The swim and dive team has high hopes for the upcoming season after coming off a fantastic season last year when the boys ended their regular season undefeated, the girls had a record of 5-1, and the girls came off in third place at Metros.
The team graduated many significant seniors last year, including Chris Verboncoeur who swims for Virginia Tech and Alex Stanton who dives for Harvard University.
“We lost a lot of seniors last year,” swim and dive coach Rodney Van Tassell said. “They were probably the best class of boys and girls we’ve had since I’ve been coaching, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have high expectations for this upcoming season.”
According to Van Tassell, the secret to the school’s swimming and diving success is a combination of good leadership, depth and team spirit. The swim captains this year are seniors Emily Hall, Yvonne Huo, Brian Xiao and Michael Pratt, and the dive captain is junior Timothy Faerber.
Depth on the team, meaning each event has more than one strong Bulldog competing in it, is the true driving force behind the team’s victories.
“You can be a good team with just a few superstars, but you can’t be a great team without depth and a lot of role players,” Van Tassell said. “[Depth and role players] is what we have.”
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Winston Churchill High School3Wooton1May 29 / Boys Varsity Volleyball
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Winston Churchill High School2Sherwood11May 26 / Softball
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Winston Churchill High School2Sherwood11May 25 / Varsity Softball
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Winston Churchill High School7Wooton0May 25 / Boys Varsity Tennis
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Winston Churchill High School3Wooton0May 15 / Boys Varsity Volleyball
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Winston Churchill High School2Walter Johnson4May 13 / Varsity Softball
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Winston Churchill High School12Whitman5May 13 / Boys Lacrosse
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Winston Churchill High School1Whitman2May 11 / Varsity Baseball
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Winston Churchill High School14Walter Johnson7May 10 / Boys Lacrosse
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Winston Churchill High School4Walter Johnson3May 9 / Varsity Baseball
Winter Preview Swim and Dive
November 23, 2010
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