University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Throwback: Sarah Bacon
4/6/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
GopherSports.com asked swimmers and divers to show and tell us about their early days in their sport. Look for occasional posts on the website and the team's social media accounts.
One summer when I was 7 I went to a country club pool and a lifeguard who was also a coach at the time for Stars Diving Club in Indiana was teaching little kids how to do front dives off the diving board. I was really good at them so she taught me how to do a back dive and front flip as well. After seeing how well I was doing at these basic dives she told me that I should get into diving lessons. When fall time came around my mom asked if I wanted to continue playing soccer somewhere or if I wanted to do something else and I told her I wanted to try diving! She was shocked at first but then got me into lessons and I've been doing it ever since. - Sarah Bacon
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