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This Colonial Forge swimmer shares his thoughts
How did you get your start in swimming?
I've swam ever since I was 7. It's a good sport. It gives you endurance. It started off being my only sport, but I am a tennis player as well.
What sport are you better at?
I'm probably better at tennis now. Gradually I started playing more tennis than swimming.
Do you have any odd sports superstitions?
Before my [swimming] relays, the whole team rubs my chest because I have a little bit of hair there. I guess it's for luck.
Do you have any hobbies outside
I watch a lot of NFL football.
Who's your favorite player?
It was Jerome Bettis before he retired.
Pick for the Super Bowl?
I'll tell you who I don't want to see: New England. They've won too many recently.
But if you had to choose one team?
I kind of want to see Peyton Manning
Are you in any clubs at school?
I am in TSA, which is the Technology Student Association. We do anything that deals with technology, and we go to competitions. This year we're doing
Do you want to make a career in that?
Right now I'm looking at being an engineer, either civil or mechanical.
Do you have a favorite class at school?
It'd probably be one of my technology classes: Intro to Engineering and Principles of Technology.
What's the best advice you've been given?
If you seen an opportunity, take it.
Who told you that?
My grandfather. It was pertaining to academics. I guess it has come in handy. If I see a potential opportunity, I try to jump right on it.
If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
I'd probably invest and save up a lot of it and get a nice car.
Any particular kind?
Something not too expensive. I wouldn't want to pay the insurance on it.
That's pretty conservative.
Eventually, I'd get a Dodge Viper.
What's your most embarrassing sports moment?
One of my tennis matches, I ran back for a nice lob and I ran really fast into the gate at Massaponax and there is a piece of metal sticking out. It hit my arm and I started bleeding like crazy.
I didn't realize it at first, but as we finished our game, blood was coming down my arm. I was like, 'Can we stop for a second?' That was the first time in our school's tennis history someone has come out for blood time.
Most prized possession?
I have a Jaromir Jagr Olympic jersey
The one he actually wore?
He sweated in it.
Do you wear it around?
Only to hockey games. When he was
Do you have a nickname, and what's it mean?
My swimming coach calls me Burger Boy. She used to coach me in my year-round team and before one of my meets, you're not supposed to eat anything heavy, but
On the Sidelines is a weekly feature introducing the community
to high school athletes. Compiled by Todd Jacobson.
