MANTA RAYS RETURN FROM OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER

ZOE THATCHER SELECTED FOR USA SWIMMING NATIONAL SELECT CAMP

Every year, USA Swimming brings sixty of the top USA Swimming member athletes in the nation for a once-in-a-lifetime camp experience. Thirty male and thirty female athletes are selected to participate this prestigious camp.  The fastest two eligible athletes in each event are invited. 

Zoe Thatcher, 16, was selected based off her long course mile (1500m) performance this past summer.  During the camp, Zoe learned about post race recovery, drug and supplement rules, psychological training skills, nutrition, race strategy and more.  Zoe met lots new friends, heard inspiring talks from Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol, and learned what it meant to be a part of TEAM USA.

USA Swimming also invites each of the selected swimmers' coach to the camp.  Therefore, Coach Ken was able to attend the camp as well.  There was a separate educational track for all of the coaches while the USA National team coaches work with the athletes. Topics for coaches included Mental skills; race analysis; biomechanical tools for the coach; introduction to video analysis; testing programs for physiology; nutrition; drug testing responsibilities.

For more information about the USA Swimming Select Camps, please click here.