We just clicked, Walker said. The coach and the swimmer have to think as one, as the swimmer has to have peace of mind, knowing that there is someone confident with a race strategy for him.
July 25, 1995
The 25K is not an Olympic event, but Walker, the chairman of U.S. Distance Swimming, hopes the competition will catch on at the Olympic level, as he said the race has just recently come onto the scene and is becoming popular.
The race is very much like the triathlon in that it is an ultra distance event, he said. It has taken on at the grassroots level and is constantly gaining in popularity.
The games, held in an Atlanta, Ga. venue, begin Aug. 9 and run through Aug. 13.
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Ardrey, the SIUC men’s/women’s diving coach, is currently staffing the U.S. Olympic Festival 95 as coach for the East division diving squad, and has held coaching positions three other times for the festival.
The eighth-year Saluki coach will be instructing former Saluki standout Travis Niemeyer as well as athletes from the Pan American team.
The festival, in which the swimming/diving competition is held at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., started July 21 and runs through the 31st.
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