Unlike today, when I was in high school
physical education was mandatory. I attended Wilcox High in Santa Clara,
California. Santa Clara was also home to the famous Santa Clara Swim Center,
where Don Schollander trained for the Olympics, winning a combined five gold
medals in Tokyo ’64, and Mexico City ‘68. It’s no exaggeration to say our small
city took swimming very seriously. Unfortunately, I was not part of that fine swimming tradition. Read about it (here).
