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Boys Swimming, Sports

Boys’ swimming prepares for state competition

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By Delaney Smith and Sydney Sears

Shaved heads and bleach blonde hair are now a new addition to the halls of FC thanks to the boys’ swim team. They are traveling to the IUPUI Natorium this weekend the compete in the state finals.

The swimmers have started to focus on their speed and cleaning up their technique so that they can make everything the best they can.

Sophomore Brendon Smith said that the practices have been a lot more intense and the team has been working a lot harder to get ready for state.

The boys are seniors Colin Lyell and Nathan Manias, juniors Elijah Anderson and Marc McCormick, and sophomore Brendon Smith qualified to compete in the upcoming state competition out of the team of about 17.

“We are hoping to be at our best for the end of the season. we took some chances at the sectionals not ‘shaving’ some of our guys to give them the opportunity to be going their fastest at the state championship,” said boys swimming coach Joe Perkins.

The state championship preliminaries are this Friday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. and the finals will be held on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 1 p.m. The swimmers are planning to swim their best times and hope to have the team place higher at state than in previous years.

“I am personally hoping to get top 16 in both of my events and top eight in at least one of the relays,” said Anderson.

Smith and McCormick are also planning on swimming their best times and Smith is also hoping to break some school records.

“We are looking to score as many events as we can, this is the first time in 14 years we have taken all three relays to state and have a good chance of scoring all three,” said Perkins.

Boys Track, Girls Track, Sports

Track prepares for 2014 season

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By Bryce Romig

Track season is approaching quickly, and the track team is training hard to make sure they are at the top of their game for the 2014 season.  Practicing each day after school on the track, the team is hoping to win regionals this year.

“We practice six days a week with running drills and weight lifting. All of our field event participants stay after practice and do extra work on our event,” said junior long jumper Macy Plaiss.

With all of the missed school days due to snow, the track team suffered from missed conditioning.

“For distance this year it’s a lot harder to train due to all of the snow days,” said boy’s long distance coach Tim Korte.

Although snow days have made an impact on the team, they are working hard to make up for the lost days.

‘Trying to get our practices in is harder due to the weather. We try to run anywhere from 25-35 miles per week,” said long distance runner freshman Morgan Paul.

When asked about the team’s strengths, Korte shared that they have many great returning runners this year.

“However, our shot put and discus area are our weaknesses this year. We lost our state champion Cody Hamsley,” said Korte.

The team shared their many goals and accomplishments they wish to complete this season.

“We want to win conference sectionals and regionals.  We’ve only had one regional win ever,” said Korte.

Along with winning regionals, personal records are a main focus as well.

“Everyone is really trying for PR’s. We have a much smaller team this year, but we still want to win sectionals and regionals,”said Paul.

The boys track team’s first meet will be on March 27 against Silver Creek High School.

Girls track will have their first meet on April 11 in Corydon.

“We have a pretty strong team this year, including both sprinting and distance. I’m really looking forward to competing and bonding with my teammates,” said junior Gabrielle Rodriguez.

Boys Swimming, Cheerleading, Dazzlers, Sports, Wrestling

This week in sports recap

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This week the cheerleaders placed fourth in their division in Dallas.

This weekend the Dazzlers performed at UDA Nationals in Orlando. They placed first in Hip Hop, and second in Pom.

The wrestling team received the crown at the 26th annual sectionals this weekend.

Boys’ swimming placed second at their conference meet and girls placed first at their conference meet.

Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Sports

Brother and sister unite in public athletics

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By Ashton Beck

When walking into a building for learning and receiving an education, students also come to participate in public school athletics.

Previous homeschooler junior Grant Vellinger arrived to FC, and it was the first time being a full time student in a public school.

“I was homeschooled for nine years. My first year at a public school was my freshman year at Floyd,” said Vellinger.  Along with Vellinger, his sister, sophomore Paige Vellinger also came to FC as a freshman for the same reason.

Grant involves himself in more than one sport.

“I played soccer and ran track my freshman year. Sophomore year I ran cross country and track and I’m doing the same thing this year,” said Grant.  Paige ended up doing the same as Grant.

Before FC, Grant was able to be a part of athletics.

“I played club soccer for Javanon which is a club in Louisville. That was pretty much year round,” said Grant.

Paige also participated in soccer before FC.

“I first played soccer for Graceland Baptist Church until I was in sixth grade then I played with Southern Indiana United,” said Paige.  She also ran on a home schooled cross country team.

Grant enjoys school sports over club.

“Club sports are much more serious. I don’t think club sports are as fun as school sports and mainly because I wasn’t very good friends with the guys on my club team. The guys on the cross country team are like my brothers,” said Grant.

With their athletics being a big priority, Grant’s top priority is his academics.

“My academics come before everything else at FC,” said Grant.

With all the accomplishments Paige and Grant have made at a public school, they have made their mom proud.

“I am very proud of them. I think that public athletics taught them many good life skills like a good work ethic,” said mom Erin Vellinger.