The Huskies Boys Swim and Dive team had a very successful year but it’s not over yet. With that being said David Rhodes, Phoenix Storm, Jacob Gleason, and Isaiah Smith set the new OHS 400 freestyle relay record and the team is hoping to break even more school records. The team will also be sending four swimmers to state.
The swimmers that qualified for state are senior David Rhodes, Carter Quam, Mathew Larson, and sophomore Isaiah Smith; they are all competing in the 200 free relay team.
As the swimmers enter state, they have high hopes of doing well. The Huskies broke the 200 freestyle relay twice and broke the 400 freestyle relay at finals. Coach Tara Lammers said, “We hope to break our record again and we hope to make it to finals.” The Huskies are hoping to do well in state and break more school records.
The state qualifiers are extremely excited to finish their season strong and go to state. Rhodes said, “Our goals are to break our own record again and to place in the top eight.”
The Huskies are very excited to go to state and they are going to prepare by working harder everyday. Lammers said, “We are going to continue to keep practicing after school and really focusing on our starts and turns and getting those fine tuned things perfected.”
The Huskies are dedicated to doing well in state so they are going to continue to keep putting in the work at practices. Rhodes said, “We have continued light practices to conserve energy this week and worked a lot on starts and turns. We have also been mentally preparing by visualizing and encouraging each other.”
The boys compete next at the state tournament on Friday, Mar. 1 and on Saturday, Mar. 2 both days they compete at 6 p.m. at Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center. Good luck boys!
