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  • Inside with Brett Hawke: Anton McKee

    Inside with Brett Hawke: Anton McKee

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    Today, Brett speaks with a real Icelandic Viking, Anton McKee. How did Anton get from Iceland to the University of Alabama? What is Iceland like? How’s the food? Have you ever heard of Orn Arnason? Iceland’s greatest swimmer. How do you go from being a distance swimmer (3:54/8:08 LCM) to becoming the Nordic Record Holder…

  • Arnarson 1:51.56 and European junior champion back in 1999

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    Iceland’s Örn Arnarson wins gold here in the 200 freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Moscow 1999. His time 1:51.56 was almost a second off his then personal best time 1:50.63 from when he won silver at the European junior championships in Antwerpen the previous year, but still good enough to place him on…