By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Sixth year coach Evan Tuttle stood behind the blocks with his hands on his hips, surveying each lane like a hawk as his young swimmers glided by one another in perfect synchronization. After finishing a set of laps, swimmers grabbed kickboards that were left outside of the pool at the blocks. A white sheet of paper pressed up against each kickboard, protected by a plastic covering, exhibited Tuttle’s designed drills for the practice. “We like to build on every single season,” the Knights coach said. “We look at where we left off last year, especially all of those who are returning in times, and we want to build off of that. We don’t want to really regress. The compliment of the new athletes, who have some competitive swimming experience, in addition to an excellent work ethic, should be able to fill those voids from those key graduating seniors and pick up where we left off last year. We have a young team in the pool right now with a bright future ahead of this program.” The Knights finished the 2014-15 regular season with a 9-2 record, 3-2 in the CCC West (third), placing second at the […]
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Sixth year coach Evan Tuttle stood behind the blocks with his hands on his hips, surveying each lane like a hawk as his young swimmers glided by one another in perfect synchronization. After finishing a set of laps, swimmers grabbed kickboards that were left outside of the pool at the blocks. A white sheet of paper pressed up against each kickboard, protected by a plastic covering, exhibited Tuttle’s designed drills for the practice. “We like to build on every single season,” the Knights coach said. “We look at where we left off last year, especially all of those who are returning in times, and we want to build off of that. We don’t want to really regress. The compliment of the new athletes, who have some competitive swimming experience, in addition to an excellent work ethic, should be able to fill those voids from those key graduating seniors and pick up where we left off last year. We have a young team in the pool right now with a bright future ahead of this program.” The Knights finished the 2014-15 regular season with a 9-2 record, 3-2 in the CCC West (third), placing second at the […]