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For the many on deck that Wood had influenced in his 68 years, emotions ran high.<\/p>\n<p>The Speedo Winter Invitational represents the 27th edition of Wood\u2019s brainchild: a long course invite in January. Back in the 1990s, long before he became President of USA Swimming, Wood insisted that the meet would succeed, even as plenty of contemporaries doubted him. That was the crux of Wood, a man who always had a vision and a plan for achieving that vision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moment of Silence for Jim Wood at the 2019 Speedo Winter Invitational\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TrwIutXMhlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s why he kept the pool frame from the 2004 Olympic Trials in storage for more than a decade, awaiting the day he could build his own world-class facility in central New Jersey. (He did, with the pool opening in February 2016.)<\/p>\n<p>Longtime assistant coach <strong>Tristan<\/strong> <strong>Formon<\/strong> described Wood as \u201cfeisty,\u201d even in a United States Aquatic Sports board meeting this past September, just one day before health complications from which he would never recover forced him to fly home. (Naturally, after landing in New Jersey, Wood\u2019s first stop was his aquatic center because \u201cthat was his home,\u201d Formon said.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley President <strong>Jack Flood<\/strong> called Wood \u201ca force of nature\u201d who was \u201calways was spot-on about everything.\u201d Both agreed: He made decisions with swimmers in mind.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cFor the young ones coming up, he was the fun and happy coach that played cards in the stands, crinkled their hair and put these little whiskers on their faces. And for the ones that became the competitive swimmers, they were his god,\u201d Flood said. \u201cHe was the one instructing them how to improve in their sport. And when they didn\u2019t, he had this silent look. They knew something happened, and he doesn\u2019t have to say a word.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wood never missed practice. Formon recalled a day early in his tenure with the club when Wood arrived on deck with blood all over his shirt. Formon asked if Wood was feeling alright. Turns out that his gallbladder had been removed a few hours earlier. Another time, Formon took Wood to a hospital after Tuesday morning practice to have stents put in. He was back on deck Wednesday afternoon So this time, when Wood ended up in the intensive care unit in mid-September and then in hospice in mid-October, his swimmers knew the situation must be serious.<\/p>\n<p>Formon, who had previously coached all but one swimmer in Wood\u2019s senior group, took over that group to provide stability and encouragement. And while all those on deck this weekend at Rutgers feel a strange emptiness with Wood gone, Wood\u2019s swimmers have taken his absence the toughest. When Wood entered hospice in mid-October, one of the primary guides in their lives was gone, as tough an absence as any for a teenager to handle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe toughest part, not seeing him every day, for the kids and for all of us. I think that was the toughest part for him,\u201d Formon said. \u201cI did get the chance to see him a couple of times while he was in hospice, and all he wanted to talk about was the kids. He wanted to know if the kids were okay. He wanted to know if they were getting what they needed, not athletically but the support that they needed emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks before Wood passed away on Jan. 4 and in the two weeks since, members of the Berkeley community have connected with Wood\u2019s former swimmers and colleagues around the country. In each encounter, he has been pleasantly surprised to hear familiar stories\u2014familiar because they remind him of his longtime boss and familiar because Wood had shared his perspective on those same stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were so many similarities in the way he touched everyone\u2019s lives but very unique at the same time,\u201d Formon said. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot more about him. I\u2019ve heard stories that he told me from 40 years ago, 30 years ago, that I\u2019ve heard from the other side now. They\u2019re consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Formon believes that Wood\u2019s legacy impacted thousands, including those who were mentored by Wood\u2019s former swimmers. Even Chris Rattray, the producer of this weekend\u2019s Speedo Winter Invitational live stream for <em>Swimming World<\/em> and <em>SwimCast<\/em>, traces his success as in swimming video production to Wood\u2019s longtime support, stretching back a decade to Rattray\u2019s days in Wood\u2019s senior group.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cHe brought the best out of everyone,\u201d Formon said. \u201cYou felt obligated to make good choices and make the right choices. 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