Is This the Drama College Swimming Always Needed?

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Coleman Hodges· Host0:24

We are live. What is up, swimmers and swammers? I'm Coleman Hodges. I'm joined by SwimSwam writer, Tarrin Frodeman. Uh, and we are here on this Monday morning reacting to a pretty [laughs] juicy, uh, piece of swimming news, uh, swimming narrative that happened over the weekend. Uh, so thanks for joining us, Tarrin. Thanks for being here.

Tarrin Frodeman· Guest0:48

Happy to be here, Coleman. Thanks for having me.

Coleman Hodges· Host0:51

Yeah. So let's get right into this. Um, the... I was, I'm... I was in Norway this past weekend at the Bergen Swim Festival, uh, where there was a ton of really fast swimming. Uh, m- notably, uh, Matt King, who, who is training as a pro at Indiana right now, 47.7 in the 100 free. That's a lifetime best for him. Uh, and Matt King, he swam at Virginia for a year and a half about, um, then trained as a pro with Coley Stickels at Texas Ford Aquatics leading into the 2024 Olympics in Paris. He made the