Seahawk Michael Bennett is an avid swimmer and says he hopes the Olympic success of Simone Manuel will encourage other African-Americans to take up the sport.
Michael Bennett isn’t even really sure how old he was when his father took him to a local pool for the first time.
“Really young,’’ he says.
But he remembers clearly what happened next.
“My dad (Michael Bennett Sr.) just took me and threw me in a pool and said ‘do you want to drown or do you want to swim?’’’ said the 30-year-old Seahawks defensive lineman. “I just learned how to swim from there.