OHHS Girls Swimming

The OHHS Girls swim team is small in numbers but big in heart, and is expecting to have a great season.

The girls are coached by Erika Miller, who has been coaching in Oak Harbor for 7 years. Originally a soccer player, she started swimming after an injury and stuck with it. She currently swims with a Masters program in Anacortes, where she specializes in the backstroke, butterfly, and Individual Medley. She attended high school in Oregon and college in England, and works for OHSD at Home Connection.

When asked about last year's highlights, the first words of of Coach Miller's mouth were "we had fun!". She wants to see more of the same this year as well.

She's counting on great performances by returning seniors Keri-Anne Wright and Carolyn Vasquez, and wants to see them lead the team to the state meet.

To make sure that happens, the team needs to see some great swimming from incoming freshmen Ciara Hu (her brother, John Hu, was state champ in the 200 IM) and Karina Concepcion and from sophomores Tori Nickerson and Amanda Streubel .

Coach Miller thinks the girls have a good chance to send swimmers to the state meet, but her main goal is to make sure all the swimmers achieve their personal goals and continue to improve, while having fun.

I took some photos during the dry portion of the practice on Wednesday, and are posted at http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/highschool/GSwim93practice