STAND OUT PERFORMANCE Limited edition purple and green Fastskin LZR Racer X available now. engineered to do it all. coming soon! EDGE COMFORTABLE, HIGH VELOCITY SWIM FINS Ultimate speed fins designed to optimize training without interrupting a natural kick cycle or compromising on comfort. 100% silicone and trademarked Smart Fin™ Technology reinforces a proper kick at high speeds, builds cardiovascular endurance and activates key muscle groups for a propulsive up-kick. Contact your FINIS representative for more information. FINISinc.com NEW POWERSKIN CARBON-FLEX VX MAXIMUM RANGE OF MOTION Camille Adams www.arenawaterinstinct.com MARCH 2016 FEATURES 014 TOP 9 OLYMPIC UPSETS: 034 HISTORIC #5 DOUG RUSSELL— SURPRISES AT U.S. THE FIRST TEXAN OLYMPIC TRIALS: by Chuck Warner JEFF FARRELL American Doug Russell upset Mark Spitz INSPIRES A in the 100 meter butterfly at the 1968 NATION Olympics in Mexico City. His gold-medal by Annie Grevers performance that day remained the sole Six days after an occasion he had ever beaten Spitz in that emergency ap- event! pendectomy, Jeff Farrell swam 016 TEXAS EVEN TOUGHER at the U.S. by David Rieder Olympic Trials 026 After Texas dominated last year’s men’s and qualified for the 1960 U.S. Olympic 047 Q&A WITH COACH NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving team that competed in Rome, where he MIKE BOTTOM Championships, it’s possible that this won two gold medals as the anchor of the by Michael J. Stott year’s Longhorn team is better! world record-setting 400 medley and 800 freestyle relays. 048 HOW THEY TRAIN 020 GEORGIA ON OUR MIND CONNOR JAEGER AND by David Rieder COACHING ALI DeLOOF With the Georgia Bulldogs finishing first or by Michael J. Stott second in the last five women’s NCAA Divi- 010 LESSONS WITH THE sion I Swimming and Diving Champion- LEGENDS: EDDIE REESE TRAINING ships, picking Georgia No. 1 this year just by Michael J. Stott makes sense—not to mention they have 029 DRYSIDE TRAINING: the talent...again! 012 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE TRX WORKOUT MISCONCEPTIONS: SWIM by J.R. Rosania 024 TIME FOR DEFENSE THROUGH THE PAIN by Jason Marsteller by Rod Havriluk JUNIOR SWIMMER All of the team champions from last year’s A common misconception is that it is nec- NCAA II (Queens women and men), NCAA essary to “swim through the pain” to maxi- 053 UP & COMERS III (Emory women, Kenyon men) and NJCAA mize performance. Typically, the source of by Taylor Brien (Indian River women and men) Cham- the pain is the shoulder, and the cause is pionships are getting ready to defend either from the demands of conditioning COLUMNS & their titles. However, in 2016, the NAIA is or from injury. Swimming through pain SPECIAL SECTIONS guaranteed to crown a new women’s and from conditioning can have a negative men’s champion! effect on technique. Swimming through 008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT pain caused by injury is almost guaranteed 030 A TOWER OF STRENGTH to have a negative effect on technique, as 038 2016 SWIM CAMP by Annie Grevers well as make the injury even worse. DIRECTORY At 6-9, Texas swimmer Clark Smith—lit- erally—towers over his competition. At 026 RELAY STRATEGIES: 054 GUTTER TALK NCAAs later this month, he’ll return not GETTING IT DONE only to defend his 500 free title, but also by Michael J. Stott 056 PARTING SHOT to help his Longhorn teammates repeat There’s so much more to winning a relay as national champions. If they do, the UT than just swimming fast. Decisions made Tower on campus will be lit completely in before the race play an important role in orange and will display the #1 on all four giving a team the best opportunity to 016 sides of the 307-foot landmark. perform their best. ON THE COVER Texas is favored to capture its second straight men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Div- ing championship—and 12th title for Coach Eddie Reese, who would stand alone as the winningest NCAA Division I men’s swimming coach in history. The Longhorns return a truckload of championship finalists, including junior Clark Smith, who won the 500 free last year and has already broken an American record (1000 free) and has come close to another (500 free) this season. (See feature, page 30, plus related story, page 16.) [PHOTO PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS] SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0039-7431). Note: permission to reprint articles or excerpts from contents is prohibited without permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for errors in advertisements. Microfilm copies: available from University Microfilms, 313 N. First St., Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Swimming World Magazine is listed in the Physical Education Index. Printed in the U.S.A. © Sports Publications International March 2016. 6 SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE / March 2016 A VOICE for the SPORT INSTA-SWIM CULTUREBY CASEY BARRETT PUBLISHING, CIRCULATION AND ACCOUNTING www.SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Chairman of the Board, President - Richard Deal A few weeks back, most of the north- cracking up no matter how many times you [email protected] eastern United States was covered with watch it on Instagram. Publisher, CEO - Brent T. Rutemiller around two feet of snow. This meant can- I’ve never been much for social media [email protected] celed school and practices and lessons myself, but seeing those “blizzard swim- Circulation/Art Director - Karen Deal for many, leaving coaches grumbling and mers”—from teams up and down the East [email protected] Circulation Manager - Taylor Brien swimmers rejoicing at the brief reprieve. It Coast and across wide snowy stretches of [email protected] also meant a golden opportunity to share the Midwest—made me jealous of the in- Advertising Production Coordinator - Betsy Houlihan our distinctive—and gleefully warped— stant shared connections that club and col- [email protected] swimmer humor with the masses on social lege swimmers have these days. There are media. now over 400,000 registered swimmers EDITORIAL, PRODUCTION, On countless Instagram feeds, there was with USA Swimming, and thanks to social MERCHANDISING, MARKETING AND ADVERTISING OFFICE our tribe on proud display, out there in the media, the tribe has never been tighter or 2744 East Glenrosa Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85016 elements in nothing more than a racing suit more connected. Toll Free: 800-352-7946 and cap and goggles. 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This did not get old. In fact, I real time, and no one can deny that the sport Graphic Designers - Emmi Brytowski, Joe Johnson must have watched a couple dozen before is better for it. my wife—a non-swimmer—asked me to But now the culture that is swimming— Staff Writers - Michael J. Stott please stop showing her, and to stop laugh- above and beyond the times and the meets Fitness Trainer - J.R. Rosania ing so loud or I’d wake our daughter. and the practices—is being shared as never Chief Photographer - Peter H. Bick Swimmers have always had a certain before. 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INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS were just born slightly strange, and that’s With Olympic Trials fast approaching, Africa: Chaker Belhadj (TUN) why we feel so comfortable in a sensory- no one wants more nor’easters to blow Australia: Wayne Goldsmith, Ian Hanson deprived zone of chlorinated water for so through and cancel practices, but when the Europe: Norbert Agh (HUN), Camilo Cametti (ITA), Oene Rusticus (NED), Rokur Jakupsstovu (FAR) many hours on end. next blizzard arrives, I’ll be waiting on my Japan: Hideki Mochizuki Whatever it is, being a swimmer means Instagram for swimmers to do their thing— Middle East: Baruch “Buky” Chass, Ph.D. (ISR) South Africa: Neville Smith (RSA) finding it entirely reasonable to charge out in the way that only swimmers can. South America: Jorge Aguado (ARG) into a blizzard and hurl your mostly naked PHOTOGRAPHERS/SWTV body into a snow drift and pretend to swim Casey Barrett Peter H. Bick, USA Today Sports Images, through it while your swimmer buddies Senior Commentator Reuters, Getty Images film it and roar with laughter.