East Lansing

Jr. Trojans

Swimming & Diving2014-

2015

What a group!

Div

ers Wyck HallEliza LaneConrad Moyer

Raegan OotenDaniel WinstonMary Phillips

4th

& 5

th

Gra

ders

Grace FitzgeraldSean FlemingHugh HankensonKatherine Hawthorne Emmah Howard

JinYoung JeongAvery JonesBuffy KakelaBronwynn Kewin

Catherine KeyKaily Kribs Ainsley Louagie

Maksen MecherShea RudyNatalie SeitzJake Sudol

6th

Gra

ders

Will BoxerBrooke CasalettoMacy DanielsSage HirkoEric KolarEliza LaneNicholas Lane

Conrad MoyerCorinne NicholsHolden RenfroZoe Roman-BakerGrace RussoNoah SarafinWilliam SchreiberGloria Zink

7th

Gra

ders

Grace BargerstockAgniva BhaumikMadelyn BolesClaudia DempseyAlexa DeMuth

Ryan DrakeFreya DufnerNaod GhebrednglThomas Groen

Garret HanksMatias JimenezAndrew MahlerSneha MathiSruti Mathi

Anthony MedeiHope MilneRaegan Ooten

Bennett RauscherAiden RudyMitchell SeitzHenry SparrowClaire SudolJah'le ThrashLucas Walters

Arianna WhiteSophie Wu

Lexa Becker

Wesley Casaletto

Cameron Darnell

Aidan Dettweiler

Patrick Hanley

Jill Kammerer

Carolyn Kolar

Joseph Kuiper

Mara Logan

Daniel Miller

Ben Ng

Jonathan Thaden

Sydney Weber

Daniel Winston

Mary Phillips

Natalia Sudol

Isaiah Sarafin

Nick Wiesner

8th Graders

Lexa

Beck

er

Lexa

Beck

er

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle, Backstroke

Favorite Event: 200 M.R., 100 Back

Most proud of: Learning new stuff, getting

new friends, and working harder on swimming every

year.

Other Activities: I enjoy volleyball, Golf,

singing. I am the head pitcher on my softball team.

One of my goals: To get better at swimming

and to get faster as I go.Favorite Memory: When we played games

and had to hold up a brick and a water container over

our heads in groups of 4 or 5 for 1 minute and

SOMEONE, dropped the brick on my head and the group

accidentally knocked the water container almost full of

water on his/her eye.

Lexa

Beck

er

Doesn’t plan to swim in HSLessons learned:

Learning to work togetherAdvice for younger swimmers:

Listen hard and listen well. You will

succeed if you just listen.I will miss…All the new friends I made

Wesl

ey

Casa

lett

o

Wesl

ey

Casa

lett

o

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Breaststroke

Favorite Event: 100 Breaststroke

Most proud of:Swimming the 200 freestyle multiple times.

Other Activities:I enjoy reading as well as playing two instruments and a

few sports.

One of my goals:Join the High School swim team and improve my stroke.

Favorite Memory: My favorite memory from this year was the St. John's

meet.

Wesl

ey

Casa

lett

o

Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:

Swimming is fun.Advice for younger swimmers:

Always try your best.I will miss…The middle school coaches.

Aid

an D

ett

weile

r

Aid

an D

ett

weile

r

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: IMFavorite Event: 100 Individual

Medley

Most proud of: Achieving the state

meet.

Other Activities: Computer Games, Debate, Cello.One of my goals:Become a stronger swimmer in all strokes in

order to improve my IM time.Favorite Memory: I really enjoyed

the swimming Olympics in which we held

competition in a variety of irregular swimming

events.

Aid

an D

ett

weile

r

Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:

Push yourself, or you will not improve.

Advice for younger swimmers:

Push yourself, or you will not improve.

I will miss…The fun activities.

Patr

ick

Hanle

y

Patr

ick

Hanle

y

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Breaststroke

Favorite Event: 100 Breaststroke

Most proud of:Having the honor to swim in the 200 medley relay for

MISCA.

Other Activities:Baseball is life. Swimming and band are the only

exceptions. One of my goals:Continue to cut down my 50 breaststroke time.

Favorite Memory: Winning 2nd place in CAAC.

Patr

ick

Hanle

y

Does not plan to swim in HSLessons learned:

No swimmer left behind!Advice for younger swimmers:

For younger swimmers, you guys are the

building blocks for the future. In a couple

years, you guys are going to be the leaders

of the team, and the best thing you can do

for younger swimmers .I will miss…Monsters (my favorite part of practices)

Jill Kammerer

Jill K

am

mere

r

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Backstroke

Favorite Event: 100 Individual Medley

Most proud of:I learned a lot of new technique and took time off a few

events.

Other Activities: dance, guitar, and readingOne of my goals:To get first in at least one event at a meet

Favorite Memory: just experiencing my first swim meet was really fun

Jill K

am

mere

r

Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:

Team spiritAdvice for younger swimmers:

Keep a positive attitude and have fun

I will miss…My friends who will will still be on the

middle school team.

Carolyn Kolar

Caro

lyn K

ola

r

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle

Favorite Event: 100 Freestyle, 200 FR

Most proud of: Improving on my flip turns and

working on my endurance. I felt faster this year and had

a lot more fun hanging out with all my teammates.

Other Activities: I love writing poetry,

cooking, trying new foods, outdoor summer activities,

and of course swimming!One of my goals: To continue being on the

swim team in high school next year. I also want to try

diving since I love doing flips and try out water polo.

Favorite Memory: At the St Johns meet.

The relay I was on got first in our heat. It was a great

feeling with everyone cheering me on during the last lap.

Caro

lyn K

ola

r

Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:

You have to work hard to achieve results.

Advice for younger swimmers:

Work hard and make new friends.

I will miss…Hanging out with the guys!

Mara Logan

Mara

Logan

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle

Favorite Event: 100 Freestyle

Most proud of: Dropping time on all of the

strokes I swam as well as improving my swimming

technique and flipturns.Other Activities:I do horse back riding, art, and I play viola in the MMS

orchestra.

One of my goals:I would like to drop more time on my freestyle.

Favorite Memory: The meets were all a lot

of fun but I particularly liked the biggest home meet,

there were a variety of schools there.

Mara

Logan

Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:

Teamwork is important and your coaches

are very willing to help.Advice for younger swimmers:

Ask for help if you need it and push

yourselves..I will miss…I think high school is a lot more

competitive, but there are times when that

is good.

Danie

l Mill

er

Danie

l Mill

er

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle

Favorite Event: 50 Freestyle

Most proud of:Winning 2nd place (team) in the CAAC championships

Other Activities: Reading, band, video games One of my goals:To get better and to have funFavorite Memory: The last day of practice, or the water polo

tournament/day

Danie

l Mill

er

Plans to swim in HSLessons learned:

How to do pretty much most of the stuff I

know.Advice for younger swimmers:

Just keep swimming!I will miss…The seventh graders.

Ben N

g

Ben N

g

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle

Favorite Event: 200 Medley Relay, 50

Freestyle, Free RelaysMost proud of: I am proud of making it to

states with my relay teams.Other Activities: I enjoy reading, orchestra,

building/designing and modifying robots, and some

computer games. One of my goals:One of my swimming goals is block starts.

Favorite Memory: My favorite memory

from this season is that I got to experience sprinting

using the bungee cord.

Ben N

g

Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:

Good block starts and better butterfly

skills

Advice for younger swimmers:

Try to get into the individual events at

states so you can get other people on the

team and get the team recognized in the

state.

I will miss…???

Jonath

an T

haden

Jonath

an T

haden

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle, Br, IM

Favorite Event: 200 Relays, 100 Br

Most proud of: I was able to win some of my

events this season as a result of hard work and

preparation. Other Activities: Other activities I enjoy

include reading, robotics, playing cello, watching movies,

and having fun.One of my goals: To be able to continue

swimming as a lifetime sport and be able to drop a

couple seconds off of my event times.Favorite Memory: When Aidan and I had to

use the bungee cord device in order to show us what it

feels like to go faster.

Jonath

an T

haden

Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:

Turns, being a good teammate, and

racing against myself to high school

Advice for younger swimmers:

To stick with the program. Don’t do

stupid stuff (running on deck, not paying

attention, getting in water too early,

etc.), and have a lot of fun.I will miss…I will somewhat miss the laid back

atmosphere of the middle school team

Syd

ney

Weber

Syd

net

Weber

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Freestyle

Favorite Event: 200 Free Relay

Most proud of: Placing 8th with my medley

relay team at the CAACs and winning a medal.

Other Activities: Reading, playing the piano and lacrosse.

One of my goals:To beat my current 50 free time of 36.01.

Favorite Memory: The last practice of 2014, when we got to go off the high

dive and dive for dimes, then keep them.

Syd

ney

Weber

Plans to Swim in HSLessons learned:

All of them…unless I forget.Advice for younger swimmers:

Just keep swimming! Just keep

swimming! Just keep swimming!I will miss…All the friends I made that aren’t going

to be there next year.

Danie

l Win

ston

Danie

l Win

ston

8th Grade – MacDonaldFavorite Stroke: Breaststroke

Favorite Event: 1-meter Diving, 100

BreaststrokeMost proud of: Placing 7th at the CAAC meet

in Diving. I have never been in diving before, so this was

new to me. I am very proud of myself.

Other Activities: I am a 2nd degree black

belt in Tae Kwon Do. I also enjoy reading, surfing, boogie

boarding, and anything water related...I grew up in

Hawaii!!

One of my goals:To place in the top three at a meet.Favorite Memory: When the "Germany"

team was able to teach swimming for the day.

Danie

l Win

ston

Plans to Swim in HSDive??

Lessons learned:

To keep trying and never give up.

Advice for younger swimmers:

Just keep swimming! Just keep You’ll

learn something new every day. Listen to

what the coaches tell you and work

hard.

I will miss…The fun coaching staff.

Cam

ero

n D

arn

ell

Ron Marsh

Laura LeDuc

Maranda Brunner

Cody Bristor

Matt Wright

Lucy Schroeder

Maddie Levine

Tylor Fick

Cristee Cordes

Jr. Trojans Coaches

Hig

h S

chool

Mento

rs Madi Zink Lily Zink Mallory Haynie Catherine Schertzing Adam Petrowitz