Garrett Weber-Gale on Nutrition (Originally posted on 9/21/15)

Former Longhorn Garrett Weber-Gale is one of the smartest, hardest working athletes out there.  Bobby was fortunate to be Garrett's "Locker Buddy" in his freshman year at UT.  He's a great teacher and motivator!

Unfortunately, a battle with high blood pressure almost ended GWG's swimming career...then he got into eating healthier.

Using only the best foods to "fuel" him, Weber-Gale not only qualified for the 2008 US Olympic team, he was a huge part of one of the greatest relays in our nation's history:


2008 Beijing Olympics Swimming Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final from Meazza on Vimeo.
Here's Series 1 of GWG's nutrition videos:








p.s.  Bobby was fortunate to be Garrett's "locker buddy" during his freshman year at UT.  GWG was a great influence on the entire team...especially that Button kid...

GWG - Series 2 (Originally posted on 9/24/15)

Update:

Garrett did some great swim clinics for our club swimmers in Mansfield (MAC) and El Campo (Red Wave).  He makes a positive impression on athletes, coaches, and parents!

He's now coaching with Nitro in Austin.

He still runs a great nutrition site for swimmers (and other athletes) called Athletic Foodie.

Quote of the Week

Throughout my career I swam for

form.  Speed came as a result of it.

Johann Peter Weißmüller,

a.k.a. Johnny Weissmuller

Streamline Shadow

It's easy for the coach to see that her streamline is better.  Her teammates can see it, too:

via Guy Edson

Important Dates & Info

Link to BCISD Athletics forms, policies, etc. are here

Link to All Sports Booster Club is here

Important Dates

Monday, August 21 (8th period):  Swim athletics reports to Blackcat Room 

Saturday, August 26 (8 a.m. - noon): Pool Work Day 

Monday, August 28 (3:00): Athlete Meeting in Blackcat Room 

Thursday, August 31 (6:00 p.m.): Parent Meeting in Cafeteria 

Monday, September 4 (6:30 - 7:30 p.m.):  All Sports Booster Club meeting in Blackcat Room 

Tuesday, September 5 (3:30 - 5:00 p.m.): First after school practice (Also, deadline to have ALL paperwork on file w/trainer)

Update

Men's NCAA 1650 free video (originally posted in March) was pulled by YouTube shortly after it was posted.  Another version of that same race is available:


Definitely worth a look!

Splits for the top three finishers: