SWIMMING & DIVING

Coach Dodd's Alumni Newsletter  
March 2009 Edition

Freshman Diving luminary Justin Johnson was not picked to compete at the NCAA Championships, being only a freshman did not help Justin's chances of being selected as one of the twenty-two divers from across the nation to compete.

Justin was the SCIAC Champion on the 1m springboard and he placed a close second on the 3m height. At one of the swim meets, Justin was heard saying, "Let's see, 50 feet up, acceleration of gravity is 32.2 feet/sec squared ---- which means --- I'll be going 87 miles per hour WHEN I HIT THE POOL!!!" Diving Coach Ute Zimmerman told the other diving judges, "There are times when being a whiz at physics can be a definite drawback."

So Justin did not get selected for nationals, but Hanna Dodd & Karen Dowling did get selected admission to Caltech. Both Hanna and Karen were admitted to Caltech's freshmen class for 2009-2010. Karen is the daughter of Cathy Kirschvink and Dave Dowling. Both parents were water polo players and swimmers while they attended Caltech back in 1983. Cathy's brother is Dr. Joseph Kirschvink (Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology) at Caltech. Hanna Dodd is my daughter (Clint) with a little help from Suzanne Dodd (Caltech 84'), who is currently the manager of the Spitzer Space Telescope. All parents are extremely excited but there are no guarantees that Karen or Hanna will choose Caltech for their undergraduate education. Kudos to the young ladies for all their hard work at the the prep level that has qualified them for a Caltech education.

 GO TECH!!!

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