The latest issue of Swimming World is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! [PHOTO CREDIT: PETER H. BICK] Golden Boys: The Cal Golden Bears Are Back On Top The depth of Cal’s Golden Bears was on full display at this year’s men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, proving they were the best team in the nation. Texas may have been grabbing the headlines in recent years for winning four straight men’s NCAA Division I team titles, but Cal has always been right there with them. Under Coach Dave Durden’s leadership, the Golden Bears have finished first or second at NCAAs in each of the last 10 years—and for nine of those 10 years, the top two teams have been Cal and Texas. In 2019, Cal captured the first-place team trophy—its fourth since 2010—with Texas finishing second, of course. Andrew Seliskar basked in the glory of his team winning the NCAA championship. Usually draped in a serious and focused look, Seliskar couldn’t help but smile when talking about his team: “It was awesome. Knowing that this meet was in Austin and it was my senior year, it was everything we were going for. It was a great moment to win the national championship as a team.” To read more about the Cal Golden Bears’ win at NCAA Champs, check out the full May 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now! Swimming World subscribers can download this issue in the Swimming World Vault! New! 1-Year Digital Only Subscription for just $39.95 Order Now! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue For Only $5.94 FEATURES 016 NO LEDECKY…NO MANUEL… NO PROBLEM by Dan D’Addona, David Rieder and Andy Ross Relying on a younger team—with 10 underclass-men—Stanford still won its third straight women’s NCAA Division I swimming and diving team title. It’s just that this year’s margin of victory was much closer than the previous two. WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I MINI-FEATURES: 018 BROOKE FORDE: MAKING THE EXTRA EFFORT 019 BEATA NELSON: UN-BEATA-BLE NELSON 021 ABBEY WEITZEIL/CAL BEARS: THE OTHER CHAMPIONS 022 LILLY KING: LILLY’S LEGACY 024 WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I PHOTO GALLERY photos by Peter H. Bick 026 THE COMPLETE PACKAGE by Dan D’Addona and David Rieder The depth of Cal’s Golden Bears was on full display at this year’s men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, proving they were the best team in the nation. MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I MINI-FEATURES: 028 DANIEL CARR: SECOND CHANCE PAYS OFF 029 SILVER LININGS FOR SECOND-PLACE TEXAS 031 DEAN FARRIS: DEAN OF THE POOL 032 MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I PHOTO GALLERY photos by Peter H. Bick 034 STILL NO. 1 by Andy Ross, Cathleen Pruden, Olivia Wile and Grace Nordquist All of the schools that won college national championships last year for NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and NJCAA repeated as champions in 2019. Their winning streaks range from two to 45! 038 ’59 MICHIGAN TEAM STILL “THE GREATEST OF ’EM ALL” by Bruce Wigo For overall strength as well as balance in all the strokes, distances and diving, no team in history has ever dominated the men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships like the 1959 University of Michigan Wolverines. COACHING 010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: FRANK KEEFE by Michael J. Stott 014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: CONDITIONING TO OPTIMIZE TECHNIQUE (Part 2) by Rod Havriluk As explained in Part 1, there are three types of sets that are critical to emphasizing technique: skill sets, transition sets and test sets. Part 2 presents strategies to integrate these three sets into a conditioning program. 041 SPECIAL SETS: TRAINING FOR THE 200 FLY by Michael J. Stott Coach Sean Farrell’s recent success with distance flyers at the Cheshire YMCA/Sea Dog Swim Club in Connecticut results from having good athletes, a defined sense of how to train them and a philosophy focused on training the whole athlete. 043 Q&A WITH COACH DAN MASCOLO by Michael J. Stott 044 HOW THEY TRAIN JULIA STEVENS by Michael J. Stott JUNIOR SWIMMER 046 UP & COMERS: MORGAN RAZEWSKI by Taylor Brien COLUMNS 008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT 009 BEYOND THE YARDS 013 OFFICIAL WORD 040 DID YOU KNOW? ISHOF’S FIRST HONOREES: A “SPORTS SPECTACULAR” 047 GUTTER TALK 048 PARTING SHOT |