When I first heard that there was going to be a swimming and diving team at Tiffin University I went straight to the Athletic Directory, Lonny Allen, and asked him if I could be a part of this new program. He told me that he had not even hired anyone as a coach yet, but once he did he would let me know. He found Coach Margarita (Rita) Kalmikova and soon after I was in contact with her. We met in early December and she seemed very excited to have me join her team.
One of the first tasks that I had, unofficially spring semester of my junior year, was helping show prospective students are Tiffin University’s campus and helping to recruit online through a website call berecuited.com. I would show the students around campus and then watch as Coach told them her plans. She took them to the YMCA and told them about how they will be doing a lot of dry-land in the morning and that Tiffin University will be acquiring a 3-meter board and a record board and putting it in the YMCA. AS she talked about the record board, she would remind them all that they will be the first people on the record board because we are starting a legacy. Almost all of the swimmers that are a part of our team now joined Tiffin University’s Swimming and Diving Team because it was a chance to build a new program. The online form of recruiting was looking at swimmers who had majors that Tiffin University offered and send them an e-mail that Coach gave me to send them. I would work for about an hour to two hours a day for about four days the last month of school.
One of the first tasks that I had, unofficially spring semester of my junior year, was helping show prospective students are Tiffin University’s campus and helping to recruit online through a website call berecuited.com. I would show the students around campus and then watch as Coach told them her plans. She took them to the YMCA and told them about how they will be doing a lot of dry-land in the morning and that Tiffin University will be acquiring a 3-meter board and a record board and putting it in the YMCA. AS she talked about the record board, she would remind them all that they will be the first people on the record board because we are starting a legacy. Almost all of the swimmers that are a part of our team now joined Tiffin University’s Swimming and Diving Team because it was a chance to build a new program. The online form of recruiting was looking at swimmers who had majors that Tiffin University offered and send them an e-mail that Coach gave me to send them. I would work for about an hour to two hours a day for about four days the last month of school.
