Leith Brodie - Training Partner

Leith Brodie is 22 yrs old and lives in Brisbane, Australia. At the 2008 Olympics he swam in the 200 IM, making it to the semi-finals and coming in 14th. He also swam in the prelims of the 800 free relay, and won a bronze medal because the Australian team placed 3rd in the finals. Finally, he swam in the prelims of the 400 free relay and received a bronze medal due to the team's 3rd place finish in the finals.

At the 2008 U.S. SC nationals in early December, it was announced that Leith is training in Florida with Ryan. It was also announced that Ryan will go to Australia in early 2009 (Jan or Feb) to train with Leith. At the SC Nationals, Leith entered in a ton of events and achieved the following results: 200y IM - 8th; 200y free - 7th; 50y free - 8th ("B" final). In the prelims he qualified "C" finals of the 100y free, but elected not to swim in the finals.

It seems like Ryan will push Leith in training a lot more than the other way around. Nevertheless, Leith is certainly a world class swimmer and it should be very interesting for Ryan to experience training in Australia to see if there is something different he can try to help him increase his speed.