We've all had them, your suit rips during a start, you accidentally sneeze on Michael Phelps, you burp or fart on the starting blocks, etc. (none of those happened to me...knock on wood).
What's your most embarassing swimming moment? (includes, meets, practice, anything swimming related)
I was standing behind the blocks about 2 heats before my 100 back finals at conferences my freshman year of college and a girl taps me on the shoulder to tell me that my suit had ripped....right down the seam in the back. Darn paper suits!
I rushed into the locker room, which fortunately was right behind the starting block area and a girl on my team was in there showering. I was almost in tears not knowing what to do since my practice suit was in my bag on the other side of the pool. I kinda thought I'd just sit in the locker room and miss my event.
Mary told me to put on her speed suit. Ok, I was thin in college, but not nearly as thin as Mary and had a ton of trouble trying to put on her size 24 and still wet suit. I got it on and ran back out to the blocks and my heat was just getting in the pool so I barely made it. I don't remember how I did, but the memory of the suit incident will be fresh in my mind for a long time, even if it was 12 years ago!
I was standing behind the blocks about 2 heats before my 100 back finals at conferences my freshman year of college and a girl taps me on the shoulder to tell me that my suit had ripped....right down the seam in the back. Darn paper suits!
I rushed into the locker room, which fortunately was right behind the starting block area and a girl on my team was in there showering. I was almost in tears not knowing what to do since my practice suit was in my bag on the other side of the pool. I kinda thought I'd just sit in the locker room and miss my event.
Mary told me to put on her speed suit. Ok, I was thin in college, but not nearly as thin as Mary and had a ton of trouble trying to put on her size 24 and still wet suit. I got it on and ran back out to the blocks and my heat was just getting in the pool so I barely made it. I don't remember how I did, but the memory of the suit incident will be fresh in my mind for a long time, even if it was 12 years ago!
