Episodes
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27 October 2017
I just sat down with Joe Keller who is newly elected Senior Chair for the LSC. Joe has recently become Head Coach at Fishers area Swimming Tigers and Fishers High School. We Discuss, Camps, Championship Meets, Current Challenges brought on by Past successes.
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25 October 2017
Marcus Rogan is a four-time Olympian where he won multiple medals. He is also a former world record holder. He swam at Stanford University and now is a practicing psychotherapist in California. Marcus will lead the upcoming Green Flag Series Clinic in Fishers, IN on Saturday October 28th along with Ashley Adams.
Marcus reflected on his journey to four Olympic Games and the importance of joy in his long career as a competitive swimmer. Marcus also shares his thoughts on being a Fitter and Faster Clinician and the importance of collegiate swimming. Hope you enjoy the episode.
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This week’s guest is 1996 and 2000 Olympian and multiple time Gold Medalist, Josh Davis. Josh was recently named the head Coach for the brand new NCAA Division II Team at Oklahoma Christian University and will also be serving as the Lead Clinician at the 2017 Indiana Age Group Elite Camp over Memorial Day Weekend. We talk about the importance of character in the sport of swimming, changes he has experienced in the sport, including the rise of professional swimming in this country. If you pay close attention you can also learn his nickname during his high school days.
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Episode 8 highlights USA Swimming's announcement that Omaha, NE will serve as the host city for the 2020 Olympic Team Trials. In local Indiana news, the Elkhart stop of the Green Flag Clinic Series, the 2017 Summer Championship Meet Hosts, and the Meet Scheduling Request Process are discussed.
USA Swimming 2020 Olympic Trials Press Release
Indiana Swimming 2017 Summer Championships Page
Fitter & Faster Swim Tours
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Dr. Roch King recently got an opportunity to talk with Jeremy Kipp, the Head Swimming & Diving Coach at Boise State University. Shortly after we spoke Coach Kipp was Named the Mountain West Conference Swimming Coach of the Year for second consecutive season. Coach Kipp held assistant coaching positions at UC Satna Barbara and the University of Southern California, prior to be being named the Head Coach for the Boise State Broncos. Jeremy and I reflect back a little to the time when I was the coach and he was team captain at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, but we spend most of the conversation discussing the transition from being an assistant coach to leading a program. Coach Kipp shares some insightful stories ranging from being a young coach working with world class athletes to what you can learn from lunchtime basketball with coaches from other sports.
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Torch & Stars Tuesday is back from its Spring hiatus and Dr. Roch King, Sport Development Director for the Indiana Swimming LSC is off the IR and back in the line-up with John Mybeck, Executive Director of Indiana Swimming. We review the Winter Short Course Season, preview the upcoming Long Course Summer Segment, and remember Chuck Wielgus, Executive Director for USA Swimming who past away this weekend after a courageous battle with cancer.
2017 Phillips 66 Nationals and World Championship Trials Pre-Sale Ticket Information
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This past weekend, the 2017 Men’s NCAA Division 1 Championships were hosted at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. The consistently outstanding, and sometimes mind-boggling, performances made it an historic meet. We will be revisiting, both the Men’s and Women’s NCAA meets in future episodes of the Torch & Stars Podcast. Last weekend was also the first weekend in the past 2 months that did not feature an Indiana Swimming Championship meet of some form. Torch & Stars Tuesday will be back to its regular format next week when we recap the Speedo Sectional Meet and wrap up the Winter Segment of the ISI calendar.
For this special Episode, I got the chance to chat with the Founder and CEO of Fitter & Faster Swim Tours, David Arluck, along with one of FFT's most in-demand Clinicians, 2 time Olympian and World Championship Medalist, Cammile Adams.
We talked about the mission and vision of Fitter & Faster Clinics and how they got their start. Cammile shared her story about how she got into the sport of swimming and when she first thought she could compete at an elite level.
Fitter and Faster and Indiana Swimming have joined forces to create the Green Flag Clinic Series for competitive swimmers that are newer to the sport. Cammile discusses how athletes can get the most out of their clinic experience. We all talk about the upcoming Green Flag Clinics coming to Bloomington, IN on April 22nd and Elkhart, IN on April 29th. Cammile will be joined by Olympian Klete Keller in Bloomington. Klete will lead the Elkhart Clinics along with Christine Magnuson. Direct links to register for the clinics can be found by clicking on the Green Flag Clinic Series link at the bottom of the show notes. We hope you enjoy this lively discussion.
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From time to time, the Torch & Stars Swimming Podcast will produce and publish content that doesn’t naturally fit into the typical weekly format of News and Events on Tuesdays and longer conversations about coach and club development on Sundays. This is one of those episodes. I am Dr. Roch King. I am the Sport Development Director for Indiana Swimming. Recently I got the opportunity to talk with Arlene McDonald. Arlene has been a pillar of the Indiana Swimming community for decades including formerly serving as the General Chair for the LSC. She now has the role of Event Coordinator, but her impact is much larger than the title suggests. Arlene leads the organizing committees for all of the high profile competitions that are hosted by Indiana Swimming, including the MidStates All-Star Meet, arena Pro Series, Speedo Sectionals and she also help coordinate the inaugural College Challenge this past November where the USA National Team faced off against the Big Ten Conference All-Stars. Arlene and I discussed Indianapolis hosting both the Women’s and Men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships along with the rapidly approaching Speedo Sectional Championship. As this podcast goes to air, the Men’s NCAA meet will be kicking off tonight, Wednesday evening March 22nd. entries for the Speedo Sectional Meet at Indianapolis have closed.
We also looked ahead to a big summer of events at the IU Natatorium at IUPUI including the Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials and the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships. An important underlying element of our conversation is the critical importance of the entire Indiana Swimming Community to the successful execution of these high profile meets. Our LSC is blessed by the culture of hospitality exhibited by our swim clubs and their volunteers. It is only through the continued support of our Indiana Swimming family, that we can continue to provide these unique opportunities for athletes here in Indiana and across the globe. There are opportunities to be part of these regional, national, and international level competitions. Links for more information on volunteering can be found (here). I hope you find the conversation informative and inspiring.
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News and Events for the week of March 13-20. Indiana Senior State SCY Championships
Show Notes: Roch and John recap the highlights from the 2017 Indiana Senior State SCY Championships held over the weekend at the Pike Aquatic Center on the campus of Pike High School. Indiana Swimming is very grateful for the fantastic job of hosting by Head Coach, Thomas Moore and the rest of Pike Township Swim Club. Fort Wayne Swim Team (formerly NACS) swept the Men's, Women's, and Combined Team Titles. Hanna Kukurugya of CPSC was the Women's Individual High Point Winner, and Spencer Lehman of NASA claimed the High Point Award for the Men. Full results are available on the Indiana Swimming website (here). A Special tribute to Dick Duncan, who served as the Meet Referee for the last time in his role as the Officials Chair and a member of the Board of Directors for the Indiana LSC. You can catch the recognition ceremony that occurred prior to the Sunday Finals Session, along with all of the swimming action on the Indiana Swimming You Tube Channel (here). If you attended the meet as an athlete, coach, official, or spectator, and have not yet completed an meet evaluation, you can do so (here). Congratulations to those who have qualified to compete at the Speedo Sectional Meet in Indianapolis, which will begin on March 30th. Family members of swimmers can sign-up to volunteer by visiting the Meet Volunteer Page (here). Indiana Swimming continues to strive to be the Best Meet Host in the Nation. All of the members of the Board of Directors encourage the Indiana Swimming membership to share welcoming swim clubs from around the country to Indianapolis.
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Dr. King and Indiana Swimming Executive Director discuss the highlights of the 2017 Indiana Age Group State Short Course Championships. The free wheeling conversation touches on Team and Individual awards and records; recognizes the volunteers that make a championship meet with with more than 1,200 swimmers work, and also includes a request for feedback from those than competed, coached, or attended the meet. Roch and John also look forward to the upcoming Senior State Short Course Championship to be held at Pike High School March 17-19, 2017, Women's NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships, the Green Flag Clinic Series and the ASCA Spring Coaches Clinic.
2017 Indiana Age Group State SCY Live Results (here)
2017 Indiana Age Group State SCY Meet Evaluation Survey (here)
Indiana Swimming Webcast Channel (here)
2017 Senior State SCY Welcome Packet (here)
2017 Senior State SCY Host Website (Pike Township Swim Club)
2017 Senior State SCY Meet Letter (here)
Indiana Spring ASCA Coaches Clinic Fishers, IN April 22-23, 2017 (here)
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Indiana swimming Sport Development Director, Dr. Roch King sits down with Executive Director John Mybeck to discuss the jam packed weekend of swimming across the state of Indiana. Over 3,300 swimmers competed in Divisional Championship across eight sites. Thank you to the following clubs for serving as hosts: North West - LCB; North Mid - NASA, North East - SWAC; Central West BBSC; Central Mid - WTSC; Central East - NOB; South West - NSC; South East - DON. The duo also recap the arena Pro Swim Series which featured many of the top high-school aged swimmers from Indiana, but also an all-star international field which yielded dozens of world leading times, and a new World Junior Record by Race Pace Club's Michael Andrew. Roch and John look forward to the upcoming Indiana Age Group and Senior State Championship meets as well as the Speedo Sectional event to be held March 30th through April 2nd. Finally Roch shares some information regarding the 2017 Indiana Senior Elite OTC Camp selection process.
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Indiana swimming Sport Development Director, Dr. Roch King sits down with Executive Director John Mybeck to wrap up high school swimming in Indiana including new national Public School Records sets at the 80th IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving Championships last weekend. The duo also cover the Proof of Time Process for the upcoming Divisional, Age Group State, and Senior State Championship Meets. Finally John runs down the final preparations for the arena Pro Swim Series Meet taking place at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Downtown Indy. A stellar field of Olympians from several countries will join USA Swimming National Team members in this early season Long Course Meet which will help preview the World Championship meet to be late this summer.
80th Annual IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving Championship Tournament
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Indiana Swimming Sport Development Director, Roch King, recaps IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving Sectional Weekend. The State Prelims will begin at 6:00 PM on Friday, February 24th at the IU Natatorium at IUPUI. Finals will begin at 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 25th. If you cannot attend the meet in person, catch the live webcast at IHSAAtv.org with Thad VanDeventer & Roch King on the call. There are also reminders regarding Indiana Swimming Divisionals Entry Deadlines, Speedo Sectional entry details, and to check your inboxes for emails containing valuable promo codes for both the arena Pro Swim Series, March 2-4, 2017, and the upcoming Green Flag Series Clinics produced in conjunction with Fitter & Faster Swim Tours.
Show Notes for Episode 2 - 21 February 2017:
80th IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving Tournament -
Sectional ResultsState Finals InformationIHSAAtv.org WebcastIndiana Swimming March Championships Page
2017 Central Zone Speedo Sectional Championship at Indianapolis
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Dr. Roch King sits down with Indiana Swimming Executive Director, John Mybeck to recap the weekend and preview upcoming events.
Show notes:
Indiana Swimming Website: www.inswimming.org
IHSAA Girls Swimming State Finals: Video
IHSAA Girls Swimming State Tournament: Results
