FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
Swimmers Jump into New Season with New Coach
By TOM HESSE
Sentinel Staff Writer
The Blatchley Middle School pool is back open after a summer of renovation, and the Sitka High swim team wasted no time jumping in for their 2014 season.
The Wolves got back to work Monday with new coach Ben Adams at the helm. Adams swam in the Sitka High program and later at the University of North Dakota.
“It’s an interesting adjustment going from swimmer to coach,” said Adams, who only two years ago was a competitive swimmer himself.
“It’s not something that I thought would happen anytime soon but when the opportunity came I was happy to accept it. It’s been fun so far and I think it will get more fun and more challenging.”
Adams is replacing Robby Jarvill, who coached Sitka High to a second-place finish at the state championships last year. Adams said when the position opened up he felt like he had to try to give something back to the program and to young swimmers.
“I just felt like it was the right thing to do. I had no idea as to who they might have coming in and I just wanted to throw my name in the hat. I just felt like it was appropriate. I got a lot out of this program,” Adams said. “I swam here my whole high school career and got to go to college. I care a lot about the program and I want them to do well.”
Since Monday Adams has been pushing the swimmers with two-a-day practices emphasizing heart rate and good form. With the pool closed it was difficult for some swimmers to keep their reps up, but Adams said the group is looking good so far.
“They look well. They’re obviously going to have a hard time getting into the swing of things with double workouts. If you haven’t been practicing a lot leading up to this then there’s going to be some catch-up,” he said. “For now we’re just trying to get back in the water and trying to get them back to feeling like a swimmer again.”
The Wolves won’t see their first action in the pool until they head to Petersburg on Sept. 5. Adams said the team is working toward weekly milestones as they build to the overall goal of peaking in time for the regional and state meets.
Those milestones can be anything from technique-based to more tangible changes liked faster times.
“We want to see our swimmers with great form and just have good, well-rounded swims,” Adams said. “Obviously every week we want to get better. That can be in the form of a time or in just elements of basic structure like their time or just in their mental attitude.” He said he’s hoping his swimmers can be detail oriented early in the year.
“Overall I want them to be very conscious of what they’re doing. We want them to not lose focus and remember that every little aspect of swimming is important.”
Schedule
Sept. 5 – At Petersburg
Sept. 19 – At Juneau
Oct. 3 – Sitka
Oct. 17 – Sitka
Oct. 31 – Regionals at Petersburg
Nov. 7 – State at Anchorage
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
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March 1974
Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....