It’s still pretty hard for us to believe how our snarky little swim blog has blown up since we created it, but it has.
We constantly have to remind ourselves that there are more people than just us visiting and reading our words.
So, today is the 2nd Birthday of the Swim Aids website. That’s right! We’ve been around for 2 years now! We can hardly believe it! The sport of swimming has a great and loyal fanbase as part of its community and we continue to be amazed by the wonderful people we’ve come into contact with. We hope that never ends! Great people; all of you! So if you see a Swim Aid at a meet, don’t be afraid to come say hello. We love meeting new people!
Thanks to everyone for their support and continuing to visit and contribute. We really do appreciate it and we see you. Here’s to another great year of keepin’ it real!
P.S. There was a special picture we took in our Omaha hotel lobby before I left in the wee hours of the night. It’s very relevant to this post. But I don’t have it. Kiwi does. So if you want to see it, she has to add it. I’m not sure I’d hold my breath if I were y’all
**Pictures**
Made of toothpicks and candy stolen from the hotel restaurant. We are creative like that!
This is mostly for the visitors who don’t know what’s up. You’ll all be that much more informed and well-versed on what I do and who I am. That way you don’t register to comment and say things that piss me off. You don’t want to see me mad. Trust.
I thought I’d add a little wintery effect to our home on the interweb. Mostly because of how the warm weather Swim Aids always claim they want snow. (They don’t. They don’t realize you have to drive in it.) So here is their snow. It’s much better this way. Trust me.
Anyway, sorry we are boring again. Lots of training trips about to kick into gear, so not a lot of news.
A few of us will be congregating in H-Town for NYE, so that should be crazy. Don’t expect us to post much evidence of our shenanigans on here. Could be very incriminating. And we don’t need that, do we?
College football bowl season is upon us. So, that’s what’s been occupying most of my freetime. I’m not going to lie.
It was recently brought to my attention that there was a male swimmer, at Nationals, who was rocking the most amazing and amusing swim cap ever.
I still don’t really remember this, but I won’t say why. That’s none of y’alls business! What happens in the stands during swim trips, stays in the stands!
Anyway, our very own Erika went and found a picture in the hopes that it would jog my memory. It really didn’t. Apparently, we all thought it was the funniest thing we’d ever seen! I’m told we went so far as to figure out said swimmer’s identity (no, we don’t remember anymore), and plotted to create a website for him just because he wore that awesome swim cap. We’ve created website for swimmers for even more bizarre reasons than that. Trust me.
I wish I was kidding with this story, but I’m not. I told y’all we were crazy. Maybe now you’ll believe me!
Anyway, Erika has dubbed this fine young lad her “boyfriend” and thought everyone would enjoy a laugh at our expense, because really, that what’s we’re here for!
It was a year ago that the Swim Aids were emancipated from evil. And that’s pretty much all we have to say about that. The Swim Aids know what this post signifies. Here’s to many more drama free years girls!
Score another accurate prediction for the Swim Aids!
Speedo sent this over today, so we thought we’d post and share with the world!
SPEEDO®, the top-selling swimwear brand in the world, today announced a four-year contract with 22-year-old sprint star Ben Wildman-Tobriner. Earlier this year, Wildman-Tobriner burst onto the international scene swimming a 21.88 in the 50m free to win gold and his first-ever world title at the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne in March. In August, Wildman-Tobriner improved upon that time winning the U.S. National Title in the 50m free with a time of 21.80, just missing the American Record by four-one-hundredths of a second. The agreement, which runs through 2010, is designed to help Wildman-Tobriner reach his goals in the water while also supporting his charitable efforts.
Wildman-Tobriner decided to postpone medical school and turn pro following an accomplished collegiate swim career at Stanford University, where he graduated with a degree in biomechanical engineering. At the 2007 NCAA Swimming Championships in Minneapolis, just two weeks before Melbourne, Wildman-Tobriner set a new American Record in the 50 yard free with a time of 18.87. He is aiming to make his first-ever Olympic team in 2008 and will enter next summer’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials as a favorite in the hotly contested 50m free.
Wildman-Tobriner is represented by David Arluck, President and CEO of Arluck Promotions Inc.; the company also represents veteran sprint star and fellow Team SPEEDO® member Gary Hall Jr. Continue Reading »
The “dead period” of the swimming world is coming to a close and around here, and we Swim Aids couldn’t be more thrilled! No seriously!
The college season is beginning and look for us to discuss it a LOT this year. Especially with our never-ending support for the boys up in Ann Arbor. They are gonna tear shit up this year. You just wait!
Kiwi’s gonna be all over the place where Stanford is concerned, starting with this weekend’s Alumni meet. Carrie’s going to show us how her school represents for the Summit League (formerly known as the Mid-Continent Conference). And I’m going to continue my love affair with OSU’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion. I don’t really care who is actually competing. I’ll cover it just because of that amazing facility. We’re going to think of other things for the rest of the Swim Aids to do. Three of them are in Texas, so we’re likely going to make them stalk the Longhorns whenever/wherever possible. You know how it is.
The Golden Goggle nominations are going to be coming out within the next week. No doubt we’ll have fun with those, as well as the event itself. Should get some of our random questions answered without having to ask ourselves. *cough*
The 2007-08 World Cup Circuit is about to kick into gear too. Although I missed it not being around last year, it’s not like any of us could have seen any of the meets. The US gave up its rights to host a stop after the 2006 competition in New York. Bummer.
Then a couple of us are looking forward (hopefully) to a trip to Hotlanta for the inaugural Short Course Nationals.
See? It’ll all be better soon! Of course, I don’t know if swimming will be able to successfully steal me back from this year’s football insanity. It’s got me in on lockdown!
It’s still pretty hard for us to believe how our snarky little swim blog has blown up since we created it, but it has.
