Inside with Brett Hawke

#150 Bill Pilczuk

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Pilczuk is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Bill is the reigning NA...

#149 Kim Vandenberg

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Vandenberg won an Olympic bronze medal as part of Team USA's 4x200 Free Relay at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She qualified and swam at 5 straight U...

#148 Todd DeSorbo

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Todd DeSorbo is the Head Coach of the Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Virginia. The UVA Women just took home...

#147 Roland Schoeman

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Roland Schoeman is a 4-time Olympian from South Africa. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Roland won a Bronze (50 Free), a Silver (100 Free), and a Gold...

#146 Sarah Dunleavy

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Dunleavy is currently the college recruiting director for the Sierra Marlins Swim Team. Sarah's collegiate experience includes stints at Kentuck...

NCAA's with Cathy Durden (CAL) & Maxime Rooney (TX)

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A special episode talking about NCAA Division I Swimming Championships featuring Cathy Durden (Senior VP of Fan Acquisition for Cal Men's Swimming) an...

#145 Chad Le Clos

22 Mar 2021

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Chad Le Clos is one of the greatest racers of our lifetime. At 20 years old, he shocked the world by taking down Michael Phelps in the 200 Fly at the ...

#144 Bill Kirby

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Kirby is an Olympic gold medal winning swimmer from Australia. He was part of the 4x200 Free Relay that won in 2000. They broke that relay's Worl...

#143 Arthur Albiero

15 Mar 2021

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Arthur Albiero has been the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Louisville since 2003. When he took t...

#142 Teri McKeever

11 Mar 2021

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Teri McKeever is in the 29th year of being the Head Coach of the Women's Swimming & Diving Team at the University of California. She served as the...

#141 Zach Apple

08 Mar 2021

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Zach Apple is one of Team USA's premier 50/100/200 Freestylers. He won the 100 and 200 Free at the World University Games in 2019 and was part of Team...

#140 Sarah Sjöström

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Swedish superstar Sarah Sjöström is the reigning Olympic Champion in the Women's 100 Butterfly.    00:00 Introduction  01:30 How's th...

#139 Dr. Gary Hall Sr.

01 Mar 2021

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Dr. Gary Hall Sr. won 3 Olympic medals (2 Silvers, 1 Bronze) in 3 different individual events (400 IM, 200 Fly, 100 Fly) at 3 consecutive Olympics (19...

#138 Chris Fydler

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Fydler is a 20x Australian National Champion, 3x Olympian, and Olympic Champion. He was one of the four Australians strumming guitars after beat...

#137 Trevor Freeland

22 Feb 2021

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Trevor Freeland grew up in Philadelphia swimming for Jim Ellis and PDR (the Philadelphia Department of Recreation or Pride, Determination, Resilience)...

#136 Ray Looze

18 Feb 2021

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Ray Looze is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at Indiana University. He's been a mainstay on Team USA's coaching st...

#135 Chris Plumb

15 Feb 2021

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Chris Plumb is the Head Coach of Carmel Swim Club & Carmel High School where they have won 35 straight girls state championships and 19 boys state...

#134 Mine Kasapoglu

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mine Kasapoglu is a sports photographer from Turkey trying to capture moments that make your heart skip a beat. She's been to the last 9 Olympics! &nb...

#133 Liliana Ibáñez

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Liliana Ibáñez is a 2x Olympic swimmer from Mexico. She holds National Records in the 50/100/200 Free -- both in SCM and LCM. Lili is one of those p...

#132 Abbie Fish

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Abbie Fish is the owner and founder of Swim Like A. Fish. Abbie is a virtual swim coach and stroke technique guru for swimmers all around the world. S...

#131 Eric Shanteau

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Shanteau is a 2x Olympian, World Champion swimmer, and cancer destroyer. He also holds the American Record for Most Times Getting 3rd at US ...

#130 Jordan Wilimovsky

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Wilimovsky is one of America's top distance swimmers in both the pool and open water. At the 2016 Olympics he placed 4th in the 1500 and 5th in...

#129 Ben Fisher

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last week Ben Fisher, a UC Santa Barbara Swimming alum, penned an open letter to Klete Keller that was shared on both Swimming World Magazine and Swim...

#128 Ky Hurst

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ky Hurst is a superior endurance athlete. Olympic swimmer, Australian Ironman Champion, and grinder for the America's Cup Challenge. This episode is s...

#127 Ranomi Kromowidjojo

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a 3x Olympic gold medalist from the Netherlands. At the 2012 London Games, she swept the Women's 50 and 100 Freestyles. Now, at...

#126 Bruno Fratus

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brazilian Bruno Fratus has been one of swimming's most consistent sprint freestylers. He's broken 22 seconds in the 50 LCM Freestyle 81 times in his c...

#125 Joseph Schooling

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joseph Schooling, hailing from Singapore, is the reigning Olympic Champion in the 100 Fly. He will defend his title in Tokyo. Currently, he is back tr...

#124 Michael Andrew

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Andrew set over 100 NAG Records as an age group swimmer. He turned pro at just 14 years old and won his first World Championship in the 100 IM...

#123 Erica Beine

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Erica Beine is a personal nutritionist, previously spending 13 years coaching college swimming at Purdue, Maryland, and Wisconsin - Milwaukee.  N...

#122 Jason Calanog

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Calanog is the Associate Head Coach of the Men's Swimming & Diving team at Texas A&M University.  His prior experience included tim...

#121 Nick Folker

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Folker is the Assistant Swimming Coach at the University of Hawaii. As an athlete, he represented South Africa at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.&...

#120 Greg Meehan

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Meehan is the 2020 U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming Head Coach. He is also the Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming at Stanford Univers...

#119 Garrett McCaffrey

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Garrett McCaffrey is the Head Coach of Phoenix Swim Club and one of the original founders of Swim Swam.  This episode is sponsored by DESTRO SWIM...

#118 Cody Simpson

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cody Simpson is an Australian musician, artist, and swimmer.  Over the past 5 months he has been training with Brett at a country club pool outsi...

#117 Penny Oleksiak

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Penny Oleksiak, at just 16 years old, tied Simone Manuel for gold at the Rio Olympics in the 100 Free. She also earned silver for her performance in t...

#116 Dr. Jordan Anderson

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jordan Anderson is a Rhodes Scholar and 2x member of NCAA Swimming & Diving Champion, Auburn University. He is currently at Brigham And Women'...

#115 Staciana Winfield

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Staciana Winfield is an Olympic gold medal winner, a PE teacher, a yogini, a longtime spokesperson for the Children's Alopecia Project, Dave Denniston...

#114 Ozzie Quevedo

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ozzie Quevedo is the Associate Head Coach at the University of Alabama. He was born and raised in Venezuela, and swam for his country in the 2000 Olym...

#113 Jeremy Kipp

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Kipp is the Head Coach for the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Southern California.  Subscribe, Review,...

#112 Keenan Robinson

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Keenan Robinson is the Director of Sports Medicine and Science at USA Swimming. Dryland Development for Club Swimmers by Keenan Robinson Enjoy! Subscr...

#111 George Bovell

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

George Bovell is a 5x Olympian from Trinidad & Tobago. In 2004, he earned a Bronze medal in the 200 IM.  This episode is brought to you by Aq...

#110 Gary Hall Jr.

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Hall Jr. is 3x Olympian with 10 Olympic medals including back-to-back wins in the 50 Free (2000 and 2004). This episode is brought to you by Aqua...

IWBH ISL Show #11 with Lenny Krayzelburg and David Marsh

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett welcomes the GM (Lenny Krayzelburg) and Head Coach (David Marsh) of the LA Current for one final interview before the final meet of the 2nd Seas...

#109 Filippo Magnini

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Filippo Magnini is a two-time World Champion in the 100 Free (2005 and 2007) and Olympic Bronze medalist as part of Italy's 4x200 Free Relay in 2004. ...

#108 Sabir Muhammad

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sabir Muhammad is a World Championship medalist and breaker of 10 American Records. How did a young black kid from a tough Atlanta neighborhood become...

#107 Milo Cavic

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Milo Cavic is the former World Record holder in the 100 Fly -- in both LCM and SCM. He swam in 4 Olympics for Serbia (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012). He won ...

IWBH ISL Show #10 with Pullbuoy aka Steve Buckley

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett welcomes the host of the London Roar podcast, Steve Buckley, better known as Pullbuoy, to talk about this weekend's ISL meets. He is a must...

#106 Tom Luchsinger

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Luchsinger is a former US National Team member who won the 200 Fly at US Nationals in 2013. He was an All-American for the University of North Car...

#105 David Plummer

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Plummer won Bronze in the 100 Backstroke at the 2016 Rio Olympics. His path to get there was an uncommonly long one. At US Olympic Trials in 200...

#104 Bart Kizierowski

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bart is a 4-time Olympic swimmer (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) from Poland.  This episode is brought to you by Aquavolo, the inventor of Drag Sox, one...

#103 Pernille Blume

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pernille Blume, from Denmark, is the reigning Olympic Champion in the Women's 50 Freestyle.  This episode is brought to you by Aquavolo, the inve...

IWBH ISL Show #9 with Dave Salo

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett welcomes the Head Coach of the ISL's Tokyo Frog Kings, Dave Salo! This episode is brought to you by Aquavolo, the inventor of Drag Sox, one of m...

#102 Russell Mark

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Russell Mark has been with USA Swimming for 18 years. Officially he is the National Team High Performance Manager at USA Swimming aka one of the world...

IWBH ISL Show #8 with Fernando Scheffer & Santiago Grassi

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett welcomes Fernando Scheffer and Santiago Grassi to the show. ISL Teams, Coaches, and Rosters: Aqua Centurions Energy Standard Cali Condors DC...

#101 Florent Manaudou

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Florent Manaudou is the 2012 Olympic Champion in the Men's 50 Freestyle. Anthony Ervin clipped him in 2016 to mess up his bid to win back-to-back Olym...

IWBH ISL Show #7 with Abbey Weitzeil & Alyssa Marsh

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett speaks with a couple of the LA Current's sprint stars, Abbey Weitzeil & Alyssa Marsh! ISL Week 3 (all times are Eastern) Sat. Oct 31 – Sun...

#100 Alexander Popov

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Russian Rocket stops by for the 2nd time. See Episode #050 for Part 1. This time around Brett and Alex talk about the unfortunate passing of his m...

IWBH ISL Show #6 with Mark Foster

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett speaks with swimming legend and on-deck ISL interviewer, Mark Foster! Sat. Oct 24 – Sun. Oct. 25 6-8 AM Sat 12-2 PM Sun Aqua Centurions Tokyo ...

#099 Aaron Peirsol & Jack Roach

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Peirsol won 29 international gold medals, 5 at the Olympics. He dominated the stroke throughout the first decade of the new millennium before go...

IWBH ISL Show #5 with Andrew Seliskar and Marcelo Chierighini

24 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett sits down with the LA Current's Andrew Seliskar and Aqua Centurian Marcelo Chierighini after Day 1 of Meet 2 of the second season of the ISL. Sa...

#098 Bob Groseth

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Groseth has been coaching for longer than Brett has been alive. He, in fact, started his swimming education under Doc Counsilman, as the manager o...

IWBH ISL Show #4 with Kim Brackin and Aly Tetzloff

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett speaks with the LA Current's Kim Brackin and Aly Tetzloff before the start of the 2nd week of competition.  Sat. Oct 24 – Sun. Oct. 25 6-...

#097 Deano Gladstone

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Deano Gladstone is a professional lifeguard on Bondi Beach in Australia. You can watch him save lives on the hit reality TV show, Bondi Rescue. This e...

IWBH ISL Show #3 with The Swimsuit Guy, Sonny Trigg

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett speaks with Sonny Trigg, The Swimsuit Guy, after the conclusion of the first weekend of ISL competition. Week 1:   Energy Standard, Cali Co...

#096 Massimiliano Rosolino

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Massimiliano Rosolino, from Italy, is the Olympic Champion in the 200 IM at the 2000 Sydney Games.   He also won Silver in the 400 Free behi...

IWBH ISL Show #2 with Ryan Murphy and Béryl Gastaldello

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett speaks with the LA Current's Ryan Murphy and Béryl Gastaldello after the conclusion of the first day of ISL competition.  Week 1:  En...

#095 Tyler McGill

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tyler McGill is the Head Coach of the City of Opelika Swim Team. He most recently was an Assistant Coach at Auburn University, his alma mater from 201...

IWBH ISL Show #1 with Lenny Krayzelburg and David Marsh

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett speaks with the LA Current's Lenny Krayzelburg and David Marsh before the start of the 2nd season of the International Swimming League (ISL). We...

#094 Chuck Batchelor

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chuck Batchelor is the Head Coach of the Bluefish Swim Team in Massachusetts. Bluefish is known for producing top level 400 IMers; most notably, Olymp...

#093 Helen Yee

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Yee is the founder of Eyes On The Game and can be found on The SchmoZone every Thursday.  "Every week Dave ‘The Schmo’ Schmulenson and ...

#092 João de Lucca

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

João de Lucca has hung up his swim suit for his family and future in coaching. But before he did that, he won back-to-back NCAA titles in the Men's 2...

#091 Bob Bowman

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Bowman is the Head Coach of Arizona State University's Swimming & Diving Team. Coach Bowman served as Team USA's Head Olympic Swimming Coach f...

#090 Zane Waddell

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zane Waddell, from South Africa, is the reigning World Champion in the Men's 50 Backstroke. COVID-19 messed up his last opportunity to break 20 second...

#089 Jodie Henry

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jodie Henry is a 3x Olympic Champion. She won the 100 Free at the 2004 Athens Olympics and was part of both of Australia's winning relays (4x100 Free ...

#088 Fred Bousquet

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Bousquet was the first man to break 19 in the 50 SCY Free as well as the first man to break 21 in the 50 LCM Free. He was, without a doubt, one o...

#087 Jason Lezak

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Lezak got kicked off the UCSB swim team in the middle of his Junior year. A decade later he split 46.0 on the back of Team USA's 4x100 Free Rela...

#086 Save Tribe Swimming

26 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

William & Mary is considered one of the most prestigious academic schools in the country. You may have heard of some of their famous alumni... Tho...

#085 Jonty Skinner

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonty Skinner didn't get to swim at the 1976 Olympics because South Africa was banned. But a few weeks after the Olympics ended, he broke Jim Montgome...

#083 James Guy

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

James Guy, World Champion and Olympic medalist from Great Britain, swings in for a chat. They talk about Kosuke Hagino, 200 Free race strategy, and lo...

#082 Katie McLaughlin

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Katie McLaughlin is one of USA's top swimmers in the 100 and 200 Fly and Free. She's currently swimming for the LA Current of the International Swimmi...

#081 Mel Marshall

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mel Marshall is the Head Coach of the London Roar. Adam Peaty, Luke Greenbank, and now Anna Hopkin swim under Mel's guidance at Loughborough Universit...

#080 Maddy Banic

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Maddy "Mad Dog"  Banic is a professional swimmer for Energy Standard. She is an 18x NCAA All American from the University of Tennessee and s...

#079 Emma McKeon

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emma McKeon individually won Bronze in the 200 Free at the Rio Olympics. She's won Gold on relays in the Olympics, at World Championships, Pan Pacs, a...

#078 Maxime Rooney

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Maxime Rooney is one of the world's top swimmers in both the 100/200 Free and 100/200 Fly. He recently transferred from Florida to Texas but unfortuna...

#077 Mel Stewart

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The 1992 Barcelona Olympic Champion in the 200 Fly. One of the Founders of Swim Swam. Better known as GOLD MEDAL MEL.  Bring me back to Gastonia,...

#076 Maggie MacNeil

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Maggie MacNeil, the 2019 World Champion in the Women's 100 Butterfly stops in for a chat.  Maggie shot to stardom by defeating Sarah Sjostrom (an...

#075 Dave Rollins interviews Brett

06 Sep 2020

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The Head Coach of Florida Gulf Coast University, Dave Rollins, turns the microphone around on Brett in this episode. Other than the podcast, what else...

#074 Gregorio Paltrinieri

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The reigning Olympic Champion in the 1500 Free, Gregorio Paltrinieri sits down on holiday to chat with Brett about his career, his recent 14:33 mile, ...

#073 Kyle Chalmers

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Chalmers is a massive Kevin Durant fan. He is also the reigning Olympic Champion in the Men's 100 Free. He was just 18 years old at the Rio Olymp...

#072 Mark Bernardino

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Coach Mark Bernardino's teams at UVA captured 27 ACC titles. At South Carolina, six of his swimmers won individual events at SEC's. Now at NC Sta...

#071 Josh Prenot

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Prenot won the Silver medal in the 200 Breast at the 2016 Rio Olympics.  What's practice looking like right now? It's hard to substitute swi...

#070 Susie O'Neill

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Susie O'Neill is one of Australia's most successful Olympians. Madame Butterfly won a Bronze (Barcelona), Gold (Atlanta), and Silver (Sydney) over 3 O...

#069 Mallory Comerford

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mallory Comerford is a 14 time World Champion and intricate part of Team USA's relay teams. An individual NCAA Champion for the University of Louisvil...

#068 Dan Kowalski

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Kowalski is one of those legendary distance swimmers hailing from Australia. He showed tremendous range at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics by winning Si...

#067 Kathleen Baker

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Baker won Gold (leading off the 4x100 Medley Relay) and Silver (100 Back) in Rio but her favorite event, by far, is the 200 IM. Brett and Kat...

#066 Femke Heemskerk

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brett welcomes the Netherlands' Femke Heemskerk!  A veteran sprinter (she will be 32 next month), Femke has topped the podium at every level. She...

#065 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Arianna is a 3x Olympian from the Bahamas.  In 2011, as a Junior at Auburn University, she won NCAA titles in both the 50 and 100 Freestyle. She ...

#064 Nathan Adrian

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Olympic Champion. Cal Golden Bear. Small business owner. NATHAN ADRIAN! They speak about... Purchasing Ann Curtis' swim school with former teamma...

#063 Richard Scarce

07 Aug 2020

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Brett welcomes Coach Richard Scarce, Head Coach at Bond University and one of Australia's legendary coaches. Subscribe, Review, Share! Apple Google S...

#062 Luca Dotto

05 Aug 2020

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Today Brett welcomes Italian Olympian and sprint freestyler, LUCA DOTTO! Luca is the Italian record holder in the 100 Free and first one under 48. He ...