Titusville swim coaches are optimistic about some of their swimmers making it to “the big show” as boys coach Kevin Dawson put it this week. The big show is the state championships held at Bucknell University from March 15 to 18.
Before that, they have to swim well at the District 10 Championships on March 3 and 4 in Geneva, Ohio at the Spire Institute athletic complex.
Last week the Rockets closed out their regular season by splitting with the tough Franklin Knights. The girls handled the Knights 115 to 53 while the boys dropped 102 to 67.
Dawson said Joe Herman has already posted times in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke that he believes could get him to Bucknell. “Alex and Eric (Reynolds) could potentially get their 100 breaststroke down far enough to put them in the hunt for an at-large bid."
Max Chatham is also competing at districts in the Individual medley.
Before that, they have to swim well at the District 10 Championships on March 3 and 4 in Geneva, Ohio at the Spire Institute athletic complex.
Last week the Rockets closed out their regular season by splitting with the tough Franklin Knights. The girls handled the Knights 115 to 53 while the boys dropped 102 to 67.
Dawson said Joe Herman has already posted times in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke that he believes could get him to Bucknell. “Alex and Eric (Reynolds) could potentially get their 100 breaststroke down far enough to put them in the hunt for an at-large bid."
Max Chatham is also competing at districts in the Individual medley.
On the girls side, coach Seth Come is taking 12 individual qualifiers to districts.
“As a team, we would love to be in the top five like we were at the Northeast Invitational,” Come said. “Cathedral Prep will be the team to beat and General McLane, Slippery Rock and Fairview will all have strong outings. Our team goal will be to beat Corry. Our strongest events collectively will be the 200 Medley Relay, the 100 freestyle, the 500 freestyle, the 100 backstroke, the 100 breaststroke and the 400 Free Relay. Should be an exciting day.”
Come said the medley relay “should be a very strong event for us,” with the team at a school record time.
“The 400 Free relay team should be a very exciting way to end the competition," he said. "We are right around four seconds off the school record and if we hit that time we should be in contention for one of the at-large bids for (states).”
The Rocket girls finished the regular season with just two losses to region champion Slippery Rock. The boys finished at .500 for the season.
“As a team, we would love to be in the top five like we were at the Northeast Invitational,” Come said. “Cathedral Prep will be the team to beat and General McLane, Slippery Rock and Fairview will all have strong outings. Our team goal will be to beat Corry. Our strongest events collectively will be the 200 Medley Relay, the 100 freestyle, the 500 freestyle, the 100 backstroke, the 100 breaststroke and the 400 Free Relay. Should be an exciting day.”
Come said the medley relay “should be a very strong event for us,” with the team at a school record time.
“The 400 Free relay team should be a very exciting way to end the competition," he said. "We are right around four seconds off the school record and if we hit that time we should be in contention for one of the at-large bids for (states).”
The Rocket girls finished the regular season with just two losses to region champion Slippery Rock. The boys finished at .500 for the season.
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