Reagan Mihalic (Typhoon 1) 
Reagan is one of our youngest Typhoon swimmers (age 6) and was chosen as a swimmer of the month for a couple of reasons. She has been showing a lot of improvement both in practice and at meets, and we have also seen her attitude change and she now has fun at practices and meets. She also broke the 6 & under 25 free record at her last meet! The Winter Gator Mini meet this February was her favorite meet because of that record. Her favorite strokes to swim are breaststroke, freestyle and backstroke. She likes to swim 100's of freestyle in practice, and has been working hard on her flip turns. Reagan feels like she has been influenced by her sister Rachel, who swims in blue crest. Her favorite thing about being on BWST is making new friends with swimmers in her group and hanging out with her sister and the older girls. To get ready for a swim meet Reagan likes to eat a big breakfast. Before she gets to the pool she likes to have her suit, goggles and cap on, so that she's ready to go! One of her goals for this year is to swim really fast and the March Mini Champs meet and get some ribbons. If she were stranded on a desert island, the three things she would want with her would be candy, her DS and her mom. When she's not swimming, Reagan likes to rollerskate, ride her bike, and play outside in her clubhouse. Way to go Reagan!
Nick Crabb (Typhoon 1)
This month we chose two typhoon swimmers of the month because we felt they were both deserving. Nick has shown tremendous improvements this year with us. When Nick first started in September, he would often not want to get in the water and didn't seem to have fun, but now Nick loves getting in and has a great time during practice. He also has become legal in his breaststroke and swam the breast events at his last meet! This has become one of his favorite strokes along with freestyle. We also chose Nick because at meets he is very willing to try new events and always swims his hardest. His favorite meet this year has been the February Winter Gator Mini meet because he got multiple ribbons. His favorite thing to work on at practice are flip turns - another thing that he just learned how to do this year. Nick feels like he has been influenced as a swimmer by his dad, and his favorite thing about being on BWST is swimming with new friends. To get ready for a swim meet he likes to eat his favorite foods. One of his goals for this year was to learn flip turns. If he was stranded on a desert island the three things he would want with him would be food, water and clothes. When Nick isn't swimming he likes to play basketball and Wii. Keep working hard Nick!
Rachel Mihalic (Blue Crest
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Rachel was chosen as swimmer of the month because she has really stepped it up at practices in her group and has been working hard to take the initiative to lead her lane. Rachel also made qualifying times for 14 & Under Age Group Champs in almost every event possible in her age group. She listens very well to feedback and has been making a big effort to improve her times. She also has fun at practice with her friends, but at the same time listens to her coaches. Her favorite meet was swimming at JO's last year, because you have to qualify which makes it special. She is very excited to go again this year and hopes to get her best times! Her favorite events to swim are the 100 and 50 fly, and 200 IM. Rachel likes working on IM sets during practice to work on all the strokes. Rachel has been influenced by her mom because she always cheers the loudest. She's also been influenced by her coaches because they encourage her to work hard and swim new events. Her favorite thing about being on BWST is swimming with her friends, and meeting new people. To get ready for a meet, she likes to download new songs to her IPod to get her pumped up. One of her goals for this year is to get an A time in butterfly, and also to make it to silver level in Club Tsunami. Her advice for her teammates is to listen to your coaches and work hard. If she were stranded on a desert island the three things she would want with her would be pasta, a TV and her IPod. When Rachel isn't swimming she likes to do gymnastics, watch American Idol, perform with KidTeam at her church, and write and perform plays with her friends. Great job Rachel!
Brennan Maxwell (Green Tide)
Brennan was chosen as swimmer of the month because his coaches have seen a lot of improvements in practice and meets. He swam really well at his last meet in February, and made two JO qualifying times, and was very close in a couple others. He's also started taking things a bit more seriously at practice and realized that he needs to work hard in practice in order for it to pay off at meets. His favorite meet so far this year was the PVS 18 & Under champs meet in February because he made JO cut times. His favorite events to swim are anything with Free, Back and Fly. At practice he likes working on FRIMs (a free/IM combo) because he gets to swim all the strokes. He has been influenced by Olympian Michael Phelps. Brennan's favorite thing about being on BWST is that because we are a smaller team, things are more personal and his squad only has about 15 kids in it, so his coaches are able to watch everyone. To get ready for a meet Brennan finds ways to calm himself down if he is getting too nervous, and he gives himself a mental pep talk. One of his goals for this year was to make JOs, and since he has done that, he really wants to do his best there. His advice for his teammates is that if you practice really hard and don't get overly worked up at meets, you can swim really fast. If he were stranded on a desert island the three things he would want with him would be lots of food, his Xbox and a book. When he's not swimming Brennan likes to read, play Xbox, play basketball and go to school. Swim fast Brennan!
