{"id":15770,"date":"2015-11-25T15:39:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=15770"},"modified":"2015-11-25T15:39:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:39:53","slug":"el-swimmers-dive-into-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2015\/11\/25\/el-swimmers-dive-into-season\/","title":{"rendered":"EL swimmers dive into season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BY JOHN LUND<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Times-Shamrock Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15771\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WGSI_Swim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15771\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15771\" alt=\"Elk Lake swim coach Marion Austin talks to members of the girls\u2019 team. PHOTO BY JOHN LUND\" src=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WGSI_Swim-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WGSI_Swim-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WGSI_Swim-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WGSI_Swim.jpg 3456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elk Lake swim coach Marion Austin talks to members of the girls\u2019 team. PHOTO BY JOHN LUND<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Elk Lake boys and girls swimming teams both field smaller squads, but each contain a slew of swimmers poised to have positive impacts in the pool this season.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Marion Austin, along with daughter Courtney and diving coach Jim Phillips, all share a similar optimism for the success that each team has the potential of achieving in the Lackawanna League this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working harder a lot earlier this year,\u201d Austin said. \u201cI think our medal count will go up in the district meet this year and we\u2019re hoping to be in contention in the league as the season wears on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elk Lake also fields swimmers from Montrose because of lower numbers from each school, similarly to what the Montrose football team does in fielding student-athletes from Elk Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Though rosters are on the lighter side, Austin noted that both squads have several experienced swimmers who have made the first weeks of practice run a little bit smoother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur seniors have done a great job of taking charge,\u201d Austin said. \u201cThey really get the whole group together and get them focused on a good workout right from the beginning of practice, so that\u2019s a good help for me. I feel like I can just give them a workout and they\u2019re ready to go. They\u2019re really starting to understand things better, which allows us to focus on more individual things and really gel as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both teams have hit the pool with confidence and began working on shorter sprints before extending workouts to include longer distances closer to the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is having fun doing it,\u201d Austin said. \u201cI feel that swimming is sometimes a sport that doesn\u2019t get a lot of recognition, but they\u2019re willing to work hard and show that we\u2019re going to be a team that can be competitive. Everyone does a great job of being student athletes and being able to balance academics with their time in the pool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A full roster is below, with Montrose swimmers designated with \u2018MA.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The boys team features seniors Chase Orlandini and Jimmy Kerchner; juniors Michael Pettit (MA), Cole Orlandini, Zachary Mead (MA) and Austin Dolaway (MA); sophomores Nathan Grosvenor and Justin Grosvenor; and freshmen Kale Decker, Chris Mazler, Colin Spellman (MA) and Cody Iverson (MA).<br \/>\nThe girls team consists of seniors Audra Everitt (MA), Rebecca Sisson and Kaylie Grosvenor; juniors Louise Thompson (MA), Miranda Decker, Cami Perry (MA) and Kira Karpov (MA); sophomore Lydia Ofalt; and freshmen Maddie Gustin and Kayleen Kraynak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong><br \/>\nDec. 7, Abington Heights, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nDec. 10, at Athens, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nDec. 14, Holy Cross, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nDec. 17, Dunmore, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nDec. 21, at Sayre, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nDec. 22, Pittston Area, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 4, at Scranton, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 8, Athens, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 14, West Scranton, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 21, Scranton Prep, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 25, Wallenpaupack, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nJan. 28, at Towanda, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFeb. 1, Delaware Valley, 4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFeb. 8, at Valley View, 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY JOHN LUND Times-Shamrock Writer The Elk Lake boys and girls swimming teams both field smaller squads, but each contain a slew of swimmers poised&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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