Congratulations to the team and the coaches at Kenyon for their NCAA Championship victories last week. For the men’s team it was the 30th straight championship, for the women it was their third straight and 27th NCAA championship. The 30 straight is the longest streak in any division in any sport. That is almost impossible to comprehend. Jim the Steen the architect of all this is truly an amazing individual. His focus and dedication is off the charts. Yesterday when I called him to congratulate him all he wanted to talk about was what we needed to modify in the dryland program for next and what we needed to do to get one particular swimmer to get specifically stronger. 27 of the championships’ were won preparing in a six lane shallow pool that most high schools would consider subpar. It has only been the last three years that they have been in their state of the art new facility. There is a lesson here, it is not about facilities, it is about people, great coaches interacting with great students turning them into great swimmers.
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