Cutting time in the pool is difficult. The shorter the event, the more difficult it is. Tenths of a second in the 50-yard freestyle are considered a major improvement and many swimmers never make improvements in increments larger than that. So when Douglas senior Jack Winslow shaved nearly a…
Douglas swim coach Stacy Wood may be sitting in the big chair for the first time with the boys swim team, but she’s plenty familiar with the swimmers under her charge. An assistant with the team the previous three years, Wood has long been involved with the Cats in the pool.
Three meets amid one of the most grueling practice weeks of the season – often referred to as Peak Week or Hell Week – can leave its mark. The Douglas Lady Bearcat swim team left theirs instead.
Riverton found out the hard way last week that the Lady Bearcats are on a roll, especially on their home turf - or, pool, rather.
Caitlyn Pike sat calmly on the bleachers as she waited for the other swimmers to arrive at the Douglas High School pool early in the evening on April 30. She wore a bright pink T-shirt designed by one of her teammates, swimmer-cartoonist Trevor Deming.
Their numbers and experience may have been affected slightly with losing three swimmers to graduation last year, but head coach Baxter Heinert is still optimistic about a promising and exciting season.
Douglas had to wait until the final individual event of the day before they won their first event, but freshman Payton Yost made it worth the wait.
Senior team captain Tony Back saved his best swimming of his high school career for his last meet ever.
The fourth time was the charm for Douglas diver Moira McPherson.
