There are two types of announcers at major televised swim meets like NCAA Championships and US Olympic Trials: the big-time network pros in the nice upstairs booth who sit before the cameras with their play-by-play and color commentary, whose words get no immediate feedback or reaction, and then there are the solo announcers, usually on-deck with all of the attending media reps, communicating directly via the PA system with the seats in the stands, the ones whose job it is to provide more than names and numbers to the spectators on-site. Kevin Cargill is a former HS and college swimmer who has been mentioned as a possible successor to the big shoes and stellar heights reached by the late Sam Kendricks, "America's Swim Meet Announcer". Join us as we get to know this rising star in big-meet announcing!
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Timeline for this SPECTACULAR episode:
00:01 – Disclaimer & Banter
02:15 – The Jay in Needville
02:40 – Introducing Kevin Cargill
03:18 – Indy Trials highlights
05:12 – From swimming to announcing
10:10 – Tough Doubles
13:05 – Time Out
13:25 – Kelcie at The Jay
14:15 – ’28 Los Angeles Games
16:40 – Public Address vs. Broadcast
21:51 – Out AFAP & Negative Splitting
22:55 – Reagan Smith WR call
24:14 – Omaha vs. Indy
26:52 – Gabrielle Rose
27:43 – Life away from the pool
29:06 – All-Taper Team
34:41 – Beyond the Podium
37:44 – Tough names
41:40 – Bloopers?
42:32 – Trials Stories
43:53 – Gretchen Walsh WR call
45:27 – Simone Manuel 50 free
47:05 – Mental health
51:50 – The great Sam Kendricks
53:13 – Wrapping it up
