CALIFORNIA GOLD SWIMMER ERVIN WINS HOMETOWN'S HEARTS.Byline: Kathleen Sweeney Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Shortly after making Olympic history Friday, Anthony Ervin Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981 in Burbank, California) to a white mother and a black father, is an American swimmer who won the gold medal in the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing with the same winning time as Gary Hall Jr. got on the cell phone to thank his Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
``He was really happy and overwhelmed with everything,'' Neale said. ``I'm sure he'll relive that event for the rest of his life.'' Ervin, Hart High class of '99, had struck gold in Sydney, finishing in a thrilling and unprecedented dead heat with his swimming partner, Gary Hall Gary Hall can refer to several people:
traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize in the 50-meter freestyle sprint. The call came at 3:30 a.m. and Neale got to share the excitement by announcing it over the school's public address system Friday morning. Ervin's parents got to see it firsthand. His mother, Sherry, said she and husband Jack were sitting high in the bleachers In The Bleachers is a podcast and website that focuses on Division I-A college football. It is recorded and aired weekly during college football season and features college football experts from the Big Ten, Big East, SEC, ACC, Pac 10, and Big 12 conferences. of the aquatic center as their son made Olympic history. ``To have Gary and Anthony tie, it couldn't have been a more perfect finish,'' Sherry Ervin said in a phone interview, her voice hoarse from cheering. ``We were so high up, I had to look at the scoreboard to see Anthony's reaction. . . ``I was so proud. What I felt was just pride in what your child has accomplished and the commitment and sacrifices it took on his part to make this happen.'' Back in Santa Clarita, Ervin's younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
``He's the best freestyler in the world,'' said Dereck, who also is a competitive swimmer. ``His dream has always been to win the Olympics and to win the gold medal.'' It didn't take Anthony Ervin, 19, long to fulfill that dream. A sophomore at the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , he joined the swim team this year after breaking the world record in March in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.21 seconds and winning the 100-meter freestyle race at the national collegiate championships. Ervin is the only Hart student to make an Olympic swimming team and win a medal. He also has the distinction of being the first African-American to make the U.S. Olympic swim team - his father is three-quarters black, one-quarter American Indian. His mother is white. Neale wasn't sure he could express his feelings after hearing the news. ``I don't think it gets any better,'' he said. ``You're coaching and all of a sudden your kid is No. 1 in the world, and I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how it gets any better than that.'' Neale first met Ervin when he was a freshman - a gangling gan·gling adj. Awkwardly tall or long-limbed; rangy: gangling adolescents. [Perhaps from dialectal gang, to go, from Middle English gangen 14-year-old boy who loved to swim. After graduating from Hart with a straight-A average, Ervin has grown into a young, maturing man who is suddenly ``a giant on the swimming stage,'' Neale said. Friends called him reserved, a quiet guy who kept to himself. He grew up behind a brother, Jackie, who swims competitively for the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine, and was role model for Dereck, who swims at Hart. ``Now, he's gracious and a mature leader,'' Neale said. Always considered a team player, the coach wasn't surprised to hear the swimmer told reporters he had hoped to share the individual gold medal spotlight with Hall. ``I couldn't think of a better scenario,'' Neale said, ``to be on that platform - not by himself but with his teammate.'' Dereck Ervin said his brother is planning to stay in Sydney to watch the remainder of the Games and will return home for a few days before heading back to school. His parents and Jackie are due home today. While awaiting his arrival, the coach, his family and friends will be celebrating on their own. Lydia Kravitz, a friend of the Ervins, organized an Anthony Ervin rally party at El Torito Mexican Restaurant and Cantina can·ti·na n. Southwestern U.S. A bar that serves liquor. [Spanish, canteen, from Italian, wine cellar.] for Friday night. They had planned to get together as a community to watch the television broadcast, regardless of what happened. ``Oh, my gosh. This is so awesome,'' she exclaimed. ``He is the greatest, most gracious kid. Him getting the gold last night puts icing on the cake for this party.'' Daily News Staff Writer Karen Crouse contributed to this story. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) U.S. swimmers Anthony Ervin, left, and Gary Hall Jr. celebrate their tying for the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press (2) Dereck Ervin, Anthony's brother, with some of his older brother's trophies. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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