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NMMI Colt Swim Team Makes Presence at 2008 State Championship |
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NMMI Sports Press 02/23/08 Student Staff Writer/Photographer Matt Dobbs As warm-ups
ended and the preliminary races began, the crowd of team
Clearly the
efforts of NMMI swimmers and coaches were not an exercise in futility.
The team’s presence at the 2008 State Championship echoes the work put
in to get to this point. Members represented not only themselves, but
the school by putting their best into what was, for many, to be the
final races of their high The NMMI Colt Swim Team is coached by Jan Olesinski, who is assisted by Christopher Byrne, Nicholas Calderon, Joshua Marshall, Orlando Morel, and Travis Sanchez. The team of state qualified athletes for 2008 consists of Brandon Bourn (senior), John Brocker (senior), Luis Martinez (senior), David Weeks (senior), Daniel Higgins II (junior), Andrew Fisher (sophomore), Kimberly Larkin (senior), Cheri Haarmeyer (senior), Molly Minchew (freshman), Courtney Holm (freshman), and diver Kenni Estrada (senior).
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Athletic Department New Mexico Military Institute 101 W. College Blvd. Roswell, NM 88201 phone: 575-624-8270 fax: 575-624-8287 email: gunn@nmmi.edu |
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There was a buzz of energy radiating throughout Albuquerque Academy’s
top-of-the line aquatic facility. The clear-blue water did not remain
still for long as soon the top swimmers from assorted New Mexico high
schools filled both pools preparing for the day’s races. Included among
them was New Mexico Military Institute’s Colt Swim Team. This elite
team, like many others, had come to test their abilities against the
other swimmers that had made it to the New Mexico Activities
Association’s 2008 State Championship for swimming.
members, coaches, and spectators that filled the natatorium erupted with
cheering for teammates and preferred racers. The Colts were no exception
to this, and the team roared as the boy’s 200 yard Medley Relay Team
raced to a 2:01.02 finish, placing them in 20th for that
event.
Success was hard won for NMMI senior Brandon Bourn, who qualified for
finals in both 100 yard Butterfly stroke and 100 yard
Breaststroke with a 58.02 and 1:07.23 respectively. Bourn went on to
claim 8th place in the Butterfly event with a final time of
57.67 and just narrowly missed medaling for Breaststroke, swimming a
1:06.03 and ended his high school swimming career amid the
congratulations of coaches and teammates.
Effort and spirit was not lacking from the girl’s 200 yard Freestyle
Relay Team, as each team member dove into the water with the
encouragement of their peers hot at their heels. The
group, consisting of two seniors and two freshmen, beat their seed time
by almost two seconds as they completed the race with a time of 1:54.75.
The boy’s 200 yard Freestyle Relay Team also made it to finals. Colt
team members were present at the far end of the pool to cheer on the
group, with each member darting through the water to complete the race
with a time of 1:39.76.
Swimming was not the only event that the Colts contended in, with senior
Kenni Estrada competing in the girl’s 1 meter dive event. Estrada
finished with a score of 222.45.
school careers. NMMI has much to be proud of in these fine cadets and
their quest for excellence.
