{"id":2195,"date":"2018-03-13T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbaquaticcenter.com\/news\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2020-01-05T19:41:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T03:41:48","slug":"mbac-stories-melissa-cochran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbac.com\/news\/2018\/03\/mbac-stories-melissa-cochran\/","title":{"rendered":"MBAC Stories: Melissa Cochran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mbaquaticcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/melissa-1.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Cochran Sculler\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/melissa-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mbac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/melissa-1-275x178.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>When Melissa Cochran was gifted a rowing class from her daughter and son-in-law for her birthday a few years ago, she never imagined she would find a life-long passion and love for rowing on Mission Bay.\u00a0 She continues to rent a rowing shell weekly where she finds tranquility and a peacefulness on the water that help drown out her stress.\u00a0 <!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2175\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mbaquaticcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sculling.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Sculling\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sculling.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mbac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sculling-275x178.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A retired professor, when Melissa witnessed the USA women&#8217;s rowing team win the 2012 Olympics she was drawn to learning the sport. 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