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Back to SearchSSPC: Camille Cheng on Reevaluating How You Approach Time Goals When Racing
Episode 370
We sat down with NCAA All-American from Cal and 5-time Asian Games medalist Camille Cheng. Cheng is currently back in Hong Kong training for the 2021 Olympic Games, but didn't necessarily always thin…
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: Veronica Burchill Breaks Down Decision to Train with Tennessee Postgrads
Episode 369
We sat down with Veronica Burchill, a 20-time All-American for the University of Georgia and recent ISL champion with the Cali Condors. Burchill talks us through her decision to move from Athens, GA …
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: Penny Oleksiak Opens Up about Friendship with Michael Phelps, Olympic Pressure
Episode 368
We sat down with Penny Oleksiak, the Canadian Olympic champion who is gearing up for another run at the Games in 2021. Oleksiak was put in a unique position few find themselves in: being a full-on ce…
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: Tom Dean Describes Surprisingly Fast VO2 Freestyle Set with James Guy
Episode 367
We sat down with ISL Final champion in the 400 free Tom Dean, who really hit his stride at the end of the season this year in Budapest. Dean describes his struggles at the beginning of the ISL season…
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: Mackenzie Padington Explains Her Pre-Olympic Retirement
Episode 366
We sat down with Canadian national-teamer, NCAA All-American for Minnesota, and now Swammer Mackenzie Padington, who announced her retirement recently via Instagram. Padington takes us through her re…
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: James Magnussen on 2011 Scuffle with Russians in 4x100 Free Ready Room
Episode 365
We sat down with world champion and freestyle legend James Magnussen. Mel and I geek out over James not because he's a great swimmer, but because he's a great swimmer that we happened to run into at …
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: Tommy Cope on Why Breaststrokers Can Get Away with Training Alone
Episode 364
We sat down with Michigan All-American and DC Trident star Tommy Cope. Tommy takes us through his ISL season, which he almost opted not to go for, as well as this past summer which he spent in Cape G…
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: Sydney Pickrem Gives Opinion on New Canadian Olympic Trials Format
Episode 363
We sat down with Sydney Pickrem, a Canadian medalist and member of the ISL franchise London Roar. Pickrem just made the move to Toronto to train with the elite Canadian group based there and was in a…
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: Nic Fink on Double Wrist Injury to Double American Records During ISL
Episode 362
We sat down with Nic Fink, the breaststroke for the Cali Condors who had a slow start to his ISL season as he was dealing with a double wrist injury. Fink takes us through the grueling "rehab" of hav…
Published on 5 years ago
SSPC: How DII Drury University Produced the Current #2 Sprinter in the Country
Episode 361
We sat down with Zach Mertins, the assistant coach (and main sprint coach) at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. Zach and I swam together in high school, which was Zach's first main swimming…
Published on 5 years ago