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the northbrook tower | November 9, 2017 | 39<br />
Girls Swimming<br />
Spartans finish fourth in conference meet<br />
Brittany Kapa<br />
Sports Editor<br />
Glenbrook North coach<br />
Robin Walker has coached<br />
32 seasons with the Spartans.<br />
In the last 26 years with<br />
the team, the Spartans<br />
have won the CSL conference<br />
title 19 times, Walker<br />
said, but this was not one<br />
of those years when the<br />
Spartans competed in<br />
Vernon Hills on Saturday,<br />
Nov. 4.<br />
And for her, that’s OK.<br />
“For our girls that were<br />
fully rested and tapered …<br />
we had 100 percent lifetime<br />
bests,” Walker said.<br />
“So, this was their season<br />
best and lifetime best<br />
and to be at this point, for<br />
them, I’m really, really<br />
happy.”<br />
GBN finished fourth<br />
scoring 275, which was<br />
highlighted in a competitive<br />
200-medley relay<br />
race, swam by Maggie Li,<br />
Ashlyn Remien, Ellen Gilbert<br />
and Tiffany Qiao, the<br />
team took fourth and was<br />
less than three seconds behind<br />
the first-place finishers.<br />
Qiao had a couple races<br />
where she found herself<br />
just out of the top spot, but<br />
for her that’s right where<br />
she wants to be at this<br />
point in the season. Qiao<br />
finished second in the<br />
200-yard individual medley<br />
race and just behind<br />
Vernon Hills’ Alexsandra<br />
Skatchkov.<br />
“I’ve raced against her<br />
before so it’s not the first<br />
time we’ve locked horns,”<br />
Qiao said.<br />
Qiao is confident that<br />
when it comes to next<br />
week’s sectional race that<br />
she will drop even more<br />
time.<br />
“I’m half-tapered, so<br />
we’re one week in,” she<br />
said. “I feel pretty okay<br />
with my taper. That wasn’t<br />
my end-of-season best; it<br />
was probably like two seconds<br />
off. I’m really happy<br />
with it how I am now, and<br />
I know with another week<br />
of rest I can be a lot faster.”<br />
Teammate Maggie Li<br />
had some personal accomplishments<br />
to celebrate as<br />
well. She took second in<br />
the 100-yard butterfly race<br />
finishing in 1:00.16.<br />
“I’m not going to swim<br />
it next week at sectionals<br />
because there are other<br />
people, like Tiffany [Qiao]<br />
and Ellen [Gilbert], who<br />
are faster than me,” Li<br />
said. “So, this is the last<br />
time I’m going to swim<br />
it this season. It’s pretty<br />
good for the last time I’m<br />
going to swim it.”<br />
During the whole day,<br />
the Spartans were nothing<br />
but happy for their<br />
teammates as each one hit<br />
personal bests at the meet,<br />
Walker said.<br />
“I think the positivity is<br />
contagious,” Li said.<br />
“It was nice to be with<br />
each other today,” Walker<br />
added. “I’m so happy for<br />
them. It really brings me<br />
so much joy to watch them<br />
and how hard they have<br />
worked and have it pay<br />
off.”<br />
Walker said that the<br />
team’s swimming IQ was<br />
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Glenbrook North’s Julia Gehrs swims the 200-yard fly individual medley at the<br />
Central Suburban League conference meet on Saturday, Nov. 4, in Vernon Hills. Scott<br />
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