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" We strive to create the environment from which champions grow."

Don Martin

This week Jeremiah B. is in the Spotlight. If you would like to be featured, please email your responses to the questions to your coach.


Name: Lucas
Age: 7
Level: L1
Favorite Stroke: Freestyle
Least Favorite Stroke: Backstroke
Favorite Event: 25 Free
Least Favorite Event: Any Backstroke
Best Times: Not sure
Most Inspirational Person: Mom & Dad
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: Bionicle
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Song: One eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater....
Favorite Food: Fried Rice, Chicken Burrito and candy.
What are you afraid of: Spiders
What makes you strong: Swimming and Tang Soo Do and push-ups
What achievement are you most proud of: Getting Orange belt in Tang Soo Do
What other sports do you do? Tang Soo Do
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Play DS, Tang Soo Do, Lego
What are you going to be when you grow up: Not sure - something to do with making things.



In the Spotlight this week are Anna, Lauren and Zoë, who represented their schools in Spokane at a Math tournament.

The Middle school team placed 2nd in State, and Anna individually placed third in State.

Keara Mulvihill also qualified to attend, but her team was selected as an alternate, and so she chose to attend the swim meet.

The whole team is immensely proud of this acheivement. Congratulations.



Name: Mary
Age: 9.5
Level: L1
Favorite Stroke: Dolphin
Least Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Favorite Event: 50 Free
Least Favorite Event: Not sure
Best Times: Not swum in a meet yet
Most Inspirational Person: Mom & Dad
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: Warriors - Manga style
Favorite Color: Turquoise
Favorite Song: Anything by the Monkees
Favorite Food: Chinese Food
What are you afraid of: Sharks, sharks and more sharks
What makes you strong: My friends
What achievement are you most proud of: My Artwork
What other sports do you do? Soccer (I love it!!)
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Talk to friends
What are you going to be when you grow up: Run a Daycare Center



Name: Jeremiah / J-Man
Age: 6
Level: Intro
Favorite Stroke: Under Water
Least Favorite Stroke: Not sure
Favorite Event: Not sure
Least Favorite Event: Not sure
Best Times: Not swum in a meet yet
Most Inspirational Person: Not sure
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: Waterhole
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Song: The 12 Days of Christmas
Favorite Food: Pizza
What are you afraid of: Not sure
What makes you strong: Running and spinach
What achievement are you most proud of:
What other sports do you do? Basketball.
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Reading Manga, playing role playing games
What are you going to be when you grow up:


Name: Oscar
Age: 10
Level: 1
Favorite Stroke: Freestyle
Least Favorite Stroke: Backstroke
Favorite Event: 50 Free
Least Favorite Event: 50 Back
Best Times: 57.00 - 50 Free
Most Inspirational Person: My dad John, my Uncle Sky and Carole Mullin
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: The Lightning Thief
Favorite Color: Dark Blue
Favorite Song: Unbeatable
Favorite Food: Pizza
What are you afraid of: Running around the house in the middle of the night
What makes you strong: Chocolate
What achievement are you most proud of: Swimming 1250 yards
What other sports do you do? Baseball, Basketball.
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Reading Manga, playing role playing games
What are you going to be when you grow up: Architect


Name: June
Age: 9
Level: 2
Favorite Stroke: Backstroke
Least Favorite Stroke: Lifeguard Freestyle
Favorite Event: 100s
Least Favorite Event: 500s
Best Times: Not timed yet
Most Inspirational Person: Kyra MacLeod
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: The Lightning Thief
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Song: Mobile by Avril Lavine
Favorite Food: Mango
What are you afraid of: Cliffs
What makes you strong: My attitude
What achievement are you most proud of: There's lots, but recently I'm proud that I swam over a mile
What other sports do you do? Basketball, soccer, biking, running.
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Listen to music, play with friends
What are you going to be when you grow up: Either a singer, an architect or an engineer


Name: Anna
Age: 11
Level: 2
Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Least Favorite Stroke: Backstroke
Favorite Event: 100 IM
Least Favorite Event: 200 of anything!!
Best Times: 3:39.90 - 200 Free
2:16.70 - 100 Breast
42.61 - 50 Free
1:53.52 - 100 IM
Most Inspirational Person: Jane Goodall
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: Watership Down or Where the Red Fern Grows or... quite a few books!
Favorite Color: Olive Green
Favorite Song: Hey There Delilah
Favorite Food: Pork Chops
What are you afraid of: Slugs freak me out!
What makes you strong: People encouraging me
What achievement are you most proud of: Learning to swim butterfly
What other sports do you do? I enjoy biking and rockclimbing, but I don't do them on a regular basis. Other than that, I don't do any sports unless you count playing clarinet as a sport.
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Read, write, draw, be outside
What are you going to be when you grow up: A Veterinarian


Name: Connor
Age: 7
Level: 1
Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Least Favorite Stroke: I like them all
Favorite Event: 25 yard backstroke

I like them all!

Least Favorite Event:
Best Times: 24.98 - 25 Back
22.75 - 25 Free
52.53 - 50 Free
Most Inspirational Person: My Dad
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: Tree Castle Island
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Song: Turkey in the Straw
Favorite Food: Pizza
What are you afraid of: The Dark
What makes you strong: Swimming
What achievement are you most proud of: My swim ribbons
What other sports do you do? Soccer, Baseball, Basketball & Skiing
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: HPlay with my toys
What are you going to be when you grow up: A K-9 policeman and a cowboy



Name: Kendall or Special K or K-Girl
Age: 12
Level: 4
Favorite Stroke: Backstroke
Least Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Favorite Event: 200 IM

100 Breast
Least Favorite Event:
Best Times: 1:33.64 - 100 IM
3:17.16 - 200 IM
42.66 - 50 Back
1:31.64 - 100 Back
1:44.98 - 100 Fly
36.77 - 50 Free
1:22.52 - 100 Free
2:52.04 - 200 Free
7:39.19 - 500 Free
Most Inspirational Person: My Sister, Jessica
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Nathalie Coughlin
Favorite Book: I know what you did last summer
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Song: With You - Chris Brown
Favorite Food: Pasta
What are you afraid of: Spiders!!!!
What makes you strong: To think how far I can go in swimming
What achievement are you most proud of: My Grades, my 200 & 500 Free and my 100 Fly.
What other sports do you do? Volleyball, water & snow skiing
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Hang out with friends and family
What are you going to be when you grow up: An Actress



Name: Brynn or Brynnie
Age: 8
Level: 1
Favorite Stroke: Butterfly
Least Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Favorite Event: I've not competed in a meet yet - so am not sure.
Least Favorite Event:
Best Times: We'll see after March 2
Most Inspirational Person: Mother Mary
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: Warriors
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Song: Nobody's Perfect - Hannah Montana
Favorite Food: My Mom's Chicken Marsala
What are you afraid of: Being Embarrassed
What makes you strong: Singing and Dancing
What achievement are you most proud of: Singing and Dancing
What other sports do you do? Irish Step and Ballet
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Sing and Dance
What are you going to be when you grow up: An Oceanographer, massage therapist, singer and dancer and I might travel all over the world in 80 days!



Name: Jacob
Age: 7
Level: 2
Favorite Stroke: Freestyle
Least Favorite Stroke: Backstroke
Favorite Event: Relay
Least Favorite Event: Seawater Swimming!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Times: 22.45 - 25 Free
26.99 - 25 Back
Most Inspirational Person: Tod - my Dad
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not sure
Favorite Book: Pokemon
Favorite Color: Turquoise
Favorite Song: Turkey in the Straw
Favorite Food: Pho (Vietnamese Noodle Soup)
What are you afraid of: Pitch black darkness
What makes you strong: Sugar
What achievement are you most proud of: Perfect spelling tests
What other sports do you do? Biking, running, triathlons, soccer
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Watch TV
What are you going to be when you grow up: Chef and a scientist


Name: Simon
Age: 9
Level: 2
Favorite Stroke: Freestyle
Least Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Favorite Event: Cross Sound Challenge
Least Favorite Event: 100 Breaststroke
Best Times: 1:03.01 - 50 Free
1:12.00 - 50 Back
Most Inspirational Person: Coach Lisa for swimming
My mom for everything
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Michael Phelps
Favorite Book: The Lord of the Rings
Favorite Color: Gold
Favorite Song: Long, Long Ago
Favorite Food: Pizza
What are you afraid of: Broccoli
What makes you strong: Swimming
What achievement are you most proud of: Competing in the Heart of the Sound Triathlon
What other sports do you do? Biking, hiking, soccer
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Play with my programmable robot. Play with my bunnies.
What are you going to be when you grow up: Computer and robot programmer


Name: Lauren H
Age: 11
Level: 3
Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Least Favorite Stroke: Butterfly
Favorite Event: 100 Breast
Least Favorite Event: 200 Free
Best Times: 3:05.68 - 200 Free
36.83 - 50 Free
46.30 - 50 Back
1:39.34 - 100 Breast
1:33.95 - 100 IM
Most Inspirational Person: My coaches and parents
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Lynn Cox
Favorite Book: The Sight, Harry Potter, A Mango-shaped Space, Redwall
Favorite Color: Emerald green and aquamarine blue
Favorite Song: Beauty from Pain, Superchick
Favorite Food: Chocolate, gummy bears, pizza, calamari, tiramasu
What are you afraid of: Isolation, airtight spaces, hate.
What makes you strong: Knowing that no matter what happens, I will never be alone in my journey through life.
What achievement are you most proud of: Starting to go and survive long-distance swim meet challenges.
What other sports do you do? None : )
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Read, play with my rat, experiment in the kitchen.
What are you going to be when you grow up: A lawyer, Caterer, Cancer researcher


Name: Ethan H
Age: 9
Level: 1
Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke (this week anyway)
Least Favorite Stroke: Butterfly
Favorite Event: 100 Free
Least Favorite Event: 50 yard Butterfly
Best Times: 1:09.23: 50 Free
1:22.35: 50 Back
Most Inspirational Person: Swimming-Lisa...
Real Life-My Dad
Which Swimmer would you most like to meet: Not Sure
Favorite Book: The Bone Series by Jeff Smith
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Song: Me and You by the Turtles
Favorite Food: Sushi
What are you afraid of: Being Embarrased (hopefully being on this Web Site won't make me embarrased).
What makes you strong: God
What achievement are you most proud of: Swimming- First Place Ribbon in Back Stroke at the Jingle Bell Challenge and Best Score in Math in Cool Multiple Choice Practice.
What other sports do you do? Video Game Olympics and Hiking with Cub Scouts
What do you like to do when you are not swimming: Read, Walk on Beach (collect rocks), Play Video Games
What are you going to be when you grow up: Doctor (Pediatrician or Child Therapist).