{"id":14090,"date":"2014-12-03T21:44:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T21:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=14090"},"modified":"2014-12-03T21:44:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T21:44:31","slug":"elk-lake-rebuilding-in-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2014\/12\/03\/elk-lake-rebuilding-in-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Lake rebuilding in pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BY JOHN LUND<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Times-Shamrock Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14091\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WGSI_PoolDive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14091\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14091\" alt=\"Members of the Elk Lake swimming team take off from the board during a pre-season practice.\" src=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WGSI_PoolDive-300x177.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WGSI_PoolDive-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WGSI_PoolDive-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WGSI_PoolDive.jpg 2605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Elk Lake swimming team take off from the board during a pre-season practice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Elk Lake boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 swimming teams both field smaller squads this season, but new head coach Marion Austin is hopeful that the hard work and dedication that she\u2019s already seen will lead to significant results in the pool this year.<\/p>\n<p>Austin takes the reigns over from Ed Murach and will be assisted by diving coach Jim Phillips, as well as her daughter, Courtney, who will help with the age group program at Elk Lake and was a state qualifier as a swimmer for Tunkhannock Area High School almost a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve all noticed is that even though we\u2019re a small team, we have a group of very hard workers,\u201d Austin said. \u201cYou give them a workout and it\u2019s like you have to kind of haul them back so they take their rest. They want to just keep going, which is great to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of lower numbers, the Elk Lake program also fields students from Montrose, much like the Meteors football team fields players from Elk Lake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unique to us and I think it\u2019s a nice added feature to our team,\u201d Austin said.<\/p>\n<p>The girls\u2019 team is coming off a 3-6 record and will be without four seniors from last year\u2019s team, but it returns seniors Leah OFalt and Rebecca Phillips. Senior Jenny VanEtten, who may not be able to swim because of injuries suffered in car accident last year, will serve as a team manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have all of our returning swimmers from last season and a good strong group,\u2019 Austin said. \u201cWe graduated a good group of seniors that were a very strong core to the team, but I think what they passed down to their remaining teammates is going to be significant with how they work out this year. I\u2019m looking for some very good competition from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The boys\u2019 team, in a way, is the complete opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The Warrior, who went 1-7-1 last year, lost two seniors and have four returners, but many members of the team will be new swimmers this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t say enough about the hard work ethic of the four returning swimmers,\u201d Austin said. \u201cThe boys are talking to their teammates and trying to get their own classmates to come out to swim because they want a good program and it\u2019s something very important to them. Many of the kids are also cross country runners so that itself shows the work ethic they have already coming in to the program, and we expect that to continue with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin has had her team focused on the basics during the first weeks of practice while working on getting both teams to gel in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on technique and focusing on strong technique while teaching the new swimmers the basics,\u201d she said. \u201cThe speed will come with that, and their hard work ethic will also help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin feels that both teams will have strong relay teams, something that will help develop each swimmer\u2019s individual skills as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach swimmer will be vying for that top spot in that top relay team, so I think that will help push them to make them a better relay team,\u201d she said. \u201cRebecca (Phillips) is also a good, solid diver so we\u2019re expecting more team points in that even to help in the girls\u2019 meets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both teams have also spent a chunk of the offseason training on dry land as well as in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe starting doing more dry land workouts last year and we noticed that we didn\u2019t end up having as many injuries,\u201d Austin said. \u201cI enjoy working out with the team too, so when they see the coaching staff working hard with them, they tend to push themselves a little harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With hard work, Austin is hopeful that both her teams will be competitive in the Northern Division of the Wyoming Valley Conference, and that her swimmers don\u2019t sell their overall goals short this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we\u2019re talking goals, I always ask them to set their goals and standards very high,\u201d Austin said, \u201cbecause if you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll only push yourself to a level of comfort. Our goal is to swim out of that comfort zone to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A full roster is below, with Montrose swimmers designated with \u2018MA.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Joining Phillips and Ofalt on the girls\u2019 team are senior Emma Washo (MA) and Keeley Carney; juniors Adrianna Parrett, Audra Everitt (MA), Rebecca Sisson and Kira Karpov (MA); sophomores Louise Thompson (MA), Miranda Decker, Kaylie Grosvenor and Cami Perry (MA); and freshman Lydia OFalt.<\/p>\n<p>On the boys\u2019 team are junior Chase Orlandini; sophomores Michael Pettit, Cole Orlandini, Zach Mead (MA) and Owen Brewer (MA); and freshmen Nathan Grosvenor, Justin Grosvenor, Austin Dolaway (MA), Romey Washo (MA) and Brett Carney.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule:<br \/>\nDec. 9, Abington Heights, A, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nDec. 16, Holy Cross, H, 4:30 p.m.W<br \/>\nDec. 18, Athens, H, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 6, Dunmore, A, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 13, Scranton, H, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 14, Athens, H, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 20, West Scranton, A, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 23, Athens, A, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 27, Scranton Prep, A, 7 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 30, Towanda, A, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFeb. 3, Wallenpaupack, H, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFeb. 6, Ray Wills Diving Invitational at Wyoming Valley West, TBA.<br \/>\nFeb. 7, Ray Wills Inviational Meet at Wyoming Balley West, TBA.<br \/>\nFeb. 10, Delaware Valley, A, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFeb. 17, Valley View, H, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFeb. 21, Diving Districts at the Wilkes-Barre CYC, TBA.<br \/>\nFeb. 27, Swimming Districts at the Wilkes-Barre CYC, TBA.<br \/>\nFeb. 28, Swimming Districts at the Wilkes-Barre CYC, TBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY JOHN LUND Times-Shamrock Writer The Elk Lake boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 swimming teams both field smaller squads this season, but new head coach Marion Austin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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