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Monday, February 25, 2013

Barrington Swimmers Place at State Meet

The team placed in five events at the Feb. 22-23 meet at New Trier High School.

The Barrington High School Swimming and Diving team placed 12th at the Illinois High School Association State Meet this weekend at New Trier High School. Two athletes placed in individual events. Senior Kyle Ujiiye took 5th place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of :50.16, and senior Jack Strauss placed 9th the 100-yard freestyle with a time of :46.36. Strauss and Ujiiye, along with their teammates, had two more  9th place finishes at the meet: the 200 and 400-yard relays. Strauss, Ujiiye, Sam Miseyka and Sebastian Piekarski had a time of 1:25.69 in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Ujiiye, Piekarski, Chris Vega and Strauss clocked in at 3:08.80 in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team’s 200-yard medley relay team took 10th place with a …

Friday, January 28, 2011

Coach Encourages Bronco Swimmers to Watch More Videos

Barrington finished their last dual meet of the season with a complete win over Schaumburg and begin gearing up for the MSL Meet in a unique way.

With a little over two weeks before the Broncos will be back in the pool, there should be time for some much needed rest after a tough regular season, but Barrington's Coach John Valentine and the team feel there is just too much to get done; like watching videos. "While we thought our relay starts were good, we watched some film and found there was room for improvements," Valentine said.  "This week we filmed the relays and we watched them in slow motion over and over again to see how much better we could be in our technique." It would appear as if some of that hard work is already starting to pay dividends because on Thursday, Jan. 27, Barrington's swimming and diving team concluded their regular season with a complete dominating victory…

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