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Show Braves' swim team works to Improve By DALE J. NEILSON BOUNTIFUL The Bountiful High boys' and girls'swim teams still have their best to give, coach Jack Senninger said Monday, adding, "We should improve, even though both teams are smalL" The plucky girl swimmers swept to a 65-43 win over the Lady Wildcats of Woods Cross High School recently. The female Braves are now 2-9 on the season, including last week's 121-36 defeat by West High. - Prep Swimming The Bountiful boys team continues to struggle, losing to West by 1 17-39 and 126-53 at Woods Cross for an 0-11 record. "We're really limited in the size of our teams," said Senninger. Each race awards points for the top five finishers, so a team with more entries will naturally have an advantage. At the West meet, Bountiful had two winners in three categories. Jenny Waterbury won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly, while Mark Hall was first in the 100-yard backstroke. At Woods Cross, seven Braves contributed to victories. vic-tories. Mark Hall and Blair Weed won the 100-yard backstroke and the 100-yard breast stroke, respectively. respective-ly. The girls' team foursome of Jenny Waterbury, Michelle Jorgesen, Cathy Low and Jenny Cook won both the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay. Individually, the Lady Braves' Michele Jorgesen won the 200-yard individual medley, while Lisa Thompson was victorious in both the one-meter diving div-ing and 100-yard freestyle. Cathy Low was the winner in the 100-yard backstroke, and Jenny Waterbury won both the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breast stroke. Both Braves' teams total only 13 swimmers; the boys have eight, while the girls number five. Despite the lack of bodies, Senninger still believes in the scoring system. "Bigger teams are rewarded, which means more involvement. Even though lean times hurt, it does create an interest for the larger squads." Does this mean the Braves are a 'sacrificial lamb of sorts, an automatic win for the 3-A swimming powers? The coach concedes his lack of swimmers hurts, but it hasn't always been this way. "We've had pretty good numbers until the last few years. "The best boys team I ever had finished third at state and my boys' teams ended up in the state's top 10 for 10 straight years. The last two years have really been tough recruiting swimmers. SEE SWIM ON A-10 Swim CONTINUED FROM A-8 In past years when the boys and girls' teams competed in different seasons, the competitors received more individualized attention. at-tention. "The girls had time for activities and it was easier to recruit them, because the season was shorter. ' On Friday, both Braves teams host Murray at 3:15 p.m. |