WARRIOR SWIMMERS TRAIN IN HAWAII

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – While most Lycoming College students are at home getting an early start on celebrating the holidays, the Warrior swimming teams are hard at work training for their next semester of competition. Don’t feel too bad for these young men and women, however, because rather than toiling in Lycoming’s own pool the Warriors are training in H’ahu, Honolulu in Hawaii.

Lycoming’s men’s and women’s swim teams, under the direction of head coach Jerry Hammaker arrived in Waikiki on December 15 and will train for a week before returning home on December 23 – just in time for Christmas. While in Hawaii the student-athletes will be training twice a day, putting in two-hour sessions at the University of Hawaii Duke Kahonomoko Aquatic Center.

“The focus of our training during this trip will be on technique improvement. The first half of the season was a good indicator of some things we need to work on in order to get faster,” said Hammaker. “This trip provides us with an insulated opportunity to get that work done before we start hard core training again on January 3rd with two-a-days on campus before classes begin on the 12^th.”

In addition to the work in the pool, the teams and coaching staff will have the opportunity to experience some of the culture, environment, and history of Hawaii. The group will take a whale watching cruise, attend a traditional beach luau, snorkel in the Pacific Ocean, and visit Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. The teams may also attend the World Surfing Championships on the famous North Shore Banzai Pipeline.

The Warriors’ first competition in 2004 will be on Tuesday, January 6, when they host Albright College for a dual meet.