Ep. 34: From the Bahamas to Small Town Arkansas: Lamar Taylor Challenges D2 Swimming Misconceptions

When I mention I had a swimmer on my podcast who is a 19.04 in the 50 Free, a 42.30 in the 100, and a 45.95 in the 100 back, one might assume he's swimming for one of the blue bloods in the sport, Cal, Texas, NC State? Nope. Lamar Taylor swims Division 2 for Henderson State. To understand how a guy from the Bahamas ended up at Henderson State and managed to post top-tier times across all of Collegiate Swimming, I invited Henderson State Senior Lamar Taylor on for an episode of the Last One Fast One Podcast. 0:00 Intro 0:56 Findings Henderson State/Recruiting 3:33 Bahamanian Swim Culture 5:33 Finding Swimming 7:28 Life in the Bahamas 8:58 Caribbean Swimming 11:29 Adjustments moving to Arkadelphia, Arkansas 15:36 Henderson State 18:04 Training 20:46 Training with Jack Armstrong 23:13 Why do swimmers pick Division 2? 23:31 Destro Machines 25:53 Going 3/3 at D2 National Championships and perfecting races 28:25 Staying Loyal to Henderson State 30:36 Olympics 36:06 Times this year at Henderson 38:00: Outro This episode is brought to you by Destro Machines go check out their products. https://www.destromachines.com/en_US/