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Top Row: Coach Mircea, Daniel Jeong, Xingshen Liu, Kelvin Kim, Vaughn Schneider,
Woobin Cha, Eric Shin, William Kim, Ethan Hur, Johnny Tuohy, Coach Jung; Bottom
Row: Trisha Palli, Tommy Wigenton, Brian Lee, Mathew Ahn, Jeison Ward, Ryan Yi,
Colin Kim, Tanvi Mavuri.
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1. Woobin Cha goes through his stretches as he gets ready for his race. 2. Eric
Shin receives feedback from his coach just before his race. Having recent feedback
allowed swimmers to have better performances. 3. Helena Chin prepares to dive
from the platform as the race begins. If a heat requires students to dive, they have
to hit the water before the red and yellow flags in order for the dive to be legal. 4.
Grade-eight, Sungun Woo takes a breath as he performs his breaststroke. Breathing
techniques were vital for swimmers as the right technique helped them swim effi-
ciently. 5. Tanvi Mavuri builds up her leg strength by using a board to keep her up-
per body afloat. By doing this, all focus is on her leg muscles. 6. Jeison Ward takes
a break to receive feedback. Coach Mircea made sure to give detailed feedback for
swimmers. 7. Colin Kim warms up his body as he prepares for his race. At each
swim meet each team was given time in the water before to practice and get used
to the pool.. 8. Eric Shin stretches his arms by using muscle resistant exercise bands.
Stretching with bands not only works as a warm up, but improves arm, shoulder and
back strength. 9. First year swimmer, Tommy Wigenton swims down the lane, work-
ing on his breast stroke. Wigenton’s focus this season was improving his breaststroke
10. Record breaker, Woobin Cha performs his butterfly during practice as he pre-
pares for the first swim meet of the season. Woobin has also been swimming on the
high school varsity team. 11. Tommy Wigenton swims to the end of the lane as he
gets ready for a flip turn. The flip turn gives advantages to swimmers as it prevents
them from slowing them. 12. Sungun Woo picks out a pair of flippers to use. Swim-
mers used flippers to improve form and muscles.
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