Parkview High School alum Eric Shanteau has made the US Olympic Swimming Team, competing in the 200 Meter Breast stroke. He finished 3rd in the 2004 Trials in both the 200m and 400m Individual Medleys, just barely missing the team.
That, in an of itself, would be an amazing accomplishment. His list of swimming accomplishments is long and illustrious. Parkview High School records, Georgia State High School records… Take a look here…
But, there is something else. Eric is fighting testicular cancer. At 24 years old. No whining. Instead, he is showing the same determination that has pushed him to acheive all that he has acheived. NBC published a story about him being inspirational. No doubt. He didn’t tell anyone about it until after the Trials.
BTW, his older brother Ryan, one of my clients, was not a swimming slouch either, competing for GA Tech after setting records for Parkview.
So, if you don’t get the chance to watch anything else during the Olympics, tune in and cheer on Eric in the 200 meter Breast stroke.
I’ll post up video and results after the event. I’ll also try to bug Ryan for some pictures after the event…
No, I didn’t go to a store and get amazing customer service. No I didn’t order something off the internet from them. I didn’t even stumble across an amazing price… But, what I DID find was the Tool Catalog. I am very familiar with it, I try to make sure I grab one each year. And I do it not because I am necessarily going to buy a bunch of tools, but because they have a great selection that gives the cross section of what sort of groovy/cool stuff is out for the garage.
Craftsman Cross Force Wrenches. These things are pretty cool. How many times have you been pushing on a combo wrench and it just isn’t easy to provide a lot of force because you are pushing on the edge of the wrench? These are also ratcheting… and I LOVE my ratcheting combo wrenches. They are often my “go to” wrenches.
Montezuma Portable Tool Box. This one is in black, but it’s also available in red and white. It is kind of cool because of its shape, and the fact that just about everything is out there as soon as it is open. There aren’t any drawers to jam, and we won’t forget where we put something… It’s all right there.