Faster at 42 Years Old and Lots More to Go | Olympic Trials Giveaway

[@FaresKsebati]

Nice work! Fast swimming :)

[@FikeSwim]

Thank you!

[@namui]

🎉 on the PB. Beating your youth version, who was pretty good, is truly a breakthrough.

[@FikeSwim]

That's true, thanks!

[@AndieScelsi]

I’ll be competing across the street at Masters Nationals 😁 Going NOwhere near as fast as times I did 20+ years ago BUT as a distance free girl I’ve learned to swim breastroke pretty decently so that has been fun! Thank you for sharing your journey, it has helped me a lot!

[@FikeSwim]

Awesome, welcome to the breaststroke family! Good luck to you!

[@steveswimmer7817]

Great job on your PR! Congrats!

[@FikeSwim]

Thank you, appreciate it!

[@EndertBrothers]

Still super fast and also inspirational! Congrats James! Keep it going.

[@FikeSwim]

Will do, thanks!

[@andreaschatzigiannidis8255]

Congrats on the PB 🎉 Predictions for Men’s 100 Fly: 1. Caeleb Dressel 2. Dare Rose 3. Thomas Heilman

[@FikeSwim]

Thank you! 🙏

[@elivi18]

I love your passion and congrats on the PB!! Keep pushing it. I am trying to swim faster at 44 and you are motivating me to keep trying!!! 🙂

[@FikeSwim]

Thank you! Best of luck to you! You can do it!

[@ChazzeyRust]

Thanks so much for sharing your journey, so inspirational, great lessons given, and excited to see more! Men's 100 Fly: 1. Caeleb Dressel 2. Dare Rose 3. Thomas Heilman

[@FikeSwim]

Thank you for following along, I appreciate it!

[@AndieScelsi]

Women’s 800 free 1.Katie Ledecky 2. Katie Grimes 3. Claire Weinstein

[@jesseschmidt2070]

Women 1,500m Olympic Trials 1st: Katie Ledecky 2nd: Katie Grimes 3rd: Claire Weinstein

[@BobLarson-tl8fk]

Women’s 2im 1) Kate Douglass 2) Alex Walsh 3) Tori Huske

[@Jamesofur]

Bit late (but still before the prelims!) but still going to add: 800M Free Men’s: 1. Bobby Finke 2. Luke Whitlock 3. David Johnston

[@fortythirty]

Women’s 200 back 1) Regan Smith 2) Claire Curzan 3) Rhyan White

[@loganedge5889]

Woman 100 Fly. 1-torri Huske 55:31 2-Regan Smith -55:67 3- Gretchen Walsh- 55:89.

[@sawtoothswimmer]

Men’s 400 IM 1. Carson Foster 2. Chase Kalisz 3. Jay Litherland

[@MTK9209]

You have the speed to be in the 1:02s for sure. Do you think you should be doing more LC training maybe? Most of what I see (that you post anyway) seems to be SC.

[@FikeSwim]

I don't think so, because even in college when we trained long course every day I would lock up at ~80m. I got a few long course practices in this season, but yes, 90+% of the practices were scm.

[@MTK9209]

@@FikeSwim Either way, congrats on the PB. Here’s to more great swimming in the coming years.

[@FikeSwim]

@@MTK9209 thank you!

[@JimStrader]

@fikeswim - Question for you: you mention you're 198. How tall are you for comparison sake?

[@FikeSwim]

6'3" but I've brought that up and as I type this I probably weigh 204

[@JimStrader]

@@FikeSwim At 6' everyone makes me feel so SHORT these days. When Schooling won the Olympic gold for fly he was referred to as a short guy at 6 feet. And then i wondered when 6 feet tall became so tiny. Awesome 100 Breast swim.

[@CT-0426]

I already said it but just in case: 100 Back 1st: Ryan Murphy 2nd: Hunter Armstrong 3rd:Shaine Casas Also Fike, why don’t you swim at TYR pro swim meets? Are there certain times you need?

[@FikeSwim]

It's hard to get away with family and work. I already devote a lot of time to training and racing, so to add travel on top is a bit much. Plus, we've got lots of meets and great pools around here, so it works out well.

[@CT-0426]

@@FikeSwim ok that seems reasonable

[@nickhearne8501]

Men’s 400 IM 1) Carson Foster 2) Jay Litherland 3) Chase Kalisz

[@FikeSwim]

Litherland finally getting one up on Kalisz, interesting!

[@cartoon-_-9251]

Men’s 400 IM 1. Carson Foster 2. Jay Litherland 3. Chase Kalisz

[@FikeSwim]

Wow, Litherland beating out Kalisz, bold!