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After Friday's swims at the state meet in Canton,
Heather finished fifth in the preliminary heat of the 200 yard
freestyle with a time of 1:57.21. She advanced to the finals
that evening and completed the day with a time of 1:57.42 where she
claimed fourth place in the 200 yard freestyle.
On Saturday, Heather competed in the 100 yard backstroke and earned
an eighth place finish in the prelims. She advanced to the
final heat of the backstroke on Saturday evening and claimed sixth
place overall with a time of 1:01.35. Nice finish to a great
season Heather!
“The results
you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”
-- Denis
Waitly
The above quote holds especially
true for VWHS swimmer Heather Easley. Heather, a senior, is headed
to the state meet for her third year in a row. Heather began
swimming for the YMCA Marlin’s swim team when she was about seven
years old. She has continued swimming since that age and has swam
for the high school team since freshman year. Heather is a very
dedicated swimmer and she has clearly applied the necessary efforts
to advance this far in her swimming career and compete at the state
level.
Sophomore year, Heather qualified for the state meet in
the 100 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle. She received a
time of 55.00 seconds in the 100 free and was placed 13th.
After swimming the 200 yard freestyle, she received a time of
1:59.13 and was placed 14th overall. Entering the state
meet her junior year, Heather swam the 200 yard freestyle again and
the 500 yard freestyle. After swimming the 200 free she received a
time of 1:59.36 and a place of 9th. The 500 free brought
Heather a time of 5:20.50 and finished her in 17th place
overall. This year, Heather enters the state meet competing in the
200 yard freestyle for the third time and the 100 yard backstroke.
She captured an honorable first place finish in the 100 backstroke
at the district meet held last week in Bowling Green. Her final
time was 1:00.57. Heather also claimed second place in the 200 yard
freestyle with a time of 1:55.67 at last week’s district meet.
The state meet is held in Canton, Ohio over the course
of two days – Friday and Saturday. Girls DI, girls DII, and boys
swim on both days. This year the girls DI will compete first,
followed by the girls DII, and then the boys – in each event.
Prelims are swam Friday morning for the Medley Relay through the 100
fly events. The top sixteen finishers will advance to the finals
that evening. Saturday is the same, except that the events will
pick up with the 100 yard free style and finish the meet with the
400 free relay. Heather will be swimming the 200 yard freestyle on
Friday and the 100 yard backstroke on Saturday.
Just for fun
A few questions for Heather...
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What is your favorite event to swim? |
I don't really have a favorite - pretty much
anything freestyle or backstroke. |
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What do you think about before a big race? |
I try not to focus too much on anything in particular.
I just try to stay relaxed and calm. |
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What is your favorite memory from
swimming? |
I have two - When Rylan and I finally got Coach Clifton
into the pool, and when Brian and I ran out the back door
from the pool and rolled in the snow during the middle of
practice. |
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Do you have any advice for new swimmers or
young athletes? |
1. Enjoy every moment of whatever sport you do, it is
all over so quickly that it is not worth putting the time
and effort into something that you don't have fun doing.
2. Whatever you choose to do, do it because you want to, not
because friends or family want you to do it.
3. Don't compare yourself to the best that other people can
do, but to the best that you can do. |
Last Updated:
May 08, 2008
By: Adrienne Moser
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