Merrill Bluejays Girls Swimming Preview
Head Coach: Kristie Winter 9th season
Assistant Coach: Ginger Kanitz 7th season
Merrill Bluejays Girls Swimming Schedule
Key returners:
Conference outlook
The Valley as always has some tough competition with much larger schools, many outnumbering us 2 or even 3 to 1. Our small but mighty Merrill team of only 14 swimmers gets challenged to swim 4 events sometimes back to back in every meet to cover the lineup. We have a very dedicated group this year and are not going to give up any points without a fight to the finish. I expect there will be several meets where it comes down to the final relay.
Keys to your success this season:
This team is young but very focused and improving by the day. They have a great team dynamic and push each other to be their best every day.
Behind the scenes: Who are some of the people that help your program succeed?
We are very lucky to have a very dedicated strength and conditioning coach Ryan Heath at Merrill High School. Coach Heath has been working with most of the team all summer and we have never started a season in this great of shape. I am really able to focus on technique instead of getting the group conditioned which is a huge benefit.
We also have great support from our parents who step up to run computers and set up the pool deck to host meets.
Coach’s comments: anything else you’d like to share?
The Merrill community has been a great supporter of swim in Merrill and we have a great facility to practice and host meets. I am really looking forward to what this young team is going to be able to accomplish not only this season but in the next 4 years as they mature.
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