Ryan Murphy brought home 3 more Olympic medals from Japan this summer, each one a different color. After taking an extensive break enjoying his friends and family, he's joining back up with the LA Current in Eindhoven for the Playoffs of the ISL. Brett caught up with Murph LIVE on YouTube. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel. Enjoy! Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Greg Bennett is a 2x Australian Olympian (2004, 2008) and former professional triathlete for nearly 30 years. Greg has competed in over 500 triathlons winning the ITU World Series twice. He is the host of, The Greg Bennett Show , a podcast focused on triathlon. Greg has a strong understanding of the science behind training, which you will hear in this interview. Another Australian, another physiology focused nerd. Brett, being a novice to triathlon, asks a lot of simple questions that you probab...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Eddie Reese is the Head Coach of the Men's Swimming & Diving team at the University of Texas. He arrived in Austin, circa 1978, after 6 seasons at the helm of Auburn University. Since then, the Men's Swimming & Diving team at the University of Texas has won forty-two (42) straight Conference Championships and amassed fifteen (15) NCAA Championships. Some of Eddie's swimmers include Bill Forrester, Rick Carey, Doug Gjertsen, Shaun Jordan, Neil Walker, Josh Davis, Nate Dusing, Ian Crocker,...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 39 min
Wyatt Collins is the Assistant Coach of the Men's Swimming & Diving Team at the University of Texas. Enjoy! Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% off. 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 adap...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Rocco Meiring is an Olympic gold medal winning swim coach from South Africa. He coaches Tatjana Schoenmaker , the Tokyo Olympic Champion and the fastest woman in the history of the world in the Women's 200 Breaststroke LCM (2:18.95). Tatjana's training partner, Kaylene Corbett, came 6th in that same race. Prior to this, Coach Rocco was already a legend. In 1997, he became South Africa's first National Coaching Director at the University of Pretoria -- he is still at the University today. His imp...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Braden Holloway is the Head Coach of NC State Swimming & Diving . This summer, he celebrated his 10th anniversary leading the Wolfpack. NC State has become the cream of the crop in the ACC. Eight times Braden has been named ACC Coach of the Year and eight times they've won ACC team titles. The Wolfpack has produced 7 individual NCAA Champions as well as 6 National Champion relay teams. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ryan Held won an Olympic gold medal as part of Team USA's 4x100 Freestyle Relay. ...
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 28 min
The LA Current are fresh off ISL Match 5 looking towards Match 8 in just a few days. We talk everything LA Current with superstar sprinter Abbey Weitzeil and Head Coach David Marsh. We talk about... How the ISL has helped so many lesser known swimmers level up by giving them an opportunity to be a professional. What it has done for global swimming comradery and friendships -- the LA Current have swimmers from 18 different countries. Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas Ingrid Wilm Vlad Bukhov Imogen Clark Zoe Ba...
Sep 15, 2021•46 min
Tom Dean overcame two bouts of COVID to win the 200 Freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics beating out compatriot Duncan Scott and Brazil's Fernando Scheffer. He added a 2nd gold as a part of Great Britain's 4x200 Free Relay win. Tom trains with BFF Jimmy Guy ( Episode 83 ) under Dave McNulty at British Swimming’s National Centre Bath. His age group coach was Paul Lloyd . Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello & Congrats 05:00 Facts about Red Heads 07:15 Tom's family 08:00 NCAA recruiting trips...
Sep 13, 2021•53 min
Fred Vergnoux is the new technical director of CN Metropole de Las Palmas of Gran Canaria leaving his head coaching position at the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN). For the last 11 years he has coached Mireia Belmonte , winner of the Women's 200 Fly at the Rio Olympics. Some of his other swimmers including Alena Popchanka (Fred's wife!), Amaury Leveaux , and Kirsty Balfour . Before Spain, Fred was handpicked by Bill Sweetenham as he was rebuilding British Swimming. 00:00 Swimming Sponso...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min
We talk all things ISL with Energy Standard coach, Sonny Trigg, and special guest, Finnish record holder, Fanny Teijonsalo! The International Swimming League continues to roll on. We discuss how skins and jackpotting is the only thing that matters. It also brings in the money. Ilya Borodin, the young Russian who missed the Olympics due to COVID. David Popovici won't be swimming ISL this season...so maybe 2nd semester in NCAA? Sarah Sjostrom out to rehab the elbow. Ingrid Wilm sets Canadian recor...
Sep 09, 2021•30 min
Fernando Possenti is one of the world's most accomplished open water swimming coaches. Over the last decade he has spent countless hours alongside Ana Marcela Cunha, the world's best female open water swimmer. After 5 world championship titles, Ana Marcela Cunha captured the Olympic gold medal in the Women's 10K at the age of 29. Fernando, a Brazilian 200 IM national champion himself, has be awarded FINA's Coaching Achievement Award five times. He speaks 4 languages and is able to understand Ita...
Sep 06, 2021•50 min
Ben Titley is the Head Coach of Swimming Canada's High Performance Centre in Ontario. His swimmers include Penny Oleksiak, Summer McIntosh, Kayla Sanchez, and Taylor Ruck - just to name a few. Ben is originally from England. He worked under Bill Sweetenham while he was running British Swimming. He helped James Gibson become World Champion in 2003. He doesn't do social media. 00:00 Hello from Spain 05:00 Fred Vergnoux 10:30 Congratulations 11:50 Bill Sweetenham 19:00 Running workout 21:45 Ryan Ma...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 49 min
Dean Boxall is the Head Coach of St. Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane, Australia. His swimmers include Ariarne Titmus, Elijah Winnington, Mitch Larkin, Meg Harris, Mollie O'Callaghan, and Abbey Harkin. "You're trying to beat Katie . There's no cheap gold medals but Katie adds a different value. We pursued that and it was an honor. It was an honor to plan and to talk about it and to dream about it." - Dean Boxall Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 04:15 The Reaction 05:00 Emotional recovery 0...
Sep 02, 2021•2 hr 30 min
Brenton Rickard is the 2008 Olympic silver medalist in the Men's 200 Breaststroke. He picked up a second silver in the Men's 4x100 Medley Relay. A year later, in Rome, Rickard became World Champion and WORLD RECORD holder the 100 Breast posting a 58.58. Brett and Brenton reminisce about swimming fast, competing in the strongest breaststroke era ever, his competitors, coaches and more. Recently, the International Olympic Committee dropped doping charges against him. Charges stemming from a re-tes...
Aug 30, 2021•55 min
Romanian David Popovici placed 4th in the 200 Free and 7th in the 100 Free at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He holds the World Junior Record in the 100 Free (47.30) and is 2nd behind Sun-woo Hwang in the 200 Freestyle with a 1:44.68. Popovici was just recently drafted by the New York Breakers of the International Swimming League (ISL). He discusses his decision on swimming in the NCAA vs. the ISL. David also walks you through his Olympic races and memories from Tokyo including when he got to meet Bre...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Rob Woodhouse won a Bronze medal in the Men's 400 IM at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. His sister, Susan, was also a pretty good swimmer. She married Ron McKeon (who swam in 80 & 84) and they had three children: Kaitlin, David, and Emma McKeon. Emma, of course, just became the most decorated Australian Olympian ever with her performance in Tokyo. Rob is a super successful business man and sports agent. He sold his agency to TLA and still manages superstars including Adam Peaty. For the la...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min
John Lohn of Swimming World Magazine and newly retired swimmer Amy Bilquist join us today LIVE to talk all things swimming. Dive Inside LIVE is our weekly live show covering the top swimming news of the week with Hawkey, Nate the Swimnerd, and Sonny the Swimsuit Guy. Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools ...
Aug 25, 2021•37 min
Bobby Finke is the reigning Olympic Champion in the Men's 800 and 1500 Freestyles. He shocked the world (and himself) as he flew by his competition in the final 50 of both races. A home grown Florida boy turned Florida Gator , Bobby grew up in a swimming family training under Fred Lewis at Saint Petersburg Aquatics (SPA). Enjoy! 00:00 Swim Sponsors 07:30 Massive Drops 09:00 Hawaii Training 10:00 Swimming without Spectators 11:05 Double Taper 11:55 Bobby Finke Bio 14:30 Dad as a Swim Coach 16:55 ...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr
At the Tokyo Olympics, Ariarne Titmus won the 200 and 400 Freestyles taking down the greatest female Olympic swimmer in history, Katie Ledecky. She also grabbed silver in the 800 and Bronze in the Women's 4x200 Freestyle Relay. "I never doubted myself in the race. I 100% thought that I could still win from being behind." - Ariarne Titmus on coming over the top to beat Katie Ledecky in the 400 Free 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:15 Ariarne Titmus intro 04:45 Surviving quarantine 05:15 Congratulations...
Aug 19, 2021•55 min
Dive Inside LIVE is our weekly live show covering the top swimming news of the week with Hawkey, Nate the Swimnerd, and Sonny the Swimsuit Guy. Australian Swimming League is postponed thanks to the co-co. Australia is also not sending a full team to Fina's Short Course World Championships . Season 3 of the International Swimming League starts next week. Full Rosters are listed. The Playoffs will be in Eindhoven , Netherlands. The Finals will be somewhere undisclosed in January 2022. College Swim...
Aug 18, 2021•42 min
Rohan Taylor is the Head Coach of Swimming Australia, coming off their best showing ever at an Olympics in swimming. Australia amassed 21 medals including 9 golds. They medaled in 6 of 7 relays including 2 wins and a world record in the Women's 4x100 Free. If you missed Coach Taylor's first interview, check out Episode 49 . Enjoy! 00:00 Intl Swim Sponsors 03:30 Rohan Taylor Intro 04:55 Congratulations 06:00 Event Camps, bonding 11:05 Trust 13:50 Paris as Australian Head Coach? 14:15 Alex Baumann...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Simon Cusack is an Australian Olympic swim coach. He has been named Coach of the Year 3x by Swimming Australia. Simon has coached Cate & Bronte Campbell, the Speed Sisters, from their competitive beginnings. Simon talks about how he got into swimming, his coaching philosophy, and his own development as a coach. Why Australia seems to be so far ahead in women's sprint freestyle. Developing an age group program based around speed and the 100's. And much, much more. Enjoy! Support Our Sponsors:...
Aug 12, 2021•58 min
Dive Inside LIVE is our weekly live show covering the top swimming news of the week with Brett, Nate, and Sonny. FINA News : President Husain Al-Musallam announced $29 million will be invested in Africa over the next four years and the prize money for SC World Championships in Dubai this December have increased to $2.4 million. $50,000 for WR's. Tatjana Schoenmaker may or may not get paid what she is owed... Greg Meehan is being attached from all corners of the internet. Too many NCAA titles and...
Aug 11, 2021•35 min
Bowe Becker overcame rheumatoid arthritis and losing his spot in the International Swimming League to become an essential part of Team USA's winning Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay in Tokyo. He went from waiting tables to becoming an Olympic gold medalist. This is his Olympic story. Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 04:15 2016 Trials 05:15 Gideon Louw 06:30 What did Gideon teach you? 08:50 Strength Training with Cal Dietz 10:00 1st Trials finals 11:45 Rheumatoid arthritis 16:30 Gideon leaves, Auburn pr...
Aug 11, 2021•45 min
Michael Bohl is a 5x Olympic swim coach for Australia. He is the coach of Emma McKeon and Emily Seebohm at Griffith University in Brisbane. At the Tokyo Olympics, Emma McKeon won a record 7 Olympic medals, making her the most decorated female swimmer in history at a single Games. Emily Seebohm, who many had written off at the age of 27, touched 3rd in the Women's 200 Backstroke to claim a bronze medal. Coach Michael Bohl spent 14 years at St. Peters, before leaving for GU in 2017. He left St. Pe...
Aug 09, 2021•58 min
Bruno Fratus won the Olympic bronze medal in the Men's 50 Freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This was his 3rd time in the Olympic Final of the 50 Free. In 2012, he placed 4th. In 2016, he placed 6th. Third times a charm. He is joined by his wife and coach, Michelle Lenhardt. Enjoy! Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: ...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Favorite race. Future star. Biggest surprise. Least favorite moment. For both the Men & the Women. Brett is joined by Twitter aficionado, Kyle Sockwell , Sonny the Swim Suit Guy, and Nate the Swimnerd. Subscribe to the YouTube channel and click the notification bell so that you know when we go LIVE! Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% of...
Aug 05, 2021•49 min
Brett, Nate, and Sonny come together to chat about Day 7 Prelims of Swimming at the Tokyo Olympics. Day 7 Prelims: Men's 50 Free Women's 50 Free Men's 1500 Free Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Men's 4x100 Medley Relay Tonight's Finals Lineup: Day 7 Finals: Men's 100 Fly FINAL, Women's 200 Breast FINAL, Women's 800 Free FINAL, Men's 50 Free SEMIS, Women's 50 Free SEMIS, 4x100 Mixed Medley Relay FINAL Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. Yo...
Jul 30, 2021•27 min
Brett, Nate, and Sonny discuss Prelims of Day 6 which included the Women's 800 Free, Men's 100 Fly, Women's 200 Back, Mixed 4x100 Medley Relay. Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus get ready to throw down for the 3rd time tomorrow night in the Women's 800 Free. Chad Le Clos placed 18th this morning after a speedy 100 Fly heats session for the men. Dressel looks head and shoulders above the rest of the field. Kaylee McKeown posted the morning's fastest seed with a 2:08.1. Both Americans, Rhyan White ...
Jul 29, 2021•33 min
Swimming at the Tokyo Olympics Day 5 Prelims recap with Brett and Nate. On tonight's LIVE show we've got Nathan Adrian, Josh Prenot, and Carson Foster stopping by to talk some swimming. Women's 100 Free Men's 200 Back Women's 200 Breast Men's 200 IM Women's 4x200 Free Relay Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the...
Jul 28, 2021•35 min
