November 5, 2009:
This Grateful post is going to be a long one because I am dedicating it to Coaches, and Swim Team Captains I had while I was on the Team in High School! Swim Team was one of the things that turned my life around when it was tough! Swimming became my therapy as much as Music was! Just something Extra if Music didn't distract my mind, It was Swimming! And the Team memebers, Coaches and Captains were a big help! And were Awesome! I Love Lehi Swimming! :D GOOD LUCK IN ST. GEORGE THIS WEEKEND SWIMMERS! "WHERE DO WE DO OUR TALKING? IN THE WATER!!!"
1. Coach Diane Peterson: I've known Diane pretty much since Jr. High! Her Daughters were in my Orchestra Class. Kelsey Vaughn and Dani Vaughn... Kelsey on the Violin, and Dani on the Cello! :D She was I don't know what to call her, I guess the Parent rep! :D hehehe! ;) She helped students tune before Concerts, and she teased as much as Miss Roesler! I have some pretty good memories with her teasing my Friend Shelby Sorenson after a concert where he stood up and did the CAN CAN for Beginning Orchestra! It was so Hilarious! She gave him a tutu and a Tiara! And also made him put them on in front of the Class! hehehe! And people took pictures also! It was so funny! ;) In Swim Team! She was pretty awesome! She and Suzy(of whom I will talk about later) made some Killer workouts! Especially on Power days! AHH! They made them so hard that they soon had to make Power Days a surprise because All of us hated Power days! But we all knew that Power Days were on Tuesdays and we needed to Swim them... and in Turn those power days helped us! :D Power Days did get easier for me... mainly because I swam with the Freshman... :P Senior year I was planning on being on the A Team they of which had more challenging work outs than the B- Day Team had! ;P And I couldn't sign up because ASL 2 was in the spot... and I realized after I graduated that I could have switched my B4 class with my A4 class so that I could be in the A-team! :P Because I didn't end up having ASL2 on A4 like what is said on registration! I wasn't a happy camper! :( Any ways! Some people on the team didn't like Diane so much... I liked Diane! I got along with her very well! :D I thought she was awesome despite the fact she loved to kill me with Breastroke work outs every week! LOL ;) Diane, if you read this... Don't shoot me! It was the only photo I had of you from Swim Team!
2. Coach Suzy Shepherdson: I've known Suzy since she and her family moved into my neighborhood when I was 4.. I don't remember much... but I remember her being the Primary chorister, and I think maybe even my primary teacher at one point before the ward split when I was 8. When the Ward split back into Sunset 2nd Ward, she was the first YW president I had as well as SS2's first as well! She was the YW president untill after my 2nd year at Girls Camp. So any ways, she and Diane got a long very well! LOL They made some pretty tough workouts together! Like I said with Diane's part, I was pretty exhausted when I got home! Even ask my parents! I would always crash on the couch for a bit before doing homework after Swim Practice in the Afternoon! I don't think I have a picture of Suzy by herself, and she isn't in any of my pictures from Swim Team! :( Dang! :P Well, I guess she is lucky! Or am I lucky to not have my neck strangled! ;) LOL
****Note*** this is just a random picture... it's the only way to make it look like I have actual paragraphs! LOL
3. Coach Dennis Meyring! Oh my Gosh! There is so much I could say about Coach Meyring! He is so amazing! I look up to him as much as I look up to my Dad! He is so easy to go and talk to for advice! I remember when I first met him! He looks like he could be so mean and strict but he isn't! He is strict but soft at the same time! I was able to adapt to him! :D He is so amazing and I wish I had a picture of just him! or even a picture of me and him! Because he is my role model! And many other people's role models that I know of! He's gotten quite a few boys on their missions! There have been so many farewells where Coach has been mentioned as one of their influences of going on a mission! I guess you could say he has that type of persuasion and great influence on Young men my Age! :D I could talk on and on about Coach Meyring and all you would hear about him is Good! He is one of those people that helped me look at life in a perspective that is different than what I had when I was going through Jr. High and latter part of Elementary school! He is so amazing! I Love Coach Meyring! And I can say it a hundred times more! He retires in a couple years or so... and I am personally glad he is retiring after I graduated from H.S.! He fills his prescriptions at Taylor Drug, but since his insurance requires his scripts to be mailed I only see him whenever he has to get a new prescription and that can be at least twice a year! :( One of the things he taught me and the team, was Zan-Shin(I'll explain that in another post... just remind me ok!), and this quote... "Life is Tough, but it's even tougher when you're Stupid!" (Do what works in Life)-Anonymous This quote pretty much means and I challenge you to do this when you can, I'd suggest writing it down or something! Write down a list of things that make you happy in your life! Like service, having simply a smile on your face where ever you go in your life, being a peacemaker, thinking happy thoughts instead of negative ones, etc... You think of the rest! :D Thinking Warm and Pink when you see a paper clip when you have an injury, or a surgical procedure... it creates a chemical reaction in the brain for all of the blood to go to that injury spot and help it heal faster than normal! I know it sounds weird but it works! :D There are other things... but if you end up reading my post and want to comment of what you remember of Coach Meyring! Please! I'm all ears! I Love coach Meyring! He is so humble, and so spiritual! He is truly amazing! :D Love you Coach! You'll always be in my memory! :D This picture was taken at the Bountiful meet my Senior year! It was the first annual and it was held right before Thanksgiving! And Lehi Girls got 3rd! It was awesome! Coach Meyring is on the right side in the back! See if you could look for me! :D Coach Diane is on the left in the Back, and sadly Suzy wasn't in this one for some odd reason! :( I found one with Coach Meyring in the Middle Jamie Smith and Lance Allgaier on his Right! :D Yay! :D
Time for Swim Captains, I don't have pictures of all of them! But a few especially my Senior year captains!
Sophomore year Captains: Girls Captains; Sarah Shepherdson Rogers, Samantha Wycherly Brigman, and Leisa Worlton.
Boys Captains: Brittain Bennett, Jeff Mortensen, and Joe Carbine.
Sarah Shepherdson Rogers, I've known her since I was like four! LOL She was pretty awesome! :D she was really nice to me of what I remember, but I don't exactly remember what she was like as a captain really...
Samantha Wycherly Brigman: She and Sarah are Best friends like crazy! They were always together, and she and Sarah created some tough dryland Work outs! Holy cow!
Leisa Worlton: Holy Cow! She was amazing! She'd come to Morning work outs even when she wasn't feeling too well with some Gaul bladder problems(didn't find that out what was actually wrong with her till right before swim season ended... and she had to have surgery before State... :P But has been a lot better since!), she swam at swim meets also! She was Crazy for that one! :P LOL ;) Leisa is another person I'd say I looked up to in High School and still look up to! She is such a great person! I Love her like crazy! She has the sweetest personality! :D She is so Caring! She is currently serving her mission in New Hampshire! :D I always loved her hair especially! She would curl it every day! And I pretty much dream and wish I had her hair! Cause when she curled it for school! It actually stayed! And now! She doesn't have to do anything with it! She just has to dry it... and touch it up a little and it'd look like she'd curled it any ways! :P So jealous! She was gorgeous! And still is! I Love Leisa like crazy! She also helped me turn around in my life! I so wanted to be like her personality! Kind, Loving, always smiling and actually meaning the smile instead of a fake smile... and really encouraging! She is so sweet! I Love her! I remember saying to myself, that I wanted to grow up to act like Leisa, because she'd act so Christ like! And I Loved her attitude! :D She is fantastic! :D
Now on to the Boys!
Brittain Bennett: Ok I can admit, Brittain was a pretty Hot Guy! Despite the fact that he was the same height as I am or is the same height! He was one of my captains my sophomore year and my Junior year! In someways I'd say he was more fun my sophomore year than my Junior year! Although he did tough workouts both years! We just had more game mornings with him when he was captain my sophomore year! Junior year! He worked himself out so hard that he was told by his doctor that he couldn't come to Morning workouts any more... he had Over worked syndrom(or something like that! Mom! Help!) He was told by the doctor my Junior year that he had to only work out in the Afternoon... I bet he enjoyed sleeping in for the last part of Morning workouts while everybody else had to wake up early! :P LOL Brittain was pretty awesome!
Jeff Mortensen: I don't remember much about Jeff except that he was captian my sophomore year and he did our media stuff even in my Junior year! He did the music at every Meet! Or at least every meet that was a Home meet! My junior year, he was on the Student council so he didn't do Swim that year... but he came to every Home meet and did our music, and he also made our Swim team Video/slideshows Both years! :D
Joe Carbine: Joe! Who could forget Joe Carbine?! He was so awesome and funny! He was the team Captain that I remember that made morning workouts something to look forward to waking up to! He'd make Workouts not only hard like crazy! But also fun! He was pretty much the entertainer! And you can tell he enjoyed every minute of it! hehehe! :D He was awesome! And everybody Loved him like crazy! I can honestly say that Leisa and Joe were my favorite Captains my sophomore year! :D
*****Junior Year Captains****
I can honestly say that Junior year wasn't my favorite year... there were actually a couple times where I just wanted to stop! The team was different, we weren't united like I thought we were my Sophomore year! Luckily I stayed and saw that we had more unity in the team My senior year than Sophomore and Junior year combined! :D
Girls: Lauren Crocket and Barbara Hansen
Boys: Brittain Bennett and Dan Mitton
Lauren Crocket: She was pretty awesome! :D Although, I don't think she didn't like me all to well, because I left early from Morning workouts! Lauren, if you read this! I'm sorry you didn't like me! :( I left early from Morning workouts because I had Early Morning Seminary, and needed to attend that! I was putting the Lord first! But, unwillingly in someways! :( Because, You have no idea how many times I was tempted to sluff Seminary and just stay to finish a morning work out! Trust me! It was tough to fight that temptation! And trust me I didn't like leaving early! But I knew I needed to! So I'm sorry that I turned into the "Early Bird." I Love ya Lauren! You were an awesome captain! :D I truly didn't mean to be disrespectful... :(
Barbara Hansen: Lauren and Barbara are best friends like crazy! haha! They were pretty much inseparable! Barbara was always so sweet! I Loved her! She was kind of the peacemaker in the team at least I thought so! :D Barbara is now on her mission in Argentina! I can honestly say I miss her too! I wish I was able to bond with her a little more my Junior year... but I had to leave early from Morning workouts! :( Junior year was so tough! And honestly I didn't even have a good attitude about anything that year! I hated my Junior year! and really it was my fault for being that way too! But Heavenly Father set me straight by breaking my foot after State(I didn't go to state... but you get the point it was after swim season... other wise Coach wouldn't have been happy with me! :() And then, I got in a car accident to keep me on the road! LOL Yeah! Junior year was just interesting in every way! LOL
Brittain Bennett(look at my sophomore Captains)...
Dan Mitton: Haha! First thing I think of when I think of Dan was that evil/clever Idea of doing the 200 laps around the block in the High school by the English and History Hall! Oh man! The whole team just wanted to kill Dan for making up that Idea over Thanksgiving break! This was his exact quote! "Over thanksgiving break I was thinking of a workout to burn off all of the Thanksgiving food, and I was watching Cars one day and thought! Ohh! Let's be like Cars and run 200 laps around the Square!" Yeah! The moans was what he was expecting from all the team! And let me tell ya! He loved the sound of it too! And Dan would be happy to know that Lance and Ben Kept that tradition my Senior year! LOL
*******SENIOR YEAR CAPTAINS!****
Girls Captains: Jamie Smith and Kelsey Vaughn
Boys Captains: Ben Omer, and Lance Allgaier
Jamie Smith: Jamie Smith I've known since 7th Grade! She and Kelsey I believe were in my 7th Grade Science class with Mr. Scott! :P They were both in the intermediate Orchestra while I was in beginning Orchestra learning Viola! I pretty much got along with Jamie very well! She is so awesome! I Love Jamie! She is so sweet! And very fun to talk to! I could talk to her for hours and she would just listen... although I think she would get tired of me though! :( But she is great and Awesome! :D I LOVE YOU JAMIE! :D Here is a picture of her, it was from the Senior meet!! But you gotta Love it! :D Don't shoot me Jamie! :(
Kelsey Vaughn: Yeah like I said in Jamie's I've known Kelsey since 7th grade! She and Jamie got to suffer with me in Mr. Scott's Boring Science class! I sure hope I'm not the only one that hated that class especially where Mr. Scott's tests didn't have anything from the notes! :P And he always talked about his dogs! Ok back to Kelsey! I've actually have gotten along with her! I actually was always shy to play solo because I knew she was and is better than I am when it comes to anything musical! I was always afraid that I'd be out of tune! LOL And as a Captain, she was a pretty good captain and worked very well with Jamie! And there we go again! Best Friends as Captains! They always work well together and always do the killer workouts! Oh man! I Loved every Morning workout! they made my life difficult in a good way! Holy cow! I was in very good shape my senior year! In fact I was in the best shape I have ever been in my life senior year! My legs looked amazing! I liked everything! I actually almost had a flat Stomach! Woot! Thanks Kelsey and Jamie for making up some fun and Killer workouts and it was nice to know that you guys were dying too! :D hehehe! ;) Ok... Don't Kill Me Kelsey! I'm going to use your picture from the Senior meet!
Lance Allgaier: Holy Cow! In some ways I can see my brother be like Lance! Holy Cow! You don't know crazy and weird till you meet Lance Allgaier! He would make Kevin look fairly mild! LOL I have to admit! Lance was like a Joe Carbine! :D He had the killer Workouts and yet he was the entertainer! And to tell you a secret! The girls Kicked butt in Morning workouts! When ever the guys worked out with Kelsey and Jamie! They hated them! LOL The girls hated Jamie and Kelsey but in a good way! We Loved the Hard workouts! we literally went to the Locker room after every morning workout sweaty and disgusting! And honestly I Loved every minute of it! It told me that I was working hard! :D hehehe! :D But yes! Lance followed Dan's example of doing the 200 laps around the square! And we all didn't like that! I didn't like it! My foot didn't like it either! Maybe that was in my head! But seriously! Ever since I broke my foot! It has never been the same at all! :( I went on one date with him that was it! I took him to Morp my Junior year! And it probably wasnt' a good idea for me to do physically because I went cold turkey from the boot right before that weekend... my cousin got married two days after I got the boot off! *Don't wear High heels after breaking a foot and while your foot has yet to gain strength to even bare your weight! :P* But I still had fun despite the fact my foot hated me for a couple weeks or so! LOL At the Dance Lance was awesome! he was moving like crazy! Towards the end of the dance he did this really weird move that he jumped did a flip of some sort and he came landing on the ground doing a push up... yeah... That was Smart! LOL He almost sprained his wrist! LOL You Gotta Love Lance though! He was awesome! :D He literally is like another Joe Carbine! hehehe! ;) As a captain, he was like the funny glue that helped unite the team as well as the girls did their best to do so! :D He was great! He made up this interesting cheer that I will never forget! But I don't want to screw it up! You have to hear it to know how weird and crazy Lance was! LOL Now Lance is serving his mission in Brazil! :D
Ben Omer! Ben is awesome! I've actually have known Ben since 8th Grade, he played the Trumpet in Band, and I was in Orchestra! Ben Omer started Swim Team at the same time I did! And honestly I was pretty jealous when the coaches started him on Breastroke and I wasn't even doing it yet(at least not till after season ended Sophomore year!), he became the 2nd fastest Breast stroker in the state of Utah in the 4A region! He had an awesome stroke! and the thing I Love about it was the fact that his face turned purple everytime he swam! LOL ;) Gotta Love Ben! His Stroke was amazing let me tell ya! I Loved watching him swim the breastroke! Can you blame me? I thought he was a Hotie in my Senior year just because his stroke was amazing! :D hehehe! I am a crazy girl! I had a mini crush on him! ha! Not to mention I Love his eyes! :D I'm pretty much a sucker for Blue eyes! :D LOL All of the crushes I've had, have Blue eyes! Funny to admit that now? It's ok... I have gone on one date with him, and I'm pretty good with that! :D And that was Senior Morp! :D hehehe! That was probably one of the most fun dates I helped plan in my life! I was the only Senior Girl in my group the others were sophomores! hehehe! Hey they were fun sophomores! :D Including my best friend Kimberlie Marsden! I'll talk about her in another post later! Cause we've had some great stories together! :D Anyways, Morp, I think I may talk about that in another post... LOL Because it is a long story! :D Ben, was an awesome captain! He was very dedicated, and also followed Dan's tradition, actually I think he might have been the one that was crazy enough to keep it! And Lance just followed along with it! LOL Any ways, Ben, he was the more tame one, he calmed Lance down when it was time to be serious... in fact it was surprising of how serious Lance became at times! And I was like... Do I know you? I think I like the weird Lance better! LOL Lance created the idea to do push ups for how many people were late to workouts X's 10! Holy Cow that was a killer! Well, it worked! It got people to come on time! :D Even though I was there before Coach even got there at times, I was still worried about not being on time to workouts! I know I'm weird! LOL But yeah Ben is pretty awesome! I got along with him pretty well, I can call him a friend! :D He is currently serving in the Toronto West Canadian Mission, Mandarin speaking! :D
Here is the whole team my Senior year '07-'08 See if you can find me! ***Seniors in the front*** Not pictured: coaches, Meyring, Diane peterson, and Suzy Shepherdson
GO! LEHI! GOOD LUCK AT ST. GEORGE THIS WEEKEND! :D YOU'LL DO AWESOME LIKE WE ALWAYS DO! ZAN-SHIN! :D
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