Word: coaching
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...Essick, former coach of the Harvard swim team and now head swimming administrator for the AAU, claimed that "there was a lot of compassion and concern on the part of the committee. There was a complete hearing procedure," explained Essick, who guided the Crimson to a 29-1 dual meet record between 1973 and 1976. "All athletes were notified and given a chance to represent themselves...
...Antonio which concluded early last month, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)--the body which exercises virtually absolute control over all serious non-intercollegiate amateur swimming in this country--suspended 18 top U.S swimmers for violations of the organization's swimming Code of Conduct. It is mandatory that any athlete, coach, manager or chaperone sign the code (see box) before being allowed to represent the United States in international competition...
...decided not to pay her own way to Cambridge. The AAU customarily picks up travelling expenses for U.S. Team members. Hogshead agreed that "three months is zero," but both she and Woodhead expressed some mild disappointment that the strongest U.S. team wasn't present. AAU officials and U.S. team coach Jack Nelson tried to downplay the effect of the suspensions on the meet by keeping no running team scores and saying things like. "Let's concentrate on the swimmers that are here." But you just can't rob a bunch of 14 and 15 year old girls of their team...
Despite assertions by both Troy and subcommittee member George Haines, highly acclaimed coach from Foxcatcher A.C. in Philadelphia, that the vast majority of athletes and coaches applauding the rulings, there seemed to be some muffled dissatisfaction with the trivial nature of the offense in the one case and the harshness of the penalty in the other. "I don't see how they have the right to do that to Marc," said Gina Layton, who was unwilling to comment on her own case, but "had no idea why the penalties were so harsh for those two (Tallman and Foreman)." Layton...
...light of the fact that curfews are broken all the time, and that she thought the way the AAU handled the whole thing was "rotten," Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead told members of the press that "I'm not supposed to talk about that at all," under orders from her coach...