Sat, 23 Aug 2008

Give Blood, Play Water Polo

T-y and I tuned into the Olympics this morning. They were broadcasting the US vs Serbia water polo match live, but it was really the day after it had been played. T-y knew that I had played water polo in high school, so he started asking a bunch of questions about the game.

T-y: Can the players touch the bottom of the pool?
Me: No.
T-y: How deep is the pool?
Me: About 10 feet deep.
T-y: So the players can't touch the bottom and have to swim the entire time?
Me: Yep.
T-y: That would be a tough sport to play.
Me: Yes it is.

My photo scrapbooks were already out from looking for pictures of Rus, so I looked for some pictures of me playing water polo. It turns out that I was number 12 on the team. T-y choose to be number 12 on his baseball team. He had no clue that I was number 12 on the water polo team.

The US went on to beat the Croatia team 10-5. It was a fun game to watch. Especially since the US wasn't supposed to beat the Croatia team. In fact, the US team hasn't medaled in the sport for 20 years. Now they will be playing Hungary, ranked #1 in the world, for the gold medal.

:: Posted by brb on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:16 pm


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Re: Give Blood, Play Water Polo

So...while you have out those great scrapbooks...with swimming picts and all...we would all love to see some of Mark on swimteam. I seriously doubt their existance, but he swears...

:: Comment posted by Emily Finlinson on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:34

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