The Panthers are in sunny Fort Lauderdale, training at Pinecrest Academy, both short and long course. The team hotel is right on A1A on the beach for the fourth-straight year. They will be on the trip through the 15th of January before resuming the regular season schedule second semester against Carthage College on Jan. 16.
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The eighth blog entry comes from senior Dan Heraly:
Today was our last day here in Florida and we got a little taste of last years’ training trip.Much to our dismay, it was a chilly and breezy day, not what we wanted for our last day here. This morning we had the privilege of doing one of our favorite sets, best average 50’s. If you are part of the D-Crew, you earned the distinct honor of doing best average 100’s.
The evening practice was a little more eventful. The seniors were allowed to write the second practice of the day. This practice would be what the rest of the team would remember the seniors for.
With having so many rough practices, the team was in dire need of some fun so the team was separated into eight teams for a team competition. Individual competitions included; breath holding, drawing Kyle, belly flop, big splash, small splash, and towel creations. The groups then competed in relays with their teams and each team also performed a synchronized swim.
It was a great way to end the toughest 10 days of the season. We will undoubtedly have our most rough morning tomorrow as we get up at 4 a.m. to return home.
