What's Wrong With SW?

 

What happened to Swimming World magazine?

 

Are they lowering their standards to compete with SwimScam?

 

They deposited a big, fat doodoo online yesterday.  Read it here

 

via Stateline Sport Network

MALE swimmer from Westlake, TX - Will Thomas - played dress-up at Penn so he could access the women's locker room while stealing opportunities from female athletes.  Racing as Lia, he made a mockery of our sport for the entire world to witness.

 

For some reason, SW's Matthew De George seems to advocate for Thomas.  De George plays along with the charade, referring to Thomas as "her".

 

The Penn Quakers, the Ivy League Conference, and the NCAA allowed Thomas to cheat women out of opportunities, recognition, awards, and records.

 

Allowing this male to masquerade as a female is a clear violation of Title IX.

 

Swimming World should focus on trying to right the wrongs, rather than provide a platform for a cheater who helped do great harm to our sport!

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

I'd rather have a part where you walk into a

room and you leave.  That's perfect for me.

Amy Louise Sedaris

 

More Swim Jobs

 

via Facebook

Rice University women's assistant swim coach

 

Cain HS head swim coach, James Clancy

 

West Fork HS assistant swim coach, Dougald McDougald

 

Westside HS head girls' swim coach, Cedric Allen

 

Leander HS head & assistant swim coaches, Stephanie Johns

 

Waterloo Swimming (WLOO) senior lead coach & developmental lead coach

 

Guardian Premier Solutions (San Antonio) swim coach

 

St. Dominic Savio Catholic HS head swim coach, Joe Castillo

 

City of McKinney aquatics coordinator

 

Antonian College Prep HS head swimming coach

 

Prestonwood Christian Academy middle & upper school swim coach

 

 

Check previous jobs posts by clicking HERE

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

We have all the light we need, we

just need to put it in practice.

Albert Pike

 

Quote of the Day

 

A drama critic is a person who surprises the

playwright by informing him what he meant.

Wilson "Bill" Mizner

 

Jobs Update

 

via El Paso Museum of History

Prestonwood Christian Academy girls swim head coach (says 24-25, but may be typo)

 

Veterans HS head swim coach

 

Ball HS assistant aquatics coach, Michelle Norfolk

 

Barton Creek Country Club Sharks head swim coach

 

Hightower HS assistant swim coach, Manuel Hinojosa

 

Tomball Area Swim Club (TASC) age group coach, Tracy Acosta

 

Willis HS head swim/dive coach

 

 

Always check previous jobs posts by clicking HERE

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

Heroes always have their scars.  Some you

can see, some you read about later on.

George Edward Foreman

 

Quote of the Day

 

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep

that their interests and his own are the same.

Marie-Henri Beyle, a.k.a. Stendhal

Quote of the Day

 

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down

on the tracks of history to wait for the train

of the future to run over him.

Dwight David Eisenhower

 

Quote of the Day

 

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

Paul Tournier

 

Quote of the Day

 

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

 

Mid-March Jobs Update

 

via Union-Bulletin

 

Swim Streamline at Northampton (SSAN) full time age group/senior coach, Laura Davis

 

Northeast Houston Aquatics (NEHA) age group coach, Kelly Collier

 

Lake Travis HS assistant swim coach

 

Jersey Village HS head polo/assistant swim coach, Levelle Norris

 

Clear Falls HS head swim/polo/dive, Kirby Killingsworth

 

Midlothian HS head swim coach, Todd York

 

Plano East HS head swim coach, Tony Benedetto

 

Mayde Creek HS head swim coach

 

Morton Ranch HS assistant swim coach

 

City of Galveston head swim coach

 

View other jobs posts here

 

Quote of the Day

 

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you

may be violent and original in your work.

Gustave Flaubert

 

Episode LXVII

 

 

Dana & I visited with Chuck Warner to hear about his new book.

 

Listen to Episode LXVII of Swim Talk A2B here

00:01 – Disclaimer

01:09 – Chuck Warner Books

01:48 – Kelsie at The Jay

02:38 – Return of Chuck Warner

03:00 – How to be a Great Swim Parent

04:08 – The origins

06:52 – The Audience?

07:38 – Why competitive swimming?

09:12 – Support – Don’t Lead

13:27 – Our family’s swim journey

14:28 – Scenario

19:03 – The Henry’s

19:32 – Swimming is hard

20:29 – Self-Image

24:50 – Attrition in the sport

26:36 – Effort over outcome

28:32 – Coaching is teaching

31:17 – Love difficult people…

35:40 – Goals

39:05 – Social Media addiction

49:25 – Carpools

50:26 – Book formats

52:25 – Team orders?

54:10 – John E. Davis 2extreme Dream

55:09 – Listening to kids

57:20 – Paraphrasing Samuel Langhorne Clemens

58:20 – Wrapping it up

 

Quote of the Day

 

I leave before being left.  I decide.

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot

 

March 11 House Judiciary Subcommittee

via X

Watch Louisville head coach Arthur Albiero testify on threats to NCAA swimming programs.  Coach Albiero's opening statement begins at 27:11.

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

Louis Pasteur

 

Quote of the Day

 

The young must be prepared to experience

innumerable disappointments and yet not fail.

Ellen Karolina Sofia Key

Quote of the Day

 

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I

guess they saw me as a violent guy.

Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman

It's Been Months!

 

via Texas Architect

Last jobs post was in Rocktober!

Here are jobs listed in the last month or so:

Richland HS head swim/water polo Kenneth Gilchrist

Sienna Premier Aquatics (SPA) assistant swim coach

Clear Falls HS head water polo/swim/dive Zach Head

Tidal Waves (Leander) seasonal swim coaches

Montgomery HS head swim Grant Cooper

Cypress Falls HS head water polo/assistant swim Chris Brister

Blue Tide Aquatics (BTA) assistant swim coach & learn-to-swim

Central HS (San Angelo) assistant swim Rodney Chant

Aggie Swim Club (AGS) senior coach

Capital of Texas Aquatics (COTA) assistant age group coach

Eagle Swimming Association (ESA) head coach David Pink

Dawson HS (Pearland) head swim

Quote of the Day

 

The body says what words cannot.

Martha Graham

Quote of the Day

 

Now that I'm a parent, I understand why

my father was in a bad mood a lot.

Adam Richard Sandler

 

Quote of the Day

 

There are some people so addicted exaggeration

that they can't tell the truth without lying.

Henry Wheeler Shaw, a.k.a. Josh Billings

2025 State Championship Results

 

UIL 4A results from last week are up and 5A/6A will swim this week.  View those here (scroll down).

TAPPS results for all three divisions (from last week) are here 

Quote of the Day

 

Stand up to your obstacles and do something

about them.  You will find that they haven't

half the strength you think they have.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

 

Always On My Mind

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

I always need to get away from whatever it is

I've just finished, to feel a distance from it.

Cindy Morris Sherman