and his mother enrolled him in swimming lessons when he was just two years-old. At age five

“I put this above everything…this is my life.”

Michael Appelgate • August 19, 2012

You can find him in the office on the pool deck; the one that used to be a graduate assistant's office. The office is hot - a fan hums constantly swirling the warm pool air. Near water is where he's...

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and his mother enrolled him in swimming lessons when he was just two years-old. At age five

The DePauw

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The DePauw

“I put this above everything…this is my life.”