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David Neville

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David Neville

2008

He Kept the Faith and Dived to Glory

DAVID NEVILLE FOUND HIS RHYTHM BEFORE FINDING HIS STRIDE.

He was once better at music than he was at track and field, playing percussion instruments from fourth grade. His mother has a master’s degree in piano performance. He played in the marching band at Indiana University and graduated in 2007 with a music education degree.

But he was a runner. As was his father. As was his grandfather.

Neville himself didn’t necessarily see it that way. He quit track after breaking his foot as a high school sophomore in Merrillville, Indiana. He discovered that he missed it and returned to the team the next year, just a few weeks before the sectional. He qualified for the state meet and finished seventh in the 100 meters.

Then, six years before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he imagined himself being there. He was wearing a Team USA singlet. He was winning medals. The vision was so vivid that he told a reporter about it.