Griffin Schaetzle is a sophomore swimmer at Missouri. He is The Maneater’s athlete columnist.
Competition for swimmers does not stop when we leave the pool.
Once we finish practice and make our way to the athletic dining hall, our outlet for competition changes from the pool to the ping pong table. Even though I spend an hour or two daily displaying my dominance, ping pong is only a small part of what other athletes and I do in the Mizzou Athletics Training Complex.
Of course, eating is a big part of any dining hall experience.