Education
Indiana University Bloomington. Indiana University School of Medicine.
Indiana University Bloomington. Indiana University School of Medicine.
He also qualified for the final of the men"s 1,500-meter freestyle, clocked a time of 18:02.8 and finished seventh overall. Somers attended Indiana University, where he swam for coach Doc Counsilman"s Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition. He graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1968 and specialized in neurology.
Somers was a member of a United States. team that set a new world record of 8:17.0 in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay on July 23, 1960. The record was broken by an Australian relay team less than a month later.