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East Lansing
Jr. Trojans
Swimming & Diving2014-
2015
What a group!
Div
ers Wyck HallEliza LaneConrad Moyer
Raegan OotenDaniel WinstonMary Phillips
4th
& 5
th
Gra
ders
Grace FitzgeraldSean FlemingHugh HankensonKatherine Hawthorne Emmah Howard
JinYoung JeongAvery JonesBuffy KakelaBronwynn Kewin
Catherine KeyKaily Kribs Ainsley Louagie
Maksen MecherShea RudyNatalie SeitzJake Sudol
6th
Gra
ders
Will BoxerBrooke CasalettoMacy DanielsSage HirkoEric KolarEliza LaneNicholas Lane
Conrad MoyerCorinne NicholsHolden RenfroZoe Roman-BakerGrace RussoNoah SarafinWilliam SchreiberGloria Zink
7th
Gra
ders
Grace BargerstockAgniva BhaumikMadelyn BolesClaudia DempseyAlexa DeMuth
Ryan DrakeFreya DufnerNaod GhebrednglThomas Groen
Garret HanksMatias JimenezAndrew MahlerSneha MathiSruti Mathi
Anthony MedeiHope MilneRaegan Ooten
Bennett RauscherAiden RudyMitchell SeitzHenry SparrowClaire SudolJah'le ThrashLucas Walters
Arianna WhiteSophie Wu
Lexa Becker
Wesley Casaletto
Cameron Darnell
Aidan Dettweiler
Patrick Hanley
Jill Kammerer
Carolyn Kolar
Joseph Kuiper
Mara Logan
Daniel Miller
Ben Ng
Jonathan Thaden
Sydney Weber
Daniel Winston
Mary Phillips
Natalia Sudol
Isaiah Sarafin
Nick Wiesner
8th Graders
Lexa
Beck
er
Lexa
Beck
er
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle, Backstroke
Favorite Event: 200 M.R., 100 Back
Most proud of: Learning new stuff, getting
new friends, and working harder on swimming every
year.
Other Activities: I enjoy volleyball, Golf,
singing. I am the head pitcher on my softball team.
One of my goals: To get better at swimming
and to get faster as I go.Favorite Memory: When we played games
and had to hold up a brick and a water container over
our heads in groups of 4 or 5 for 1 minute and
SOMEONE, dropped the brick on my head and the group
accidentally knocked the water container almost full of
water on his/her eye.
Lexa
Beck
er
Doesn’t plan to swim in HSLessons learned:
Learning to work togetherAdvice for younger swimmers:
Listen hard and listen well. You will
succeed if you just listen.I will miss…All the new friends I made
Wesl
ey
Casa
lett
o
Wesl
ey
Casa
lett
o
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Favorite Event: 100 Breaststroke
Most proud of:Swimming the 200 freestyle multiple times.
Other Activities:I enjoy reading as well as playing two instruments and a
few sports.
One of my goals:Join the High School swim team and improve my stroke.
Favorite Memory: My favorite memory from this year was the St. John's
meet.
Wesl
ey
Casa
lett
o
Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:
Swimming is fun.Advice for younger swimmers:
Always try your best.I will miss…The middle school coaches.
Aid
an D
ett
weile
r
Aid
an D
ett
weile
r
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: IMFavorite Event: 100 Individual
Medley
Most proud of: Achieving the state
meet.
Other Activities: Computer Games, Debate, Cello.One of my goals:Become a stronger swimmer in all strokes in
order to improve my IM time.Favorite Memory: I really enjoyed
the swimming Olympics in which we held
competition in a variety of irregular swimming
events.
Aid
an D
ett
weile
r
Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:
Push yourself, or you will not improve.
Advice for younger swimmers:
Push yourself, or you will not improve.
I will miss…The fun activities.
Patr
ick
Hanle
y
Patr
ick
Hanle
y
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Favorite Event: 100 Breaststroke
Most proud of:Having the honor to swim in the 200 medley relay for
MISCA.
Other Activities:Baseball is life. Swimming and band are the only
exceptions. One of my goals:Continue to cut down my 50 breaststroke time.
Favorite Memory: Winning 2nd place in CAAC.
Patr
ick
Hanle
y
Does not plan to swim in HSLessons learned:
No swimmer left behind!Advice for younger swimmers:
For younger swimmers, you guys are the
building blocks for the future. In a couple
years, you guys are going to be the leaders
of the team, and the best thing you can do
for younger swimmers .I will miss…Monsters (my favorite part of practices)
Jill Kammerer
Jill K
am
mere
r
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Backstroke
Favorite Event: 100 Individual Medley
Most proud of:I learned a lot of new technique and took time off a few
events.
Other Activities: dance, guitar, and readingOne of my goals:To get first in at least one event at a meet
Favorite Memory: just experiencing my first swim meet was really fun
Jill K
am
mere
r
Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:
Team spiritAdvice for younger swimmers:
Keep a positive attitude and have fun
I will miss…My friends who will will still be on the
middle school team.
Carolyn Kolar
Caro
lyn K
ola
r
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle
Favorite Event: 100 Freestyle, 200 FR
Most proud of: Improving on my flip turns and
working on my endurance. I felt faster this year and had
a lot more fun hanging out with all my teammates.
Other Activities: I love writing poetry,
cooking, trying new foods, outdoor summer activities,
and of course swimming!One of my goals: To continue being on the
swim team in high school next year. I also want to try
diving since I love doing flips and try out water polo.
Favorite Memory: At the St Johns meet.
The relay I was on got first in our heat. It was a great
feeling with everyone cheering me on during the last lap.
Caro
lyn K
ola
r
Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:
You have to work hard to achieve results.
Advice for younger swimmers:
Work hard and make new friends.
I will miss…Hanging out with the guys!
Mara Logan
Mara
Logan
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle
Favorite Event: 100 Freestyle
Most proud of: Dropping time on all of the
strokes I swam as well as improving my swimming
technique and flipturns.Other Activities:I do horse back riding, art, and I play viola in the MMS
orchestra.
One of my goals:I would like to drop more time on my freestyle.
Favorite Memory: The meets were all a lot
of fun but I particularly liked the biggest home meet,
there were a variety of schools there.
Mara
Logan
Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:
Teamwork is important and your coaches
are very willing to help.Advice for younger swimmers:
Ask for help if you need it and push
yourselves..I will miss…I think high school is a lot more
competitive, but there are times when that
is good.
Danie
l Mill
er
Danie
l Mill
er
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle
Favorite Event: 50 Freestyle
Most proud of:Winning 2nd place (team) in the CAAC championships
Other Activities: Reading, band, video games One of my goals:To get better and to have funFavorite Memory: The last day of practice, or the water polo
tournament/day
Danie
l Mill
er
Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:
How to do pretty much most of the stuff I
know.Advice for younger swimmers:
Just keep swimming!I will miss…The seventh graders.
Ben N
g
Ben N
g
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle
Favorite Event: 200 Medley Relay, 50
Freestyle, Free RelaysMost proud of: I am proud of making it to
states with my relay teams.Other Activities: I enjoy reading, orchestra,
building/designing and modifying robots, and some
computer games. One of my goals:One of my swimming goals is block starts.
Favorite Memory: My favorite memory
from this season is that I got to experience sprinting
using the bungee cord.
Ben N
g
Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:
Good block starts and better butterfly
skills
Advice for younger swimmers:
Try to get into the individual events at
states so you can get other people on the
team and get the team recognized in the
state.
I will miss…???
Jonath
an T
haden
Jonath
an T
haden
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle, Br, IM
Favorite Event: 200 Relays, 100 Br
Most proud of: I was able to win some of my
events this season as a result of hard work and
preparation. Other Activities: Other activities I enjoy
include reading, robotics, playing cello, watching movies,
and having fun.One of my goals: To be able to continue
swimming as a lifetime sport and be able to drop a
couple seconds off of my event times.Favorite Memory: When Aidan and I had to
use the bungee cord device in order to show us what it
feels like to go faster.
Jonath
an T
haden
Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:
Turns, being a good teammate, and
racing against myself to high school
Advice for younger swimmers:
To stick with the program. Don’t do
stupid stuff (running on deck, not paying
attention, getting in water too early,
etc.), and have a lot of fun.I will miss…I will somewhat miss the laid back
atmosphere of the middle school team
Syd
ney
Weber
Syd
net
Weber
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle
Favorite Event: 200 Free Relay
Most proud of: Placing 8th with my medley
relay team at the CAACs and winning a medal.
Other Activities: Reading, playing the piano and lacrosse.
One of my goals:To beat my current 50 free time of 36.01.
Favorite Memory: The last practice of 2014, when we got to go off the high
dive and dive for dimes, then keep them.
Syd
ney
Weber
Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:
All of them…unless I forget.Advice for younger swimmers:
Just keep swimming! Just keep
swimming! Just keep swimming!I will miss…All the friends I made that aren’t going
to be there next year.
Danie
l Win
ston
Danie
l Win
ston
8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Favorite Event: 1-meter Diving, 100
BreaststrokeMost proud of: Placing 7th at the CAAC meet
in Diving. I have never been in diving before, so this was
new to me. I am very proud of myself.
Other Activities: I am a 2nd degree black
belt in Tae Kwon Do. I also enjoy reading, surfing, boogie
boarding, and anything water related...I grew up in
Hawaii!!
One of my goals:To place in the top three at a meet.Favorite Memory: When the "Germany"
team was able to teach swimming for the day.
Danie
l Win
ston
Plans to Swim in HSDive??
Lessons learned:
To keep trying and never give up.
Advice for younger swimmers:
Just keep swimming! Just keep You’ll
learn something new every day. Listen to
what the coaches tell you and work
hard.
I will miss…The fun coaching staff.
Cam
ero
n D
arn
ell
Ron Marsh
Laura LeDuc
Maranda Brunner
Cody Bristor
Matt Wright
Lucy Schroeder
Maddie Levine
Tylor Fick
Cristee Cordes
Jr. Trojans Coaches
Hig
h S
chool
Mento
rs Madi Zink Lily Zink Mallory Haynie Catherine Schertzing Adam Petrowitz