Olympia Swim Team Making A Splash

By Alex Switzer

    When it comes to Oly swimming, the new motto is quality over quantity, as they only have four members this season: Johann Meyer, Chance Cook, Mathew Nelson, and Hunter Schuerman.

    Although they have a low membership, Olympia Boy’s swimming does have two returning veterans to the sport: Junior Hunter Schuerman, a 3 year high school swimmer, and senior Chance Cook, also a 3 year high school swimmer.

    They also have a secret weapon on the team. Junior foreign exchange student, Johann Meyer, a German native, is trying out swimming for the first time. He’s bringing a great amount of enthusiasm to the team this year.

    When asked how he felt this season would go, Hunter said, “With only four members, I don’t know how many meets we’ll win, but I still enjoy swimming and being around my friends.”

    With this season just beginning now, the swimmers are working up their endurance. As the season progresses, the swimmers will be switching to more specialized practices for their events.

    Junior Hunter Schuerman has decided not to dive this year. After two successful diving years, he decided he’d like to just focus on swimming instead.

    When asked why he made this decision he said, “We don’t have a dive coach and I was the only diver and so it made dive practice very boring.”

    With four members or forty, numbers don’t mean anything if the team isn’t willing to put forth effort. One thing we can be certain of is that the Olympia boy’s swim team gives it their all.