How many guys from other countries does it take to win a National Championship?
Good thing they all attended classes on campus the entire year..... :-)
Makes everyone feel proud to see the American Record holder on the 4th place podium.
I wonder how the foreign swimmers manage everything financially. Sure, they get full rides to college but are they allowed to get endorsements since they are not US citizens. The one guy was in Australia the week before and that costs a pretty penny.
Cavic totally could have made the US team because Crocker wasn't at his best. The worst was one year when the guy won the gold medal in some swimming event. He was an American citizen but represented Spain or some other European country. Well, at least, Matt Grevers "manned up" and swam the US trials when he easily could have represented Holland. I like Markus Rogan's approach. He lived in Austria til he was 12. Parents moved to the US but represented Austria in the International Competition. Unless you were born or lived in another country for a long time, you shouldn't be representing a country that you great great great grandparents came from!!
I wonder how the foreign swimmers manage everything financially. Sure, they get full rides to college but are they allowed to get endorsements since they are not US citizens. The one guy was in Australia the week before and that costs a pretty penny.
Cavic totally could have made the US team because Crocker wasn't at his best. The worst was one year when the guy won the gold medal in some swimming event. He was an American citizen but represented Spain or some other European country. Well, at least, Matt Grevers "manned up" and swam the US trials when he easily could have represented Holland. I like Markus Rogan's approach. He lived in Austria til he was 12. Parents moved to the US but represented Austria in the International Competition. Unless you were born or lived in another country for a long time, you shouldn't be representing a country that you great great great grandparents came from!!
