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"Swimmer Masters Stroke Later in Life"
Michael Mann, from c-string college swimmer to Masters World Record holder SwimLabs, located in Highlands Ranch, CO, is an instructional facility that helps people of all ages learn to swim. Three Endless Pools with underwater cameras film swimmers and their strokes. The videos can be placed side-by-side with videos of Olympic swimmers to show where changes can be made in each stroke. Walk into SwimLabs, and you automatically see the monitors displaying the swimmers and pools in the adjacent room. Moms sit and watch their children work on their strokes with former college athletes. But nowhere in the Highlands Ranch building is there any mention of co-owner Michael Mann's six world records. Mann swam for the University of New Mexico, where he was a self-proclaimed "c-stringer." Those days of sitting on the bench are over for Mann. Competing as a masters swimmer, Mann continues to get better and faster as he gets older. "He's swimming some of his best times right now. It does happen," said Stringy Ervin, who coached Mann at Littleton and has 40-plus years of coaching experience. "It doesn't happen to everyone, but it's not completely out of the ordinary." When Mann and his college roommate, Giff Cutler, opened SwimLabs, Mann began to buy into his own business pitch and jumped into the Endless Pool to try things out. "I used to get in a lot when we first opened because we were the only ones here," Mann said, chuckling. "So I would get in the water, look at my stroke, look at the Olympic swimmers say, 'Oh gosh, if I do this and do that' . . . It's been a big difference." Excerpted from "Swimmer Masters Stroke Later in Life" by Anica Wong, The Denver Post. Photo by RJ Sangosti. < Return
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