Texas Speed Practice, The Eddie Reese Invite: Gold Medal Minute presented by SwimOutlet.com

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The University of Texas Swimming and Diving team is one of the greatest collegiate programs of all-time, and that fact was never more evident than last Friday when I witnessed practice.

I've known Longhorns Head Coach Eddie Reese just shy of 30 years, and he was my Olympic coach back in 1992, so a call from him is always nice, but when he invites you to practice, that's a great call!

Last Friday's session was one big test set, known as The Eddie Reese Invite:

- 600 IM, 600 free

- 300 IM, 300 of each stroke

- 150 IM, 150 of each stroke

- 100 IM, 100 of each stroke

- 50 of each stroke

The Longhorn Men had to swim at least 4 times fast. They suited-up and Associate Head Coach Kris Kubik was the starter…and my color analyst. (Watch out Rowdy Gaines. Kubik is A-list!)

Jack Conger was clearly a highlight. His 2:38 300 yard backstroke was flawless. Based on that swim, I think Cal's Ryan Murphy is on notice. I can't wait to see them face-off at NCAA Champs in the 2-back.

Joe Schooling isn't suffering any college-freshman-blues. His 2:43 300 yard butterfly was impressive, going sub 55 on his last 100, and in his 150 yard fly he was 47.9 on the way to a 1:14.

I tried to captured every swim, but it was just me behind the camera. Sorry. Lesson learned. Next time I get the call from Eddie, I'm bringing backup.

Many thanks to the Longhorns for the inviting SwimSwam down to film.

This is a Gold Medal Media production presented by SwimOutlet.com. Host Gold Medal Mel Stewart is a 3-time Olympic medalist and the co-founder of SwimSwam.com.

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Thursday this is this message mouth
if you're bored now we come down to
practice on Friday could be interested
it was interesting and fast it was a
descending speed set all off the blocks
suited up
600 I am 600 free 300 I am 300 of each
stroke 150 IM 150 feet road 100 IM 100
of each stroke fifties all strokes
they apparently do this every year and
this practice is unofficially known as
the a recent fight
take your mark get your take your heart
400 free the best time we've had and 526
and we're gonna do
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they're gonna go wait found
traditionally speaking we have a two
days
try me
michigan and indiana we've done for
years and years years
Friday we've got a regular to me one
second of all you want to thank you
is this year we decided
we have only two
any reason by two days I'm happy and
family order on friday and second half
on Saturday get those teams and we have
an opening our schedule in mid-november
without meat need race
so this aside or a little interest in
fighting sort of us
the squad that was going
engine light anytime we have an off your
brain and get away from this training
day in and day out it's not we
there's always people who are racers and
his people who are trainers
in an ideal world that can emerge and
they train and race and so this gives an
opportunity for those who are racist
step up and those were training training
of trainers to find out where they're at
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48 50
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more bitter than one
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is going to be really times that size
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nice
yeah
really been able to push it to back in a
speedo too hard i've been you been
lifting a lot on this year along with
keeping up the intensity of training so
I think things are really starting to
look good and set themselves up nicely
for a month now invite
a lot for just one administering a
brushstroke know you're so lame three is
brett ringle who's a freshman from
in south lake area of gallons is
primarily 5803 scholar but
we do a distance day and he just
thousand free and get three dolphins up
for every wall and i'm told mail will do
that if every well here and so far he's
sticking to it and he sent the 150 and
160 Nate
so we shall see we're going to check the
kitchen
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for I know I got goose bumps under the
morning pretty good night
if you think
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accounts make a label them
explain what happened has been changed
definitely been a change in the order of
events because any reason apparently can
be brought by people who are swimming
fast and
we're scrapping a hundred Life hundred
bag hundred breast hundred three and
going straight into the 15 so the cycle
that was supposed to be 300 150 150 has
become 301 5050
we dropped a hundred
people are happy probably leave on that
note on a friday hopefully we're happy
after 50 as well and it's a good thing
probably for all the fast ones thus far
jack conger is coming out of the
backstroke area of swimming and his
challenge shows up to a 50 fly
I don't have my opinion how that's going
to turn out what you think
Joseph is
really good is a really good kicker but
they will race it'll be fun
so on this side of the pool for my I've
is Cooper who was a senior in six his
sophomore Jack Conner except volunteer
to do this by the way supposed to be the
max recycling wants to race and 9700
schooling is our freshman
so here we go 50 block
sliced up playing
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the rumor on the deck is that Joe and
Jack are going to swim off your tie and
fifty times
where we going on 20 . I'm needs a fix
for Malta
it's
fast good no matter who you are where
you are just coming but it's very
calming no comment no comment
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finish it was still fast
we're going to 50 back now
yeah let's go yes we are
let's go we do this meet
because there is a hole in the schedule
but also to find out where we are
so we make them swim three or four
events and all hard and hopefully it
comes out like this
we know we've had a great october and
november training we've got our invite
coming up and we got a number of people
would like to make cuts there and I want
to find out where they are and as you
can see they have fun with it
fun and fast nothing like it it was a
lot of fun
there's nothing wrong have a party fun
especially after a long week school
and we going to the weekend so well done
by the guys were having a free shakes
one time being you're coming on
yeah
no we're going to fix you back now
yeah let's go yes we are
let's go
no comment no comment
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