The latest issue of Swimming World is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! [CARMEL PHOTO BY PETER H. BICK; INSET PHOTO OF REGAN SMITH BY BECCA WYANT] Carmel On Top: Boys’ National High School Champions Indiana’s Carmel High School has long produced standout swim teams for both boys and girls, but the boys’ program has long lived in the shadow of the girls. That’s because Carmel’s girls have won an amazing 33 straight high school state championships, the longest streak in any high school sport in the United States. Nationally, Carmel has been recognized as the top overall girls’ high school team six times—including five straight years from 2013 to 2017—and the top public school team an additional five times. For the boys, meanwhile, the school has previously produced an overall national championship team in 2004 and a public school title in 2017. This year, Carmel’s boys won Swimming World’s overall boys’ national high school championships again with a 157-144 victory over Cincinnati’s Sycamore High School. St. Xavier, also from Cincinnati, was the top independent school, scoring 97 points for fifth place overall. This was the first national team title in Chris Plumb’s tenure as head coach. Plumb remembers hearing mutterings that “Carmel can’t coach boys,” but that narrative has vanished in recent years. “When I first started at Carmel, it definitely was a sore subject with the boys,” Plumb said. “I think over time, I’ve tried to turn it into a friendly rivalry, to see who can score the most points at the meet or who can score higher. Now, we’re trying to use it as a friendly rivalry to see who can do better and allow us to push each other.” Swimming World also features 2019 FINA World Championships coverage this month. To read more about Carmel High School’s 2019 National Champions, check out the full September 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now! Get Swimming World Magazine and Swimming World Biweekly FREE When You Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Want More? Subscribe With This Special 2-Year Offer! New! 1-Year Digital Only Subscription for just $39.95 Order Now! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue For Only $5.94 FEATURES 016 TEST RUN FOR TOKYO by Craig Lord, John Lohn and David Rieder With the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo a year away, this summer’s World Championships, July 21-28, in Gwangju, South Korea was a global meet of watersheds, with pioneers refusing to yield to youth and youth seizing their day to overtake pioneers. It also served as confirmation that we live in a new age of longevity and strong dynasties. 18th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MINI-FEATURES: 018 CAELEB DRESSEL: ALWAYS STRIVING TO GET BETTER AND FASTER 020 ADAM PEATY: MAKING “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE” POSSIBLE 021 REGAN SMITH: SUDDENLY, AN OLYMPIC FAVORITE 022 KATIE LEDECKY: DESPITE ILLNESS, LEDECKY REMAINS CONFIDENT 024 DOPING: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY 026 RISING TO TOKYO 028 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PHOTO GALLERY 030 EMERGING FROM THE SHADOWS by David Rieder The Carmel High School girls swimming team has won six national titles in the last nine years. But at the end of the 2018-19 season—and after finishing national runner-up the last two years—it was the Carmel boys who seized the spotlight as the best swimming team in the country. 033 SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE’S BOYS’ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS MOCK HEAT SHEET by Bob Klapthor 035 REPEAT CHAMPIONS by Dan D’Addona Coach Polly Linden’s Harpeth Hall (Tenn.) swimmers have dominated the last two Swimming World girls’ national high school championships, winning by 35 points last year and nearly 50 this year over Santa Margarita Catholic, 168 to 118.5. 038 SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE’S GIRLS’ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS MOCK HEAT SHEET by Bob Klapthor 042 MENTAL PREP: BEFORE THE BEEP WITH NATALIE COUGHLIN by Shoshanna Rutemiller COACHING 010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: PHIL MORIARTY by Michael J. Stott 014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: RISK FACTORS FOR SHOULDER INJURY IN SWIMMING by Rod Havriluk The most common risk factors for shoulder problems are overuse, muscular imbalances and harmful technique. Fortunately, there are also options to minimize risk. 044 SPECIAL SETS: EARLY AGE GROUP TRAINING—GETTING STARTED by Michael J. Stott Megan Hughes, an Aquajets Swim Team lead age group coach, offers insight on what a youngster with some summer league success can expect when deciding to try a year-round program. 046 KNOWING THE BASICS OF AGE GROUP SWIMMING by Michael J. Stott Here’s everything parents need to know about age group swimming. 051 Q&A WITH COACH ALICIA KEMNITZ by Michael J. Stott 052 HOW THEY TRAIN: JESSICA MACDONALD by Michael J. Stott TRAINING 013 DRYSIDE TRAINING: FALL STRENGTH—BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION by J.R. Rosania JUNIOR SWIMMER 049 GOLDMINDS: NEVER SAY NEVER by Wayne Goldsmith When success doesn’t come easily or early—relax! Success will come if you give everything you have to the achievement of your goals, and if you work tirelessly to be all you can be. 055 UP & COMERS: TRISTAN PRAGNELL by Shoshanna Rutemiller COLUMNS 008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT 009 BEYOND THE YARDS 040 THE OFFICIAL WORD 041 MOMS AT MEETS 054 HASTY HIGH POINTERS 056 GUTTERTALK 057 PARTING SHOT |