﻿{"id":215370,"date":"2016-08-01T16:13:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T23:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=215370"},"modified":"2016-08-01T16:13:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T23:13:35","slug":"from-the-edge-olympic-misses-and-life-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/from-the-edge-olympic-misses-and-life-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Edge: Olympic Misses and Life Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Pam Rogers\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows that swimming is all about numbers. You\u2019ve got to hit time standards, go faster, drop minutes, seconds, or tenths, and every single mistake can be game changing. Forty years ago, I missed the Olympic team by one one hundredth of a second. I had placed second in the prelims, and the Olympic swim team that year took 3 women in each event. In the finals, I was in first place at the wall at the 50 meter mark. Around the 97th meter, my dream was still in sight. At the touchpad, I finished fourth in a harried, lane line cluster, life altering touch, one one hundredth of a second too late. All these swimming numbers, and none in my favor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_215378\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215378\" data-attachment-id=\"215378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/from-the-edge-olympic-misses-and-life-lessons\/pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976.png\" data-orig-size=\"827,528\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Pam Rogers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-215378\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976-700x500.png\" alt=\"pam-rogers-100breaststroke-trials-1976\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-215378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Pam Rogers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My roommate, <strong>Melissa Belote<\/strong>, qualified for the storied \u201976 team. In fact, many of my friends made that team. In the locker room of the Long Beach Aquatic Center that evening, there was a frenetic buzz about uniforms, suits, coaches, and other information only suitable for those who were Montreal bound. I was beyond shocked with myself. I was so crushed I couldn\u2019t speak, which is highly unusual for me. My coach, <strong>Ron Johnson<\/strong> from ASU, was already in the parking lot, sobbing, out of my sight. I returned to Arizona completely broken and aquatically lost.<\/p>\n<p>It took many years for me to come to terms with not making it onto the mothership of all athletic events. Sure, I made the U.S. team for trips to Israel, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and more, and I had a U.S. training camp trip to the US Olympic Training Center a few years after the trials. But, to this day, I still get a lump in my throat when I watch the 100 Meter Breaststroke at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>As I reflect back, I realize that I did reconstruct this ridiculous misfortune into my life of amazing events, all because of swimming. I mean it, ALL because of swimming. In fact, my entire 40 years since the 1976 Trials has centered around life in pools, lakes, oceans, and bodies of water. Swimming and the people involved (in the best sport on earth) gave me the grit and determination to develop my career. I met my spouse on a pool deck. I have taught children and adults to swim in a twenty different pools. I coached for 15 years at Div. I universities. I have been inducted to two halls of fame. I have been a professional triathlete, a Special Olympic meet director, a swimming volunteer, a surfer, a USMS competitor, a scuba diver, and a slew more versions of a water person. I have never turned my back on swimming, and it has never let me down.<\/p>\n<p>When people say, \u201cYou can turn adversity into success,\u201d they are right. But, it\u2019s incredibly hard to describe how much fortitude and \u201cglass half full\u201d perspective is necessary to overcome one of life\u2019s greatest disappointments. So, for those of you who have narrowly missed your mark, \u201cpunching your ticket to Rio\u201d (as I heard about 900 times during the Trials television broadcasts), just know that if you let it, swimming will be your greatest asset. There can be more national and international opportunities. Swimming will help you meet the most incredible and positive people, travel the world, have a drive and work ethic that only swimmers can have\u2014what else could you expect after all the early mornings, training camps, and double workouts? Your fitness can remain with you, and you can share with others the most important aspect of swimming\u2014respect for and love of water. Just hold tight to your swimming integrity and know that you are still among the elite, the fast, the confident, and you are still a member of the world\u2019s greatest sport. Swim on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_215377\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215377\" data-attachment-id=\"215377\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/from-the-edge-olympic-misses-and-life-lessons\/pam-rogers-trials-1976\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-trials-1976.png\" data-orig-size=\"1925,1595\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pam-rogers-trials-1976\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;pam-rogers-trials-1976&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Pam Rogers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-trials-1976-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-trials-1976-1024x848.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-215377\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pam-rogers-trials-1976-700x500.png\" alt=\"pam-rogers-trials-1976\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-215377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Pam Rogers<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Pam Rogers\u00a0 Everyone knows that swimming is all about numbers. 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