Author: Miles Cooper

Before the Beep: How Cal’s Jack Alexy Prepares for Big Races Success in swimming is sculpted long before the starting signal. For Jack Alexy, a standout at the University of California, Berkeley, meticulous preparation is a cornerstone of his performance. As the Golden Bears prepare for the NCAA Championships, Alexy’s routines and leadership are pivotal. Here is a look at Alexy’s various preparation approaches. CREATING A HOME AWAY FROM HOME For Alexy, race preparation starts long before warmups: It begins in the hotel room. He follows the same routine every time he travels for a meet: “I think every meet…

Doctor of Success: How Doc Counsilman Built a Legendary Coaching Career (USOPC Hall of Fame Candidate) The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced its finalists for the USOPC Hall of Fame earlier this week and legendary Indiana coach James “Doc” Counsilman is a candidate in the coaching category. How Counsilman is not already in the Hall of Fame is difficult to understand, given his stellar career and status as one of the coaching greats in the swimming world. Here is a feature on Counsilman, who will hopefully earn induction into the USOPC Hall of Fame. Indiana University (1959-1990)…

Dragons’ Den Star Sara Davies Invests In Adam Peaty’s AP Race Sara Davies – a businesswoman who appears on the British reality TV business programme ‘Dragons’ Den’ – has invested in AP Race, the global swimming brand co-founded by Adam Peaty and Ed Baxter. Davies started out in business in 2005 when she founded ‘Crafter’s Companion,’ which supplies crafting products, in her bedroom while studying at the University of York. In 2019 she joined the panel of ‘Dragons’ Den,’ the BBC show where entrepreneurs pitch business ideas in a bid to secure financial investment. l-r: Jim Rumley, Amit Aggarwal, Sara…

47th NATIONAL JOC SPRING SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (JPN) On the heels of the Japan Swim, the sole qualifying opportunity for this summer’s World Championships, the Tokyo Aquatics Centre is playing host to the 47th National Junior Olympic Cup Spring Swimming Championships. The competition spans four days and includes short course meters prelims and finals for girls/boys ages 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 and 17&O. Already qualified for Singapore, 18-year-old Mio Narita was in the water once again, taking on her pet event of the 400m IM. Narita stopped the clock at a time of 4:28.19 to handily take the gold, establishing a new Japanese…

Dual Olympic breaststroker Jenna Strauch Calls Time On Spectacular International Career With the Australian Dolphins DUAL Australian Olympian, Jenna Strauch has officially called time on her international swimming career today after the world-class breaststroker signed off on her six years with the Australian Dolphins. And the Gold Coast-based Victorian departs the sport following a wild finale to the Paris 2024 Olympic program. In the last event of the program at La Defense Arena, Strauch and her teammates in the women’s 4x100m medley – Kaylee McKeown, Emma McKeon and Mollie O’Callaghan, snared a silver medal and then celebrated by jumping in…

Australian Dual Olympic Breaststroker Jenna Strauch Calls Time on Spectacular International Career DUAL Australian Olympian, Jenna Strauch has officially called time on her international swimming career today after the world-class breaststroker signed off on her six years with the Australian Dolphins. And the Gold Coast-based Victorian departs the sport following a wild finale to the Paris 2024 Olympic program. In the last event of the program at La Defense Arena, Strauch and her teammates in the women’s 4x100m medley – Kaylee McKeown, Emma McKeon and Mollie O’Callaghan, snared a silver medal and then celebrated by jumping in the pool while…

Texas Captures 16th National Title Behind Hubert Kos, Bob Bowman and Reassembled Longhorns Roster A seventh-place finish at last year’s NCAA Men’s Championships was a highly unusual result for a University of Texas team so accustomed to finishing atop the table. During the four decades in which Eddie Reese helmed the program, Texas won 15 national titles, the most all-time by a single swimming program (men’s or women’s) and by a single coach. For 15 consecutive national meets from 2008 through 2023, Texas finished in the top three, and it would have been 16 if not for the cancellation of…

Georgia’s Jake Magahey Finds Fifth Straight A Final in ‘Baby’ 500 Free Rewarding Jake Magahey calls the 500 free “my baby.” Like any baby, the nurturing process isn’t uniform or smooth. There have been sleepless nights, frustration, struggles to maintain context on a bad day. The Dacula, Georgia native’s memory of his first 500 when he was 13 years old remains vivid. And there’s been joy, maybe not any that matched the on-paper pinnacle of Magahey’s NCAA title as a freshman in 2021, but efforts that have brought fulfillment. And along that occasionally uneven journey, Magahey has earned his way…

Hubert Kos’ Marchand Moments Instrumental to Texas Title Hubert Kos’ comparison of the 2025 NCAA Championships with the 2024 edition quickly tracks to the individual. “What stands out about this one,” Kos said, still dripping from his fully clothed dip in the diving well at the Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center Saturday night, “is that I actually swam well.” Kos can be a harsh self-critic, and by the Hungarian Olympian’s standards, the 2024 NCAA Championships didn’t personally measure up. Yes, as a sophomore at Arizona State, he’d celebrated a momentous first title for the Sun Devils in which he made…

2025 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships are nearly upon us, with action kicking off at the London Aquatics Centre on Tuesday, April 15th. The competition represents the primary qualification opportunity for the nation’s swimmers to add their names to the roster for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore. Per the GBR selection criteria, a maximum roster size of 30 athletes may be selected, although several have already been nominated. The Aquatics GB selection policy for Singapore states that any individual Olympic medalist from the 2024 Olympic Games will have earned a slot on the roster.…