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March 2008Female Swimmer of the MonthGabrielle Tremblay Ever since Gabrielle began swimming competitively with the Piranhas, she has shown great eagerness to compete at a high level of swimming. Every practice, Gabrielle pushes herself to the very limits physically, and she does this while maintaining to focus on technique, as she knows this will help with continuous improvement. Gabrielle is also a team player; she includes everyone in group activities and pushes her teammates to participate 100%. Many times she will start stretches and get everyone to join her, without being asked, just to get the ball rolling. Although she has only been with the club for just over a year, she is already a “B” level swimmer, with an “A” time in mind. It seems that she can break any barrier that is put in front of her, without slowing down. Gabrielle truly has the dedication, competiveness, and the teamwork that we look for in our Athlete of the Month Program.
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March 2008Male Swimmer of the MonthJake Willsey At such a young age, this swimmer of the month is a role model for the club. Jake is always asking and trying to find ways to be recognized by his team as well as pushing himself to learn and understand more about each of the strokes, nutrition and what he will have to do to get to a provincial level meet. Jake does not question whether or not he can achieve a goal, he is always certain in his comments and guarantees the coaches that he will improve and do what is asked of him. Jake always asks to lead the Frenzy group (through stretches, games, etc) and when he does the coaches can always expect a job well done. Jake represents the culture shift of the club; moving from young athletes being forced to do things out of their comfort zone to young athletes asking to expand and develop as a competitive swimmer and as a team.
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