2012-13 College Swimming & Diving Honors
Most Exciting Meet Women
by Alyssa Swanson November 3, 2012, Granville, OH Our dual meet with Kenyon was a pivotal moment in our season; I like to think it was one of the moments that defined the attitude and mentality of this 2012-2013 Denison Women’s Team. Every year we are faced with this head to head challenge with our long time rival and competitor. The past three years this weekend has
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turned into our largest mental challenge going from swimming against Ohio State Friday night and turning around to face Kenyon in the morning. For the senior class, we had never lost a dual meet to Kenyon during our time at Denison and we knew that we had to pull the team together in order to keep the streak alive. Gregg made it very clear to both Men’s and Women’s team that this was going to be a fight where every single race and person could make the difference in ultimately a win or a loss. That early November Saturday morning, the team was ready to go, everyone knew what was at stake and that we had to bring our best swims. To walk out on deck and see our
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parents, friends, and professors in stands really got the atmosphere going from the start. Going into my 200 Free, I knew what I had to do. I have my race strategy engrained into my mind, easy speed for the first 125, kick it in hard for that last 75. It took me a couple of years to figure it out, but since my sophomore year at Denison that has been my trusty plan! continued on next page.....