*FREE EVENT!* NRC's Osher Online presents "Pathway to the Olympics" with Dr. Josh White and Sean Ryan

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2024
5 PM EASTERN
ZOOM

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Amidst the excitement of the 2024 Summer Olympics, we offer a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most exciting Olympic events - Open Water Swimming. 2016 open water Olympic swimmer Sean Ryan and his coach Josh White will guide you through Sean’s journey of training, qualifying for, and competing at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The 10- kilometer Olympic distance is a highly strategic race, lasting just under two hours, that takes place in various bodies of water, including lakes, rivers, and the ocean (as was the case in Rio at the world-famous Copacabana Beach.) Olympic qualification occurs through head-to-head international open water races. Sean and Josh will detail Sean’s training regimen, his path to qualification, the challenges of poor water quality in Rio, and Sean’s exciting Olympic experience.

Dr. Josh White coached elite-level distance swimmers at the University of Michigan for 15 years, including Sean Ryan, Olympic silver medalist Connor Jaeger, and Emily Bruneman, the first American to win the Open Water World Cup Series. He has coached internationally for USA Swimming at multiple World Championships and was the head Olympic coach for Barbados in 2012. White holds a PhD in Human Performance from the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming at Indiana University.

Sean Ryan is an Olympian, World Champion, and World University Games Champion. He was an NCAA All- American and Big Ten Champion at the University of Michigan. He qualified for his first World Championships at 17 years old. Ryan earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from the University of Michigan. He currently works as an Assistant Program Manager at General Motors.