{"id":367105,"date":"2019-05-03T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=367105"},"modified":"2019-05-02T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:38:35","slug":"swimming-world-presents-ncaa-division-i-mini-feature-brooke-forde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-ncaa-division-i-mini-feature-brooke-forde\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “NCAA Division I Mini-Feature: Brooke Forde”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooke Forde – Making the Extra Effort<\/span><\/h1>\n

Stanford sophomore Brooke Forde had built an insurmountable lead, her closest competition almost three seconds adrift. The Cardinal had first place locked up in the 800 free relay, the first event of the NCAA Championships. And on the eighth and final lap of her 200-yard leg, Forde came into the wall, flipped and kept going.<\/p>\n

Behind the blocks and on the lane 1 side of the pool, shock and horror shrouded the faces of her Stanford teammate and coaches. The other seven anchor swimmers stopped on the wall, but Forde powered through another 50 yards before finally hitting the wall. She had miscounted her laps, a mistake seen so often in age group competition, but scarcely ever on the national level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to say it was a victory lap,\u201d Forde said of her extra swimming, \u201cbut honestly, my mind was kind of blank. I was really nervous beforehand. I think I was just kind of lost in the moment. I also took a three-hour exam today, so maybe that killed some brain cells. I\u2019m just glad that everything worked out OK and we still got the win.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few moments later, she smiled and added, \u201cI\u2019m excited for the 500 tomorrow when they have lap counters.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read more about Brooke Forde’s training and performance at the NCAA Champs this year,
\ncheck out the May 2019<\/a><\/span> issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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[PHOTO CREDIT: PETER H. BICK]<\/p>\n

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