Fall19ThoreauClubMagazine

Coach J Simmons Keep your legs close together and kick from the hips rather than the knees Keep your ankles relaxed and your knee slightly bent on the downbeat Kick as hard and fast as you can and feel comfortable Sprinters may kick up to six beats per arm cycle whereas longer distance swimmers will typically use 4 beats per arm cycle 1st Row: Emma Reiner, Emlen Lease, Farah Tavakol; 2nd Row Ella Bergeron, Erin Wildes, Sophia Eckler, Cyrus Tavakol, Herrick Stevenson, Brayden Kavanagh; 3rd Row Andrew Wu, Kate deBlonk, Henry Lease, Reese Stevenson, Coach J Simmons 8 5 2 GOLD SILVER BRONZE “I want to thank Coach Hillary Kavanaugh for helping me with all of the swimmers on deck for the two days at Harvard Bay State. Also to my surprise Hillary has her own Bay State record in the 400 LC Freestyle with a time of 5:42.41 set in 2014.” - Coach J Bay State Medals Thoreau Sharks COACH TIP: Backstroke KICKING • • • • to the 15 Thoreau Sharks Swimmers who all placed in the Top 10 at Harvard Bay States July 6-7th Win if you can, lose if you must, but never quit Cameron Trammel “ ” 26 THOREAU INSPIRED | FALL 2019