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...Gauthier's improved performance stems indirectly from his desire to make the Olympic trials in June and directly from his summer training in Alabama with Crimson--turned--Crimson-Tide coach Don Gambril...
...When Gauthier was a seven-year veteran of competitive swimming at the ripe old age of 13, he joined the New England Barracudas, an AAU club which trained in the IAB under Gambril's direction...
...Gauthier's smooth and relaxed freestyle stroke plus his strong butterfly put him in a class of his own and made him a tempting prospect for any college team...
With Gambril at Alabama, Gauthier figured he would head south, but Joe Bernal and Blodgett Pool convinced the local to stick around for a few more years...
This summer, Gauthier partially made up for lost time with his old coach, training a total of six hours a day by running, working out with weights, and swimming 15,000 meters. Monday morning workouts were especially taxing as the swimmers entered the snake-infested waters of Lake Tuscaloosa for a five-mile swim (about 84 minutes...