08-06-2019, 10:52 AM
(07-27-2019, 03:23 PM)unclechuck Wrote: Yikes! Good News; bad news....
Stanford verbal for 2021 Regan Smith splatted Missy Franklin's WR in the 200m backstroke during Friday's semifinals. Seven minute video version; Rowdy Gaines goes bonkers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBaEfKA3e_Y
Now, with a year of high school still to go, the anxiety begins that a) she'll go straight to pros; or b) she'll blow up the Olympics in 2020 and go pro, or c) she'll end up a one and done before going pro, or go the Ledecky route. Ommmmmh; savor the moment......
Interesting article just posted about this.
'“She is under all kinds of pressure to go pro with the Olympics coming up — that’s a lot of money,” he added. Regan, however, has wanted to attend Stanford since she was a kid, and is “almost certain” she’ll still go, Paul said. “If [going to Stanford] means the world to you, some sacrifices have to be made,” Paul said he told Regan.'
https://swimswam.com/regan-smiths-dad-la...ce=twitter