Colin Shaha
Colin Shaha
goals happy high meets rarely stop until
Rarely will he say, 'I'm happy with that swim' because he has such high goals. And he won't stop until he meets them.
dealing dedicate easy example freshman happen perseverance
I think that they are an example to the other freshman of perseverance and what can happen if you dedicate yourself to something. And I don't think it is easy. I don't think it is easy dealing with me.
events heard
He has a lot of humility. I've never heard him complain, not once, about the events that he's in or about the relays he's in.
counting fast hits last teams time works year
I don't think a lot of teams were counting on him to be as fast as he is. He works hard. He hits two-a-days, and last year was really his first time swimming.
kindness reinvent
We kind of had to reinvent him as a sprinter, and he's doing well.
club coaches kids meets summer
At summer club meets he kind of coaches little kids at Hillside.
certainly emerson honest joy people philosophy ralph talk
Ralph Waldo Emerson had this philosophy about be silly, be honest and be kind. I really try to talk to a lot of people about that on the team, and Joy is certainly all those qualities.
assistant coaches girls great happens herself huge joy meets people pop running smile talks wonderful
She talks to all the other coaches and even the assistant coaches. She introduces herself to people. At the big meets there are these huge warm-ups with girls running into each other, and usually when people do that, they come up growling at each other. Joy will pop up and smile and say hello. She's a wonderful person first, then coincidentally happens to be a really great swimmer.
chasing distant hoping kindness last quite sprinter sweet year
She had a sweet, sweet 50 in the prelims last year (26.1), so that was kind of what we were chasing and it just didn't quite come down for her this year. So I was hoping there was a 50 sprinter in there with that distant sprinter.
feels forward moves needs pain
But I think I am the only one that feels any pain about that. He just moves forward and does what he needs to do.
couple swimmer
He's an all around swimmer and diver. In fact, he's going to be a big part in a couple of our relays tomorrow.