Cal Baptist junior Remi Fabiani was a 3x conference champion this year, qualifying for NCAAs and finishing 13th in the 100 free. After NCAAs, Fabiani announced he would be transferring to ASU for his final season of eligibility. SwimSwam sat down with Fabiani to discuss his journey from his home country of Luxembourg to Riverside, California. The sprinter takes us through leaving home, his Olympic redshirt season, and what scoring at NCAAs as a Mid-Major athlete was like.
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 1245
Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss Lukas Martens' huge world record in the 400m Free, 50s of stroke in the Olympics, and USA Swimming announcing Greg Meehan as the new US National team director.
Apr 14, 2025•51 min•Ep. 1244
We sat down with Jassen Yep , the Indiana Hoosier who came into Bloomington with a 1:57 200 breast and recently won an NCAA title in the same event with a 1:48. Yep takes us through his journey at Indiana and how he made the progression from barely recruited (he was not a walk-on, but he did come in with very little scholarship money) to #4 performer all-time in the 200 breast. While Yep planned to retire after NCAAs, this wave of success and enjoyment of his sport has led Jassen to reconsider. ...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 1243
Aurora Roghair showed out in the last meet of her swimming career, notching 2nd place finishes in the 500 and 1,650 free, 11th in the 200 free, and swimming a massive 1:41.8 leg on Stanford's winning 800 free relay. After officially announcing her retirement, the US National Team member reflected on what being a Stanford women's team member has meant to her and how she grew during her four years on the Farm. She also speaks about her future, looking to pursue grad school at Notre Dame.
Apr 11, 2025•50 min•Ep. 1242
Olympic champion in the 200 back Hubi Kos carried his success over into the yards pool last month, going 3-for-3 in his individual events at the NCAA Championships and breaking NCAA records in the 100 and 200 back. Kos explains the confidence that being an Olympic champion has given him and how Bob Bowman's training prepares him for moments like this.
Apr 09, 2025•40 min•Ep. 1241
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the recent Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento, numerous high-caliber NCAA transfers, and the House Settlement's final hearing.
Apr 08, 2025•56 min•Ep. 1240
Tennessee senior Jordan Crooks had a historic meet at his last NCAA Championships in Federal Way. This included breaking Caeleb Dressel's legendary 100 free NCAA record, going 39.83 in the prelims of the event. He was also a part of the winning 200 and 400 free relays, the latter of which also set an NCAA record to cap off the meet. The world record holder and world champion sprinter sat down with SwimSwam to reflect on his collegiate career, unsure of what his future holds in the pool. ***This ...
Apr 04, 2025•37 min•Ep. 1239
Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the 2025 Men's NCAA Championships as well as preview the upcoming Pro Swim stop in Sacramento.
Mar 31, 2025•50 min•Ep. 1238
Heat four of the men’s 200 fly preliminaries had an odd technical malfunction that is leading to the heat being reswum before the three-way 200 back swim-off.
Mar 29, 2025•7 min•Ep. 1237
We're giving you an event-by-event preview of the 2025 Men's NCAA Championships.
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 1235
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the women's NCAA Championships and LCM swimming from around the globe.
Mar 24, 2025•56 min•Ep. 1236
Bryn Greenwaldt has taken the road less traveled in college athletics, foregoing to specialize in one sport and putting her efforts into both swimming and high jump. This went on full display when the Augustana University junior not only competed at both NCAA Championships in the same day, swimming prelims of the 100 free before going to the track to compete in the high jump and then returning to the pool for the 100 free final, but finished in the top-8 in both of her events that day. Greenwald...
Mar 17, 2025•51 min•Ep. 1234
We are giving you a full preview of the 2025 Women's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 1233
SwimSwam sat down with Camille Spink, who won the Commissioner's Trophy at the 2025 SEC Championships for scoring the most individual points, sweeping her individual events. Spink became the first athlete since 2007 to win the 50, 100, and 200 free at a single SEC Championships. The Tennessee Vol takes us through her eventful meet, highs and lows, and gives her rationale for why she doesn't like the word "Taper".
Mar 16, 2025•59 min•Ep. 1231
On Friday, Indiana hosted media availabilty for its swim and dive coaches as well as a handful of top athletes, among them Olympian Anna Peplowski. Charlotte Varnes of the IndyStar asked Peplowski about what she was most proud of during her time at IU, and the senior spoke about the growth as a person she's been able to foster during her time in Bloomington. When Varnes asked head coach Ray Looze about Peplowski's growth, Looze shared the story of Peplowski making the Olympic team and what that ...
Mar 15, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1232
SwimSwam spoke with Austin Lathrop, Camilo Vargas, and Sofia Vargas, three members of the Cal Poly swimming and diving roster that was suddenly cut by the school's athletic department on Friday, March 7, effective immediately. All three swimmers give their thoughts on how this matter was handled by the athletic director, what this team means to them, and how anyone can help in their grassroots effort to reinstate the team. While the team has a GoFundMe with the stated goal of raising $200,000, S...
Mar 14, 2025•34 min•Ep. 1230
At the SEC Championships last month, University of Florida senior Julian Smith broke the NCAA record in the 100 breast, clocking a 49.51 to undercut the old record from last year by .02. Hear what Smith has to say about how his season has progressed and what he sees for himself at his last collegiate meet in a couple of weeks.
Mar 12, 2025•32 min•Ep. 1229
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the first Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont, NCAA roster cuts, and more.
Mar 10, 2025•55 min•Ep. 1228
Emma Sticklen won both the Commissioner's Trophy and SEC Swimmer of the Meet honors at her first SEC Championships. At that meet, Sitcklen won the 200 IM, 100 fly, and 200 fly, setting an SEC record in the 200 fly and Texas program records in all 3. The 5th year reflects on her career at UT and looks ahead to her last NCAA Championships as a Longhorn.
Mar 05, 2025•53 min•Ep. 1227
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss Chrissi Rawak Resigining as USA Swimming CEO after 1 week, Summer McIntosh training with Bob Bowman in Austin, and this weekend's conference championships.
Mar 03, 2025•51 min•Ep. 1226
Olympic medalist and NCAA All-American Erica Sullivan joined the SwimSwam Podcast to discuss her newest endeavor outside the pool: writing and directing a short film. The film, Wet Season, centers around a fictional women's collegiate swim team and looks to capture the ethos of being a part of a swim team. The project is currently in the final stages of pre-production, with filming scheduled for late May. Sullivan breaks down the ins and outs of what goes into preparing for a shoot like this and...
Mar 02, 2025•46 min•Ep. 1224
Chrissi Rawak withdrew from the position of USA Swimming CEO when USA Swimming became aware of a SafeSport complaint regarding her conduct while a coach at the University of Michigan. Rawak resigned within 24 hours of USA Swimming being notified of the allegation. USA Swimming has confirmed that the report was made to SafeSport after Rawak was announced as the new CEO.
Mar 01, 2025•17 min•Ep. 1225
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) and Fitter & Faster Swim Camps are excited to announce a new partnership aimed at enhancing collegiate swimming programs across the country. This collaboration will provide CSCAA member programs with an effective way to generate revenue, maximize facility use, and strengthen relationships with their local swimming communities.
Feb 28, 2025•37 min•Ep. 1223
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the first week of conference championships.
Feb 24, 2025•59 min•Ep. 1222
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the Stanford women leaving early from the ACC Championships and the plethora of LCM racing around the world we saw this weekend.
Feb 17, 2025•54 min•Ep. 1221
Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we preview the women's and men's Big Ten (B1G) and Big 12 Conference Championship meets.
Feb 16, 2025•44 min•Ep. 1220
The massive conference realignments we have seen over the last year have led teams to adjust and make hard decisions. In the case of the Stanford women, head coach Greg Meehan has decided to send his NCAA qualifiers home from the ACC Championships after the Friday morning session. This means they will race 6 of the 9 sessions but get home a bit earlier to readjust and get back into training to focus on their primary season goal, the NCAA Championships in March.
Feb 14, 2025•39 min•Ep. 1219
Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we preview the SEC and ACC Championships, which will both take place on February 18-22.
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1217
Head Grown-Up of Grown-Up Swimming Brian Robbins drops in on the SwimSwam podcast to breakdown the swim-fun-movement sweeping the nation. Grown-Up Swimming started in Atlanta, GA with a group of teams that wanted to have as much fun swimming as their kids have in summer league. That movement has grown-up (not apologizing for that pun) to provide a low-pressure, high-fun swimming environment for hundreds of people of all ages and abilities. Literally: start swimming for the first time since colle...
Feb 12, 2025•20 min•Ep. 1218
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the Walsh sisters facing off in the 100 Breast and wrap up the 2024-2025 NCAA regular season.
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 1216
