Katie Park (GREEN Crest 2)
Katie Park, hi, and welcome to Blue Waves! Your fame has spread throughout the team as someone who is reliable, hard working, and positively enthusiastic about swimming! Thank you for answering a few questions for us adoring fans! Firstly, what has been your favorite meet thus far this season? “The Spring Championship meet, because I went faster in all my events, and got an A time in backstroke.” Congratulations! That is quite the achievement! So I am assuming you like to swim backstroke? Anything else? “My favorite events are 100 fly, 100 back, and 50 back, because I love backstroke and butterfly. Also, I seem to get faster every time I swim them in a meet.” That is awesome! You must be working very hard in practice. What is the most challenging part about being a swimmer? “I think the most challenging part about being a swimmer is trying to focus all your training at the meet and not forget it. It can change you from being first or second.” That is very true. With the sport of swimming, you need to train in practice the way you want to swim in a meet. What do you do to prepare for a meet? “I try to get to sleep early, 7:00pm, and try to relax.” Being relaxed is very important. It helps you stay less stressed, and more focused on your goals. What are some of your goals for this year? “One of my goals is to make sure I kick in my back, free, and fly. I will achieve this by trying to make it a habit and I will slowly get used to it.” Very clever! It is important to use practice to make good habits. What do you like about being on Blue Wave? “I like being on Blue Wave because I have improved my stroke and built up my confidence.” Yay! That is awesome to hear! I am glad you are having fun. Swimming aside, what are some things we might not know about you? “I play the piano and love movies!!” Well who doesn’t love a good movie? What is your favorite food? “My favorite food is marble cake with mixed fruit filling and whipped icing. I will not eat ANY cake that has butter cream icing.” Hahaha, well thank you for making me really want some cake now! So besides eat cake, what else do you like to do? “I like to play piano, draw, make box houses, ride my bike, and explore nature.” Well that sounds like fun! If you won the lottery, what would you do? “I would first leave some for college, and then give the rest to my family, who helped me so much.” Families are important. It is good to have the support from your family so you can continue to chase your dreams, and accomplish great things! What else have you done outside of swimming that you are proud of? “In fourth grade, I made it to the school geography bee!” Cool! So if I asked you what the capitol of Mongolia was, would you know it? Just kidding! Final question: If you were an animal, what would you be and why? “I would like to be a phoenix or dragon (fantasy), or a narwhal (real). These amazing creatures are spectacular to look at, and are clever and ferocious!” Well Katie they sound just like you when you swim! Thank you so much for the insight into yourself! And congrats on being Swimmer of the Month! Keep swimming ferociously!!
Caroline Layne (GREEN Crest)
Caroline Layne has an ocean of personality. She brings energy and spunk wherever she goes. She is always supportive of her teammates, and is great at looking out for their interests. We are very happy to have her as a swimmer of the month! When we asked Caroline to tell us a bit about herself, she was in no way at a loss for words. So Caroline, what has been your favorite swim meet? “My favorite swim meet was last summer on Stone Ridge because I was with my friends and I got to swim the National Anthem.” Well how does that work? Apparently one gets to carry the flag across the pool. Cool. What is your favorite event? “My favorite event is the 50 breaststroke and 100 breaststroke, because it is my favorite stroke.” One might say you make the competition croak! Or, breaststroke helps you win ribbits, excuse me, ribbons. How do you best prepare for a meet? Doing frog jumps? “I get ready for a meet by stretching, resting, and saving my energy.” Smart choices. Frogs need plenty of energy to leap across ponds. Speaking of leaps, what is the most challenging part about being a swimmer? “The cramps after long hard swims.” Sounds like you need to cut down on the flies, and eat more bananas and drink plenty of water! What do you like about being on Blue Waves? “All the friends and the fun things we do, like bowling!” Do you have any goals this season? “My goal was to make swimmer of the month, and I did that by working hard in practice.” Well, not just that, you are also a great teammate. Keep up the good work in practice! What is something your teammates might not know about you? Are you secretly a frog? “I have a grandma who is a swim coach!” Well then! Swimming must run in the family! What is your favorite food? “Pasta with parmesan cheese and broccoli!” That is amazing, I don’t think I have met a swimmer who has broccoli as part of their favorite foods! What other stuff do we not know about you? “I go horseback ridding and basketball, I have gotten honor role for all three quarters thus far, and if I were an animal I would be a cheetah because I could go really fast.” That is hopping cool Caroline! Last question: what would you do if you won the lottery? “The thing I would do first is scream and buy a house in Chapel Hill North Carolina.” That is a beautiful city! Keep up the awesome work Caroline, and congratulations on being swimmer of the month!
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