 Welcome to the John Stoltrager show. I'm Joe Wamba joined now with John Stoltrager head coach of the men's and women's swimming teams and Coach you guys get a host three events this year. You hosted your last one against Arcadia not so concerned as far as the point standings but on finish times and it was senior day Sure, I mean it was senior day, which is a nice day for the triplets. I mean they work really hard They're Such an integral part of our team, you know They're they're so sweet and and they bring this this kindness to the team that that is actually really important So it was great to see them honored And again, yeah, it's our last home meet. We're in the middle of a taper So you never really know what to expect and and to be honest with you I think the kids swam better than I expected and and probably better than they expected And you talk about that taper time getting ready for the Mac meet you got the weekend off coming up And then you're gonna be Competing for four days. It's gonna be a different animal Talk a little bit about what these meets that you've been doing and your training regimen gets you ready for this Mac meet Well, this is actually what we actually been working for all year long You know the training we put in the doubles we put in Focus is on a four-day meet where you know You're swimming a lot and if you're one of the better summers on the team You're swimming, you know prelims and finals both morning and night plus you're in relays at night So your body's getting tired and this mantra that I've been saying over and over all year long and that you can swim fast when you're tired comes into play now and You know we put this big aerobic base behind us and now we're starting to taper off of that And when it comes time to actually fire the muscles and and really go after it I I think we're ready to go. I really think we're we're gonna do well Yeah, we share a lot of optimism with this team with just with your training regimen And we talked about the three seniors just the commosa twins But you're you got a lot of youth on the team. It's gonna be their first time being at the Mac meet They've been through this training regimen. What do you expect? What are you looking for in the Mac the Mac meet? I'm looking I'm looking for some of the upperclassmen to kind of show the freshman the reins and let them know that You know, it's okay to be nervous But be confident in what you've done and what we've done all year just trust the process of what we've gone through believe in what we've done in the past and You know, usually the first few events will dictate how the meet goes And you know one of our first events is the the 2. I am and and we're gonna do very well And I think once they see that, you know, everyone will relax and just say okay tapers worked We're ready to go and we're gonna swim fast and we could tell you're a little bit of a Philly fan saying trust the process Joel indeed There I'm a four for four guy I'm a big Philly guy being born and raised down in the Philly area and and the process is working Yes, absolutely, and we're looking forward to the Stevenson process paying off up at the Mac meet I can't wait. I really can't wait. Yeah, neither can we he's John Stoltrager. I'm Joe Wamba This has been the John Stoltrager show