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Wrightsville Beach, NC – On a beautiful October
weekend, over 110 WAVE swimmers descended on Wrightsville Beach, NC
and had two great days of team building.
On Saturday, sixty 12-&-Unders started off the day with
in-water, and out-of-water workouts and team building
exercises. Coaches Beth and Michelle had a wonderful time
with the Level 1 and BC swimmers. Coaches Jeff, JP and Brandon
worked the Level 2 swimmers hard. While Coaches Bescher and Brendan
played dice and blackjack with the level 3 swimmers - all centered
around determining the number of shuttle runs they had to
complete. While the athletes were going through their paces,
Head Coach John Roy was able to visit all of the groups and conduct
a Q & A session with parents who were enjoying the day with
their swimmers.
After a morning of hard work on the beach,
the swimmers ate lunch and learned about nutrition, goal setting
and participated in additional team-building activities. The day
concluded with free time on the beach and the pool, featuring a
look into the clubhouse through the underwater windows. Former Wave
swimmer and coach Lauren Bays made a guest appearance in the
afternoon to join in on the fun as well.
Sunday morning, fifty 13-&-Overs invaded the North Carolina
coast. Their day had a very similar format to the younger swimmers.
The morning workout kicked off with a two mile run to Johnnie
Mercer’s Pier accompanied by Coaches Ed and JP. Coach
JP finished 6th after 5 pairs came in. Leading the pack were
the pair of Christian Mason and Lee Addison. Following the
run, the swimmers completed three circuits of a 300 yard run beach
run followed by a 300 yard swim. The workout part ended with
Coach Ed’s version of musical chairs using diving sticks.
Congratulations to Lee Addison, Petch Lamson, Sarah Jabusch and
overall winner Haley Bishop. The competition was spirited. Each
swimmer exhibited determination to win and to be first athlete to
grab the diving stick buried in the ground.
After lunch the swimmers had some brief talks
from the coaches, followed by free time on the beach and in the
pool. The swimmers organized a game of beach football and
made human pyramids. They made an awesome piece of art in the
sand that read “GO WAVE SWIMMING.” Coach Bescher became
a target in the sand battle getting hit in the face, back, and
hair.
Overall it was a great weekend. The
weather was definitely much improved over last year, featuring
almost 90 degree temperatures on Saturday. The coaching staff would
like to thank all the parents that helped make this weekend run
smoothly and a great success. Thank you to all of the chaperons,
hospitality helpers, cooler donations, clean-up volunteers and gate
keepers. Two big shout outs to Cathy Bishop who help order
the food and coordinate that effort and to Brian Tobey for getting
10 cases of water donated.
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