Wood's Last Stand

by Mike Hedeen

Mar 22, 2005 - Jeff Wood is one of Section Five's most accomplished swimmers, but it looked as though a promising career would be cut short the result of a careless sledding accident on an icy driveway last year.
"I ran into a trailer hitch in the back of a car," said Wood. "I snapped a rib in half and collapsed a lung. I was out of the water seven weeks." Jeff made a full recovery and recently closed out his high 

photo by Bob Gosney

school career at Fairport with state championships in the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle. He was named outstanding swimmer of the state meet.

Says Wood, "I think it's almost impossible to become really good by yourself. You need to fill yourself with other athletes in order to get great." He found that at Fairport. After swimming for two seasons at Newark, the Wood family moved to Fairport where Jeff became a champion. Now it's on to Orlando and the national meet where wood competes in seven individual events and four relays.

"My college coach will be down there with his team, said Wood. He'll be able to see me swim for the first time and hopefully do really well." He is off to Indiana University in the Fall where he'll swim for the Hoosiers and major in business.

Originally published on rnews.com

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2005 Team
State Meet

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