Were we victorious?

Nope.

Did we win?

I think so.

Let me put this way. Out of the 50 swims last night 35 of them were in-season best times.

Yes, it kills me to lose to DePauw... and the team saw a coach last night that just refused to enjoy all those great swims. However, I can smile this morning knowing that I have not compromised our season plan - and that we continue to show signs that we are on track for a tremendous conference meet, full of lifetime bests.

What signs? Well let me think...

1) Our Medley Relay is now 19 seconds faster than in our first dual meet. We have had to be patient as we have switched some swimmers to different legs, but that patience is paying off with a relay that will have a chance to be All-Conference again this year.

2) Our distance guys came in last night and all four of them took between 30 and 45 seconds off their previous best. That is amazing - and shows how hard they have worked, and more importantly, that it is paying off.

3) We went to Florida over break and had an great training trip. I have never been around a group of swimmers that trained harder, or stayed more focused than our team did this year.

4) After our Wabash Invite last semester we walked into our December Invites and broke a school record, had a national qualifying time, and had over 20 lifetime bests.

5) We just walked out of our DePauw Dual Meet with 35 swims that were faster than what we did at the Wabash Invite!... and about 5 more that were less than a tenth off those times. Also, our freshman diver, Rob Fenoglio, finished the meet with lifetime best scores on both boards! Now that has to get you excited about where we will end up. (Fenoglio, Schiltz, and Craig getting ready to dive)

So, last night 7 out of every 10 swims were in-season lifetime bests - I always want to be coaching a team that is swimming that well. Also when looking at the time drops from Wash U to DePauw, you can see just how fast we are improving - and how good we are going to be.

We may have lost the meet, but as I said earlier... we're sticking to our plan and it will be there for us by conferences.

More Better,

-PHC