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SHERBROOKE, Que. Vernon Davis Jersey . -- Nearly a year ago Nicholas Tweel thought he would miss the Canada Summer Games. Tweel had hoped to play soccer for Prince Edward Island at the Games, but surgery in September to repair torn ligaments in his right ankle ended his chances. Instead, he threw himself into swimming, a sport hed only participated in to keep up his fitness. "With the soccer ending in September I thought, Well, might as well try to swim," said Tweel on Sunday. "They wanted more people, because we wanted to get a full team here at the Canada Games, so I said, Ive been swimming most of my life, might as well focus on that now because its good exercise." Tweel did more than try. He steadily trained for months while his ankle healed, earning his way on to P.E.I.s swim team and qualifying for the 50, 100 and 200-metre breaststroke races at the Games. It wasnt easy for the 17-year-old from Charlottetown. Training for competitive swimming exhausted him mentally and physically. "After my surgery, when I started to swim again for the Canada Games, I wasnt getting faster right away. I knew it was because of my ankle, but I was just getting frustrated anyway and I really wanted to make the team," said Tweel. "We had 13 guys qualify and they could take 12. It was really stressful to get the (standard) times and get as high as I could in the FINA rankings." Tweel added: "When I started I was just off the crutches, so it was pretty painful. I did nothing but pull for the whole practice. I remember the first practice that year I couldnt even get out of bed. I was just dead." He also tried to cut fast food out of his diet to help him increase his fitness, but struggled sticking to his new regime. "I tried to. It wasnt necessary for us to do, but I tried," said Tweel. "Thats all I can say. I didnt do very well, but I tried." That effort didnt go unnoticed by P.E.I. swim team coach William Calhoun. "He was pretty much one of those athletes for me that did exactly what I asked him to do, even if it was not something that he had traditionally been good at," said Calhoun. "Hes been pretty much, in every single event this year, 100 per cent best times throughout the season since he got his leg back to where it needed to be." Calhoun may have been impressed with Tweels work ethic, but the swimmer still needed to beat out the competition in the pool to qualify for the Games. Although he was hitting personal bests almost every time he swam, there was no room for error until hed guaranteed himself a spot at a meet in Saint John in May. "That meet pushed him up over the lip," said Calhoun. Tweels performance in the water was impressive for an athlete considered one of P.E.I.s best young soccer players. "Nick was a very strong soccer player. I mean, obviously, being involved in our provincial program shows a high level of soccer," said Jonathan Vos, technical director for the P.E.I. Soccer Association. "He was also selected to Team Atlantic one year. He wouldve been one of four Islanders selected for that team which then goes to nationals to compete against Quebec, Ontario, B.C., and Alberta. "Thats quite a high standard to make. At that age group thats the highest you can go to besides the national team." Tweel comes from an athletic family. His sister Madeline is sailing for P.E.I. at the Canada Summer Games, with his mother and all three of his siblings heavily involved in Charlottetowns Bluephins Aquatics Club. Calhoun believes that without that connection Tweel wouldve given up on swimming. But his family kept him around the pool, swimming in meets when his soccer schedule allowed. "I think after soccer stopped for me I couldnt focus in school a lot because I needed the exercise. I was too wired all the time," said Tweel, who missed out on the 2009 Games in the 50 breaststroke by just a few tenths of a second, despite never training seriously for the event. "I know that Id missed the time for Canada Games last time by a tiny, tiny bit, so I was like Might as well keep going." After talking to his parents about shifting his focus to competitive swimming, Tweel went to Calhoun in October and told him he wanted to make the provincial swim team. "We had a provincial swimming competition that he got selected for -- it was a Canada Games pre-competition event in December -- but because he injured himself, he wasnt able to go to that," said Calhoun. "But, he didnt want it to be deemed as, Well, I just dont want to go, so he trained just as hard as everybody else, up to that point, and really started to shine with his training once everything calmed down with his leg. "From January right up until yesterday hes been pretty much 100 per cent committed and worked really, really well within the training structure." Still, Tweel has one more goal after the Games are done. "I want to go back (to soccer)," said Tweel. "I kind of want to stay with swimming too. I dont want to be as far away as I used to be with it." Added Tweel: "I did talk to my club coach a month ago and he wanted me as soon as Canada Games was done right to soccer. I said, Whoa whoa whoa, I need to slow down a little bit, maybe Ill come back, but I need to take it easy for the first little while." Cheap Redskins Jerseys . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. 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Ole Miss has issues with finishing games after squandering 20-plus point leads in its first two losses.To put the Rebels woes into proper perspective: the rest of the FBS has only two losses after holding a 20-point lead.Georgia has concerns about a running game that produced only 101 yards rushing in last weeks comeback win at Missouri.Such is the situation as the No. 23 Rebels (1-2, 0-1) host the No. 12 Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0) at noon ET Saturday in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford.It is going to be another great challenge for us, Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said. We knew September was going to be this way, and it is time for us to get back out and find a way to finish a game.Freezes Rebels led Alabama 24-3 at last week before losing 48-43 to the top-ranked Tide. That collapse came two weeks after they built a 22-point cushion against Florida State before losing 45-34 to the Seminoles.Interestingly, Georgia has demonstrated its comeback ability in all three of its wins to date, even against Nicholls State in the second game of the year.The Bulldogs trailed 14-13 in that one before pulling out the 26-24 win over the FCS foe. The week before they trailed North Carolina 24-14 in the third quarter before rallying for the 33-24 victory.Last week in their SEC opener, they trailed 27-21 at Missouri with less than four minutes left before freshman quarterback Jacob Eason led a drive that produced the decisive score with just 1:29 to play on a 20-yard completion to wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie.Asked about that hookup this week, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart preferred to put it in the past.To be honest with you, that plays done, Smart said. Weve got to worry about Ole Miss. Theyre going to have some really fast guys rushing. Im really worried about what theyve got rushing.Also of concern for Smart is a running game that suddenly has turned stagnant for the Bulldogs. Tailback Nick Chubb has run for 365 yards for the season, but 222 of that came in the opener against the Tar Heels. He rushed for 80 yards against Nicholls State and onnly 63 against Missouri. Darrell Green Jersey. We have to be able to run the ball better, Smart said. Effectively, we talked about run efficiency. We were only run-efficient in the first game.Efficiency for us is success at which you run it at first down, second down and third down. We havent been run-efficient that last two games.When you ask how do we do that better, we have to create opportunities for our kids to be successful in. Thats the challenge we have as coaches, and thats the challenge were going to issue to our players.Ole Miss, on the other hand, has struggled to stop the run. The Rebels are next-to-last in the SEC in run defense, allowing nearly 243 yards a game to opposing rushers.Theyre going to be a tough run team to stop, Ole Miss defensive tackle Issac Gross said of the Bulldogs. They throw the ball, too. I see more of a play-action team. Theyre going to pound the ball.The Rebels also have had problems dealing with turnovers. They rank last in the SEC with a minus-5 turnover margin, having coughed it up seven times with quarterback Chad Kelly being responsible for six of the giveaways. Two of those resulted in defensive touchdowns for Alabama last week.We have to make sure every series ends in a kick, whether its an extra point, a field goal or a punt, Kelly said. I have to take it upon myself to keep putting it in my head to take care of the ball.The Rebels hope to exploit Georgias apparently vulnerable defense. The Bulldogs have allowed over 214 yards a game to opposing passers. 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