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Coach Frank

January 20, 2011 by Steve Mentz Leave a Comment

Met the head Master’s Swimming coach at the YMCA this morning.  Frank Keefe coached the US Olympic team in 84, Yale in the early 90s, and a variety of other places, including the Bermuda team at one point.

He told me to work on the flex in my ankles & knees while kicking (fins help here), and to reach farther out with my arms.  Good to have a stroke coach after 20 years.

500 yds @ 8:16 today, roughly the same as my split time from the 1000 before I went off to LA.

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Steve Mentz
Professor of English
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