https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCh9whYWLjE?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://swimswam.com
SwimSwam’s Coleman Hodges took a drive down from Brooklyn to New Jersey, where he got to film a practice with the Greater Monmouth YMCA swim team at the Red Bank YMCA. On Tuesdays, GMNY has stroke day, and they get a couple of pretty unique guest coaches to come work with some of the groups.
Tom Wilkens, Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 IM at the 2000 Games, comes into work with the breaststroke group. Wilkens grew up swimming at the Red Bank Y, and now his son is also in the top group at GMNY but in the backstroke group. A backstroke group that, on Tuesdays, is coached by Brian Retterer, one of the most decorated collegiate athletes in Stanford history, winning 15 NCAA titles for the cardinal. He was also the first man to swim under 46 seconds in the 100y backstroke.