL to mee...

Ukrainian World Record holder Andrii Govorov is 50/50 Russian and Ukrainian. The war has displaced much of his family and friends and even put some of them at odds with one another. Andrii talks about what is happening and how he is helping. Support Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM...

American Clark Smith is an Olympic gold medalist (Men's 4x200 Free Relay, 2016 Rio Olympics) and soon to be United States Marine.    Even though he grew up in Denver, Clark was destined for Texas. His Dad swam at Texas. His Mom swam at Texas (and got 5th in the 200 Back for Team USA in the '84 Olympics).    His college career was a bit crazy. As a Freshman, he didn't even quali...

Sophie Hansson of the NC State Wolfpack won ACC's for the fourth time in a row taking down UVA's Alexis Wenger by just .04. They became just the 3rd (56.72) & 4th (56.76) women ever in history to break 57 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke. Sophie walks you through the race and how the heck she touched Alexis out. The best race of ACC's! Support Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusiv...

Alex Walsh, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist in the 200 IM, continued her progression in the short pool at ACC's in multiple events. She swam the 2nd fastest time in the 200 Breaststroke (2:03.02) and was named ACC Swimmer of the Meet. She was also a relay monster, helping to destroy the NCAA record in the Women's 400 Medley Relay.  She wasn't going to swim the 200 Breast at NCAA's but now she i...

Brett and Nate talk about swimming with special guest Sophie Hansson! Support Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global...

Sprint coach Herbie Behm: you only need 6-8 x 50's in practice to train for the 100 yard freestyle.   In this clip, Coach Behm reveals some of his favorite sprint swimming sets and how his main 50's set has evolved over time.    Also some interesting insight into Ryan Held's efficiency not allowing him to take a 2nd breath and what he learned from that experience in the 100 Free at...

Sara Isaković is a 3x Olympic swimmer from Slovenia. At the 2008 Olympics, she became the 2nd woman to break 1:55 in the 200 Free, winning the Olympic silver medal in the process. Sara swam and studied Psychology and Performance Psychology at the University of California . She is a published researcher and author of the mental training program for swimmers , " Between Two Lanes ".  Use code "...

Jordan Crooks is a freshman at the University of Tennessee. In his SEC debut, he won the 50 Free in 18.53 beating out Olympic gold medalist, Brooks Curry. Jordan also captured 2nd in the 100 Free in 41.44 (behind Brooks' 40.99) and 3rd in the 100 Fly in 45.33. He is from the Cayman Islands. 00:00 Hello Jordan Crooks 01:30 19.3 to 18.5 02:00 Vols coaching staff 02:45 Cayman Islands 03:45 Beating Dr...

Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming with special guests Kira Toussaint and Kyle Sockwell.  We talk about SEC's, ACC's, and Tennessee Women's swimming. Kate Douglass, Ellen Walshe, and Jordan Crooks.  The Dutch Swimming Federation telling their swimmers to not compete in the ISL. Kira Toussaint explains the letter they received.  Australian Brendon Smith headed to train with M...

Alaskan Lydia Jacoby shocked the world by winning the Women's 100 Breaststroke at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With a Leisel Jones esque stroke, Lydia back halfed the 100 Breast, breaking 1:05 for the first time and beating world record holders Lilly King and Tatjana Schoenmaker in the process. 00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law 00:04 Who is Lydia Jacoby! 03:30 Make the team?? 09:30 Alaska living...

Sydney Pickrem is a 2x Canadian Olympian and Bronze medalist (Tokyo 2020, 4x100 Medley Relay), newly minted World Champion (Abu Dhabi 2021, 200 IM), and Team Captain of the London Roar.  Sydney was a multiple time All American swimmer for Texas A&M and Steve Bultman. She has dual citizenship (USA & Canada), grew up in Tampa swimming for Randy Reese, but now resides in Toronto.  0...

Ron Aitken is the Head Coach & CEO of the Sandpipers of Nevada. He has been there for nearly 30 years.    He put 3 swimmers on USA's Tokyo Olympic team: Katie Grimes (4th in the 800), Bella Sims (Silver on 4x200 Free Relay), and Erica Sullivan (Silver in 1500). 00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law 00:04 Hello Ron Aitken 00:42 Preparing for Olympic Trials 03:00 Going to Compete not to Pa...

Kayla Sanchez is a two-time Olympic medalist from Canada. She is a brilliant 50/100/200 freestyler that is an intricate component of Canada's relays.    "I'm kind of a relay gal." - Kayla Sanchez   Born in Singapore to Filipino parents, she moved to Canada at just 1 years old. She's not the tallest but most times the fastest. In 2018, she set the World Junior Record in the 50 Freest...

Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming.  Support Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive s...