Clarke Central High School swimmers practice at the University of Georgia’s Ramsey Student Center on Nov. 1. The team has been preparing for its upcoming meet against Morgan County High School on Dec. 1, and varsity swimming and diving head coach Emily Hulse reflected on how the team typically feels going into the upcoming meet.” (The vibe of the team) is probably more relaxed because it’s a more relaxed atmosphere, it’s in a community pool over in Morgan County,” Hulse said. “There aren’t very many spectators and less people in general.”
CCHS’ swimming and diving team will have its first away meet of the season against Morgan County High School on Dec. 1.
After facing off against both regional and non-regional opponents at the University of Georgia’s Ramsey Student Center on Nov. 10, Clarke Central High School’s swimming and diving team is preparing to face Morgan County High School in their first away meet of the season on Dec. 1.
Unlike their first meet, where the team went against twelve schools, this time the team will only have to face off against one, a factor that swimmers believe will influence CCHS’ performance.
“(The team) feels pretty good. It’ll go really well because this is a smaller meet versus the home meets at Ramsay (Center) which are gigantic,” CCHS Varsity swimmer Lane Holloway, a junior, said.
“(The team) feels pretty good. It’ll go really well because this is a smaller meet versus the home meets at Ramsay (Center) which are gigantic,”
— Lane Holloway,
CCHS Varsity swimmer
However, many swimmers have missed practice or will miss the meet, a setback that swimming and diving head coach Emily Hulse believes could hurt the team’s performance.
“(The meet will serve to) see where (the team is) at and to see if they need to step up their practices,” Hulse said. “It’s been a few weeks since our last meet and some of them have not done a great job coming to practice, and it might show, so hopefully that’ll be a lesson for them.”
Hulse believes that the upcoming meet will allow the team to reflect on their performance and brainstorm changes for the rest of the season.
“I don’t think we’re gonna win, which is fine,” Hulse said. “It’s not always about winning or losing. We’ll have some swimmers who probably are going to place first and do very well for themselves, (though) we will not get as many points as we would have if we had had everybody with us.”
