Training Trip 2013: GW Men's & Women's Swimming's Seven-Day Stint in Puerto Rico
While the majority of George Washington students were ringing in the New Year and enjoying the final weeks of winter break, the Colonials' men's and women's swimming teams traveled to Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, for their annual January training trip.
Though one might think Puerto Rico means a week of fun in the sun, the Colonials used the seven days to focus on intensive training both in and out of the water. The GW swimming teams met at an off-site pool every morning from Jan. 1-8 for their in-water workouts, then met back up later in the afternoon for their dry-land sessions.
"This is our fifth year in Puerto Rico because
warm weather is most consistent for training," said 15th-year head
coach Dan Rhinehart. "This is a week of very intensive training and our
workouts are a lot more difficult than what they are used to. We are in the
water every morning and either running, lifting weights or doing ab work every
afternoon."
With the Colonials' last competition taking place
exactly one month before the trip, they look at the week as a chance to regroup
and refocus heading into 2013.
"Our winter training trip is crucial to our season
because we are able to focus solely on swimming without outside distractions,"
said junior Jake Mortensen. "It is important that we don't relax too much over
winter break because we don't want to lose all of the hard work we put in
during the fall."
"The trip is a nice break up from the one-month
lull between meets," said Coach Rhinehart. "This is the time where we go to
work and make our big push to get ready for the Atlantic 10 Championships in
February."
Following the Rhode Island Invitational last
weekend, GW will compete in two more dual meets before heading to the A-10
Championships from Feb. 19-23 in Geneva, OH.
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