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Coach Questionnaire: Lakeridge Swimming- Derek Abbott

USA TODAY High School Sports  |  USA TODAY Sports Derek Abbott- Head Swimming Coach, Lakeridge High School  1. How have the off-season workouts been for your team? How many swimmers are returning? “Most of our kids are multi-sport kids or swim for a club team.  So the off-season workouts are great, because they are actively […]

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Derek Abbott- Head Swimming Coach, Lakeridge High School 

1. How have the off-season workouts been for your team? How many swimmers are returning?

“Most of our kids are multi-sport kids or swim for a club team.  So the off-season workouts are great, because they are actively working hard and winning in other school sports or refining their technique and endurance in their club.”

“We have 21 out of 42 swimmers returning from the team last year.  This is both boys and girls teams”

2. What will be your team’s biggest challenge?

“Our biggest challenge will be filling the void of some very good leadership that graduated this last year.  We lost our 4 captains from last year Noelle Foden-Vencil, Keaton Weil, Jackson Waste (playing wter polo for Drexel University) and Alexander Schaffer (playing water polo for Air Force Academy). We also graduated 3 swimmers who were very fast; Brenda Cha (swimming for Vanderbilt), Rowan Hauber (swimming for Iowa) and Jordynn Canelis (swimming for Western Colorado).”

 3. What are you expecting from your team this season?

“Our expectation is the same every year.  We will work hard in and out of the water.  We want to be the hardest working team in the state.  We want to win every dual meet we swim this year, which means every swimmer has to contribute to the team.  And we hope to see our girls in the top 5 at state and our boys in the top 10 at state.”

4. What swimmers should fans watch out for this season?

“If you come to a Lakeridge meet, be prepared to see the swimmers rally as a team and support one another to accomplish such a unity for an ‘individual sport’. On the boys end though, keep an eye on Liam O’Shea, CJ Hanson, Max and Sam Swaim, Matty McComish and Zack Wyman.  On the girls end, Mara Newman, Katie Manzione, Brynn O’Shea, Sonya Ahmadyar, Dorothy Wang and Christal Mcaninch.”

5. What meet are you looking forward to most this season?

“Absolutely the most popular and electrifying meet is our big rivalry meet against Lake Oswego High.  Our swimmers come ready to swim and compete on that meet.  We also pack the house with the fans that night.”

6. What teams, besides your own, do you think are the top contenders in your league?

“For the guys we know that Lake Oswego is really good and so are Tigard and Tualatin.  For the girls Lake Oswego is really good, as is West Linn and Tualatin and Saint Marys.”



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