06-09-2019, 10:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-09-2019, 12:32 PM by unclechuck.)
Thanks MT, interesting stuff. Did you note if the swimmers were competing as Stanford, or for a mixed bag of their USS teams (e.g. Santa Clara Swim Club)?
Will try to track down some of the men today out of the same curiosity. Would be a pretty fast rust-buster / shakedown meet for our new men's coach, Dan Schemmel. BTW, have not noted previously on this board the late May hiring of an assistant men's swim coach, Neil Caskey. Could have missed it, but just in case, official posting here:
https://gostanford.com/news/2019/5/23/me...askey.aspx
From his profile it seems Caskey was a mid distance freestyler and butterflier during his college career @ Texas. Couldn't ask for a better pedigree than that. The presser infers that he was responsible for distance swimmers while @ Wisconsin as an assistant coach, which would leave Schemmel the major role for strokes & sprints. This is speculation for now, and it would be much appreciated if anyone with more direct knowledge to share, does so at any time.
Caskey, as a Houston native, probably knows some of your old ponds & peers, MT.
Update: Stanford men & women swimmers both appear to be swimming as Palo Alto Stanford/Palo Alto unattached. I'd guess that this is to allow them the option of competing with a hometown or other club for outdoor nationals (and hence, on relays).
Will try to track down some of the men today out of the same curiosity. Would be a pretty fast rust-buster / shakedown meet for our new men's coach, Dan Schemmel. BTW, have not noted previously on this board the late May hiring of an assistant men's swim coach, Neil Caskey. Could have missed it, but just in case, official posting here:
https://gostanford.com/news/2019/5/23/me...askey.aspx
From his profile it seems Caskey was a mid distance freestyler and butterflier during his college career @ Texas. Couldn't ask for a better pedigree than that. The presser infers that he was responsible for distance swimmers while @ Wisconsin as an assistant coach, which would leave Schemmel the major role for strokes & sprints. This is speculation for now, and it would be much appreciated if anyone with more direct knowledge to share, does so at any time.
Caskey, as a Houston native, probably knows some of your old ponds & peers, MT.
Update: Stanford men & women swimmers both appear to be swimming as Palo Alto Stanford/Palo Alto unattached. I'd guess that this is to allow them the option of competing with a hometown or other club for outdoor nationals (and hence, on relays).