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#14	Captain Japan January 20, 2009 at 8:51pm Greg Meehan is God! reply
#13	Anonymous Coward January 14, 2009 at 10:32pm i didn't know meehan had a copy of salo's play book? i didn't know salo even had a playbook? is he saving all the good plays for the fat future? reply
#12	Steve1990 January 13, 2009 at 2:19pm Could anyone tell me the name of the song please? Thanks. reply
#11	Anonymous Coward January 8, 2009 at 11:31am Straight out of Salo's play book. reply
#10	Jimx December 1, 2008 at 2:13pm Compared to when I swam Division 1 in the 1980s, it is incredible how much more innovative and on-target training techniques have become. Instead of pounding out 12K to 16K a day 6 days a week for 5 months and then resting for 2 weeks to see how that goes, coaches are now very thoughtful about swimming fast and not just training hard. reply
#9	Iseenow November 12, 2008 at 12:44pm So basically CAL is just a satelite program for Auburn. I mean they do most of the same things just on a smaller scale. reply
#8	Agreeing With More Training November 6, 2008 at 9:02pm that song is tight as hell reply
#7	Samuli November 6, 2008 at 12:45pm musical chords, swimming cords... reply
#6	Remembering November 5, 2008 at 10:38pm Those muscles are remembering what needs to be done; it is cool to see a seamless transition from weight room reply
#5	More Training November 5, 2008 at 9:08pm the innovative stuff and dryland work is cool...can we get a few just straight sets of kids doin serious work and throwin down some fast times in practice. one of those first videos from texas is sick more stuff like that would be greatly appreciated. reply
#4	Spice2 November 5, 2008 at 6:08pm love the mid D guyz throwin down some speed/power! not sure I'd want to do it immediately after weights though. reply
#3	Lazy Login'er November 5, 2008 at 3:49pm my video cuts out after about 50 seconds... bummer reply
#2	Josh November 5, 2008 at 12:43pm Love the song reply
#1	Chris DeSantis November 5, 2008 at 11:56am Yet another example of why you don't need to swim a bunch of slow laps to warm up coming out of the weight room. reply

Greg Meehan

Cal Workout

November 5, 2008

This was Wednesday, October 29th at Cal. Mid-D is in the water doing a 3 station circuit. Head Coach David Durden is having one group step up for varied efforts in the 15 meter pool, while assistant Greg Meehan takes the guys through some kicking/swimming with chords and weights.

Beats: "The IV" by Braille.

About Greg Meehan

Organization:	University of California
Current School:	University Of California-berkeley
Bio:	Greg Meehan, former head coach for both the men's and women's swimming programs at the University of the Pacific, has been hired as assistant men's swimming coach at the University of California, head… + See More + Greg Meehan, former head coach for both the men's and women's swimming programs at the University of the Pacific, has been hired as assistant men's swimming coach at the University of California, head… + See More - See Less - Greg Meehan, former head coach for both the men's and women's swimming programs at the University of the Pacific, has been hired as assistant men's swimming coach at the University of California, head coach David Durden announced April 4, 2008. "Greg has a great reputation in the coaching community," said Durden. "He has tremendous strengths as a coach that will be immediately valued in our program. I couldn't be happier, not only with the type of coach we are getting, but with the quality of the individual. Greg exudes a level of professionalism to our sport that to me is very, very important. He is such a positive role model for our student-athletes." Meehan, 32, coached at Pacific from 2005-08, leading his women's team to a second-place finish in the Big West Conference in 2006-07 and two fourth-place finishes. On the men's side, Meehan led the Tigers to three fourth-place league finishes. Krzysztof Zoldak earned Big West Swimmer of the Year in 2005, while Ja-Neil Bragg advanced to the NCAA championships in each of Meehan's three seasons. Zoldak and Wojciech Bettej both advanced to the NCAA championships in 2006-07. In all, his men's and women's teams broke 13 school records and three conference records, and seven of his student-athletes qualified for the NCAAs. Prior to coaching at Pacific, Meehan was the assistant women's coach under Cyndi Gallagher at UCLA from 2001-05, helping the Bruins to a 2003 Pac-10 title, a seventh-place NCAA finish in 2004 and a total of 33 All-Americans and 32 school records broken. He also was assistant women's swimming coach at Princeton from 1999-2001, helping the Tigers to a 17-0 dual meet record and the 2000 and 2001 Ivy League titles. Meehan was the first assistant and later interim head coach at William & Mary in 1998-99 as well. In the summer of 2003, Meehan served as assistant coach for the USA Swimming National Distance Camp at the USOC Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., mentoring the top young male and female distance swimmers from around the country. A graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J., Meehan earned a degree in mathematics and secondary education. While at Rider, he competed in the 200 backstroke, was a member of several MAAC conference champion relays, and was a four-time All-Academic Award recipient. "I am incredibly excited about joining the Cal program," said Meehan. "It is a great situation for me as Cal is one of the premier men's swimming programs in the nation. It is a great opportunity, both from a University standpoint and an athletic standpoint. I am really looking forward to working with David. I was so impressed with him during my interview. He is passionate about what he is doing and is an inspiration to be around." *Bio from calbears.com