{"585702":{"#nid":"585702","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet The Georgia Tech Athletes Who Made Viral Snow Video ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026#39;s the swim seen around the world.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFour Georgia Tech swim and dive teammates have gone viral after making a video of themselves practicing the form in a snowy situation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter having the second day of their weekend meet at Virginia Tech cancelled, Aidan Pastel, Matt Casillas, Brad Oberg, and Colt Williamson decided to make the most of getting snowed in at their hotel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut they weren\u0026#39;t expecting the video of their snow-laden medley replica to get so much attention.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I had to re-charge my phone three times because of all the notifications I was getting,\u0026quot; Pastel explains.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo far the video has been seen over \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/georgiatech\/videos\/10158026747760228\/\u0022\u003E9 million times on Facebook alone\u003C\/a\u003E. That doesn\u0026#39;t account for the countless media outlets who have requested to use the clip.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EESPN\u0026#39;s SportsCenter, ABC\u0026#39;s Good Morning America, and even the US Olympic Team have shared the video in some form or fashion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the video has been gaining traction internationally as well. BBC\u0026#39;s World News service reached out to use the footage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPastel says he even was contacted by a Japanese news agency who wanted to share the video.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInterestingly one of the snow swimmers isn\u0026#39;t even technically a swimmer. Matt Casillas, who is seen the video performing the backstroke, is a diver for the Yellow Jackets.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The video made by the swim and dive teammates has been viewed over 9 million times "}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech swim and dive team members made a snow video seen over 9 million times"}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2017-01-10 01:52:23","changed_gmt":"2017-01-10 14:24:43","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"585703":{"id":"585703","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Swim \u0026 Dive Team Makes Viral Video ","body":null,"created":"1484013254","gmt_created":"2017-01-10 01:54:14","changed":"1484013254","gmt_changed":"2017-01-10 01:54:14","alt":"Georgia Tech swim team makes viral video ","file":{"fid":"223266","name":"Photo Jan 09, 9 18 54 AM.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Photo%20Jan%2009%2C%209%2018%2054%20AM.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Photo%20Jan%2009%2C%209%2018%2054%20AM.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":464708,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Photo%20Jan%2009%2C%209%2018%2054%20AM.jpg?itok=NICQOIpJ"}}},"media_ids":["585703"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"173172","name":"viral video"},{"id":"167350","name":"swimming"},{"id":"167428","name":"snow"},{"id":"173173","name":"swim and dive"},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Social Media Team\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}