The water is warm but the swim team is frosty.
There is no anxiousness, no apprehension and – most importantly – there are no doubts. They are cool and collected, undisturbed by the chants of the crowd and unafraid of the competition awaiting them in the pool. The guys on the University of Alabama swim team have a comfortable air about them as they lay languidly in the ready room before making the two-minute walk to the pool deck. History is only one minute and twenty-two seconds away.
Calm confidence quickly turned to joyful exuberance as UA's 200-meter medley relay won the first NCAA relay title in school history.