 This is the coach Clark show presented by Buffalo Wild Wings. I'm a snitchy here with head coach Clark Nyman Hi, thanks for coming and staying down with us today Just we're interested to talk about a little bit about your season You guys have had a little bit of break for about a month now from dual meets You guys just started winter training talk a little bit about the training you guys have done two a days I'm sure well you you talk about taking a break from competing. Yes, but we have gone full bore into doubles Yeah, we're working really hard doing a lot of variety They're showing a lot of progress. There's been a couple of practices that have been kind of cute practices for them That are gonna show at the end of the season Maybe they're not seeing some of the pro progress now, but I can I can tell you with a lot of confidence that they are working harder Than they've ever worked before yeah, and it's gonna pay off big-time and come back into the spring semester To taper down Yeah, so you guys at the end of November just had the Diamond City Invitational which is kind of just the mid-season meet Pre-limbs finals coming back the next morning to swim a second time twice a day How is that meet going to Change the dynamic of getting them ready for the championship meet Well, the funny thing about that meet is we didn't really do any kind of special Okay, one day resting cycle into it which basically means I practiced them for two days They rested one practice two days and he went into the long weekend of three-day meet our two-day and I was very impressed with what they did a lot of the top performers Right at where they were last year around this time and even some of the up-and-comers We're going personal bests in season unshaved Actually, they were shaved for that one But we didn't suit up we didn't do any kind of any special prep for it They were just trying to work really to push themselves at a point in the season that they needed to kind of See some improvement before we took a small break before Thanksgiving. Okay, um Going into some of your senior standouts are Melanie Milam and Steven Kratzer. What are they doing different this season? That's going to set them to be a standouts in the Mac championships Well, they we joke actually hunt deck all the time that this is the first of their last Oh, yeah, they're their last first homie or their last first diamond city This is going to be their last first four-week doubles thing. So they they are kind of in this nostalgic slash I just want to make sure that I do the best that I possibly come for the team And they've been setting the example for everyone around them. Melanie Milam swam a 207 last year at Mac championships and Concerning her maybe an NCAA hopeful to hit that maybe a beat cut of a 205 What what is she doing differently this season specifically that is going to get her there? A lot of what we've changed for now is actually just more mindfulness. She's loving training. She's happy in the pool all the time and Just that just that change in mindset has really helped her Perform better day in and day out that that's the real change for her. She has the speed in her She's not going to forget that speed. She just needs to be in that mindset So when it's when it's time on that day in that moment that she's able to muster every ounce of Performance and put it put it on the line for that one one one swim. Yeah, I'm actually really excited to see Yeah, well, I think it's gonna be a good rest of season for going into your dual meets You have next Friday and next Saturday to swim. We're actually going into a really big grit week for them Oh, I tried to plan out. We're going to St. Petersburg next week. Okay, we're doing two days down in Florida. We come back on the plane on Thursday Go right into a double header Senior weekend all yeah, all in one. Yeah, this big rush and then we're we have one more meat And then it's time for champions. So you guys gonna be getting into a lot of dry land down in Florida Oh, yeah, we're actually gonna go out to the beach And we're gonna do some yeah, the pool that we're swimming at is actually set right on the beach Okay, so we're gonna go out and do some sand Sand stretching and maybe even some yogurt or something. Yeah, well, I'm sure that'll be a lot of good Change of scenery and all that kind of stuff for them Well, especially with the snow on the horizon Yeah, we've actually been very fortunate and haven't been really affected by any kind of winter weather And we're actually getting away during one of the biggest winter seasons. So we hope that we don't hit too much rain Yeah, all right. Well, this has been the the coach Clark show. I'm a senior G coach Clark