Men’s team looks to success
November 14, 2007
By: Mitch Ringenberg <mringenberg@hilite.org>
After finishing in fourth place at last year’s State meet, the men’s swimming team hope to break the top 3 this season. Swimmer and senior Matthew Segar said, “I want everyone to be making the top 16 this season, and we should be cracking the top 3, if not top 2.”
“We did (well) last season but this year we can do even better,” Segar said on last year’s season. Swimmer and sophomore Nikolas Astashinsky said, “The team really did well for themselves last season and we tried our best. But this year, we have really practiced hard, and I know if we give it our all, we can no doubt do much, much better.”
According to Segar, one of the main goals for the swim team this season is to have an even better State meet. “Our team has been improving and we have some very good representation.” Astashinsky said, “I think that the whole team has been making a steady progress throughout last season, so we can only get better.”
When it comes to how the team will improve Astashinsky said, “We’re getting some new additions to the team this year and we expect that the new swimmers perform well.”
Swimmer and senior Adam Twer said, “We have some younger guys on the team who should help us out.”
The season will officially kick off on Nov. 27, when the men’s team competes at Center Grove starting at 6 p.m. Astashinsky said, “(The Center Grove meet) will be very important for the team. We need to get off on the right foot.” After that, the team competes here in the Natatorium at 5:30 p.m.
In order to have its best season, Twer said the team has been practicing 10 times a week.
With the State meets all the way in February, this will give the men’s swimming team plenty of time to practice and improve their technique. Astashinsky said, “If everything goes like it should, and we try our best, then this should be one of the best seasons our team has had yet.”
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