Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD Athletes N Action, 22 May 2020

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From YouTube: "Athletes N Action" featuring the 2019-2020 Chesapeake Swim Team

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Host Wiley Baker highlights student athletes, coaches and various sports programs from our county high schools. This month, the 2019-2020 Chesapeake High Swim Team is featured.

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(Upbeat music).

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[Singer] go, go, go,, go, go.

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Go. (whistle blown), (fans cheering).

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There's no doggy paddling with these cougars down in the dina.

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Hi, I'm wiley baker with another edition of athletes in action, splish-splashing,.

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With the chesapeake swim team at the y in pasadena.

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Let's go roar in with the cougs.

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And head coach, brian nelson., ready, go.

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[Narrator], no matter whether wet or dry,, these chesapeake swimmers have found a bond that sticks.

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So it's a really great experience, and it really comes together as they're in the pool and we also do dry land together.

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and we try to communicate or come together with team, dinners, and different group bonding activities outside of our practice.

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It's great to be on a team like this, especially since a couple of years ago we weren't doing so well.

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it's great to know that we're, definitely getting recognized now.

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We're all pretty close, and the older kids especially do help out with like the incoming freshmen.

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We just have a ton of team dinners, and we actually hang out after practices..

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We actually organize stuff in our group. Chats.

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[Narrator] to stay fierce in the pool,, these cougars have to prepare in and out of the water.

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We did do a lot of core workouts and then arm strength.

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Because the main thing with swimming is your core.

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If you have a good core, then it's gonna really help you.

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Nutrition is a big thing,. We have to eat carbs before practice and protein after practice to really.

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Get the energy that's needed to do all the swimming.

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[Swimmer] we do a lot of yoga and stretching..

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A big part is lifting that helps a ton.

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Right now we're in a power and speed phase., so we're doing more olympic lifts, we're doing more explosive movements to plyometrics.

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we're doing a lot of pull-ups, pushups, bodyweight activities and a lot of core work.

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[Narrator], these cougs expect to be a splash.

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In the books,, as well as in competition.,.

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I get a report every single week. and if someone starts to slip, I'll, ask them what's going on?. Are they missing an assignment?, see if I can get them some help.

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That's definitely the biggest part, because sometimes you get too engrossed with the swimming.

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I love to kinda incorporate them both in the same thing.

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I kinda think of them.... You can't do one without the other to be a swimmer.

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You gotta be a good athlete, especially now looking at colleges it's great to have that really studious attitude to go along with the swimming.

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As long as I stay on top of all my classwork and make sure that I get that all done.

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and in any spare time I have I'm pretty good.

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[Narrator], the chesapeake captains and coaches see eye to eye and stroke towards success.

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(Whistle blown).

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Go. [student], it's just so fun. I love working with brian.

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he's an amazing coach and he encourages me every day to be the best that I can be.

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[Student], I think it's a really good opportunity.

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And it's great because you can help all the younger swimmers.

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To get used to the team and then show them what's expected of us.

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[Narrator], the dina is feeling the roar.

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Of these cougar swimmers.

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When I first started, not many people really knew we had a swim team..

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So just having people acknowledge that we have a team is great.

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and I think some of the great student athletes that we do have, who are setting records and being really, really great athletes and great students altogether, is bringing interest from outside of our sport into our sport..

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I know when I started, we were pretty small and not everybody knew we had a swim team.

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But, as brian put the word out that we had swimming.

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The team got better and bigger.

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a lot of people.... It has a better reputation now.. It feels like we're finally getting noticed.

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Because for a while, we weren't noticed as an actual sport.

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It's exciting. I feel like swimming, is so kinda pushed to the side.

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Not a lot of people know about it and it's really cool to see it be recognized more.

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And have more people talk about it.

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[Narrator] how the blue and white wants to make it right.

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I think a great year would be any year the team does great.. That's definitely something I'd like to see happen.

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I'd love to see, especially our freshmen, get on.

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The state relay teams. that would be awesome for me to see.

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I just want to see everybody on the team, have fun and obviously do their best.

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and everybody, if they feel good about themselves by the end of the season and think that they did their best and tried their best and just had fun.

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Then that's all that matters., I think it'd be good to get a lot of people to regionals.

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And then a couple of states have some of our relays break more school records., [instructor], ready,, go.

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This year it was just about setting a culture..

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So I've. A really young group.- I would say 75% of my athletes are freshmen and sophomore.

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So it's about developing them in the pool and developing them as people to grow a culture that we have a hardworking culture and practice, but also have a good amount of fun..

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Thanks for tuning in., I'm wiley baker and honoring memory of my mom dee baker, I'll talk to you on the court, on the field on the air, or maybe even in the pool with another edition.

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Of anne arundel, county public schools, athletes in action.

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(Upbeat music).