by Dan Froehlich
Auburn Media Relations
For David Marsh, the time had finally come.
It was the morning of March 29 and there was a session-and-a-half left in the 1997 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Minneapolis. Knowing that his team had racked up enough points over the first two days and qualified enough swimmers for Saturday night's finals session, the first NCAA Championship in program history was guaranteed.
Show up, get on the blocks, jump in and finish.
But first, there was some business to take care of.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION
Marsh, an All-American backstroker at Auburn in the early 80's, returned to his alma mater as head coach in 1990.