By Andy Ross, Swimming World College Intern
He has become one of the most recognizable faces on the pool deck in the state of Indiana. Whether he is at a high school dual meet in Tippecanoe County or at the USA Swimming National Championships, Win Gerde is at home on a pool deck.
Win has been working as a volunteer for youth sports since 1976 when he started out as a 5th grade basketball coach. He would work three nights a week for three years until he ran out of hours in the day. He said it was enjoyable but he simply did not have enough time to do it anymore.
A few years later, he would have to quit his volunteering spot on the Indy 500 committee for the same reasons– he did not have enough time to keep going. But in 1985, Win’s wife had enrolled their daughter in swimming and just one year later, Win had been asked to be the clerk of course on deck. This continued exposure to the sport put him in a position to be a volunteer official.
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