The SwimSwam Podcast

In the fight to keep the Indian River State College Swimming and Diving Teams afloat, a battle was won on Tuesday. At the Board of Trustees' meeting, with dozens showing up in support of the IRSC S&D teams and many giving speeches to appeal to the Trustees, the BOT voted to table the vote until the next meeting on November 17. Freshman Diver Tessa Sims was among those who spoke to the Trustees and joined SwimSwam to share her perspective on the matter as well as how IRSC Swimming and Diving are carrying momentum after this win for the teams.

Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we are going through every event for the upcoming first-ever edition of the SCM US World Trials.

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we are discussing Xu Jiayu's 50 Back World Record, Matt Richards going to Florida, CSL, ISL, and SCM US Trials.

News broke earlier this week that the famed Indian River State College Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams may be getting cut by the school after this year. According to the agenda for the college’s Board of Trustees Governance & Legislative Affairs Committee meeting scheduled for Oct. 27, the committee will consider a request to approve recommendations from President Timothy Moore and his cabinet that would eliminate both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. SwimSwam spoke with current IRSC Swim team athlete Kalaa Hall about what this news meant to the team and how they're dealing with it. An alum of the team has started a Change.org petition that has garnered over 10,000 signatures as of publication of this article.

Johannes Liebmann was a distance swimming revelation this summer. After breaking the European record in the 800 free in April, Liebmann came to the European Champs in Paris and absolutely dominated. After winning the 800 Free and breaking his own European record in the event (7:37.59), he smashed the world record in the 1500 Free, breaking it by over 4 seconds (14:26.79).

Liebmann joined the SwimSwam Podcast to discuss his meteoric rise this year. The 19-year-old explains what training has been like with Bernd Berkhan's legendary distance crew and how he has dealt with the overnight success.