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A force to be reckoned with, the swimmers strive to be

Ending a winning season strongly, pl aced second to Marian, beating their long
the girls swim team pl aced second at the time ri val Mill ard West.
Metro Conference meet and the state meet. "Our team has worked so hard, and
Although the boys had a smaller team, they it really showed wh en we won both Rams
still managed to get fifth at the metros and and the LS E Invite. If we hadn 't put so
eighth at state. These victories didn't come much dedi cation into the practi ces, we
easy. Both the boys and the girls had practice couldn't have done that," seni or Brooke
every day after school as well as Saturday Paulsen said .
mornings. They also had to be at school at The goals for both teams were
5: 15 in the morning three mornings a week aimed hi gh. The girl s were shooting fo r
to lift weights, run, jump rope, and run stairs. State Champs and the boys were aiming to
The hard work and dedicati on pl ayed a major beat their best state record , which was fourth
role in the intense season. pl ace in 2002. The team always reached for
"It was really hard getting up in the hi gh goals.
mornings before school, and then having to "We kn ew that sin ce our team was
work out after school also, but all the hard small, we would have to work extra hard to
work paid off in the end when 1 made it to achi eve our goal. We all went the extra mile
state," freshman Allison Wood said. givin g it 100% to each practi ce, and it
The girls team was stronger than it definitely paid off in th e end," seni or Ryan
had ever been before. They had many Hines said.
returning point scorers as well as upcoming Overall , both teams achieved many
freshmen. The girls started out their season goals and ended their seasons sati sfied.
strong winning for the second year in a row "We did so well this season. I'm
Checking her heart rate during practi ce is sophomore the Ralston Ram Relays and for the first time very proud of our team, and we will have to
Beth Anderson. All the workouts they did were based ever the Lincoln Southe ast In vite . When the work hard to achi eve eve n hi gher goals next
on heart rate. photo by Allie Jones
Millard North Invite roll ed around the girl s season," junior Lindsey Kline said.

Doing a statt at the beginn ing of practice is senior Ryan
Hines. The team did starts everyday at practice because
they were such an important part of the race. photo by
Allie Jones Workin g on breaststroke technique is jun io r Eric Nichols. Nichols went
to state in th e 50 yard freesty le. photo by Allie Jones
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