Ashwaubenon High School hired Kari Klezcka as the new head instructor for the ladies’ swimming application. Press Times File Photo ASHWAUBENON – Ashwaubenon High School has hired Kari Kleczka as the latest women’s swimming coach. Kleczka has been concerned as one of the head coaches with the Green Bay YMCA swim club since 2010. She swam at Pulaski High School and worked below Dave Korst throughout her time at the Green Bay YMCA.
“I first need to thank [former head instruct Jen Steffel, who did a splendid activity main the women’s software for the past 12 seasons,” stated Ashwaubenon Activities Director/Associate Principal Nick Senger. “Our swimmers have been lucky to have her over that point, and she will usually be a position model for them. I’m excited for Kari Kleczka to take over this system. She brings a wealth of club enjoyment and is prepared to take and lead an excessive faculty program. She has verified an excessive knowledge of the sport – and, more importantly, the role that interscholastic athletics can play in a younger student-athlete lifestyle. She’s geared up, and they will do a wonderful process for our swimming team.”
Kleczka stated, being named instruct, “I am extremely excited to be beginning this new adventure because of the Ashwaubenon women’s swimming education, and I can’t wait to begin. I look forward to being a part of the students’ success and assisting them to achieve their goals.” The Swim was so cocky. He felt for sure that he was going to get into the pool and rip through a workout. As he met the coach, he realized Buzz was unprepared for this first day. Surprisingly, the Coach would not have a set workout of a specific amount of yards or certain drills or skills, but the coach just wanted to see The Swim get in the pool.
The Run and The Bike sat on the pool’s edge, wanting to see the spectacle unfolding. They wanted to see if the reputation of The Swim was as good as advertised. The Swim got in the pool with his board shorts, swim trunks, goggles, and no swim cap. Who needed a swim cap when you had slicked-back hair?
The Swimmer headed off from the wall to swim the first lap of this great swimming adventure. The Swimmer looked less than impressive to the Coach, who saw him flail his arms around in the hair, kick wildly, and try to muscle his way through the laps. The Swimmer finished his first 25 yards and had to take a deep breath. What seemed to be an easy transition from swimming almost twenty years before to today now seems daunting.
How could he ever swim 300 yards for the first triathlon, not to mention eventually do some of the longer triathlons such as the half ironman distance of 1.2-mile Swim or the full ironman, which is 2.4 miles? Coach Buzz waited for The Swim to return down the lane, and then they started to talk.
Buzz said, “Swimming is not about how much effort you can put into splashing in the water. You have to learn how to swim better. You must learn to swim in a relaxed way and conserve energy for The Run and The Bike. We will not win the race in The Swim, but we can lose it there.” Buzz then told The Swim to try to take it slow and steady down the lane instead of thrashing around like a fish out of water. He continued, “You must be relaxed in the water.
If you swing your arms out too far or kick too much, you will wear yourself out. Your times will not get any better, and you will not be able to sustain a quality endurance swim if you are thrashing about.” He then instructed The Swim to try to go back down the lane, kicking less and having fewer strokes. The Swim did this but felt slow. Neither Buzz nor The Swim had even brought a watch that first day to time the different laps.
