What is your Swimming Nick Name?

My feet were blessed with the name "Aquabrakes" in college. Kinda funny. My teammates would joke that every time I dove in, they could swear they heard a screeching sound as my unflexible ankles severly stopped my momentum. Anyway, there's another nickname which had a bigger impact: Honey Bear. I wasn't as fit as most of my teammates at Texas. Just days after arriving there my freshman year, Shaun Jordan took it upon himself to christen the nickname. Think about those jars of honey made in the shape of a bear holding a honey pot, and you'll get the idea. It stuck for FIVE YEARS. Actually, it still lasts today. I still get e-mails from former teammates that open with that name. Over time, I managed to lose the gut, so the name's significance was passed on to my large hands. The funny thing is, incoming freshmen didn't know my real name for a long time because I was introduced to them as Honey Bear.

My feet were blessed with the name "Aquabrakes" in college. Kinda funny. My teammates would joke that every time I dove in, they could swear they heard a screeching sound as my unflexible ankles severly stopped my momentum. Anyway, there's another nickname which had a bigger impact: Honey Bear. I wasn't as fit as most of my teammates at Texas. Just days after arriving there my freshman year, Shaun Jordan took it upon himself to christen the nickname. Think about those jars of honey made in the shape of a bear holding a honey pot, and you'll get the idea. It stuck for FIVE YEARS. Actually, it still lasts today. I still get e-mails from former teammates that open with that name. Over time, I managed to lose the gut, so the name's significance was passed on to my large hands. The funny thing is, incoming freshmen didn't know my real name for a long time because I was introduced to them as Honey Bear.