Fitter and Faster Coaches Corner

Josh Runkle is the Head Coach & Aquatic Director of New Trier High School Boy’s Varsity Swimming, in the Greater Chicago area. In this episode of the Fitter & Faster Coaches Corner, Josh discusses some of the things that have led his program to unprecedented success, culminating in both individual & team state titles.

The Varsity Swimming Season is unique, find some ideas on how to plan your scholastic season, incorporating weight training, dryland, resistance, and working with power towers, buckets, etc…

Coach Runkle will guide you through how he and the staff at New Trier collaborate to create a program that’s fun, fast, and always evolving. Over the past 2 years, Josh has been a featured speaker at both the ASCA & NISCA clinics, his passion for the sport is palpable and we are honored to share this episode with you!

Head Coach of the Westchester Aquatic Club, Carle Fierro has worked with every level of competitive swimming. Carle has coached Over 100 National Age Group Ranked athletes, Including 16 Number 1 National Age Group Swimmers!

Coach Carle’ was one of 13 Women in the United States Invited by USA Swimming to attend the USA Swimming Women’s Leadership and National Team Coaches Summit. Over the last decade, her Swimmers have Set 110 Metropolitan Swimming Age Group Swimming Records and Westchester Swimmers have Set 7 USA Swimming National Age Group Records!

In this episode of Coaches Corner, Fierro discusses the significance of teaching correct technique, and why it’s so important to focus on every detail, following a progression that your swimmers understand and enjoy. Don’t miss this episode!

2008-2009, 2013-2014, 2015-2016 Metropolitan Swimming “Age Group Coach of the Year”

Emily Melina is the Head Coach of the Lake Oswego Swim Club in Oregon. Over the past several years Coach Melina has tirelessly worked in governance at both the LSC & USA Swimming House of Delegates, as well as continued the development of the highly successful Lake Oswego program. Emily has led athletes to USA Swimming national rankings, Olympic Trials, World Top 100 designations and numerous top 10 team finishes at the Speedo Sectional, Futures and Far Western Championships.In this episode, Emily and host Mike Murray discuss the latest USA Swimming House of Delegates proposals as they relate to Coaches, as well as jump into the future for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, highlighting why representation is so critical for the growth of the sport as a whole.Emily talks about her experiences working with and swimming for some of the greatest coaches in history, including Cyndi Gallagher, Greg Meehan, and Jay Brenner. Don't miss this fantastic episode!

Coach Davidson talks about his commitment to speed and power while maintaining a strong aerobic base, and how his training got Hunter Armstrong to the Olympic Games.

CEO of the American Swim Coaches Association, Jennifer LaMont, explains her passion for helping coaches excel. She also touches on the upcoming ASCA World Clinic coming up in Orlando this September.

Coach Mike dives deep into the 2021 Olympic games and asks 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, Tyler Clary, for some of his insights on these exciting races we have coming up!

Coach Ira Klein gives some great insight into everyone being able to train AND compete in the IM events. He even dives into some of his different training methods and sets that have given him a lot of success.

Coach Lanzo talks about the importance of club coaching for USA Swimming and the journey of taking Kieren Smith to the Olympics

Coach Clemmer dives deep into his upbringing in the coaching world. Ranging from learn to swim programs, all the way up to Olympic Swimmers. He talks about the importance of IM and distance based training

Abi Liu talks about her journey of growing up in China, and how that has impacted her career as a coach and building relationships in the United States