Theresa Smith is a senior from Franklin, Tennessee. She is a member of the Hillsdale College swim team and is studying English. When did you first start swimming? I started swimming when I was 10, so I’ve been swimming for 12 years now. I was 10 so I kind of dabbled in a few other...
After its Friday evening win and Saturday evening split, the swim team had great reason to celebrate more than their points. The swimmers focused all their energy Saturday night to honor the team’s two seniors, Peyton Bowen and Theresa Smith. “Peyton and Theresa have been great stabilizing forces on the team,” Head coach Kurt Kirner...
The last lift of the swim team’s annual winter training in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, left the women dripping with sweat and shaking. But when they emerged from the gym, dreading their iminent dive into the 5,000 yard practice that would end their 10-day conditioning, their spirits skyrocketed. Drooping in the skies over the outdoor pool...
When junior Anika Ellingson pushed herself out of the pool after winning the 200 breakstroke in 2:19.57 Saturday, she pushed through 19 hugs, washed down a few swallows of gatorade, and hopped back on the diving block 10 minutes later to swim a season-best time of 2:14.38 in the 200 IM. Just a day before,...
A swimmer never wants to see bubbles float across her lane — that means a competitor is ahead. But bubbles were all the swim team could focus on as they labored toward third place of 14 at the three-day Phoenix Fall Classic held at the University of Chicago Nov. 17-19. “Our coach had this little...