Congrats to the Eagles for a stellar start to the season. The Varsity defeated Calvert Hall 96-74 on Friday, and seniors Nick Adagio, Brian Murphy, Pat Sullivan and Brendan Whipkey set a pool record in the 200 Free Relay.
There were some really great swims, lots of time dropped from last year, and some surprise standout swims. There were also some kinks, and while it’s great to know that we can win, it’s good to know that there’s room to do even better. One swimmer commented, accurately, that we have some really fast times, but there’s still a lot of fundamentals that need to be developed-no breathing into turns, tighter streamlines, jerky starts. That said, we’re flying high and can even fly higher.
On Saturday, the team had a blast at the St. John’s Invitational. The top 16 spots scored in each event, and while we were looking first and foremost just to get some times, we still won that meet handily 104-38. Granted, the meet also had some major kinks (most technical relating from glitches in names with the HyTek software and hand entered times), but it was awesome having the students swim so many events and trying out new strokes and for many getting fast times.
And of course, our parents prove to be another point of pride, providing the most officials and timers for the meet. Thanks to them.
We’re off to a great start.
Our next meet is December 2 against Landon at Holton Arms (4:30pm). Success in that meet begins now. Every practice matters. Every swim and every swimmer counts.
Reminder that we have practice at 9:00am on Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The bus leaves from Gonzaga at 8:45 a.m. I’ll be there in the parking lot to see it off.
Great job, Team. See you Monday.
