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...Boglioli's career has not been a continuous one. After eight years of active competition, she retired from swimming in 1974, leaving the squad at Monmouth College in New Jersey to marry Bernie Boglioli, then the assistant coach of Central Jersey Aquatic Club...
...time when women swimmers did not lift weights and collegiate nationals carried little prestige. Boglioli, encouraged by her husband, lost 40 lbs. and returned to competition with a sensational record-setting performance at the 1976 AIAW championship. Her star reached its zenith when she captured the bronze medal in the 100-meter fly at the Montreal Olympics and swam on the gold-metal-winning 400-meter Free Relay at age 21--the oldest member of the women's swim team...
...Boglioli has never been one to stand by passively and let convention dictate her actions. Not only did she win in the national-level competition consistently while in her twenties, but at the 1979 shortcourse nationals. Boglioli swam during her fourth month of pregnancy. Downplaying her performance at Monterey Park. Calif.. which included a 53.8 100 free and a 59.2 100 fly. Boglioli says. "They (Central Jersey Aquatic Club) needed help on relays: that's why I swam...
...woman who has achieved what to many swimmers seems the impossible. Boglioli says. "I can't help believing it's more mental than physical." She adds about the early mortality of female swimmers. "They quit because they're tired of training five hours a day, six days a week...
Every swimmer who lasts through the grueling miles, the bleary stinging eyes and the ripped suits, develops some type of basic philosophy, Boglioli is no exception. "I love to win and hate to lose. I look at coaching the same way," she says with conviction...