BIG news....(but don't get your hopes up)

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- February 20, 2007 at 3:28 am #12356
  
  KG from KZOO
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  Let the praying begin….
  
  We may be getting another Mexican next year. His name is Santiago Morales and he’s fast…4:04 in the 400 IM, 1:55 in the 200 Fly, 52 in the 100 Fly, 2:10 in the 200 Breast, 4:50 in the 500, 55 Back (he’s good all around)…
  
  Outside the pool this kid is a STUD in the classroom too: 3.9 GPA, 1330 SAT, Top of his class….
  
  But like I said, this is a looooooong shot because 1) we don’t know if this kid is for real yet and 2) money…
  
  Unlike Julio and Fonzy, he is a 100% mexican citizen. Because he is not a US citizen, he can’t get the financial aid that Fonzy and Julio got. However, things are being worked out by Steve at the moment. We know he will get a big academic scholarship, but will it be enough?
  
  Start praying….this could be a HUGE pick up
- February 20, 2007 at 3:36 am #35459
  
  Vic
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  Isn’t Fonsy a citizen of the Dominican Republic?
- February 20, 2007 at 3:37 am #35460
  
  KG from KZOO
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  Isn’t Fonsy a citizen of the Dominican Republic?
  
  Nope, Fonzy’s dad is a US citizen
- February 20, 2007 at 2:08 pm #35461
  
  Low Tide
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  Sweet. I had hoped we opened the latin floodgates with Espinosa, just like Kenyon did with Pedro Monteiro 12 years ago.
  
  Close that deal 🙂
- February 20, 2007 at 5:26 pm #35462
  
  KG from KZOO
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  I’m willing to do anything I can to get this kid….
- February 20, 2007 at 5:46 pm #35463
  
  Milhouse
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  @KG from KZOO wrote:
  
  I’m willing to do anything I can to get this kid….
  
  I believe Cheadle was willing to do “anything” to get Lloyd Baron to come to K…
- March 1, 2007 at 4:44 pm #35464
  
  DonCheadle
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  Any news on this guy? For the past 2 years a rabbit has been pulled out of the hat, maybe this is the rabbit?
- March 1, 2007 at 4:48 pm #35465
  
  silentp
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  @DonCheadle wrote:
  
  Any news on this guy? For the past 2 years a rabbit has been pulled out of the hat, maybe this is the rabbit?
  
  I talked to David Lee Groth and he said that he has applied, but K was having trouble getting the essay portion… not because he didn’t submit it, but something going wrong online, so he’s resubmitting.
  
  The same problem is had by Ruben, the 47 freestyler from Texas who is friends with Julio. Ruben is a mexican american and therefore will get more money than the mexican army to go to K, if he’s smart.
  
  Last year saw 2 rabbits, another rabbit would be awesome.
- March 1, 2007 at 5:06 pm #35466
  
  KG from KZOO
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  The rabbit has told Steve that if he gets in he wants to come… I don’t know what this means exactly and if he can afford it, but I like what I am hearing thus far
- March 1, 2007 at 6:06 pm #35467
  
  miller
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  @silentp wrote:
  
  @DonCheadle wrote:
  
  Ruben is a mexican american and therefore will get more money than the mexican army to go to K, if he’s smart.
  
  $11 won’t help.
- March 1, 2007 at 6:13 pm #35468
  
  DonCheadle
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  @silentp wrote:
  
  The same problem is had by Ruben, the 47 freestyler from Texas who is friends with Julio. Ruben is a mexican american and therefore will get more money than the mexican army to go to K, if he’s smart.
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  There is a cat from El Paso named Ruben Pinedo who split a 49.9 in the 100 free, went a 54.1 in the 100 fly, and 2:05 in the 200 IM. IS this said “Ruben”
- March 1, 2007 at 8:17 pm #35469
  
  KG from KZOO
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  Yeah that’s him and I hope that those aren’t his taper times…because I’ve heard from Julio and Steve that he’s been 47 in the 100 fre
- March 1, 2007 at 8:26 pm #35470
  
  miller
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  @DonCheadle wrote:
  
  @silentp wrote:
  
  The same problem is had by Ruben, the 47 freestyler from Texas who is friends with Julio. Ruben is a mexican american and therefore will get more money than the mexican army to go to K, if he’s smart.
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  There is a cat from El Paso named Ruben Pinedo who split a 49.9 in the 100 free, went a 54.1 in the 100 fly, and 2:05 in the 200 IM. IS this said “Ruben”
  
  Meters? 😉
- March 1, 2007 at 10:50 pm #35471
  
  DonCheadle
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  A guy who went a 49.9 at the end of the year, even if he wasn’t tapered and wore a drag suit cannot be counted to go a 46. I’ll look and see what I can find, but I am doubting these times.
- March 1, 2007 at 11:02 pm #35472
  
  silentp
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  On the USA swimming database, which does a good job but isn’t perfect, the best time i found for him was a 53.69 in the 100 fly that looked like it might be from a taper meet. He was a 23 in the 50 and a 51 in the 100, so that 49.9 might be a good swim for him (ouch!). But hey, a 53 flyer isn’t horrible… except when you’re told he’s a 47 flat start 100 guy.
- March 2, 2007 at 1:17 am #35473
  
  Derek
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  @silentp wrote:
  
  But hey, a 53 flyer isn’t horrible… except when you’re told he’s a 47 flat start 100 guy.
  
  And not to mention that 53 puts him where on the depth chart? 5?
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