--- title: Swimmer Warms Up for Race With Beyonce's Coachella Dance description: A swimmer won her race before it even started when she warmed up by performing Beyoncé's much-lauded Coachella dance routine. canonical: https://time.com/5325088/swimmer-warms-up-for-race-with-beyonce-coachella-dance/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-28T15:06:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:36.128Z og:title: Swimmer Warms Up For Race With Beyoncé Coachella Routine og:description: Flawless og:url: https://time.com/5325088/swimmer-warms-up-for-race-with-beyonce-coachella-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59fa23376c37ea1a/6989342a7cdbac65dad5d486/swimmer-warms-up-with-beyonce-coachella-dance-routine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Swimmer Warms Up For Race With Beyoncé Coachella Routine twitter:description: Flawless twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59fa23376c37ea1a/6989342a7cdbac65dad5d486/swimmer-warms-up-with-beyonce-coachella-dance-routine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Swimmer Who Warmed Up With a Beyonce Dance Won the Race Before It Started > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 28, 2018 3:06 PM UTC  INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella) INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella) Kevin Winter—Getty Images for Coachella  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 28, 2018 3:06 PM UTC A Beyoncé fan took his appreciation for [Queen Bey’s always flawless choreography](http://time.com/5248054/teen-masterfully-recreates-beyonces-coachella-dance-routine/) to the next level when he warmed up for his race at a swim meet by recreating part of her [already-iconic Coachella](http://time.com/5240790/beyonces-historic-coachella-performance-has-fans-singing-the-praises-of-beychella/) performance with some on-point moves of his own. Christian Stryker, a swimmer at the University of Alabama, hyped himself up for his race by perfectly performing Beyoncé’s dance routine to the song “Everybody Mad,” which Beyoncé sampled during her Coachella performance. He later posted a video of himself doing the dance before his race on Twitter, along with the caption, “always reppin @Beyonce’s coachella masterpiece, no matter the place.” > [](https://twitter.com/c%5Fstrycker/status/1011392709112881152) The video immediately was a hit with the Internet, with one Twitter user even dubbing the original video with the “Everybody Mad” music. > [](https://twitter.com/iamdryx/status/1011667188652994560) Which should come as no surprise, because Stryker almost perfectly replicated Bey’s moves. > [](https://twitter.com/c%5Fstrycker/status/1011949624008105984) Stryker told [_Buzzfeed_](https://www.buzzfeed.com/samstryker/swimmer-does-beyonce-coachella-choreo?utm%5Fterm=.dfWjejy6z2#.ldzbgbqaOG) that he is “the biggest Beyoncé fan” and that he placed sixth overall and got a season-best time after warming up like Queen Bey. 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