BHB Conference Update and Qualifiers
Hey Team,
What an awesome and tiresome weekend! It seems that the Big Horn Basin Conference Championship was a great success! I received many compliments from the other coaches and a few parents. We have pulled off something that is not possible in a lot of places in the country, a successful youth swim meet in the age of COVID! I cannot thank enough all of our parents who did the work to make this happen. I would however like to give special praise to our board members and our fearless leader Daniel. We are lucky to have such a dedicated group and go-getter leading the team.
Although the points don’t show it so well, our team was very successful in terms of improved times, new first time events for some athletes and over all improvement. There were a few DQ’s that were unfortunate but that is how we learn and improve. Swim meet scoring is still a numbers game. We did not have the smallest team but we did have the smallest number of splashes per swimmer, especially among our more experienced athletes. We can work on that for next year. I want to thank the high school boys for hanging on to their taper after a long challenging season and contributing to the team. High school girls, where were you?
Congrats to the following swimmers who have qualified for the now canceled Wyoming Winter Short Course Championships:
PATRICIA CHRISTENSEN - 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 back, 100 back, 200 IM
KAREE COOLEY - 100 free, 200 free, 50 back, 100 back, 100 breast, 50 fly, 100 fly, 100 IM Free
KINLEY COOLEY - 50 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 breast, 200 breast
KOBUS DIVER - 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 200 breast, 200 IM,
KAYLEN GREENWALD - 50 back, 100 back
NATE JOHNSTON - 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM
ELIZABETH LIGGETT - 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly
RU PARKER - 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM
ADDY POWELL - 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly
FRANCIS ROGERS - 100 free, 200 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM
GABE ROSE - 100 fly, 200 IM
ADAM WILLIAMS - 50 free, 100 back
JOSH WRIGHT - 100 back
It would have been great to take this group to state! Hoping for summer state!
As mentioned in previous news, we will continue practicing until March 19th. I believe that the PAC will be closing after that for annual maintenance and cleaning. Spring/summer season will tentatively start around April 5th with our regular summer practice schedule, more about that later.
See you at the pool
Jerry
