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Coaches’ Award – Ryan Swanson
“Swanny” has grown up as a swimmer at Loomis Chaffee, and he carried the mantle of
captain well this winter. He led from the front, for instance, at our tightly-contested meet with
NMH, where he pushed hard in the 200 Freestyle and won a tight battle with a 2.5 second
improvement. Then, in the closing meet of his high school career, Swanny posted dramatic
improvements in all four of his events at the New Englands, living up to promises he’d made
to his teammates that one must have faith in one’s training, technique and taper. Swanny, too,
led his teammates every afternoon in the practice pool, proving that swimming is, indeed, an
“honest” sport, that one’s rewards are commensurate with one’s investment. We hope to see
him don his Aquablade for the Univ of Rochester next year