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the meet ranked 26th and finished 16th, so to
move up 10 spots was quite an accomplishment.
Gross went into the prelims seeded second
in both the 200 Free and the 100 Backstroke.
As such, she was in the second to last heat in
both races. Because of that, there wasn’t a lot of
pressure to get placed in finals since she knew
she just had to swim on her time to advance.
‘ “Both of her swims were good, especially
her 200 Free. What was notable about that race
is that one of the things we were working on
was her walls and turns, and everything came
together in that race,” Scribner stated. “She had
really good walls and, afier, she said it felt really
good and she dropped a little bit of time even
though no one was pushing her.”
Her finishes put her right where she needed
to be, seeded second for the finals on Saturday.
Tara Joyce from Cody was the top seed and she
had added about 4 seconds to her conference
time of 1:53, however she too had no one to
push her in her preliminary race.
In backstroke, Gross was in a very similar
situation, going in seeded second behind Lauren
Jensen from Green River. At the end of Friday,
the seeding was the same for finals with Jensen
earning the top spot and Gross coming in at
number two.
“Her walls looked good in the 100 Back as
well,” Scribner nodded. “Afterward, she said
she? was "a l_'ttle tired on her finish but thought
that she cfild have taken it out a little bit
harder.”
Heading into the 200 Free finals on Saturday,
Gross was nervous but ready to take on Joyce
for top honors. Scribner noted that she had
been pretty nervous after Joyce had posted
some really fast times earlier in the season,
however after he pointed out to her that she had
been swimming splits just as fast, that gave her
confidence she would be able to give Joyce a'
run for her money.
And that she did. From start to finish, the
200 Free was an exciting race with the two
going almost stroke-for—stroke.
“Hannah’s walls were better than Tara’s so
she would lose a little ground in the water and
then make it up on the turn,” Scribner described.
“She was only a little behind Tara the whole
race, and then made up a lot in the last 75, and if
there were five more feet, I think Hannah would
have got her. The last 25, Hannah was gaining
with every stroke. She just missed it by less than
Photo courtesy of Teresa Gross
Newcastle’s Hannah Gross, fourth from left, took second in the 200 Free
at the 3A State
Swim meet swimmlng on Saturday. She was also awarded Co-athlete of the Year
— an
honor she shared with Tara Joyce — as well as All-State Honors.
a second and was less than half a body length
from her, so it was a really good race.”
Gross had a goal of winning the state
championship and getting the school record
for the 200 Free, but she ended up a little bit
short of that.
In the 100 Backstroke, Scribner admitted
that his implementation of taper was probably a
little bit off and may have impacted her perfor-
mance in that race.
“Hannah was a little tired for the 100 Back,”
he admitted. “If I had tapered a little bit earlier
and a little bit harder, I think she would have
been a little more rested which would have
given her a little more in the race.”
The 400 Free Relay team of Raeleigh Shipp,
Anderson, Gross and Rebekah Olson finished
11th in Prelims on Friday but finished 12th in
the Finals. The Dogies were ahead of Kemmerer
going into the race, but they didn’t have anyone
to rearrange where Kemmerer did, so they
ended up edging them out to finish ahead of
them in the team standings.
Gross was awarded the honor of Co-athlete
of the Year which she shared with Tara Joyce
for 3A girls swimming. She also earned All-
State Honors for finishing second in both of
her events.
“Her athleticism and the impact she has
made on SA swimming gained her recognition
from coaches,” Scribner nodded. “She also won
All-Conference Honors for her Conference fin-
ishes in both events and Becca Henkle earned
All-Conference Honorable Mention for fin-
ishing third in diving at the Conference meet.”
Scribner reflected on the 2020 season noting
that it was a very good one for his team, and
though he will be losing Gross and Henkle to
graduation, he believes the team will gain a new
freshman so he anticipates having a pretty solid
core of at least four returning next season.
“The underclassmen really made a lot of
improvements, and those who were committed
to practice and practicing hard really improved,”
he began. “Raeleigh switched strokes mid-
season from the Breaststroke to the Freestyle
and dropped 12 seconds in the 100 Free, and
almost qualified. Lydia dropped nine seconds in
the 100 Free from where she ended last season
and did qualify, and was only .54 of a second
away from qualifyng in the 50 Free so both
should be in pretty good shape to start back up
in 2021
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I dread presidential elec-
tions because of the hatred
they bring out in society.
Family and friends become
torn apart because of political
differences and that is heart-
breaking.
We look at an election map
and see a large geography of
the US. colored red, but we
never consider the population
of the small amounts of blue
that truly encompass huge
amounts of population.
Big cities scream for the
elimination of the electoral
college, but that is the only
thing that gives that huge
amount of red on the map a
voice.
I sit here in my small town
as a social studies teacher and
I am distraught at the lack of
understanding that much of
society has regarding how our
government truly functions.
Yes, the president of the
United States has considerable
power. In fact, it is the most
powerful position in the world.
However, he (or she) doesn’t
have absolute power.
The POTUS does not
have dictatorial powers, and
we need to settle down and
remember that. Yes, he (or
she) has the power of execu-
tive order, however he (or
she) cannot act alone. The
Founding Fathers ensured that
one individual acting on their
own could not control our
country.
As the 2020 election has
been playing out, I have
been more attentive to the
Congressional election as
that is the governmental body
with the most power, which is
just as the Founding Fathers
intended.
We have a conserva-
tive Supreme Court and a
Republican controlled Senate.
Therefore, a Democrat
controlled executive and a
Democrat controlled House
of Representatives will not be
able to dictate policy.
Truly, the only people who
can destroy the United States
of America are the people
themselves. Abraham Lincoln,
one of the most divisive
presidents of all time, quoted
from Scripture and reminded
the Union in the midst of the
Civil War that a nation divided
against itself could not stand.
Yet, here we are again...
divided against ourselves.
We are not only a govern-
ment that provides checks and
balances at the national level
of government, but we are also
a nation that divides the power
between the national and state
governments. So, how can we
get so distraught over the elec-
tionof one man?
I fear that we have let the
media, and probably worse,
the social media work us up
into a national hysteria where
we believe everything that any
Tom, Dick or Harry spouts
from their own ideas.
We may not like the
outcome of this election based
on our own ideals, however we
also need to look at how close
this election was. Obviously,
there is not an overwhelming
consensus which makes me
feel a little more comfort-
able that the president cannot
simply do whatever he (or she)
pleases in office.
Again, I am more con-
cerned with the reaction of the
people over the outcome of the
election and I beg of people to
relax and remember how the
government of this great nation
functions.
We’re all good unless WE
choose not to be. Let’s make
sure that doesn’t happen.