Pool hopping: Bigelow switches to water polo

by Blake Seitz Sports Editor Senior Chris Bigelow is accustomed to pushing himself in the water; accustomed to grueling 4 a.m. swim practices and muscle-torching 100-meter sprints in the pool. Next fall at the University of Texas, however, Bigelow’s game will change as he tackles a new aquatic sport, water polo. It’s not much of a stretch to say Bigelow’s natural habitat is the water and not the land. He learned to swim at age 2, and joined a competitive team, the Coppell Cruisers, at age 6. “I was raised in the water, so it has always been a part of me,” Bigelow said. “I’m basically more talented in water than on land.” Bigelow’s experience…