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March 30, 2009

2008 - 2009 Swimming and Diving Banquet

The long season was wrapped up last night as our athletes, their families and a few special guests gathered for a night to celebrate another successful year for Wabash Swimming and Diving. Holding this banquet is a yearly tradition that allows everyone to reflect on the ups and downs of the season and gives the coaches a chance to recognize each individual athlete. Four awards are given out at the end of the evening and even though everyone was not recognized in those four capacities, Coach Weitz did speak out about each class – calling them up individually to be acknowledged. The winners of our 4 awards were the following:

Most Improved: Steve Zajac

Best Individual Race: Eric Vaughn

Most Valuable Swimmer: Craig Vetor

Some Little Giant: Evan Rhinesmith

The banquet would not have been such a success if it were not for the hard work of Adam Current and Steve Zajac. These two made an 18 minute video recapping the entire season through music, videos and pictures. The video was a hit and was a great way to end the night. Thank you Gentlemen!

Looking towards next year, Coach Weitz announced who the three captains were going to be to lead this team in 2009-2010. Pete Hewitt, Robert Fozkos and Craig Vetor have been voted by their teammates and have already begun being serving as team leaders. They have started holding optional practices everyday from 5pm-6pm and have set up multiple social gatherings to create more team unity. I fully expect these three will do a great job as captains and will continue to raise the bar for Wabash Swimming and Diving.

- Michael Kerr

Below are several pictures taken from the banquet:

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March 23, 2009

Captain’s Corner: A New Day

My how the days go by fast! Although time travel has yet to be invented (Blackwell and I are close to a breakthrough I can feel it…) it sure feels like I have jumped into a time warp. It is as if just moments ago I was a freshman here at the Bash, doing what I could to help aid the swim team with my massive pecs and ludicrous hair…and now here I am at the brim of my junior year, ready to pursue my final year here at Wabash.

Last week we voted for captains whereas Robert Fozkos, Pete Hewitt, and I were chosen to lead the team into next season. I have extreme faith in my peer captains and know that they will do their best to optimally perform at the helm that is Wabash Swimming. Already my peer captains have shown their passion for our program through their e-mails and willingness to set up and lead practices in this off-season not even a day after being voted to the position. This gets me extremely excited for next year and what we will be able to accomplish.

This last weekend was honors scholar weekend, where hundreds of prospective students come to campus to take a look around and get a feel for what it’s like to be a Wally. We had many prospective swimmers join the rest of the team at a cook-out on Saturday at our "Swimmer House" in a friendly get-to-know-you atmosphere. With burgers aplenty, lively music, and plenty of people to interact with, everyone seemed to be having a great time! Being at the cook-out and being in that kind of atmosphere was like peering into the future of Wabash swimming, and the future is very bright indeed! It is a new day…and the forecast calls for one to get out the sunglasses some SPF products…because it will be quite sunny.

-Craig Vetor ‘10

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March 05, 2009

Is it the Suits?

The talk in the swimming world is still about the new breed of suits that help swimmers become more buoyant, improving body position and leading to dramatic drops in time.

When sophomore Craig Vetor broke the Wabash 200 free record at the Conference meet, he was wearing a regular old fastskin suit. At Purdue, he tried on a BlueSeventy. The difference? For Craig, about .26 seconds. But your mileage may vary.

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March 03, 2009

Evan Rhinesmith's 100 Breast Record 2.0

Sophomore Evan Rhinesmith tries to better his Wabash school record and B-cut in the 100 breaststroke at the Boiler MakeIt meet at Purdue. Here's what happened...

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March 02, 2009

Two Records, One Race

At the NCAC meet, the Wabash 400 Free Relay came just .03 from the school record (3:06.63 set by RJ Morgan, David Kent, David Burleigh, and Mychael Shannon in 1999).

Two additional weeks of training later, the squad, including seniors Jordon Blackwell and Blaine Cooper-Surma, tried again at the Boiler MakeIt meet at Purdue. The result? Blackwell's leadoff 100 bettered his own school record at 45.84, and the squad broke the relay record with a 3:05.91!

Watch.

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February 15, 2009

Eric Vaughn Breaks the 100 Fly Record

Wabash sophomore Eric Vaughn was a half second off a B cut in the 100 fly after the last relay at the NCAC swim championships. He swam a time trial to find some speed.

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February 13, 2009

Evan Rhinesmith's Record-Breaking Retry

Sophomore Evan Rhinesmith swam to fifth place time in the 100 breast, but he knew he could be faster. So he swam a time trial and broke Colin Fahey's school record. Watch.

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