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Emerging teenager Rylee Erisman joins the podcast to talk about her eight-medal performance at last month's World Junior Championships that resulted in her qualifying for the 2025-2026 U.S. National Team and the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships roster.Send us a text

Leading into what will be the final professional meet of her career, three-time Olympian Lilly King joined Kick Set podcast to share some laughs and stories from her time in the sport.Send us a text

Just before the start of the 2025 Toyota National Championships, coach Braden Holloway joined the podcast to discuss the outlook for his NC State swimmers and the U.S. as a whole before he leads the charge as U.S. head coach at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.Send us a text

Olympic gold medalist Michael Andrew joined Kick Set Podcast at the TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale to discuss his season and the addition of 50s of stroke events to the LA28 Olympic program.Send us a text

Paris Olympian Mariah Denigan joined Kick Set podcast fresh off of her senior-year performance at NCAA Championships. She discusses what it is like swimming at that meet, as well as some insight on open water swimming and her outlook towards Open Water National Championships. Send us a text

After growing up swimming for legendary PDR Swimming coach Jim Ellis, and eventually coaching the Olympic talents of Nic Fink and Luca Urlando, University of Georgia Associate Head Coach Mike Norment has a wealth of knowledge, experiences, and stories across all levels of the sport.Send us a text

Send us a textNew U.S. National Junior Team Director Brendan Hansen shares some advice for emerging athletes and coaches on the latest episode of Kick Set podcast. Along with general swimming tips, he shares about the recent USA Swimming National Select Camp, how he came into his role as National Junior Team Director, and what his hopes are for the program and competitive future of USA Swimming.

Send us a textJust before her history-making performance at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m) in Budapest, Olympian Gretchen Walsh joined Kick Set podcast to talk about how she adjusted back to normal life following the Paris Olympics, her outlook towards 2025, and more.

Send us a textLuke Hobson joined the podcast to talk about his career at Texas, time at the Paris Olympics, Golden Goggle Awards nomination, and to give a shoutout to his coaches during Thank You Coach Month.

After capturing five medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Torri Huske joined Kick Set Podcast to talk about her Olympic experience, four Golden Goggle Awards nominations, and outlook towards the 2025 season.

Decorated swim coach Chris Plumb joins Kick Set podcast to discuss how his program has seen decades of success, tips for other coaches, and stories from his time at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. 

2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Team captains Ryan Murphy, Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil, and Nic Fink join Kick Set podcast from the team's training camp in Croatia. They share stories from their first Olympic Games experiences, advice they've shared with Olympic rookies, outlook towards the competition and more.

NBC Broadcaster, Rowdy Gaines, joined Kick Set podcast to discuss his experiences at U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming meets and his outlook towards the 2024 event. 

Renowned actress Daisy Ridley joined USA Swimming's podcast to discuss the swim training that went into filming the Disney movie, "Young Woman and the Sea." From barely being able to go a full length of a pool to shooting scenes in the frigid open water, Ridley has grown a newfound respect for swimmers and the sport in general.

In this episode of Kick Set, two-time Olympic champion Bobby Finke discusses his experiences at past U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming and the upcoming event in Indianapolis, stories from the decorated Florida training group, and more. Watch Bobby compete at the upcoming Trials this June: www.usaswimming.org/TrialsTickets.

When Nic Askew took over the Howard University swim program, the team had not won a dual meet in 15 years. Since Askew took over, he has led the team to new heights as the nation's lone Historically Black College & University (HBCU) swim team.

Fresh off the heels of her American Record in the 200-meter breaststroke, Kate Douglass joined the podcast to talk about her iconic swim, outlook for the Olympic year, passion for data analysis and more.

The Kick Set Podcast crew (hosts Matt Barbini and Elizabeth Beisel and producer Kyle Sagendorph) breaks down some of the highlights, both in and out of the pool, from 2023. They also discuss storylines to look forward to at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming and Paris Olympics.

Jack Alexy catapulted into U.S. men’s freestyle history when he posted a 47.31 at this past year’s World Championships, making him the second-fastest American in the event’s history. In this episode of Kick Set podcast, he sits down with hosts Matt Barbini and Elizabeth Beisel at the 2023 Golden Goggle Awards to discuss his incredible season and outlook towards the future 

Tokyo Olympian and U.S. National Teamer Paige Madden recently went to Santiago, Chile, for the 2023 Pan American Games. She was named one of the captains of the U.S. swim team and went on to win four medals. In this episode, she describes her experience in Chile while also talking about her difference in perspective between this upcoming Olympic cycle and the last cycle.