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Olivet Sprint Meet

Monday, October 20, 2008

This week's meet was at Olivet and was a tri-meet between us, Hope and Olivet.  It was a lot of fun!  It was what is called a Sprint meet, meaning the longest event was a 200.  We were all excited to start the season!  Training has been going well, it's amazing to think that we are entering our 4th week already!  For the next five weeks we have swim meets every Saturday that will keep the season going, it's a lot more fun to have meets at the end of the week then just another practice.  Next week we are traveling to Findlay, Ohio:)

~Maricat Eggenberger

 

Posted: Sat, October 18th, 2008 at 11:49AM

 

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Coach Profile

Chris Hamstra

Chris Hamstra

Coach Hamstra graduated from Hope College in 2004 with a B.A. in Accounting. During his time at Hope, Hamstra was a four year student-athlete, received All-MIAA honors and was also named to the All-American team. Hamstra was also a member of MIAA Championship teams and brings that winning attitude and work ethic to his new position.

After graduation, Hamstra served as an assistant coach for Hope’s Swimming and Diving Program under Dr. John Patnott. Hamstra credits Dr. Patnott with helping him to understand the science of swimming and also the importance of season long work out plans. “As an assistant in his program, I was given the freedom to implement my own workouts into the system, providing me with insight into what it takes to develop season long plans.”

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