UC professor watches his former swimmer win Olympic medal
Dan Carl was Carson Foster's high school swim coach
A University of Cincinnati professor watched one of his former swimmers win an Olympic medal as Cincinnati native Carson Foster won a bronze for Team USA at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, WLWT reported.
Foster, a first-time Olympian for the United States, finished third in the 400-meter individual medley on Sunday with a time of 4:08.66. He finished 5.71 seconds behind France's Léon Marchand, who won the event in an Olympic-record time of 4:02.95, and Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita, who edged Foster by 0.04 seconds for the silver medal.
Dan Carl, PhD, an associate professor – educator of rehabilitation, exercise and nutrition sciences in UC's College of Allied Health Sciences, coached Foster at Cincinnati's Sycamore High School. He was among the supporters who gathered at the high school's swimming facility to watch Sunday's race.
“The journey has been extremely fun to watch,” Carl told WLWT. “I think I first met Carson when he was 7 or 8. He's just always handled things, he's always strived, always disciplined in what he's doing, always wanting to get better.”
See more about Foster's medal-winning performance from WLWT and learn more about UC's Olympic connections.
Featured image at top: Dan Carl, PhD, Dan Carl, PhD, an associate professor – educator in UC's College of Allied Health Sciences, is interviewed after Carson Foster won a medal for Team USA. Photo/WLWT
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