 Hello and welcome into the John Stoltzrager show. I'm Joe Wamba joined now with John Stoltzrager head coach of the men's and women's Programs and coach you guys head up to Wilkesbury for the Diamond Invitational and have some pretty solid performances there Yeah, it was it was a really good meet. I think You know some of our kids did personal best which is you know always what you're shooting for but more than anything You know they they swam fast and they swam against kids that were rested shaved and tapered And we weren't we had a short two-day rest which means that they didn't swim in a afternoon on Thursday they didn't do a lift on Friday and We just went in there and and and saw what we could do and some differences from this meet versus some of the other Meets that we've had It's a two-day meet which is unique for the the other meets in the season. Yeah, it's a two-day meet So it's set up like your conference championship So the events are the same and you swim a session on Saturday morning Saturday afternoon and then Sunday morning And again It's designed to kind of teach your body how to do a change championship format Which some of the freshmen have never done before so you know again It's it's a great learning experience for the kids and a great opportunity for them to to race some fast kids And let's talk a little bit about the philosophy of it being shaved and tapered our team did not do that And what is the motive or for not doing that this weekend? The big thing for me is you know I want my kids to get up and go and swim fast against those kids that are shaved and tapered if You can do a lifetime best if you can keep up with these kids that are shaved and tapered and suited Then when we shave taper and suit up, it's going to be a huge advantage for us both Physically and mentally so if you can keep up with a suited kid You're doing pretty well and you mentioned it. We did get some personal best out of this weekend and some events Yeah, we did we had um, you know Julie she did a personal best in her 53 Natalie did her personal best in her two backs So again, we saw some kids, you know really swim fast and and really got after it Which is what you're looking for you're looking for you know the kids to to Again race those kids that are suited and you talked about it a little bit before we went on air um You're off this weekend, and then you get into the most grueling stage of your your season before the Mack tournament or Mack meet in February Yeah, our we we really shift gears after Thanksgiving. This is truly the only holiday that the kids get After after Thanksgiving we'll be back We'll swim through finals and then we'll actually stay after finals for another week and then the home for for Christmas And then they're back up here like the 27 28th, and then we're doubling we're doubling every single day We'll do four hours a day That is that is a lot of time in the pool. It's a whole lot of time in the pool And actually we'll also be lifting so you know emcee will get to see us a lot over over that Christmas break and You know them we'll taper off into our conference meet Well, we hope all that hard work will pay off when we get into February for you guys It will definitely pay off. I mean the kids will put in the work and you know I really feel that they're you know buying into our system and what we're trying to do here and You know in February we will definitely surprise some people well coach We appreciate your time. Enjoy this holiday off and good luck in the rest of the season. All right. Thank you very much He's John Stoltz trigger. I'm Joe Wamba, and this has been the John Stoltz trigger show happy Thanksgiving