Word: powlison
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Similarly, Powlison has started to like running because there are no expectations to live up to. As a swimmer he had been a High School All-American for two years, and he holds the Harvard 200-free record of 1:478, so he had to worry about reputation...
Even when drunk one day last summer he entered an AAU meet two-mile on the spur of the moment to see what he could do. Powlison, running barefoot on a cinder track in 90-degree heat, led for a mile before dropping...
...really like it," Powlison said. "It's that process of going towards the top again, and it's a wonderful process." He wants to go out for track this Spring...
...swimming was always the natural thing. Powlison's father was one of the nation's top freestylers in the 1940's, and Powlison learned to swim when he was three. As a boy he went to the beaches near his Honolulu home every...
...father never pushed him, though, and Powlison is grateful for that. In fact, he is so fascinated by his relationship with his father that he wrote a 70-page paper on it for Professor Goethals last year. "Dave's a Soc Rel major, but he's smart." one teammate remarked recently...