Inside with Brett Hawke #234 Clark Smith on his up & down career, future in the Marines
American Clark Smith is an Olympic gold medalist (Men's 4x200 Free Relay, 2016 Rio Olympics) and soon to be United States Marine.
Even though he grew up in Denver, Clark was destined for Texas. His Dad swam at Texas. His Mom swam at Texas (and got 5th in the 200 Back for Team USA in the '84 Olympics).
His college career was a bit crazy. As a Freshman, he didn't even qualify for NCAA's. The following year, he won the 500 Free at NCAA's. He didn't get a 2nd swim his Junior year but as a Senior was part of what some call the greatest race in NCAA history: the 1650 Freestyle. Which, he won in American Record time.
As a clinician for Fitter & Faster, he is regarded as one of the best, consistently receiving high praise from parent reviews. He is headed to Officer Candidate School (OCS) to serve in the United States Marine Corp.
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00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:04 Hello Clark Smith
01:00 Fitter & Faster
03:45 Parents swam at Texas
05:00 6 foot 9
07:00 University of Texas
08:49 Kathleen Hersey & Ricky Berens
09:30 Michigan
10:09 Freshman year
12:00 Michael McBroom
14:15 Eddie takes the blame
14:39 Vasa Trainer
15:03 Destro Swim Towers
15:30 Sophomore year
18:00 Recruiting
19:45 DQ'ed
21:00 Switching to the 1650
22:00 Hardest trainer ever?
23:30 Genetic Gifts
26:00 Thorpe's stroke
27:00 Junior year
29:56 Swim Angelfish
30:33 Greatest Race in NCAA History
36:00 2016 Olympics
38:10 Retiring
38:55 Townley Haas
41:50 20 20 20 recovery set
44:00 Superior Swim TIming
44:37 Marine Corp
52:07 Swimnerd Live Results
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