Team uses intrasquad meet to prepare

By Adam Samson

Friday, October 10, 2008

Coach Clark Campbell compared all the swim meets before the championship season to how students use a quiz in class.

The quizzes prepare students for the final exam and give an idea of where they stand in the class. So the intrasquad meet today for the women’s swimming and diving team is the first quiz in Campbell’s mind.

Photo by Weston White

Senior Danielle Herrmann swims down the lane before turning during the 50 yard breaststroke Friday afternoon at the Robinson Center pool.

“It gives us an idea of where we are currently from a fitness point, technical point and skill point,” Campbell said. “We’re making sure we have all of those things lined up.”

In the past, Campbell used intrasquad as an opportunity to gather times for each of the swimmers. Traditionally, it was a way to get all of the swimmers used to being a team, because it was a low-key, non-threatening race opportunity before the real meets start.

This season is unique in that the intrasquad performances will set up the travel squad for the Arizona trip next week. A trip that includes a duel against a top-15 program in Arizona State and a duel against Northern Arizona. Campbell and the Jayhawks will take a squad of 20 to Arizona: 17 swimmers, three divers.

“I feel that the intensity and the level of performance this year, because of the strings attached to it, will be much higher than in years past,” Campbell said.

The coaches look at this meet to be a first step in becoming a much more competitive program and are embracing the idea that the meet is about performance and excellence.

“It’s interesting to put people in competitive situations and this year is a little different with the hinging travel trip based on your performance,” Campbell said. “It’s good to put athletes in those states of pressure to see how they react.”

The team will be split into Crimson and Blue squads for the meet. Campbell put the athletes into events he thought gave them the best shot of making the travel team to Arizona.

“What we try to do is get it to where it’s the closest, tightest meet possible and it comes down to the last relay,” Campbell said.

The Jayhawks begins the competitive season with the intrasquad meet tonight at 4 p.m. in Robinson Natatorium.

— — Edited by Arthur Hur

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