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Pre Comp Swimmer of the
Month
Ashley Sand is my swimmer of the
month. Ashley has had perfect attendance and arrives to practice,
eager and ready to learn. Every day, she is prepared to jump in the
pool, ready with all of her equipment. Once in the pool, she always
listens and is quiet when instruction is being given. Each time a
new drill is explained, Ashley is able to perform it to the best of
her abilities the first time. To have such discipline and
dedication at such a young age is amazing. Ashley is on the road to
being a top notch competitive swimmer. Way to go Ashley! Keep
it up!
Colby’s
group: It’s a tie!
Spencer Vanderpan - Spencer wasted little time making a big splash
in his new group! One of our newest additions from Coach
Lauren's group, Spencer has already shown great improvement in all
his strokes. Spencer is both competitive and thoughtful - a
rare and extremely successful combination. In practice he
quietly works hard, always doing his best. Spencer is the
unusual kid who you can show and explain what you want once and
they get it immediately! Spencer's a very quick sutdy!
Then, at the SRVLA Long Course meet in April, Spencer put together
all that hard work and technique tips and it resulted in all best
times! Spencer is a great addition to our group and I look
forward to many more great summer swims from him! Welcome
Spencer - you're doing a great job!
Lydia Deng - Lydia always does her own thing in practice.
Now, that's not to say she doesn't pay attention - quite the
opposite! This perfectionist just goes at her own pace,
making sure she's doing everything correctly, regardless of what
the rest of the group may doing. And that perfection from
Lydia continued at the SRVLA meet where she had all best
times. Lydia was on fire, even beating some of the bigger,
older girls! Lydia is proof positive that speed is not as
important in practice as technique is: if you work on swimming
technically correct strokes in practice, then your times will fall
automatically fall at a meet. I love Lydia's focus in
practice, and expect that focus to pay off with lots of best times
in the upcoming months! Way to go Lydia!
Coach Mark’s pick for
swimmer of the month for April goes to Gabbi White. Gabbi has
had some big improvements this year. At HAAL Championships,
she went a 1:07 in the 100 back which is only 1 second away from a
senior cut. She also went a 58 in the 100 free, only tenths
away from her senior cut. And at the walk-on meet she did get
her first senior cut, going a 26 in the 50 free! Way to go,
Gabbi! As most of us know, Gabbi loves to gab, but when she
stops gabbing, she turns into a vicious and hard
worker. Working this hard all the time, its no wonder she had
such impressive end of the season meets. Great job,
Gabbi.
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