As you probably know, we recruited water polo player Dave Hendrickson for our two relays. As Dave had missed medaling in the polo rounds, we were determined to send him home with some hardware. After a morning panic, where they threatened to dq us because they claimed Dave wasn't registered as a swimmer, they took Honest Joe's word for it and let us enter the water. We blazed a 1:47.3 (or so) in the 200 free relay, for a fourth-place finish. Unfortunately, the cheap Aussies only gave medals to third. Fired up for the medley, we were fifth at the 100-meter mark, but the incredible John Morales brought us up to a strong third, and the animal, Warren Schenstrom, smoked the freestyle, garnering the team four bronze medals. It was definitely one of the highlights of the meet! Not having swum seriously in years, Dave swam an astonishing 34.6 to hold it together for our team. He definitely deserved that medal! --Joe
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okay, that video made me cry this morning - I am so proud of you guys! It was like watching teh olympics. go Santa Rosa!
Thoroughly enjoyed watching the video-- made me almost feel like we were there! Kudos to the cameraman. Congratulations to all four on the podium! Certainly one of life's special moments.
You guys absolutely rocked! Way to go. Who was John saluting at the beginning of the clip? Warren's command to "go like hell"?
You guys rock
that was a fantastic race really great to watch .
I was yelling at my screen"GOOOOO"
Thanks to Molli for the great video I could almost smell the clorine.
congratulations to all
Harry
FANTASTIC SWIM !!! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.
WISH I WAS THERE.
Frank
I still have goosebumps from watching that.
Its been so entertaining to keep track of you guys vicariously!! Your relay was fantastic! I'd say all in all this meet looks like a
great success, and more to come--200 Fly!? Thanks for your videotaping, Mali.
Way to go Gentlemen!! (I use that term loosely)We are all very proud of you. A medal for is a medal for us without all the work. Great Job!!!
That relay was like 4 volcanoes erupting in sequence! Each one fantastic & explosive in their own right.Joe - a whirling dervish skimming down the 1st lap;Dave speeding toward the other end like there was an untended ball bobbing in front of the goal;John in Phelpsian form running down the other lanes;& Warren swimming a furious last leg as if being chased by a tidal wave.I had to use my inhaler after watching it.Thanks for treating us to a full tilt boogie in the water @ Challenge Stadium!Great camera management Mali!
We want more!
Don Fornow
You guys are world class all the way.
Congratulations,
What a team, keep up the good swimming and don't forget to have some more good times...see y'all in Austin next week
Wow! Fabulous! Congratulations and thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing the moment with us! You guys are beautiful!
Amy in Sebastopol
Thank you all for posting the video--words fail--so please accept a digital slap on the butt. I miss you in the mornings and I'm inspired to get back as soon as the HS season ends.
This was Dave's first pool meet in masters swimming - I can't think of better way to reintroduced into the sport!
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