Trappe was quoted by The New York Times in an Aug. 19 article," Getting better with age: Dive in." The article discusses the change and improvement of middle-aged swimmers from the past to the present. Trappe told the newspaper that people are exercising at older ages to focus on their own fitness needs. He said, "Before, it was thought that athletes peak at 25. But now the whole paradigm is getting shifted. People are paying more attention to their own fitness and nutrition." The story was distributed to four other media outlets by the New York Times News Service.

Trappe also was featured in an Aug. 22 Time article "How fast can humans go." Trappe told the magazine that Olympic runners, such as Usain Bolt, have more fast-twitch muscles (quick contracting muscles that easily fatigue but generate power) than other people, which allows them to run faster. However, they also have more superfast-twitch muscles (which perform at double the rate of regular fast-twitch muscles) than other people which make them even faster. Trappe says most people have 1 to 2 percent superfast-twitch skeletal muscle mass; however, a sprinter like Bolt, may have up to 25 percent.