The other day at practice a swimmer told me
a swimming story that he said Eddie Reese told him.
He said in the early 60's Donna De Varona her coach were talking about womens swim suits and how much drag they had. She told her coach that she felt she could break the world record in a swimming event in practice if she didn't have to wear a swim suit.
So they held a special closed practice at an odd time,
she got up on the blocks in her birthday suit,
swam her race and broke the world record time in practice.
I haven't had a chance to ask Eddie about this
so I don't know if there's any truth to it
Has anyone heard this story?
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My favorite Eddie story is......
Many years ago, while he and his brother were diving off the coast of Florida, Eddie saw a shark swimming towards him. He had heard that if you faced the shark directly, it would stop its approach. So, Eddie squared up to the shark, and, sure enough, it stopped coming towards him. But then to his left, he saw another shark swimming towards him. So he turned his body to the left, squared up to the second shark and it stopped swimming towards him. But now the first shark starts up again in Eddie's direction, so he has to turn to his right and face it. Shark #1 stops, but shark #2 starts coming again. Eddie turns to his left again. This continues, but the sharks are slowly getting closer and closer. Eddie does all he can turning to his left and back to his right and back to his left again. But the sharks are getting closer and closer and closer. Finally..... one of the sharks eats Eddie.
Note: In Eddie's absense, this story was originally told by Kris Kubic.
Do you have any band camp stories to share with us as well?
My favorite Eddie story is......
Many years ago, while he and his brother were diving off the coast of Florida, Eddie saw a shark swimming towards him. He had heard that if you faced the shark directly, it would stop its approach. So, Eddie squared up to the shark, and, sure enough, it stopped coming towards him. But then to his left, he saw another shark swimming towards him. So he turned his body to the left, squared up to the second shark and it stopped swimming towards him. But now the first shark starts up again in Eddie's direction, so he has to turn to his right and face it. Shark #1 stops, but shark #2 starts coming again. Eddie turns to his left again. This continues, but the sharks are slowly getting closer and closer. Eddie does all he can turning to his left and back to his right and back to his left again. But the sharks are getting closer and closer and closer. Finally..... one of the sharks eats Eddie.
Note: In Eddie's absense, this story was originally told by Kris Kubic.
Do you have any band camp stories to share with us as well?
