Summer's Trials Lineup, High School Entry Fiasco, & NCAA Shuffle | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss Summer McIntosh's potential lineup for the 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials, a high school swim team getting locked out of their section meet, and the major moves that have happened so far in the NCAA off-season.
0:00 Summer McIntosh's Canadian Trials Lineup
5:56 Acalanes High School Entry Fiasco
13:08 NCAA Shuffle
SINK or SWIM
25:53 Should the crossover turn be replaced by a backstroke flipturn in IM events?
30:01 Will someone go under 3:40 in the Men's 400 Free in Paris?

[@thecoops702]

I think a 3:39 or faster is almost a necessity at these games; Thorpe teased us all those years ago, and the field has slowly crept up to the point that we now have 5+ guys with a legit shot of going under the mark if they're on form. Men's 400 free has potential to be one of the most exciting races of all of swimming

[@trn8061]

Are you serious? The 400m free WR has never been broken at the Olympics? Ian Thorpe, who you mentioned by the way did exactly that in Sydney. 3:40.59 to be exact. Splitting 1:48 on the 200m like Martins...before that, Yevgeny Sadovyi 3:45 in Barcelona Olympics Uwe Dassler 3:46 in Soul, Brian Goodell Montreal Olympics, Don Scholllander Tokyo Olympics, Gerorge Hodgson Stockholm Olympics Henry Taylor London 1908. But it has never been done before. 😂

[@cth3031170]

ah Seven times

[@scottoconnor3484]

Changing the back-to-breast turn to a backstroke turn is a great idea. The crossover turn is very difficult to judge as an official. The critical moment happens so quickly that the decision to call the DQ can be regarded as subjective. Not all swimmers will be judged the same, and that isn’t fair. So, good proposal.

[@Straightsmilesolutions]

It's AH-KAH-LAHNTES! :) - I went to a rival high school a few miles away, but having been on the similar receiving end of High School and USA swimming bureaucracy as an official and swim parent - I feel for those 8 swimmers!- this year seems especially like a train wreck for this mess

[@trn8061]

Did you Yannick Angel win the 200m free gold in London? He took it out and controled the race. The 400m freestyle winner will have to do eactly that. In world record time. Its the best strategy for gold hands down. You need to be aggressive and they are all primed. You see it all of the time.

[@PeterHall24997]

Dude, she IS Michael Phelps

[@panner11]

The thing is Phelps is a 200m specialist that can also do 100 and 400. Summer is more of a 400m specialist who can also do 200 and 800, which is just harder and a longer distance for the same number of events. 5 events might just be too much if you're strength is longer distance.

[@greggassen5548]

Hot take: it will take a 3:38.xx to win the men's 400 free in Paris

[@chrissynsvoll8320]

The NFHS is not swimmer friendly.

[@hudsonbakke8836]

I love the crossover turn. People who can't do it are just bad. Simple skill issue.