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NOVEMBER 17, 2023
WHITWORTH PIRATES WOMEN NAME
YR./EL.
EVENTS
HOMETOWN
Chamelle Abringe
So.
Butterfly / I.M.
Grandview, Wash.
Maria Bentz
So.
I.M. / Backstroke
Billings, Mont.
Sarah Doncevic
Sr.
Backstroke / butterfly
Ambridge, Pa.
Hailey Freeman
Fr.
Freestyle / I.M.
Austin, Texas
Maria Girbacea
Fr.
Butterfly / I.M.
Chugiak, Alaska
Mya Granger
Fr.
Freestyle
Edmonds, Wash.
Isabella Hoopes
Fr.
Breaststroke / I.M.
Everett, Wash.
Jillian Larrabee
Sr.
Freestyle / Butterfly
Durham, Calif.
Paige Orlando
So.
Freestyle
Grace Oster
So.
Breaststroke
Makhaela Parrish
Fr.
Freestyle
Moses Lake, Wash.
Ryan Steed
Fr.
Freestyle
Orcutt, Calif.
Taylor Thorne
Jr.
Backstroke
Missoula, Mont.
Lilly Tucker
Jr.
Breaststroke / I.M.
Klamath Falls, Ore. Eugene, Ore.
Federal Way, Wash.
MEN NAME
YR./EL.
EVENTS
Henry Brewster
Fr.
Butterfly / Freestyle
West Vancouver, B.C.
Garrett Chesley
Fr.
Backstroke / butterfly
Lake Stevens, Wash.
Parker Dangleis
Fr.
Freestyle
Hockinson, Wash.
Samuel Draeger
Fr.
Backstroke / I.M.
Fife, Wash.
Blake Ediss
Fr.
Butterfly / I.M.
Boise, Idaho
Austin Elwyn
Fr.
Freestyle / Butterfly
Wenatchee, Wash.
Brody Faser
So.
Breaststroke / I.M.
Goodyear, Ariz.
Mason Groth
So.
Butterfly / I.M.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Kai Hayashida
Fr.
Freestyle / I.M.
Hilo, Hawaii
Benjamin Jackson
Fr.
Freestyle
Kent, Wash.
Haden Keener
Jr.
Freestyle
Lewiston, Idaho
Vincent McNabb
So.
Backstroke / freestyle
Wailuku, Hawaii
Ty Patterson
Jr.
Backstroke / Freestyle
Newberg, Ore.
Alex Popov
Fr.
Breaststroke / I.M.
Trenten Schmidt
So.
Freestyle
Corbett, Ore.
Mason Self
Jr.
Freestyle / Backstroke
West Linn, Ore.
Zachary Washburn
Jr.
Freestyle
HEAD COACH: Steve Schadt (21st year) ASSISTANT COACH: Christine Mabile
HOMETOWN
Woodinville, Wash.
Moses Lake, Wash.
LINFIELD WILDCATS
sarah arpag
Fly/IM/Back Hood River, Ore.
whitney averill
Breast/IM/Sprint Free Tillamook, Oregon
lauren bobo-shisler
avery campbell
Sprints Newport, Oregon
Back/Sprint Free Olympia, Washington
emma campbell Mid-Distance Ketchikan, Alaska
stephanie kaylee elsom castellanos-welsh Mid-Distance Free
Caley haydu
Free/Back Portland, Oregon
Bend, Oregon
Freestyle/IM Poulsbo, Washington
abbi karsseboom
maggie kelley
kirsti keppo
kalea mullins
taila patterson
ella quijano
kayla wilson
levi buker
edan donaldson
connor fery
jack gallo
nathan herde
Nikola jelusic
andrew lee
sasha moore
elijah ng
Portland, Oregon
Breast/IM Portland, Oregon
carson washburn
cadogan wheat
cam wheeler
Free/IM/Back Tualatin, Oregon
Sprint Free/Fly/Back Colton, Oregon
Daniel Olson
Sprint Free/Fly Medford, Oregon
Sprint Free Silverton, Oregon
Fly/Distance Free Eugene, Oregon
Sprint Free/Fly Beaverton, Oregon
cole runion
Sprint Free/Back Silverton, Oregon
IM/Free Gresham, Oregon
Back/Fly Honolulu, Hawaii
Distance Free/Fly Mid-Distance/Free Freestyle/Breast Vancouver, Washington Parkland, Washington Milwaukie, Oregon
gavin smith
Distance Free/Back/IM Bremerton, Washington
ivan tontchev
Freestyle, Breast Grants Pass, Oregon
rocco velie
Free Salem, Oregon
Breaststroke Redding, California
IM/Back/Fly/Sprint Free
IM/Fly Free/Breast Kingston, Washington Grants Pass, Oregon
Fly/Free Missioula, Montana
Fly/Free Medford, Oregon
Back/Free Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Distance Free Wenatchee, Washington
ORDER OF EVENTS
bram zlotowski
IM/Fly/Free Redding, California
kyle kimball Head Coach 10th Year
alec webster
Assistant Coach Sixth Year
Events 1 and 2: 200 Medley Relay Events 3 and 4: 1,650 Freestyle Events 5 and 6: 200 Freestyle Events 7 and 8: 50 Freestyle Events 9 and 10: 400 Individual Medley --10 minute break-Events 11 and 12: 100 Butterfly
Events 13 and 14: 100 Freestyle Events 15 and 16: 100 Backstroke Events 17 and 18: 500 Freestyle --10 minute break-Events 19 and 20: 100 Breaststroke Events 21 and 22: 200 Freestyle Relay
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WILDCAT SPOTLIGHT peak performance Nathan Herde’s drive to be his best self is leading him to new ways to achieve better results in the classroom and the pool by karlie vercauteren ’27
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ifth-year Linfield University swimmer Nathan Herde is using his extra year of eligibility to give everything he has to academics and sports and go forward with no regrets. After a rough season his freshman year, Herde has adapted well and consistently clocked-in excellent times. Still, he decided last year that he was not quite ready to be done with swimming and has returned for a fifth and final season. “My perspective now this year is just: This is everything that I can do. Once I finish this season, I won’t have any what-ifs, I’ll know that I gave it everything I could and I took every opportunity that there was for me” he says. In order to make sure nothing gets left behind, Herde must train harder than ever, but he is not deterred by that daunting task. “I love the sport because I love to train and just push myself and get better. I like that sense of being uncomfortable but knowing that it’s going to help you get better,” he says. Roommate and former teammate Cam Butler attests to Herde’s drive, describing him as “a competitive training partner who (gives) it his all.” Even with all the time Herde spends improving himself physically, he remains keenly aware of the power of mindset on his performance. He knows first-hand how devastating it can feel to not be physically improving. He now recognizes that the root of the issue is often mental. While this lesson has not come easily, he has learned it well and constantly remains open to feedback and the opportunities for growth it provides. “(Coach Kyle Kimball) makes jokes that I’m the one who sets up the most meetings with him,” he says. “I just talk to him a lot about how I’m feeling and about how I can make adjustments.” Even with this extra level of dedication in the pool, the Parkland, Washington, native enjoys a rich life and passions outside of it. Herde’s major is in exercise science, the passion for which began when he saw an inspiring Nike documentary at the age of 16. “The details they went into on that documentary and the science behind it just really got me into human performance in general,” he remembers, “and what can affect performance on a physiological (and cellular) basis.”
Originally, Herde thought this passion would lead him towards being a strength and conditioning coach. But a summer internship at the University of Washington showed him that was not quite his path. “I was really interested in that affecting portion of an athlete, like how you can manipulate how they perform. I realized during that internship that it’s really stressful trying to design that program. I knew as I was doing it that it wasn’t something that really interested me. I learned I was more interested in just why this is affecting them, not necessarily this is what happens so let’s put it into place,” he says. Herde’s interest in uncovering the “why” led him to another research project at Linfield where he is exploring the impacts of a supplement on the performance of his participants, all members of the Linfield community. As for his next steps, Herde has narrowed down his graduate school choices to three universities with top integrative physiology programs and a heavy emphasis on research. Even so much already on his plate, Herde makes time to explore other interests, namely, sports photography. He has been a photographer for the Linfield Sports Communications office since his freshman year and describes what it is about the job he finds so engaging: “I just love being in an atmos-phere of the hype. That’s probably my favorite thing about competing, too. Just the energy that it brings is a lot of fun. I love when your adrenaline gets so high. I love capturing moments of different emotions throughout a game, because there’s just so many that happen.” This insight into and appreciation for the people around him reflects Herde’s innate curiosity and overall character. And as for his own competitions, Herde is driven by the utter self-reliance swimming demands. Its unique emphasis on the individual has helped him learn to trust and push himself in a way that little else could have, and those are skills he will carry his entire life. “Once you dive in the water and you’re in your lane, there’s nothing that anyone else can do to help you be better or perform better. It’s all on you. Every day at practice, we use each other as teammates to get better, but at the end of the day, it comes down to how you perform” Herde says. While it remains to be seen exactly how this season will play out, Herde will no doubt deliver top performances worthy of the effort he has put in during his time at Linfield. Regardless of the end result, he says, “I’ll trust and know that I gave it everything that I could.”