Liz Rosenthal
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Aug 26, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Swimswam
- Top 50K sites
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- Jul 28, 2026
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Every Swim Bag Has a Story: Three Swim Bag Vignettes (opens the original)
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What’s in your swim bag? We asked. You answered. What’s in Your Swim Bag? The Stories Behind the Stuff Of course, there are the essentials. Caps, goggles, suits and such. But what we discovered is that a swim bag can tell us more about its owner than we ever expected. In this case, three swim bags tell three stories: What we carry. What we leave behind. And what we’re working toward. Masters swimmer. Coach. Record holder. Apparently prepared for anything. His swim bag inventory is more like a tr
Old School vs. High School: A Former NCAA Champion Comes Out of Retirement to Race His Son (opens the original)
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The teenagers stretching behind the blocks at the Florida Summer Area 5 Championship last month were quietly smiling and pointing at the “old guy” behind the blocks. What those kids didn’t know was that the “old guy” behind the blocks was Michael Gilliam, a two-time NCAA champion, three-time SEC champion, 2001 SEC Swimmer of the Year, former American record holder and the fifth member of a University of Tennessee swimming family that has accumulated a combined 41 All-American honors. Despite his
Summer Brothers: Racing Through the Generations (opens the original)
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While championship season grips the nation and the world, big stories are still unfolding on small pool decks. Summer league is where many young swimmers first fall in love with the sport. It’s full of fun, friendship and fast swimming. But there’s something else that makes summer swimming special: tradition. Traditions are handed down. Records become family lore. Children race in the same lanes their parents once did. Early Saturdays, hand-painted tattoos and ribbons in the mail keep families a
Meet Cassandra Genz: The Girl Behind the Goggles and the Guitar (opens the original)
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Swimmers know that championships aren’t won on race day. They’re built through years of preparation, countless hours of practice, and small adjustments made along the way. Cassandra Genz believes songwriting works the same way. The 20-year-old swimmer from Boca Raton, Florida, has spent the past 12 years chasing excellence in the pool while writing music that tells her story. For Cassandra, the connection between swimming and songwriting feels natural. “Swimming and songwriting are both very det
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