"All right, boys, let's try it again. One jump on lane five."
Six swimmers nervously mounted the starting blocks. The crowd held their breaths as the start's gun was raised."Take your marks . . ." The stillness was shattered by a loud splash. The spectators groaned and soon began clapping out of pity for the disgusted young athlete in lane five who had just disqualified himself from the 1964 Catholic swim trials in the 200-yard freestyle.
Since that day, this swimmer has come a long way and, yet, realizes that he has a long way to go. The man -0- Tom Duffield (4G), captain of this year's Cub tankers.
In one year, Tom has so greatly improved his times in his specialities, the 200 and 400 yard freestyles, that he has shattered two school records and has established himself as a threat in all future competition.Duffield has been seeking success for five years, and this year he has indeed proved to his teammates and competitors alike that in the dictionary of youth there is no such word as failure.
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