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Monday, November 29, 1993, Page 12 """"";lliillIDtWtg=::~;; '7il_AFwtID:'lli%)j "w"~7:1tEL:::'Wi1:~--~ iw.rntmf¥aX:::;=:~:mmr;:~~~~7::.f:9F&"'ffi!.:trf:(\::Mtm Women's Swimming Preview relay teams that finished in the top five atMAC's last season. The Women's Swim Team has the This young team consists of four spirit and the individual talent to have a freshman. According to Easterday, Dana successful and exciting season this year. Haugen, a free, breast. and individual Under Head Coach Kim Easterday, medley swimmer, is the top newcomer. the team went 7-6 and fmsihed 6th outof Coach Easterday's outlook is mixed. 16 teams in the Middle Atlantic Confer- While the team is full of great individual ence Championships last season. swimmers, the team lacks the depth Easterday, entering her 18th season, needed to win meets. "Individually we has a relatively young team for this cam- can swim with anyone, but we are Dot paign, losing no one to graduation. The very deep," she said. Burke claims some thirteen player roster consists of six re- teamsbave "nearly twice as maoy swim- turning letterwinners, none of which are mers, in which depth is very important." seniors. Burke pointed out this problem as a rea- Leadiog the team will be sophmore son why the team lost their first meet of backstroke and individual medley swim- the season to Bryn Mawr. mer Karen Alexander. As a freshman, This Green Terror team certainly Alexander shattered several WMC show a positive outlook for this season. records and participated in the Division "I'm psyched about this season!" m Championships in Atlanta, Georgia Alexander says. Sbe adds that "teem The All American is ready to improve on spirit is evident with every swimmer on her numbers from last year. Over the the team summer, Alexander swam on a daily ba- Individually, Burke has set higb ex- sis,' ran three days a week, and worked pectations this year. "My individual goal with the medicine ballrountinely. "I feel is to make Nationals and improve her 7th stronger in the water now than Idid last place ftnish in the 500 yard freestroke at year," Alexander says. the MAC's. Alexander has hopes ofre- Another swimmer Coach Easterday turning to the Divsion m Championships hopes will lead her team is Junior Cap- for the second straight year, hoping to tain Buffy Burke. Burke is also looking improve on her 12th place showing in the to improve on her numbers from last year individual medley. which consisted of two individual 3Td The team looks to improve their con- place fmisbes at MAC's. ferencerecord. In the oldMAC last year, Burke, a freestyle specialist, stated the team was 1-5 against squads that are ..the importance of lifting weights over now in the new Centennial Conference . the summer and during practice bas Coach Easterday sees the traditional ri- By DAVID RADOSEVICH made me a better swimmer." She feels val Gettysburg has the team to beat in the S"lI/hP