Word: swim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...killed a few years ago when crossing a Miami street--decided to move his family to Florida from Ponce, the largest city in southern Puerto Rico, for two reasons: He wanted to provide his sons with an opportunity to become fluent in English, and he was looking for a swim club that would develop their aquatic skills. At that time Puerto Rico did not provide the competition that the rapidly improving Vassallo brothers needed...
...father wanted us to learn to speak English well. He chose Miami because we had other family and friends there. He was also looking for a strong swim club. Swimming is great, but sometimes I feel like all the time I spend in the water not speaking at all holds me back as far as perfecting my English." Vassallo, who speaks clearly and with only a slight accent says...
After moving to the States, the Vassallos joined the Miami Hurricanes Swim Club. The two youngest brothers. Vincent, now 17, and Salvador, 12, are still members of the Hurricanes and are coached by Bill Diaz. Jesse's mentor at the University of Miami...
...couple of years after the family settled in Miami, Jesse enrolled at the Jack Nelson Swim Camp for a summer. Jesse's progress there convinced his father that the up-and-coming swimmer needed a more ambitious program...
Sophomore miler MAUREEN GILDEA, and juniors GWENN GORMAN and PAM STONE were selected as the 1981-'82 swim captains at the squad's banquet Monday night at the European Restaurant in Boston's North End. Renowned for their gastronomic prowess, the swimmers lived up to their reputation as they downed unlimited quantities of pizza, chicken cacciatore, wine, and a specially-made pecan and chocolate buttercream cake... After the awarding of varsity and junior varsity letters and numbers, departing co-captains DEBBIE JACOBS and KATIE KELLEY gave out special honors to team members for their better splashes outside of the pool...