Well, i am a student at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY that had the football team cut from the athletic program and instead had a swim team and a few other sports put in the program in its place. One day as i was working out in the gym this past september, the coach of the swim team saw me working out and asked me if i wanted to swim. He needed numbers more than anything since the collegiate competitive requirements are 11 participants a team. Mind you i am 5'7", 185 lbs, broad chest and shoulders with large legs. A running back figure. I have never swam before and i agreed to be on the swim team. The coach wants me to swim the 50 and 100 free and i like that for it is a fast twitch race more than slow twitch, and since i am a senior i don't really have time to increase my endurance and slow twitch. I was wondering if any of you had advice for me in my endeavour to become an excellent swimmer by february 2004, and hopefully win an event at the MAAC nationals. In my first meet on Oct. 11, i swam a 27.88 in the 50 free at Duquesne. If you couldn't tell by my hunting for a discussion ring and post, i am very intense and competitive, and am taking this very seriously. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and hope to have some replies soon!
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It was the mid fifties, like 1954, 5, or 6 that the soccer coach at Courtland (sp?) State University in New York told one of his players he should (or had to?) report to the swimming coach. The swimming coach was the soccer coach. The Soccer player was Geogre Breen and swam in the Olympics in Melbourne in 1956.
His Coach, Doc Counsilman, went with him and, as I understand it, there met a young swimmer from Indianapolis.
This youngster, Frank McKinney, told the President of Indiana University, Herman B (without a dot) Wells, that if he would hire Doc to fill the coaching vacancy at IU, he would swim for IU after he graduated from high school. It did happen and the rest is history. Like, McKinney and a teammate, Alan Somers swam in the Rome Olympics in 1960. Etc, etc, etc.
P.S.
Breen set a world record in the preliminaries for the 1500 meter freestyle, but was defeated by a youngster, Murray Rose from Australia, in the finals.
It was the mid fifties, like 1954, 5, or 6 that the soccer coach at Courtland (sp?) State University in New York told one of his players he should (or had to?) report to the swimming coach. The swimming coach was the soccer coach. The Soccer player was Geogre Breen and swam in the Olympics in Melbourne in 1956.
His Coach, Doc Counsilman, went with him and, as I understand it, there met a young swimmer from Indianapolis.
This youngster, Frank McKinney, told the President of Indiana University, Herman B (without a dot) Wells, that if he would hire Doc to fill the coaching vacancy at IU, he would swim for IU after he graduated from high school. It did happen and the rest is history. Like, McKinney and a teammate, Alan Somers swam in the Rome Olympics in 1960. Etc, etc, etc.
P.S.
Breen set a world record in the preliminaries for the 1500 meter freestyle, but was defeated by a youngster, Murray Rose from Australia, in the finals.
