The Platteville-Lancaster swim team is off to an amazing start! Things may look a little different this year with new coaching staff and members, but nothing is holding the team back from having a great season. The swimmers continue to live up to Hillmen traditions and swim hard!
Coach Peters is now the head coach with Coach Wunderlin as the assistant coach (and also the head boys’ coach). Coach Caccia will always be part of the team, but he accepted the job as Aquatic Director of a YMCA in Indianola, Iowa, and the Head Swimming Coach position at Simpson College. He is dearly missed by the team, but they love having Coach Peters and Coach Wunderlin leading them. Caitlin Acierno ('14) shared, “It’s hard to not have Coach Caccia for my senior year, but Coach Peters is doing an incredible job. She is a great coach and an excellent role-model for our team.”
This year the team consists of twenty five girls including nine returning swimmers. The team enjoyed bonding this summer by going to the Kalahari in the Dells and boating with Maddie Kieler’s family. “I’m really excited for the team we have this year. Although many of the swimmers are new, I think we have a lot of potential,” quoted Maddie Kieler ('14), one of the captains. Melanie Schaefer ('15) also agrees that their team has lots offer. “We lost three state qualifiers, two of whom were all-state, so hopefully we can make up the loss of their strength with this team’s depth.”
This year the team consists of twenty five girls including nine returning swimmers. The team enjoyed bonding this summer by going to the Kalahari in the Dells and boating with Maddie Kieler’s family. “I’m really excited for the team we have this year. Although many of the swimmers are new, I think we have a lot of potential,” quoted Maddie Kieler ('14), one of the captains. Melanie Schaefer ('15) also agrees that their team has lots offer. “We lost three state qualifiers, two of whom were all-state, so hopefully we can make up the loss of their strength with this team’s depth.”
The new swimmers are swimming well and the experienced swimmers continue to lead the team, and so far they have a winning season. Coach Peters shared, “I’m very proud of the veteran swimmers and how they are showing the team what it means to be a Hillmen swimmer and upholding our traditions.”
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