from Coach JJ McBride McKenna, who is known around the team as Kenna, moved to Int’l Falls last year and joined the swim team. This is her second year and we recently started putting her in the 200 Free and 500 Free. She works hard in practice and will take anything the coaches tell her and […]
Section 7A Recognition Spotlight: McKenna Whelchel (International Falls) Read More »
from Coach JJ McBride Kieren, now a junior, joined her 9th grade year. International Falls did not have a consistent diving coach her first year. With the help of other teammates she was able to get her 11 dives to dive at sections. With having a diving coach the past two years, Kieren consistently gets better on the
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from Coach Todd Fritze Minnesota Swim and Vibe loves recognition and one of the things we are able to do is take a coach’s recognition of their student-athletes and broadcast it across the state for the swimming community to applaud. We sent some feelers out to Section 8A and 8AA to see if there were
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Practice during the first week of the school year is always slightly different than the two to three weeks that come before it. It’s not that the swimmers are more tired because they are coming from school; in fact, it’s the opposite. The chatter is through the roof and getting everyone to listen and to
Teaching the Fine Art of Cognitive Flexibility – and Why That Matters to Athletes Read More »
What’s better than competing against a neighboring school? Working together with them to support an awesome cause!! That’s exactly what the ladies from Rochester Century and Rochester Mayo did on August 26th. Each team of girls provided volunteers to run a water station for the Healthy Human Race event in Rochester that day. According to
What’s Your Vibe? Rochester Century and Mayo Girls Swim and Dive Read More »
Winning a high school state meet is tough. Winning it with only four swimmers is near impossible…. but in 1990, it happened. Now before we get into the details, there’s a few things that were a bit different in Minnesota High School swimming at the time. First, there was no Class A and Class AA.
High School Swimming History: Winning the State Meet with Four Swimmers Read More »
Details matter…your name matters. Your name is part of your identity whether you like it or not. Some of you were given Smith or Davis or Berg and when you are at a meet, the announcer always pronounces your name right. You probably don’t think much about it. Many others, me included, have names that
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As the host of a dual meet, you need to recognize that the quality of the meet experience is reflective of your team and your school. Is it fair? Maybe not, but it is true. For the visiting team and it’s fan’s, it is probably the only exposure they will have to your program and
Hosting a Dual Meet: Pre Meet Communication Read More »
Saturday, August 26th will be the 7th Annual Tim Daly invitational hosted by Mound Westonka/Holy Family. It may seem like just another “first meet of the season”, but the meaning goes much deeper for me. Tim Daly was my high school coach and one of the most influential people in my life. I could write
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All the invites going on this week to kickoff the 2023 MSHSL girls swim and dive season
Fourteen Invites Kick Off the 2023 MSHSL Girls Season Read More »
