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KATIE LEDECKY LOWERS UNLEASHES WORLD’S FASTEST TIME IN SECOND FASTEST 200 FREE 200 FREE AT NATIONALS OF 2017

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There was a lot of potential around Townley Haas after he Katie Ledecky won another national title in the 200 free on finished in the individual 200 free final last year and swam Wednesday night at the 2017 Phillips 66 USA Swimming the fastest relay split of any of the competitors in the 4×200 National Championships. Ledecky already had the number free relay. Haas picked up his first World Championship one time in the world after what she did at Santa Clara selection with a 1:45.03 on Wednesday night in Indianapolis, earlier this month. Ledecky lowered that time with a the second fastest time in the world this year behind ’s 1:54.84 to move further ahead of Sweden’s Michelle Sun Yang (1:44.91). Coleman (1:55.64). Haas moves ahead of the British duo of (1:45.55) Ledecky will be joined in Budapest once again by Virginia’s and (1:45.80) on the world rankings list as we Leah Smith (1:56.68) who seems to be Ledecky’s right hand move towards Budapest. Haas will be joined in the individual woman in every single event. Those two will be accompanied 200 free by of Indiana (1:46.30), who moves by (1:56.90) and Mallory Comerford to fifth in the world rankings. Pieroni picks up his first World (1:56.95) for the 4×200 free relay in Budapest. The US has Championship spot in his career. won every major meet in the relay since 2010 but has not Zane Grothe (1:46.39) and (1:47.25) rounded gotten the World Record despite all the strong swimmers out the top four for a solid 4×200 free relay. The Americans they have had. The US is now the heavy favorite in that relay will be looking to regain the world title they lost to Great moving forward to Budapest. They also have another chance Britain in 2015. The Brits will be tough to beat with the core at eclipsing China’s world record from 2009 at 7:42.08. of Scott and Guy leading the charge for them.

Simone Manuel (1:57.11) and (1:57.71) also (1:47.29) and Caeleb Dressel (1:47.51) also picked up relay considerations for Budapest by finishing fifth pick up relay consideration spots with their fifth and sixth and sixth. (1:57.92) and (1:58.58) place finishes. Jay Litherland (1:47.74) and Mitch D’Arrigo also swam in the A-final. ◆ (1:47.79) rounded out the top eight final. ◆ 34 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

KEVIN CORDES GIVES THE LILLY KING, BETHANY GALAT WORLD RECORD A SCARE IN DROP MASSIVE 200 BREAST 200 BREAST AT NATIONALS TIMES AT NATIONALS

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In one of the most anticipated races of the night at Fun fact, did you know Lilly King never won high school state Nationals, Kevin Cordes gave the world record a legit scare until her senior year? She was runner-up almost every year on Wednesday night in the IU Natatorium with a 2:07.41 to before that to who else but Bethany Galat. The two Indiana sit third in the world rankings behind the Japanese duo of natives from opposite ends of the state came together once (2:06.67) and (2:07.18). again to race at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. This time, it was King who took the win over her long time rival with a massive 2:21.83 to swim the second fastest time in Cordes led the race from start to finish and was under WR the world this year behind ’s Yulia Efimova (2:19.83). pace at 150 meters, something we have seen from him Galat was second at 2:22.24 to now sit fourth in the world in the past. He showed a little bit more emotion with the behind Great Britain’s Jocelyn Ulyett (2:22.08). Both of those win tonight, so he had to have felt the pressure from the swimmers made their first World Championship team as swimming community saying he “couldn’t get it done.” He Galat made her first major international trip. makes his third World Championship team and will look to upgrade his silver from 2015. The United States has not had a major international win in the 200 breast since broke the world record in Cordes will be joined in Budapest by Georgia’s Nic Fink, the 2012 Olympics, and they have a solid and young who had a disappointing trials last summer. Fink makes his 1-2 punch going into Budapest this summer. King is 20 and third World Championships with a 2:08.63 for second. Fink Galat is 21. held off a close finish for second ahead of Cal’s (2:08.72), Texas’ Andrew Wilson (2:08.82) and Those two swam away from the pack over the back half (2:09.68). from the rest of the field. Miranda Tucker (2:25.82), Kayla Brumbaum (2:25.85), Vanessa Pearl (2:25.97), Andrea Jonathan Tybur (2:10.94), Daniel Roy (2:12.23) and Jacob Cottrell (2:26.50), Katie Meili (2:26.71) and Montague (2:12.73) also swam in the A-final.◆ (2:28.09) also swam in the A-final.◆ SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 35 [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

KATHLEEN BAKER DROPS RYAN MURPHY SWIMS THIRD WORLD’S FASTEST 200 BACK FASTEST 200 BACK OF 2017 IN AT NATIONALS NATIONALS WIN

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Kathleen Baker has been on fire in the 2017 calendar year Ryan Murphy has quickly taken over the reigns as the best after she won the silver medal in the 100 back in Rio last US backstroker in both Olympic distances. Murphy swam summer. She won her first NCAA individual title in March the third fastest 200 back of 2017 with a 1:54.30 to sit and won swimmer of the meet in the process. She returned in June in the same pool with a spot on her second straight just behind Russia’s (1:53.81) and China’s Xu World Championship team with a 2:06.38 in the 200 back Jiayu (1:54.03). Murphy made his second straight World final, the fastest time in the world this year. Championship team with that swim and will look to win his first individual World Championship medal. Baker moves ahead of Australia’s (2:06.66) in the world rankings list and will be joined in Budapest Murphy will be joined by teammate for the by 15-year-old from Riptide Aquatics in second straight year at 1:54.78, as the ladder made his first Minnesota. Smith was second at 2:08.55 and makes her first World Championship team. Pebley now sits just behind major international meet. Smith held off a hard charge from Murphy on the world rankings list in fourth. Pebley has Lakeside’s Asia Seidt at 2:08.99. indicated that he has been very motivated this year as he was one of the few US swimmers that did not get a medal in Kentucky’s Bridgette Alexander (2:10.10), Suburban’s Alex Rio. He has a very good chance to get an individual medal in Sumner (2:11.18), Georgia’s (2:11.29), Lisa Bratton (2:12.06) and Georgia’s Kylie Stewart (2:13.29) also Rio as well as a possible spot in the 100 back on Friday. competed in the A-final. Robert Owen (1:57.17), Sean Lehane (1:57.33), Smith moves up to seventh in the world rankings as we (1:57.60), Abrahm DeVine (1:58.65), Joey Reilman (1:59.33) to Budapest. ◆ and Hennessey Stuart (2:00.48) also swam in the A-Final. ◆ 36 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

KELSI WORRELL MOVES TO CAELEB DRESSEL ROCKETS A SECOND IN WORLD RANKINGS NEW MEET RECORD IN 50 FLY IN 50 FLY FOR NATIONAL TITLE AT NATIONALS By Andy Ross By Andy Ross 20-year-old Caeleb Dressel broke ‘ meet record he set this morning in the 50 fly as the former swam a 23.05 Kelsi Worrell inched closer to ’ American Record to inch closer to ’s American Record of 22.91 in the 50 fly at the 2017 Phillips 66 USA Swimming National set in 2009. Dressel has the option to swim that event in Championships with a 25.69 to miss Torres’ record of 25.50. Budapest now after he finished second in the 100 free last night. This is promising for Dressel moving forward to the Worrell moved to second in the world rankings behind 50 free on Saturday, an event he did not make the Olympic Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (24.76). Worrell has the option to team in last summer. swim the 50 fly in Budapest since she made the 4×100 free Jones finished second at 23.27. The 33-year-old is looking relay last night. to be in good shape to challenge for a spot on the Worlds team in the 50 free. (23.37), Worrell moved away from the whole field during the race as (23.42), (23.68), (23.73), North Carolina’s Hellen Moffitt (26.19) and Trojan’s Kendyl and Andrew Liang (23.77) all swam in the A-final. Stewart (26.24) finished second and third. Those two will be There has been a lot of hype over Dressel if he could produce vying to get on the team in the 100 on Thursday. his incredible NCAA career with a good long course meet. He has already picked up a spot on the Worlds team in the 100 free and showed his vintage 200 speed tonight with Alyssa Marsh (26.46), Annie Ochitwa (26.51), Aly Tetzloff a sixth place finish in that final. The rest of the swimming (26.57), Amanda Kendall (26.62) and Maddie Murphy community will be eager to see how he shows up in the 50 (26.70) also swam in the A-final.◆ free on Saturday, as well as the 100 fly tomorrow. ◆ SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 37 [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

MALLORY COMERFORD TRUE SWEETSER BREAKS 15 UNLEASHES THE THIRD FASTEST 100 FREE OF 2017 MINUTES FOR FIRST TIME TO WIN NATIONAL TITLE IN 1500 By Andy Ross

By Andy Ross Louisville’s Mallory Comerford has been on a huge roll in 2017. Comerford answered a lot of long course expectations with a 52.81 tonight in the 100 free final for a new Nationals In a wide open 1500 free final that featured no Olympians meet record. Comerford will be swimming in her first long course international meet this summer in Budapest. She also and no national teamers, True Sweetser took control of the swam the third fastest 100 free of 2017 behind Sweden’s race over the last 200 meters with a 14:59.73 for his first time Sarah Sjostrom (52.08) and Australia’s (52.78). under 15 minutes. Sweeters, a sophomore to be at Stanford Campbell will not be swimming in Budapest this summer. makes his first National team. Saint Petersburg high school Comerford also beat the US Open Record that was held by senior to be finished second at 15:01.31. Sjostrom at 53.12 set at the Austin Pro Swim Series in January 2016. Finke had taken control early in the race and got some heat Comerford out-raced Stanford defending Olympic gold from Sweetser and Michigan’s PJ Ransford on the back half. medalist Simone Manuel of Stanford who finished second at 53.05. Manuel picks up an individual spot in the 100 free for her Finke held off Ransford who charged hard late in the race third straight World Championship berth. Stanford’s and finished third at 15:01.82. Finke also makes his first (53.59) and Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell (53.99) will automatically National Senior Team. pick up spots for the 4×100 free relay in Budapest. Worrell makes her first Worlds as Neal makes her second. Andrew Abruzzo (15:07.97), (15:10.66), Georgia’s (54.31), Stanford’s Katie Ledecky Kevin Litherland (15:10.93), Chris Yeager (15:17.90) and Ben (54.35), Georgia’s Veronica Burchill (54.92) and North Carolina’s Caroline Baldwin (54.98) also swam in the A-final. Lawless (15:21.32) also finished in the top eight. ◆ 38 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

NATHAN ADRIAN REMAINS ZANE GROTHE USES STELLAR THE U.S. KING IN THE 100 FREE BACK HALF TO STEAL 400 FREE

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With all of the hype around Auburn’s this morning, we almost forgot about the 2012 Olympic gold For years, Zane Grothe could never get it done. Grothe had medalist Nathan Adrian in the race. The 28-year-old veteran been in numerous appearances in A-finals at NCAA’s and got the job done Tuesday night for his eighth national title in Nationals over the year and could never quite get over the the 100 free with a 47.96, good for third in the world behind hump to make a major team. When he moved to Badger Great Britain’s Duncan Scott (47.90) and Australia’s Cameron Swim Club a couple years ago, he looked like he was on the McEvoy (47.91). Adrian makes his fifth World Championship team dating back to 2009. cusp of making that next step. Grothe was a few spots away from making the Olympic team last year, but did not give Florida’s Caeleb Dressel (47.97), Texas’ Townley Haas (48.20) up. On Friday night, he won the national title out of lane 1 and Auburn’s Apple (48.23) automatically make the team thanks to a stellar back half in the final of the 400 free. for the relay in Budapest. All three of those guys make their first World Championship team. Dressel is now fourth in the Grothe won with a 3:44.43 to run away from the Texas duo world behind Scott, McEvoy and Adrian. of Clark Smith (3:45.91) and Townley Haas (3:46.41). Grothe Missouri’s Michael Chadwick (48.48) and Indiana’s Blake makes his first individual appearance at a major meet with Pieroni (48.49) pick up consideration for Budapest. NC that win. He made the 4×200 free relay on Wednesday night. State’s Ryan Held (48.53) and Cal’s Ryan Murphy (49.21) Smith also picks up his first individual swim after getting on rounded out the top eight. the relay Wednesday night.

The US is now the clear favorite moving towards Budapest in the 4×100 free relay as they look to defend the title they Grant Shoults (3:48.73), Mitch D’Arrigo (3:50.61), Kevin won last year in Rio. They have not won a World title since Litherland (3:51.84), Trey Freeman (3:51.99) and Andrew 2009 when they won in Rome.◆ Abruzzo (3:53.37) also competed in the A-final. ◆ SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 39 [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

LILLY KING BREAKS AMERICAN CAELEB DRESSEL NAILS RECORD IN 50 BREAST AT WORLD’S FASTEST 100 FLY NATIONALS By Andy Ross By Andy Ross It might be safe to say that Caeleb Dressel can swim long Lilly King showed off her incredible sprint speed with a new course now. Dressel was the NCAA swimmer of the year and American Record in the 50 breaststroke on Thursday night at a lot of people said he needed to prove himself long course, the 2017 Phillips 66 USA Swimming Nationals. King lowered something he hadn’t done despite snagging an individual ’s American Record of 29.80 down to a 29.66. 100 free spot in Rio. Dressel answered those doubters with King is now the fastest swimmer of 2017 as she moves in a huge 50.87 to move ahead of South Africa’s front of Russia’s Yulia Efimova at 29.88. for the world’s number one ranked swimmer in the event. Dressel moved ahead of Le Clos (51.29), China’s Li Zhuhao King gave the world record a scare and she could certainly (51.34) and ’s (51.36). Tim Phillips lower that later this summer in Budapest. The World Record of Swim MAC moved to third in the world with a 51.30 by is held by Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte at 29.48 from the 2013 placing second in the event. World’s. King is now the third fastest performer in history behind Meilutyte and Efimova (29.52). Phillips makes his second straight World Championship team after he did not make it out of semi-finals in 2015. Phillips Katie Meili (30.11), (30.24), Natalie Pierce held off a very strong field in Texas’ (51.33) and (30.89), Jorie Caneta (30.99), Andrea Cottrell (31.06), Cal’s (51.55) to make a return trip to Worlds. Katharine Ross (31.10) and Breeja Larson (31.28) also competed in the A-final. King now has the option to swim Cal’s Justin Lynch (52.20), Louisville’s (52.52), the 50 in Budapest since she won the 200 last night. The top Stanford’s Andrew Liang (52.87) and Cal’s Matthew Josa two in the 50 do not automatically qualify for Worlds. ◆ (52.88) also swam in the A-final. ◆ 40 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

HANNAH STEVENS WINS FIRST CHASE KALISZ DROPS WORLD CAREER NATIONAL TITLE IN LEADING TIME IN 400 IM AT 50 BACK NATIONALS

By Andy Ross By Andy Ross The Olympic silver medalist Chase Kalisz expressed his Mizzou’s Hannah Stevens won her first career national title in displeasure in losing the 400 IM gold medal streak last the 50 backstroke on Thursday night in Indianapolis. Stevens summer in Rio, losing the gold to Japan’s Kosuke Hagino by 0.70 seconds. Kalisz showed he his hungry to get that swam a 27.63 to break the meet record held by Rachel streak back up and going with a 4:06.99 on Thursday night Bootsma at 27.68. Stevens is now seventh in the world in the in Indianapolis. The US has not won a gold in the 400 IM at a 50 this year. She beat a talented field that included Olympian major meet since Ryan Lochte won in 2012. Kathleen Baker. Baker finished second there at 27.69 and Club Wolverine’s Ali DeLoof finished third at 27.89. Kalisz moves ahead of ’s David Verraszto (4:07.47) and Japan’s Daiya Seto (4:07.99) in the world rankings. Kalisz officially makes his third straight World Championship Stevens makes her first national team trip with that win as team with that swim. Kalisz will be looking to upgrade his she will represent the US in Budapest and she looks to be in silver from 2013 and bronze from 2015. He will be joined good shape to get a spot in the 100 back tomorrow. Stevens by Georgia teammate Jay Litherland, who makes his first also just missed the American Record held by Natalie Worlds team. Litherland had a very good swim with a best Coughlin at 27.51 from 2015. time of 4:09.31. Litherland is now fourth in the world behind the aforementioned three.

Courtney Caldwell (28.16), Amy Bilquist (28.25), Grace Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz (4:11.66), Texas’ Jonathan Roberts Ariola (28.43) and Katharine Berkoff (28.66) swam in the (4:15.50), Nitro’s Sean Grieshop (4:17.49), A-final. North Carolina’s Caroline Baldwin was disqualified in (4:18.82), Charlie Swanson (4:19.26) and Curtis Ogren the final.◆ (4:21.88) also swam in the A-final. ◆ SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 41 PUSH YOUR WAY TO THE TOP VISIT OUR ONLINE RESOURCE AT swimmingworld.com/aquatic-directory 2017 Aquatic Directory

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To find which Velocity will work for your facility visit: http://bit.ly/TrueTread

Patented RockSolid® anchor prevents platform movement

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Arena www.arenawaterinstinct.com Arena makes and distributes swim wear, and swim apparel. Since their estab- lishment in 1973, their vision has not changed. They strive to create the fastest and most durable products for both com- petitive and recreational swimmers. No matter how grand or small an individual’s goal is, Arena has the desire to help peo- ple achieve their goals in the pool. Their success can in large part be attributed to the extensive research and development they do on all of their products.

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EVEN AFTER UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS, MALLORY COMERFORD BY DAVID RIEDER STILL HUMBLE AND HUNGRY It was the most stunning, surreal moment of the NCAA heat like this.” season: Mallory Comerford, the inexperienced 19-year-old from the University of Louisville, was running down the With her 53.26 in prelims, a new U.S. nationals meet record, great Katie Ledecky in one of her signature events. Comerford showed that no one in the field outside of Simone Manuel, the Olympic gold medalist in the 100 free, The two ended up finishing in a dead heat that night, tying for had a shot at beating her. And as it turned out, even Manuel the national title in the 200-yard free in 1:40.37. Comerford couldn’t hang. had dropped her lifetime best by more than two seconds in the span of a month, and she had swum faster than any Comerford touched in 52.81, well ahead of Manuel in 53.05. other woman in history besides . Her time ranks third in the world this year, and only Sarah Sjostrom and world record-holder Cate Campbell have been It was clear then that Comerford had national-level potential. quicker. Her time was just a tenth off Manuel’s American Admittedly, the NCAA meet was , a totally record of 52.70. different animal from the Olympic-sized long course pool, and Comerford was very green as far as 50-meter course “I didn’t know exactly if I was going to go 52, but I knew I had experience. At the 2016 Olympic Trials, she didn’t make it a faster swim in me than this morning,” she said. “I knew this out of the semi-finals in either the 100 or 200 free. morning wasn’t perfect—I jammed my wall, and I knew my finish could be a little bit stronger. I knew it could be a little But with how well she’d performed in the college arena, bit faster, but I didn’t know exactly what it would be.” surely Comerford would be able to figure out long course well enough to grab a spot on a relay at this summer’s World And that’s it—that’s Comerford’s reaction to a swim that is Championships. certainly the most impressive of her career.

Well, she did. Apparently, “just a relay spot,” was aiming low, Internationally, anything she did in the yards’ tank could but Comerford insists that she would have been thrilled with still be dismissed as somewhat irrelevant since it’s a format just getting onto her first long course international team. only practiced in the United States. She was never going to earn international respect—not to mention international “Any spot, any step in the right direction,” Comerford said. medals—without making the jump to the big pool. “I was just hoping for something. It’s always an honor to represent Team USA and even just to be here in a final And yet, after the race, she was all about business as usual. 54 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY Comerford will compete again Wednesday in the 200 free, another key race for her, but the emotions of her big long course breakthrough, her first national championship, her first major international team were all under control.

“It’s like NCAAs—emotions are so high always,” she said. “When it’s a team battle, a team race, you just have to control one day to the next. Move forward with this, use it to motivate me, but there are still more events to swim.”

Ledecky goes into the 200 free as a heavy favorite—she is the Olympic gold medalist in the event, after all—but Comerford now looks like a real threat for the No. 2 spot.

Even if she makes top six in that event, she will go to the World Championships as a favorite to win medals as a member of all three American relays—not to mention in the 100 free, where that 52.81 would undoubtedly put her in the mix. She’s in a position she never would have imagined herself a few years ago.

“A few years ago, I would have been like, ‘Uhh, no way,’” Comerford said. “I’ve been at Louisville for three summers now, and a lot has changed. It’s just been the greatest experience of my life, so many opportunities, such an awesome atmosphere, so many teammates that are so awesome and the coaches and my family.”

Even in the face of such an enormous success, this was the same old Mallory Comerford—always appreciative and grounded, even as she reaches exciting new thresholds of success.

She arrived in Indianapolis hungry with quiet confidence, just like at the NCAA meet three months earlier. Going into the 200 free, she’s still hungry and confident—even if not so quietly anymore.

Success has not gone to her head, and perhaps that’s what makes Comerford the most dangerous.

Sixteen months earlier, Comerford first earned national attention when the then-Louisville-freshman took down soon-to-be Olympic gold medalist Leah Smith in the 200 free at the ACC championships. The time (in the 1:43-mid- range) was nothing record-breaking, but it was the best swim of her career at that point.

Soon after, Louisville head coach Arthur Albiero admitted that during the recruiting process, he had figured that Comerford would turn into the third or fourth-best swimmer in her freshman class. Little did he know. ◆ SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 55 [ PHOTOS COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTOS [

NIC FINK & BETHANY GALAT

FOR BETHANY GALAT AND NIC FINK, THE REBOUND IS ALL THE MORE SWEET BY DAVID RIEDER

Bethany Galat might have been the happiest third-place one spot better at this year’s World Championship Trials. finisher at Olympic Trials—even though she endured that heartbreaking result twice in a six-day span. For Fink, it wasn’t quite so simple, as he had already been done competing for the Georgia Bulldogs for more than a After coming up short behind Maya DiRado and Elizabeth year. If he had some doubts about his future in the sport, Beisel in the women’s 400 IM, she saw Lilly King and Molly the backing of friends, family and coaches was plenty to Hannis touch her out to earn the Olympic spots in the 200 convince him to give it another go. breast. “I knew I had a fun time swimming,” Fink said. “I wanted to But she had lowered her best times by some seven seconds be successful, and I think they found something in me that I in the 400 IM, down to 4:37.69, and by five in the 200 breast, did not see in myself at the time. They kept pushing me, and to 2:24.52. She figured, why be upset with that? here I am.”

“I mean, I wasn’t expecting it. I dropped a ton of time,” Galat Yes, here he is. Back on the World Championships team. said. “I was expecting making finals would be a great goal. The men’s 200 breast had been billed as a rematch of Josh Finishing third? Just to be in the mix was really fun.” Prenot, Kevin Cordes and Will Licon, the three men whose duel at last summer’s Olympic Trials was the best race of the Nic Fink’s Trials experience was quite the opposite. After meet. Andrew Wilson had thrown his name into the hat with making the World Championships team in both the 100 and a 2:08.64 to lead the morning prelims. 200 breast in 2013 and 2015, he ended up finishing seventh in both distances at Trials. His times of 1:00.39 in the 100 But while Cordes pulled away and touched first in 2:07.41, and 2:11.55 in the 200 were nowhere near his best. Fink had just enough to finish second. He got to the wall in a lifetime best time of 2:08.63, nine hundredths ahead of He had battled nagging knee and groin injuries throughout American record-holder and Olympic silver medalist Prenot. the year, but he wouldn’t make excuses for himself. Whereas Galat quickly found consolation in her massive “It feels great. It’s really been a long year. Working harder improvements, Fink was flat-out disappointed. this year,” Fink said. “Knowing that all that came together and I’m back on the travel team, it means a lot.” Galat still had two more years of NCAA eligibility at Texas A&M, so her forward trajectory seemed clear, particularly While Fink’s supporters had to await scoreboard confirmation with her rate of improvement. Even if she was more than of his finish, Galat’s would have felt pretty comfortable satisfied with Trials, she “had a fire in my heart” to push for coming down the last 50 in the women’s 200 56 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY scoreboard, overcome with joy for her [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

> BREEJA LARSON breast final. Galat took over second place on the third lap, touching the wall a full second ahead of third-place Katie Meili at the 150, and she kept on accelerating.

On the last 50, Galat was closing down Lilly King. It was actually a familiar setting, racing head-to-head with King > NIC FINK at the IUPUI Natatorium, as the two had so often at Indiana age group and former training partner. For Galat, making it to the World high school meets over the years. Championships meant jubilation. For “She’s really a special friend to me Fink, it meant relief and validation. King held on to touch first in 2:21.83, and a special teammate,” Galat said Both would have been overjoyed had but Galat was right behind in 2:22.24. of Larson. “Always supportive of they punched their tickets to Rio last For the Texas A&M senior-to-be, everyone she knows, everyone she summer, but the fact that they didn’t the time was her lifetime best by swims with. It was special to share that two seconds and the fourth-fastest moment, for her to be the first person will make this trip to Budapest all the time in the world this year, but most I hugged.” more special. ◆ importantly, it was enough to punch her ticket to her first international meet.

“I thought I was up there just because I know Lilly always goes fast,” Galat said. “But seeing it in print, it’s something I’ll never forget, and it’ll always have a special place in my heart being that this is my first international team. It really does mean a lot to me, obviously. It’s just a testament to all the support I have at A&M and back home and everything. It’s special.”

Tears flowed as Galat grasped the enormity of her swim, and before she knew it, a fellow Texas A&M Aggie was flying over the lane lines to greet her.

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ELLA EASTIN (LEFT) & ELIZABETH BEISEL

HEARTBREAKING DQ OPENS DOOR FOR ELIZABETH BEISEL TO LEAD TEAM USA ONCE AGAIN BY DAVID RIEDER

With 100 meters left, Elizabeth Beisel’s 11-year streak Suddenly, Eastin’s time disappeared and was replaced by was cooked. Turning from breaststroke to freestyle in the “DQ.” Beisel, still in conversation with Eastin, saw it first and women’s 400 IM final at U.S. Nationals, Leah Smith had built pointed out to the Stanford junior that something was wrong. up a big lead, and Ella Eastin was a solid second. For the first “I looked at the board, and I saw the DQ next to her name,” time since she made the 2006 Pan Pacs team as a 13-year- Beisel said. “I was like ‘Ella, look at the board.’ I think she old, a major U.S. team would assemble without Beisel. thought I said something else. I’m like, ‘No, Ella, you need to look at the board.” Smith touched the wall first in 4:33.86, three seconds ahead of Eastin in 4:36.96. Beisel came in next at 4:38.55. The entire IUPUI Natatorium was stunned. The Cardinal contingent heading to congratulate Eastin froze dead in their But Beisel was not bitter or disappointed—rather, she was tracks and retreated to their seats. proud. After a lengthy break after the Rio Olympics, that effort, she figured, was all she could expect from herself. Coach marched across the deck to the officials’ table, taking barely a moment to acknowledge incoming She embraced Smith, a typical freestyler who stunned just freshman , who had just broken 4:40 for the about everybody—herself included—with the second- first time and finished fourth—after the DQ, third—in her fastest time in the world this year in a race she had hardly first national final. swum in years. Then, Beisel pulled herself over the lane line to find Eastin. Eastin had been DQed for “swimming a variation of backstroke for more than one-quarter of the race.” So, too, had Bethany Beisel acknowledged to both that the U.S. had been excellent Galat, who had already made the World Champs team in the in the 400 IM for years, as she and Maya DiRado piled up women’s 200 breast. Two other swimmers were called for World Championship and Olympic medals, but that Smith the same violation between six heats of women’s and men’s and Eastin were more than capable of taking the mantle. 400 IM.

“I’m telling (Eastin), ‘Girl, you are the future. I’m handing you Each of the four had been closer to their back than to front over that 400 IM baton. Take it,’” Beisel recalled. when pushing off the wall for the final 50 of freestyle— infractions of the so-called “Lochte rule,” instituted after Eastin was overwhelmed with joy at making her first major Ryan Lochte attempted to dolphin kick on his back while international team. She had finally erased a four-year-old swimming freestyle in 2015. best time—by more than two seconds, to boot, and she was going to her first major international meet. She was Boos rained down from the stands as the DQs of Eastin overjoyed, and her Stanford teammates were racing behind and then Galat were announced. But nothing the crowd or the blocks to embrace her. Meehan could do to change the mind of the officials. Eastin 58 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY was out—and by extension, Beisel was going to the World Championships. Her 11-year streak of swimming on the top U.S. national team would be extended to 12.

That’s a number Beisel takes incredible pride in, the consistency spanning almost half her life. But the circumstances made this one feel weird, even uncomfortable.

“I’m proud of myself,” Beisel said, “but I did not make the ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ team under the circumstances I’m proud of. That’s never the way that I would ever want to make the team.”

But she’s on the team, and she’s going to Budapest. Even so, Beisel knows the realities of her situation: Times in the 4:38-range won’t have her contending for medals when she gets to the World Championships, and it took a full two seconds faster to make the Olympic final in the event. > LEAH SMITH Beisel, however, offers much more than just fast swimming, and she plans to give as much as she can to Team USA in and out of the pool—especially since she admits that her time in as a “role model” and a “pillar of support”, will be taking her the sport might not last much longer. first crack in an IM event at a major international meet.

“Am I a medal contender? No, probably not, but I’m going Smith’s time from Thursday night ranks third in the world for to do my best to represent the United States of America the 2017, only 0.15 behind world record-holder Katinka Hosszu. best I can,” she said. “But for me, I bring more leadership She does look like a medal contender for Budapest—even if for the team than medals. And that’s what I’m excited for, the 400 IM will come at the end of a long week of freestyle because I have one more chance to really show these young racing for Smith. guns what to do.” Beisel wants nothing more than for Eastin to be there, too. “I don’t know what the future holds in swimming for me. I don’t know if I’ll be in . If I can really guide them in the “Ella is an incredible swimmer, and she still has 200 IM, right direction and help those new leaders coming up and which is her best event, and I have no doubt that she’ll be on have them lead the team to the most successful Olympics the team Saturday,” Beisel said. ever, that means more to me than winning a medal.” It’s not only Eastin in pain because of the untimely, A team captain last summer at the Olympics, Beisel is almost unfortunate DQ. Beisel hurts for her, too. But Beisel knows— certain to fill that role again as by far the longest-tenured and so do the coaches and officials in USA Swimming—that member of the women’s team or even the men’s. Among the members of this year’s Worlds team will be better off for those she will have an eye on: Smith, who referred to Beisel having Elizabeth Beisel around in Budapest. ◆

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THE LOCHTE RULE: WHY ALL THE DQS AND WHAT COULD CHANGE BY DAVID RIEDER

Of the 48 swimmers who raced in an A, B or C final of the 400 assume that a swimmer must have been on his or her back IM at U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, four—or 8.3 percent— after pushing off the wall. A call will only be made if there is were disqualified for “swimming more than one-quarter of clear evidence that they did not immediately rotate towards the race in a style of backstroke.” The so-called Lochte rule their front. had been triggered. In Eastin’s case, the video replay tells the full story. Off the The most notable of those DQed, of course, was Ella final turn, she pushed off on her back, glided for a moment Eastin, the rising junior at Stanford who lost out on a World and then began dolphin kicking—all while still on her back. Championships spot she thought she had secured. Bethany Galat was also DQed out of the women’s A-final, while “They were all very clear, just like that,” Thomas said. “There Abrahm DeVine was DQed in the prelims of the men’s event was no doubt.” after swimming fast enough to make the top eight.

After Eastin and Galat’s DQs were announced, the crowd The good news: The Lochte rule, at least in its current form, will booed. The swimmers were getting themselves disqualified likely soon be no more. The FINA Bureau has recommended by pushing off on their back after a flip turn, specifically the a rule change, and the FINA Congress is expected to pass final turn of the race. Is that not what coaches teach their the rule shortly before the swimming competition kicks off swimmers from day one of flip turn lessons? at the World Championships in Budapest.

But Jay Thomas, the Chairman of the USA Swimming Rules The re-worded rule would read: “For freestyle in the medley, Committee, explained to Swimming World that it’s not so the swimmer must be on the breast except when executing simple. The swimmers do have some room to push off on a turn. The swimmer must return to the breast before any their backs, so long as they get to a position closer to their kick or stroke.” front quickly. “That would allow a swimmer to be towards their back, “The way we observe it is, a swimmer comes in for the turn, provided they are not kicking or stroking, to give them the and we observe the feet. As long as the feet are on the wall, time to roll,” Thomas explained. nothing to judge,” Thomas said. “Once the feet leave the wall, we identify the position of the shoulders, so we have to However, because she was clearly kicking underwater on her shift our view there. back, Eastin would still have been disqualified under that “Meanwhile, the swimmer is moving through the water. alternative rule, which would not take effect until September We don’t judge them until we identify the position of their at the earliest. shoulders, and then we go, ‘Are they towards their back, or are they towards their breast?’ They get some time. That’s So even if the rule change passes (as is expected), swimmers by design, so we don’t over-officiate it and make bad calls.” still must remain conscious about how they push off the wall and perform underwater kicking during the freestyle leg of Thomas insists that officials do not project backwards and medley events, individual and relay, going forward. ◆ 60 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY to take advantage of his otherworldly power off the walls.

For years, there has existed a traditional sprinter mold: Specialize in the 50 and 100 free, and swim those events every meet. Occasionally, maybe throw in a 50 or 100 fly or

[ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [ a 200 free, but that’s a secondary focus. Nathan Adrian, the top American sprinter for the entirity last decade, hasn’t raced anything in long course besides a 50 or 100 free in years. Dressel and his coach, Florida’s , had other plans. CAELEB DRESSEL BREAKING OUT OF SPRINTER MOLD “The training you do for the 200 extends his base to swim BY DAVID RIEDER other things,” Troy said. “It obviously hasn’t hurt his speed at all—we’ll have a little bit better feel for it when he swims At the Olympics in Rio, the U.S. Olympic coaching staff the 50. I think you can do all of it.” entrusted a 19-year-old to set the tone in one of the Games’ most anticipated races. In his very first Olympic swim, Caeleb So Dressel is no longer just a sprinter. In Budapest, he Dressel would lead off the men’s 400 free relay. Best to take and breaststroker Kevin Cordes will be the only U.S. men advantage of his explosive start, the coaches figured. swimming three or more individual events—and Dressel could still have four, pending his result in the 50 freeat The decision paid off with gold. In the ensuing days, Nationals. Dressel swam the men’s 100 free and advanced to the final, swimming under 48 for the first time, and thenhe “One of the conversations when we recruited him was, ‘Do got another gold medal for his participation on the men’s you want to be just a sprinter or do you want to extend what medley relay in prelims. you’re doing?’” Troy said. “His bread and butter certainly is the speed area, but if he wants to be great in Tokyo, he can’t Dressel had long oozed with sprint potential, and at the just focus on the 50 and 100 free.” Olympics, he emphatically delivered. It was plenty reasonable to view the burgeoning star among the favorites in the 50 Even as his fly and his 200 free have come around this year, and 100 free and even the 50 fly, typically a sprinter’s haven, Troy insists Dressel has made improvements in sprint free. at this week’s U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. He took three less stroke cycles in that race at Nationals than he did at the Olympics. But Dressel has been far more than advertised this week. In the sprints, he has been about what one might have “That was our goal for this year, to be more efficient,” Troy expected—second place in the 100 free in 47.97, a few said. “You can’t win on just turnover.” hundredths off his best time, and first place in the 50 fly in 23.05. But who would have figured that Dressel would also After racing just five times at the Olympics last summer, win the 100 fly and make the World Champs team for the Dressel is poised to play a much more central role for Team 800 free relay as well? USA in Budapest. Three rounds of each of his individual races plus three relays comes out to 12 swims, pending the It was the butterflys where Dressel has surprised himself the possible addition of the 50 free to his lineup. most. In the 100 fly Thursday night, Dressel won by a half- second and put up a time of 50.87, the No. 1 time in the Troy thinks Dressel is physically and mentally tough enough world this year. It’s faster than any American, to handle the massive load, but he did indicate they may included, swam all of last year. At the Olympics, only gold consider paring down the schedule a little bit. medalist (50.39) went quicker. Regardless of what decisions they make about Budapest, And then there’s the 200 free, a race that so many sprinters it’s clear that the Dressel has some versatility he’s willing struggle to put together in the long course format. But to show off. Troy, in fact, believes the 100 fly might end up Dressel pulled it off, finishing sixth in 1:47.51 to pick up a becoming Dressel’s best event in long course. relay spot for Budapest. This week at Nationals, Dressel’s results have shaken up the He figured out how he can navigate the four-lap race conventional wisdom about his abilities and limitations and successfully: He can’t go all-out from the gun—or else he will given the U.S. team a new wrinkle which could produce big fade, as sprinters are known to do in a 200—but he still has results over the next few years. ◆ SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 61 [ PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK ] BICK H. PETER COURTESY: PHOTO [

ONE YEAR LATER, MATT GREVERS REDEEMS HIMSELF AND SMILES BY DAVID RIEDER

For Matt Grevers, the pain of finishing third at Olympic Trials Motivating Grevers to continue more than anything was his never went away. It didn’t matter that it was an incredible passion for representing the United States and swimming field that included the eventual Olympic gold and bronze for what he called the “greatest team in the history of medalists. It didn’t matter that his career résumé was already the world.” But in his case this year, passion crossed over pristine—six Olympic medals, four of them gold. into need.

He couldn’t shake the fact that by coming up short he had Grevers knew that if he didn’t make the World Championships let people down, his coaches, teammates and family that team, he would have to seriously consider his future in had invested so much in his swimming. And as he made a the sport since financial opportunities would be hard to return to the competition pool, he harbored serious doubts come by. in himself, his ability to return to the level he expected out of himself. “If I didn’t make the team, I really had no choice but to at least add something else to my life, coaching or a more “I would like to say I didn’t doubt it, but once your ego takes permanent job instead of just being able to swim,” he said. the hit like it did at Trials, it’s hard to believe in yourself “I would have had to face the reality of, ‘I need income,’ and undoubtedly again,” Grevers said. “If you have one little cold I would have had to get another job. I probably would have or have one little mess-up in the race, it’s over.” been done.”

For years, just about everything went right for Grevers. He Now 32 years old, Grevers would have his chances to make had missed the World Championships team in 2011 but the World Championships team in the 50 back and 100 back rebounded to win Olympic gold in the 100 back a year later. at U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. He had to dig down just to He backed up that success with a World title in 2013 and a convince himself that the pressure wasn’t there, that he was bronze at the Worlds in 2015. indeed having fun—even if through gritted teeth.

He had never experienced coming up short at Olympic Trials, “Smile even though you’re super nervous,” Grevers said. “I the most pressure-packed meet in swimming that only thrive off those nerves. I think the adrenaline rush washes comes around once every four years, until 2016. away the lactic acid a little bit and kind of refreshes. A little pressure can be good.” What came next was some serious soul-searching, and it led Grevers right back to the pool. The pressure was at a maximum Friday night. He had missed making the Worlds team in the 50 back, finishing third. His “I’ve been through it all, and what I’ve learned is that I love everything about this sport, and that’s not just not having a last chance was in the 100, where he would swim next to desk job,” he said. “I just like the whole process of swimming, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, Ryan Murphy. On the other trying to be the best you can be in something that’s not too side of Murphy was 50 back national champion and rising subjective—you get to see the scoreboard, see your time, star , and one lane over, 200 back Olympian you don’t have to rely on teammates messing up plays.” Jacob Pebley. 62 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY It was going to be a challenge, one of the biggest of Grevers’ “Being the best is the most important thing, improving your career, to make this team. But he sure looked like he was stroke technique. Then you have something real, like your having fun out there. daughter being born. A life-changing moment—an actual life-changing moment. Murphy and Ress both tend to take their races out hard, but in lane six, there was Grevers an arm’s length ahead. “Swimming, sure, it can affect you that year financially, He turned first in 25.39. Off the wall, he capitalized on the but a human, caring for her, seeing her grow, it’s so much underwater kickout and came up ahead. different. It just puts things in perspective and makes those lows go away. Maybe not completely—there will always be a And Matt Grevers touched the wall first. The time, 52.71, little scar from the 2016 Trials, but it’s healing, and this race was not his best or even as fast as he thought he’d need makes it heal more.” to swim. But it was enough, and Grevers was once again a national champion—and a member of Team USA. For the first time in Budapest, Grevers will compete with Skylar watching, even if it’s from several thousand miles “It felt great to touch the wall and see a ‘1’ next to my name away, back home in Arizona. again,” Grevers said. “Doesn’t happen very often when racing Ryan Murphy. That’s a bunch of prayers answers He hopes very much that it won’t be the last time, as he for me.” admits that he’d love to go through 2020.

Around the pool deck, jubilation. Grevers had certainly been “As long as I keep making the teams and doing alright,” a sentimental favorite. The crowd roared the loudest when Grevers said. “Training is going awesome. No injury problems he was introduced. In the 30 minutes after his race, newly- whatsoever. I’m as healthy as I can be, and I think my mindset qualified World Champs team members Clark Smith, Olivia is as healthy as it can be.” Smoliga and all expressed their delight that Grevers would be joining them in Budapest. Of course, much can change in three years, and as much as he hopes, Grevers knows that there are no guarantees for “I’m not quite the underdog, but I guess people saw some him long-term. of the pain I experienced in 2016,” Grevers said. “I think everyone didn’t like to see that sort of pain on someone, But he’s on the team bound for Budapest—that much is so they were just trying to root for some happiness for the certain. big guy.” A little more than one year after he came up short at Olympic One year earlier, Grevers had implored Murphy to continue Trials, Matt Grevers got back onto the World Championship on the legacy of U.S. dominance in the 100 back. This year, team. That night in Omaha, the pain in his eyes was clear. So the two will be racing alongside one another in Budapest this time, it was especially satisfying for the country to watch after Murphy finished second to Grevers in the National final. Grevers pump his fist and smile. ◆

“I’ve always looked up to Matt. He kind of was the standard for me when I was growing up. Great to race against that guy, and I’m happy he’s going to be on the Worlds team with me,” Murphy said. “At the Olympics, he made sure that I knew that he was rooting for me.”

This summer will mark Grevers’ fourth World Championships and the seventh time he has represented the United States at the summer’s biggest championship meet. But for the first time, he will do so with a new member of his support crew: Daughter Skylar Lea, born in November.

Skylar arrived at a time when her father was still reeling from his third-place finish at Trials. He needed some perspective, and from her, he got it.

“Swimming is your life when you’re swimming,” Grevers said.

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ABBEY WEITZEIL’S TOUGH YEAR CULMINATES WITH A SPOT IN BY DAVID RIEDER BUDAPEST

On the sixth night of Olympic Trials last summer, Abbey That evening, she was relegated to the consolation final. Her Weitzeil had achieved her ultimate goal, the one she had swim was better, as Weitzeil recorded a time of 54.99, but it put her life on hold for a year to pursue. She had made the was still nowhere close to the 54.35 it took to secure a spot Olympic team. in the top-six to make the World Champs team in the 400 free relay. She had won the 100 free in 53.28, making her the second- fastest American of all time. Just 19 years old, she—not It was not the first rough moment in the pool during an all- Simone Manuel—was the clear leader of an American around difficult year for Weitzeil. sprint core seeking youth and explosiveness as it sought to overcome a recent stretch of Australian dominance. After returning from Rio, she took the step in her life she had delayed to focus on the Olympics: She went to college. She would go on to win the 50 free as well at Trials, and then Migrating north to begin college at Cal-Berkeley meant Weitzeil won a gold and a silver medal on relays in Rio while huge lifestyle changes including living on her own for the making the final of the 100 free. Even if she took a small first time, returning to school after a year off and switching step back at the Olympics compared to her performances at coaches from Coley Stickels to Teri McKeever. Trials, her upward trajectory was clear. Katie Ledecky made that transition look so easy. But for 95 One year after she made the Olympics, it was the final day percent of swimmers—human beings, even—it’s not. of U.S. Nationals, Weitzeil found herself not on the World Championships team. “Coming in to freshman year, it wasn’t the coaches at all—it wasn’t Teri,” Weitzeil said. “I knew it was going to be a rough It’s not like she had been close, either. In her first swim of the transition. What I was doing with the coach I was with was meet, Weitzeil came into the 100 free as the No. 2 seed, and working. Everything freshman year of college—everyone she faded all the way to 15th, her time of 55.48 more than hears it—it’s hard.” two seconds slower than her personal best. During that tough year, Weitzeil hit some bumps. She got

64 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY sick during her first Pac-12 championships and could not race of the meet that evening, Weitzeil finally put all the finish the meet. She was among the favorites in both the pieces together. 50 and 100-yard free at her first NCAA championships, but Manuel won the race in 24.27, and Weitzeil finished she ended up finishing fifth in the 50 and eighth in the 100. second. She touched in 24.74 to touch out Lia Neal by three Three months later came that 100 free at Nationals. hundredths. Both Kelsi Worrell and Olivia Smoliga were within a tenth of Weitzeil. Crushed, Weitzeil had no choice but to move on. At that moment, that it had not been the smoothest year “The 100 was definitely not my best race,” she said. “It was did not matter at all. Weitzeil was back, again a part of pretty devastating not even making the A-final in that. I just Team USA. wanted to keep my head held high. I had a lot of fun just trying to keep it light-hearted and cheer for my teammates “I actually couldn’t see the board because my goggles were and not dwell on it. so foggy because I put them on so early before my race,” Weitzeil said. “Once I took them off, I saw the number ‘2’ She had to sit through three full days of the meet before she was next to my name, and I was super, super excited.” would have another chance at one of her signature events, the 50 free. By that point, on the final day of racing, Weitzeil For sure, this summer’s major championship meet will look had tossed aside her expectations and reset her mindset, different for Weitzeil. There will be no 100 free, although she entering the race as though she had nothing to lose. could still end up on the 400 free relay based on coaching decisions. The expectations won’t be sky-high this time. “I was more about having fun at this point and seeing what I could do the last night,” she said. “50 free is my favorite But she made the team. After the way her week began, event, and I just wanted to see what I can do.” that’s about all Weitzeil could have asked for. At the end of the meet, Weitzeil donned her Team USA gear and walked The prelims race went well enough, as Weitzeil qualified out alongside the World Champs roster, and that made all third for the final in 25.00. And then, in the final women’s the tough times worthwhile. ◆

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LILLY KING

WHERE THE AMERICAN SWIM TEAM GOT STRONGER AT BY DAVID RIEDER NATIONALS

Looking back on the five days of racing at U.S. Nationals in for the first time ever, the Americans have two swimmers Indianapolis, there was no bigger shock performance-wise capable of going under 53 in Olympic gold medalist Simone than Leah Smith posting the world’s third-fastest time on her Manuel and national champion Mallory Comerford. way to victory in the 400 IM. On top of that, both Lia Neal and Kelsi Worrell swam under Smith was a freestyler who seemingly entered the IM just 54 at Nationals, and Katie Ledecky should be capable of because she had a break from her typical events—anything returning to the 52.7-range splits that she posted last freestyle 200 meters or longer—on the meet’s middle day. summer at the Olympics. She promptly dominated, and her time of 4:33.87 would have placed fifth in last year’s Olympic final. As for the 800 free relay, any American squad has a huge advantage as long as Ledecky is around, but the composition After Maya DiRado’s retirement, the Americans came into of this year’s team looked up in the air with , the week with no established medal contenders in the 400 Missy Franklin and DiRado all absent. But with Smith, IM, but Smith might have found a long-term answer in that Comerford and Melanie Margalis all under 1:57 at Nationals event—even if the race at Worlds will come on the final day and Manuel at 1:57.1, anything besides a gold medal in this after an ambitious slate of freestyle racing. relay would be a stunner.

“Whoever knew that Leah Smith was the future of IM 2. MEN’S BUTTERFLY swimming?” 2012 Olympic silver medalist Elizabeth Beisel The (second) post-Phelps era got off to a blazing start this said. “But dude, 4:33 is no joke.” week in Indianapolis as the winning times in both the 100 and 200 fly were faster than Phelps swam to win both events Where else did the U.S. make big strides this week? Here at Olympic Trials last summer. are four improved areas, plus one where there’s reason to be concerned. Jack Conger and Pace Clark should certainly be able to make the World Championship final in the 200 fly should 1. WOMEN’S FREE RELAYS they repeat their 1:54-mid form, although it will likely take For the first time in years, Australia looks vulnerable in quicker to chance after a medal. But given how the American the women’s 400 free relay, as world record-holder Cate presence in the event outside of Phelps has basically been nil Campbell will skip this year’s World Championships. And for years, that’s a solid step.

66 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY And then in the 100 fly, Caeleb Dressel dropped the fastest over easily. time in the world at 50.87, and that’s a time that certainly could be medal-worthy come Budapest. Plus, a split like that CONCERNS IN MEN’S 100 BACK? would be significant for a U.S. men’s 400 medley relay that Okay, maybe it’s a stretch to say the Americans have issues figured to suffer from Phelps’ absence. in an event where they will be represented by the two most recent Olympic gold medalists, Matt Grevers (2012) and 3. WOMEN’S 200 BACK AND BREAST Ryan Murphy (2016). Murphy also holds the world record in Remember how the U.S. was lacking in the women’s 200s the event at 51.85. of stroke, particularly with DiRado and both absent? Well, the picture in the 200 fly still doesn’t The duo actually heads into Worlds ranked second and third look great, with the No. 1-ranked American (Hali Flickinger) in the world, respectively. It would be a shocker if at least ranked only tenth in the world coming out of Nationals. one of them does not win a medal come Budapest. But gold? That won’t be easy, not after China’s almost But in the 200 back and 200 breast, Nationals produced broke Murphy’s world record earlier this year, posting a time results that suggest medal-contending swims to come at of 51.86. Worlds. Kathleen Baker proved her mettle in the longer backstroke event with the fastest time in the world at It would be foolish, of course, to count the two Americans 2:06.38, while 15-year-old Regan Smith will get some out, given their credentials, but they will have to swim top-level experience this summer after qualifying in the much, much faster than they did at Nationals to be in the second spot. hunt. Grevers’ 2017 best is 52.71, and Murphy’s is 53.02. In comparison, Murphy entered the Rio Olympics with a And then in breaststroke, no American broke 2:24 last year. 52.26 season best, and he had already been 52.76 before At Nationals, Lilly King won the event in 2:21.83, and Bethany Olympic Trials. Galat was second in 2:22.24. King, a natural sprinter, finally mastered a race plan to successfully navigate the four-lap Regardless of Murphy’s times from Nationals, Cal men’s race, while Galat qualified for her first international team coach and U.S. World Championships head coach Dave after twice finishing third at Olympic Trials. Durden is not concerned about his star backstroker.

The women’s 200 breast was the only swimming event in Rio “He’s still the world record-holder, he’s still the defending where the U.S. did not have at least one finalist. This year, Olympic gold medalist, and he’ll have that title until someone winning a medal seems much more likely than missing the takes it away from him,” Durden said. He’ll do what he needs final altogether. to do going into Budapest to be good for Team USA.”

4. MEN’S MID-DISTANCE/DISTANCE Will it be enough to win gold in the 100 back? That is still to Okay, so it’s still not a given that there’s an American finalist be determined. ◆ in the 1500 free this summer at Worlds, but there’s hope. True Sweetser got under 15:00 for the first time in winning that event at Nationals, and Robert Finke was not far behind. Both rank in the world top-ten going to Worlds, and both are young, so improvement is no stretch. highest quality Conor Dwyer finished fourth in the 400 free in Rio and Connor Jaeger was fifth, but neither swam the event at Swimming Caps Nationals. (Jaeger is retired.) But Zane Grothe and Clark Smith both look like strong contenders to at least make the final after they moved up to fifth and eighth in the world, respectively, with their efforts at Nationals. The duo also ranks in the world top-ten in the 800 free. ‘The Most Trusted Even in the 200 free, the Americans look set up for a good Printed Swimming Cap showing as Townley Haas almost broke 1:44, while Blake & Team Kit Supplier Pieroni and Grothe both posted solid 1:46s and Dwyer will Worldwide’ provide some veteran stability. Even without Phelps and Ryan Lochte, the American men’s 800 free relay won’t roll SWIMPRINTUSA.COM

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TRUE SWEETSER

TRUE SWEETSER LOOKS LIKE THE MILER THE U.S. NEEDS BY DAVID RIEDER

The American team needed an answer in the men’s 1500 By the 1300, he had moved into second place. On the 27th of free. Connor Jaeger was retired and 30 laps, he went by Finke, and then he was off to the races. focusing on open water, and in their stead, no one entered in the event at this year’s U.S. Nationals had ever previously “I’ve had a couple miles where I closed really hard at the broken the 15:00 in the event. end, and I came up a little short. I wanted to make sure that I was making my move completely and not looking back,” That meant trouble, since it will almost certainly take a sub- Sweetser said. “My whole body was ringing. My ears were 15:00 performance to make the 1500 free final at the World ringing.” Championships next month. And it got no better when the Nationals field set a sluggish pace from the start, almost A 28.65 split on the next lap put Sweetser in position where taking the prospect of a sub-15-minute swim out of the maybe, if he could nail the last 100, he could get under 15:00. question. The 15-minute mark was one he had been shooting for Robert Finke was the leader through much of the middle since he was 16 years old. He was so anxious to get down portion of the race, while top seed True Sweetser was holding that low that after he swam the event at the Short Course steady about three seconds behind. But for Sweetser, all was World Championships in December, he plugged his time of going according to plan. 14:34.05 (short course meters) into several time converters. He was thrilled to find out that it translated (roughly) to a “I knew that going into the final, a lot of guys get excited, and sub-15-minute performance. they like to go out fast. I wanted to make sure I went out as Finally, Tuesday night in Indianapolis, Sweetser went under controlled as I could and make sure that I had a really strong for real, finishing in 14:59.73. Oh, and he won his first back half, which is my strength,” Sweetser said. “I had a lot national championship in the process. of confidence in the training that I put in to make sure that I was going to close the race really strong.” “I think it’s probably one of the hardest barriers in the sport to race,” Sweetser said. “My coach, —a Stanford At the 1200 mark, Sweetser was in fourth place and four distance swimming legend—he said to me afterwards, ‘My seconds behind the leader, Finke. But then, Sweetser started biggest goal in the sport was to be able to sneak under 15 throwing down splits under 30 seconds per 50. minutes, and you did it right there.’” 68 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY > ROBERT FINKE ] SPORTS TODAY DOSTER-USA AARON COURTESY: PHOTO [

Sweetser had been the third-fastest American in the mile national title. in 2016, and he swam in the final of the event at Short Course Worlds, but it hadn’t been a smooth 2017 so far as “I have to thank Jordan Wilimovsky for not showing up— he wrapped up his freshman year at Stanford. He arrived at really appreciate that, very grateful for that,” he said. the NCAA championships seeded fifth in the 1650 free, but he added five seconds to his entry time and ended up 12th. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here—Sweetser won’t be contenting for any medals of Budapest, and he’ll probably The bounce-back was stunning and dramatic—just as have to drop another chunk of time to even make the final Sweetser had intended. in the 1500 free.

“I made up my mind after the NCAA meet that I wanted But remember, he’s only 19 years old. With the trajectory he’s to have the best turnaround from NCAAs to this meet of on—not to mention his workhorse mentality and an ability anyone,” he said. “I wanted to go from a pretty low point, to not take himself too seriously—it’s not unreasonable to one of my worst meets, to have one of my best ones.” project Sweetser as the long-term answer for the American men in the longest event in the pool. ◆ Sweetser wanted to know that going into his mile at Nationals that he had done absolutely everything he could to prepare for that swim.

“There’s a great quote from (three-time Olympic gold Chlorine/Salt Water Out medalist) Grant Hackett. He wanted to make sure that when Hair & Skin Care he went behind the blocks for a race, he knew that he had put in more work than anyone else in that heat,” Sweetser CRAZY CRAZY said. “I was confident that—I don’t know exactly what other FAST HEALTHY people do—but that I had put in as much work as I could ENTRIES BEAUTIFUL going into that race, and I was ready to rock out.” INTO THE HAIR & SKIN TIGHTEST In the aftermath, Sweetser was giddy about the opportunity TECH SUITS he had earned—a ticket to Budapest and the World “Fuse Performance Technical Racing Suit Championships—and he couldn’t help but reflect on the www.finisinc.com” people he considered paramount to his success. As he listed them, it was clear his affection and appreciation was genuine.

“I can’t thank my teammates enough, even the ones I trained with at Gator Swim Club, guys I trained with since I was 15 like Ben Lawless and Blake Manganiello and now at Stanford, Liam Egan and James Murphy,” Sweetser said. “Those guys, some of them weren’t here tonight, but being with them every day is just as rewarding as swimming tonight. R O S

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WHAT MADISYN COX OVERCAME DAYS BEFORE THE RACE OF HER LIFE BY DAVID RIEDER

Madisyn Cox was staring at her best shot to make the U.S. senior co-captain on the Texas women’s team, was preparing World Championships team. She had never swum at an to leave for the Maccabiah Games in Israel, slated to be the Olympics or a long course World Champs meet before, but last meet of her career. now she was the No. 2 qualifier for the women’s 200 IM final at U.S. Nationals. “That Saturday morning was supposed to be our last practice together, and I didn’t make it to practice.” But Ella Eastin was gunning for the 200 IM, too, and there figured to be just one spot available on the Worlds team There was nothing Cox could do. She kept throwing up. She behind pre-race favorite Melanie Margalis. Like Cox, Eastin couldn’t eat. She could hardly drink water. Her sister came had never broken through and qualified for a senior U.S. over to pack all of Cox’s gear for the meet, since Cox was still national team—even though for a few glorious moments scheduled to leave the next day. two days earlier, Eastin thought she had.

But even with so much on the line at Nationals—a spot on In the 400 IM final at Nationals, Eastin clobbered her lifetime the World Championship team, not to mention a shot at best on her way to finishing second. She thought she was going to Budapest. But moments later, the letters “DQ” securing National Team stipend in her first year as apro appeared on the scoreboard next to her name. Eastin has swimmer— Cox seriously considered whether it would be been disqualified for illegally coming off her final turn on her better to not even go. She called Carol Capitani, her coach back. at Texas.

Eastin’s difficult week had been well-documented and highly “’I don’t even know if I can go to this meet,’” Cox told Carol public. Cox, meanwhile, had struggled in both the 200 breast Capitani, the head women’s coach at Texas. “That’s how bad and 400 IM, but little did most people know all that the it was.” 22-year-old had been through over the previous eight days. But she traveled to Indy, suffering through what she calls It all started the night of June 23, less than 48 hours before “the worst flying experience I’ve ever had,” and as soon as Cox was scheduled to fly to Indianapolis. Still at home the plane landed, Capitani took Cox to the hospital, where in Austin, Texas, she got sick, really sick. She didn’t goto doctors ran tests and gave her IV fluids to rehydrate her body. practice the next morning. Forget about her preparation for The next day, less than 48 hours before she was scheduled the meet—missing that one practice was difficult enough. for her first race, the 200 breast, Cox was back in the pool.

“That Saturday morning practice was supposed to be our last “I didn’t do much because I was so tired,” she recalled. “I was practice ever with Tasija Karosas,” Cox said. Karosas, Cox’s overheating in the water. Felt terrible.” 70 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY It would still be several days before Cox, typically superstitious made her move. about eating the exact same meal each day at a swim meet, could even eat full meals. She didn’t eat any vegetables until On the breaststroke, I was feeling good,” Cox said. Eddie Friday night, a full week after she started to get sick. (Reese, Texas men’s coach) and Carol had talked to me before the race about lengthening out the breaststroke, All the while, the swim meet was going on. Cox first swam using my legs a lot so I had my arms for the freestyle. Going on the second day in the 200 breast, and she finished 11th into the freestyle, I was like, ‘Let’s do this.’ I had energy, and in prelims in 2:28.08, more than two seconds slower than I was ready to go.” a time she had posted three weeks earlier at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Santa Clara, Calif. Her last two splits turned out to be faster than anybody else in the field. By the 150-meter mark, Cox had moved A day later, Cox was to swim the 400 IM, an event in which into second place, well ahead of Eastin and only four tenths she had posted the fastest in-season time of anyone entered, behind Margalis. On the freestyle leg, Cox was closing in. but given her physical state, Capitani wanted Cox to scratch and focus on recovering. She had the 200 IM, scheduled for With 25 meters to go, it was clear that Cox was going to two days later, in mind. finish in the top two. But she wasn’t just holding off Eastin— she was running down Margalis. She would run out of room, Cox considered that plan but realized she couldn’t go finishing in 2:09.69, to Margalis’ 2:09.57, but it didn’t matter. through with it. In the span of a day, Cox had chopped a second and a half off “I remember just thinking, ‘If I can finish a 400 IM right now, her best time. She was the eighth woman in U.S. history to just that will give me confidence,’” Cox said. “That was my go under 2:10. Most importantly, she was going to Worlds. mentality going into it. I knew I didn’t have the strength and the nutrition I needed to have the race that I know I could It was the best swim of her life, the big breakthrough moment have, but I thought, ‘If I can mentally get through this and do she’d been waiting for, yet all Cox could think about was the this race, it will give me confidence for the 200 IM.’” woman who finished third: Eastin. The two had grown close during their time training and competing together at the So she swam. It was not especially pretty—Cox squeezed Short Course World Championships the previous December. into the final in eighth, posting a sluggish time of 4:44.63, but she improved her time to 4:40.39 on her way to a fifth- Even in the aftermath of her own triumph, Cox felt deeply for place finish in the final. her friend, who had just been dealt a second crushing blow in the span of three days. That was still more than a second slower than her season- best time from Santa Clara (4:39.07), but Cox still finished the night feeling confident. After the race, she ate a full “I was happy, definitely happy with the race. Still, my heart dinner for the first time—although she opted for chicken and goes out to Ella. She’s a great competitor. I definitely love her rice, not her usual spaghetti and meatballs that she figured as a friend, a competitor, all that. More than anything, I felt had contributed to her getting sick in the first place. for her, I felt that heartbreak for her,” Cox said.

The 200 IM, scheduled for the meet’s final day, would be For as tough a week as Eastin dealt with emotionally, Cox Cox’s last chance to make the World Championships team. pushed her body through as much physical distress. If that Physically, she was fine by that point, but she still didn’t feel illness had felled her attempt to qualify for Worlds after the fully comfortable in the water, and that made her nervous. superb, consistent season she had put together, that, too, would have been crushing. “I didn’t know if I was going to have enough energy to swim or finish my race or what it was going to be like,” she said. But somehow, Cox persevered through all the physical “But I’ve swum the 200 IM so many times, and it’s like muscle challenges and kept her composure and her confidence. And memory to me. Once I dove in, all those nerves went away, when it was crunch time, she delivered a performance more and I just swam and raced the way I knew how to.” impressive than most watching even realized.

As it turned out, Cox swam better in the 200 IM than she ever Less than two hours after securing her spot in Budapest, had before. She qualified second out of prelims in 2:10.53, Madisyn Cox walked across the pool deck at the IUPUI her lifetime best by a half-second. In the final, Cox was third Natatorium wearing a Team USA jacket. The moment was behind Margalis and Eastin at the halfway point when she “surreal” and “humbling,” an honor she won’t soon forget. ◆ SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 71 [ PHOTO COURTESY: ] TIMES YORK NEW THE COURTESY: PHOTO [

PRESIDENT GERALD FORD

THE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY OF SWIMMING BY CAITLIN DADAY

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. once said, “I think swimming is a Frequent users of FDR’s pool included Harry Truman, who, wonderful thing.” Roosevelt’s father, Franklin D. Roosevelt to the entertainment of his staff, used to swim with his (the 32nd President of the United States), swam a great spectacles on. John F. Kennedy often swam to soothe his deal during his lifetime. But FDR was not the only one of ailing back and often invited others to join him–including our Commanders-in-Chief who enjoyed swimming; in fact, some women who were not Mrs. Kennedy. Lyndon Baines a number of presidents swam fairly frequently, whether Johnson would swim in the pool naked. He once invited competitively or for leisure. While the political history of the famous evangelical minister Billy Graham to do so too. presidents is discussed again and again, the history of their swimming is not so well known. By Richard Nixon’s time, a new press room was needed to accommodate the growing press. Preferring bowling to swimming, Nixon chose to build the new press room over the pool. In doing so, however, he left the pool so it could be easily restored. Today, the signatures of special White House guests can be found lining the tiles of the old pool below the press room.

By contrast, Nixon’s successor, Gerald Ford, was known to be an avid swimmer who swam almost daily. Ford initially planned on moving the press to a new location to reopen FDR’s pool, but the cost of doing so scared him. Instead, Ford installed the outdoor pool which First Families continue to [ PHOTO COURTESY: THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION] HOUSE WHITE THE COURTESY: PHOTO [ >>> THE WHITE HOUSE POOL use frequently. Today, a cabana and a hot tub exist there as well. THE WHITE HOUSE POOL The White House has had two different pools since the 1930s. PRESIDENTIAL SKINNY DIPPING The first was an indoor pool installed in June of 1933 for FDR While many of our nation’s leaders enjoyed swimming, a to use. Prior to becoming president, FDR suffered from polio, few of them enjoyed swimming sans swimsuit. John Quincy which permanently paralyzed his legs. He used swimming as Adams, the first president known for frequent swimming, a form of therapy. Thus, when he became president, the New is probably the most well-known for his nude swims in the York Daily News put on a campaign to raise money to build a Potomac. Everyday, Adams would wake up at 5 am (4:30 in pool for him at the White House. It officially opened on June the summer), make a fire, read his Bible, and then go for 2, 1933 and was located in between the White House and a swim. At his time, Adams was known to be a powerful the West Wing. swimmer who was at ease in the water. About swimming 72 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY weeding at the White House (properly clothed, of course). Teddy Roosevelt and Kennedy were among other skinny dipping presidents. These two were notable in that they had no qualms about inviting others to join them, including staff and ambassadors.

THE TENNIS CABINET If you remember from your high school U.S. history class, Teddy Roosevelt earned fame leading the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. The future president was

[ PHOTO COURTESY: LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY ] LIBRARY PRESIDENTIAL LBJ COURTESY: PHOTO [ always up for a challenge, and he carried that ambition and >>> PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON daringness through his presidency.

Adams once wrote, “I have found it invariably conducive While serving as president, he formed what was known as to health, and never experienced from it the slightest his Tennis Cabinet, which initially started off as a tennis club. inconvenience.” Tennis turned out to be a bit too tame for Teddy, so he turned to something else. He and his Tennis Cabinet instead would Adams’s daily morning swims were no secret to Washington pick a point on a map to walk to without regard for obstacles– society. So, allegedly, Anne Royall, one of the first female including bodies of water. These adventures often involved journalists, wanted to interview the president. In order to do decent amounts of swimming, including swimming across so, she went down to the Potomac while he was swimming Rock Creek with ice floating on it. and sat on his clothes. She refused to leave until he answered all of her questions. In doing so, Royall became the first The later Roosevelt, FDR, while not as daring and able, held woman to interview a president. similar events during his presidency. Known as stag parties, the purpose of these events was to win over the good will Adams’s successor, Andrew Jackson, enjoyed nude swims of Congressional Democrats. These parties would include as well, after which he liked to unwind with digging and CONTINUED >>>

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>>> PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT fishing, clay pigeon shooting, and of course, swimming backstroke and freestyle legs, infuriating the other coaches. naked. At the time, however, there was no rule stating that that was illegal, and Reagan ended up leading his team to fourth place in the conference after having finished last the year before.

On the other hand, Kennedy was a member of the Harvard swim team. Initially Kennedy played on the football team, but after not being that good at it, he switched to swimming. He was a fairly good backstroker, but according to his coaches

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…AND LIFE SAVERS In addition to competing in swimming, both Reagan and

>>> FUTURE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY (BACK ROW, 3RD FROM Kennedy were able to take their talents in the water and LEFT) AND THE HARVARD SWIM TEAM use them to help save the lives of others. Both have been heralded for their life saving achievements. COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS… Two of the presidents swam competitively during their Reagan served as a lifeguard from 1927-1932 at the Rock lifetimes. Both Kennedy and Ronald Reagan competed for River in his hometown of Dixon, Illinois. During his time as a their respective colleges during their young adulthood. lifeguard, Reagan saved 77 lives. Locals, however, joke that some of those Reagan saved were just young women who Although more well known his role as “the Gipper”, the wanted to be saved by the handsome lifeguard. Today his famed Notre Dame football coach, Reagan was actually guard chair is on display at the Loveland Community House captain of the Eureka College swim team. While serving as & Museum in Dixon. captain his junior year, his coach had a stroke. The president of the college then asked Reagan to coach the team while Kennedy also saved lives, but he did so during his service in also remaining a member. That year at the conference World War II. In 1943, while serving as a Lieutenant Junior championship, Eureka’s backstroker failed to show up for Grade in the U.S. Navy, Kennedy was given command of a the 150 yard medley relay (butterfly and breaststroke were PT-109 based in the . In August of that year, not separate strokes). Reagan then decided to swim both the Kennedy’s ship was sunk by the Japanese. Kennedy used 74 SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY 䜀伀䰀䐀 䴀䔀䐀䄀䰀 倀䔀刀䘀伀刀䴀䄀一䌀䔀 匀吀䄀刀吀匀 圀䤀吀䠀 刀䔀匀䤀匀吀䄀一䌀䔀 吀刀䄀䤀一䤀一䜀

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>>> FUTURE PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN his swimming skill to pull his crew to the “safety” of the wreckage of his boat. The next morning Kennedy led his crew through a three-mile swim to a nearby island all while pulling an injured crew member by biting the rope on his life jacket so his arms were free to swim. After a few days with no food or water, Kennedy made another long swim to another island where they found coconut trees. For his service, Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (the highest non-combat decoration awarded for heroism) and the Purple Heart.

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