Editing Mark Spitz (section)

===College training===
Spitz was disappointed in his 1968 Olympic performance. In January 1969, he decided to attend [[Indiana University]]<ref name="IUspitz"/> to train with [[Indiana Hoosiers]] swimming coach [[Doc Counsilman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhptst/051603/text/doc.html |title=Indiana University Archives |publisher=Indiana.edu |date=May 16, 2003 |access-date=January 30, 2011}}</ref> who was also his Olympic coach in [[Mexico City]]. He called choosing Indiana and Counsilman "the biggest decision of my life (and) the best."<ref name="Glory of Old IU 220">{{cite book|last1=Hammel|first1=Bob|last2=Klingelhoffer|first2=Kit|title=The Glory of Old Iu: 100 Years of Indiana Athletics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uobLCQZlhAC|year=1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=1-58261-068-1|page=156}}</ref> While at Indiana, Spitz won eight individual [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] titles. In 1971, he won the [[James E. Sullivan Award]] as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Spitz also set a number of world records during the [[United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|U.S. Olympic Swim Trials]] held in Chicago's [[Portage Park (Chicago)|Portage Park]] in 1972.

He was nicknamed "Mark the Shark" by his teammates.<ref name=Chavoor/>