By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
The pool deck of Denison University’s Trumbull Aquatic Center is buzzing on the first evening of the 2016 NCAC Swimming and Diving Championships–swimmers are in and out of the pool for warm up, some coaches are milling about behind the lanes, taking splits and tempos, while others are standing on the side of the pool chatting with nervous-looking athletes. There are timers and officials haphazardly meeting in an awkward corner of the deck to go over last minute details and there are parents dropping some much needed food or towels from the stands to their children below.
The noise that the activity creates is unique, but the voice that comes over the loud speaker is even more so: “Please, ladies and gentlemen, let me remind you to refrain from all flash photography during the entire meet. It has come to my attention that some of you have been partaking in such activities and I MUST ask that you cease,” says the low, droning voice of Timothy Shutt. The words are dragged out so the announcement probably takes twice as long as it should, but the message gets across just as it always does. And the Kenyon Lords and Ladies exchange knowing, appreciative looks. Shutt, after all, is Kenyon’s gem.
Easily recognizable on Kenyon’s campus because of his trademark suspenders, flannel shirts, and Indiana Jones-esque hat, Timothy Shutt has been at Kenyon since 1986 teaching in the Integrated Program in Humane Studies (IPHS) and has been involved with Kenyon Swimming for just as long. A 1972 graduate from Yale University where he swam for a year and then moved into more of a managerial position, he went on to the University of Virginia where he received his Masters in 1978 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1984. The son of a 1923 Kenyon graduate, Shutt felt that the school was where he most wanted to teach. “When a job opened up there and I was fortunate enough to get it, I was delighted,” explains Shutt.
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