After only a few short days visiting Carmel Swim Club, I headed over to Louisville, KY, to check another perennial USA-Swimming Gold Medal program, the Lakeside SeaHawks. While setting up this visit, I was always impressed and surprised by how quickly Head Coach Mike DeBoor replied to my e-mails. After Read more…
Following a beautiful drive along the shore of Lake Michigan, and a few more miles south, I arrived in the suburbs north of Indianapolis to visit Carmel Swim Club (CSC). After my previous week with New Trier Aquatics, I had high expectations on what else I could see and learn, Read more…
From Iowa City, where I visited the Iowa City Eels, to Chicago it’s a short drive east, crossing the Mississippi river. I made that drive heading to my visit with New Trier Aquatics (NTA). This is the largest club I have visited up to this point, and I had great Read more…
After a great week spent visiting ACAC in Ames, IA, I made the short drive to Iowa City, to visit my good friend Don Spellman who’s the head coach for the Iowa City Eels (ICE). On top of watching practices, I got to see a lot of Iowa City and Read more…
Following a great week in Liberty, Mo, with William Jewell College, I drove up to Iowa to visit my former club, Ames Cyclone Aquatics Club (ACAC). It had been 8 years since I left Iowa, and this was the first time I came back to visit. As you can imagine, Read more…
Following my week at USA-S, it was time to get on the road and get started with this “retirement” plan. My first stop officially off work would be to visit my friend Greg Temple at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. Greg has just taken over the reigns of the Read more…
After an eventful trip to get to St. Louis, September 11th-14th I was a delegate to the USA-Swimming Convention. This was my 4th time as a delegate, and once again it proved to be a great week for learning, networking, and helping move the sport forward. I would strongly recommend Read more…
I started this journey on the outskirts of Atlanta, Ga. My first stop was the USA-S Convention in St. Louis, Mo. This is about a 7.5 hour drive, but this day was quite longer than that… As I was about to be gone for about 6 weeks, it was only Read more…