By Rita Krouch

The swim team is being instructed by their swim coach Clare Burger. Photo credit: Rita Krouch 1/5/12

Oakland High’s Swim Team has just began its conditioning on Jan. 3. The past few years the swim team has only gotten an hour of practice, this year things have changed.

Starting this year the swim team will have practice until 5:30 pm on normal and short school days. Everyday practice starts at 3:30 pm on regular and short days.

Swim coach Clare Burger was ecstatic to announce the practice time at the first swim team meeting in Dec. 2011.  Reactions from students were mixed.

Some students were excited to jump in the pool for the two hour practice.

“It’s great, the more practice we have the better we get.” Senior Malcolm Davis stated.

While other students feel as if two hours is good enough for them, others weren’t so jolly-happy for it.

As a reply to the question, how do you feel about the extended hour for swim practice, Burger had only one reaction.

“Hurry up and jump in!” Burger excitedly said.