{"id":528033,"date":"2023-04-29T10:13:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T17:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=528033"},"modified":"2023-04-29T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T21:43:14","slug":"john-stafford-claims-usms-title-in-comeback-after-heart-attack-with-son-matthew-stafford-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/john-stafford-claims-usms-title-in-comeback-after-heart-attack-with-son-matthew-stafford-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"John Stafford Claims USMS Title in Comeback After Heart Attack, With Son Matthew Stafford Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John Stafford<\/strong> returned to the sport of swimming only to suffer a minor heart attack in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>But he stuck with it.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, his a USMS national champion.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford won the national championship in the 1000 freestyle on the first day of the USMS Spring Nationals and then dropped 17 seconds in the 500 freestyle on the second day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt pretty good,\u201d Stafford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usms.org\/fitness-and-training\/articles-and-videos\/articles\/john-stafford-loving-second-swimming-stint-with-nfl-son-watching?fbclid=IwAR3rROSlMczUV9QktmUrLX-41Wc6QuWS5RxUpOtN4AOynn_dDpCHHXeTMvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told USMS<\/a>. \u201cProbably about halfway through, I could tell that I was going faster than I\u2019ve ever been before. I just tried to stay long and strong and get through it. I noticed the gentleman that I was swimming next to, probably at about the halfway point, I knew we were in a race. It was a lot of fun. At the end, he goes, \u2018Good race,\u2019 and I did the same thing. It\u2019s what Masters is all about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI decided I was going to go with a program where I had somebody on deck in case I needed it,\u201d says Stafford, 75, who joined Jim Montgomery Masters Swim in Dallas. \u201cAnd I love [Coach Jim Montgomery]. His program is great. Everybody is there for workouts and camaraderie, and he\u2019s terrific. I just love it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was just his fourth meet in 45 years.<\/p>\n<p>Counting for him in the 500 free was <strong>Matthew Stafford<\/strong>, the NFL quarterback of the Rams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun to be able to come watch him do his thing,\u201d Matthew Stafford says. \u201cI obviously haven\u2019t gotten the chance to do it. He was obviously at a million of my games growing up, so I\u2019m happy to be here just watching him do his thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Stafford was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Georgia\u2014where one of his first swimmers was <strong>Jack Bauerle<\/strong>, who went on to coach Georgia and Team USA\u2014and was the head men\u2019s coach at Florida State before leaving coaching in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he is enjoying the second wave of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy watching the 85- to 90-year-olds,\u201d John Stafford s]aid. \u201cI love the Masters concept. There\u2019s 2,500 swimmers here \u2026 they\u2019re in the sport, they\u2019re doing great things, and I love it. 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