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Functioning as a team “I’ll start [dropping] two months before the season starts. I’ll take everything bad out of my diet and only eat healthy things. K eaton Jarret, 12 “You just have to watch what you eat. You can’t just go binge eat. Eat healthy and pace yourself.” N ate Preston, 10 “I talk to my coaches see what I should do . I’ve been doing it for a while so I kinda know what I need. I’m never not eating.”

Calvin Carroll, 10 As the season starts up, head wrestling coach Aaron Jensen is looking forward to working with his wrestlers. “[I’m looking forward to] working with a great group of kids; they’re hard working, dedicated and they’re great people,” Jensen said.

Jensen said he is excited about the wrestlers’ ability to represent Charles M. Russell High School at tournaments. Senior Keaton Jarret said he is looking forward to team development and growth throughout the year.

Jarret said this year’s wrestling team is very young, with the majority of the wrestlers being freshmen.

Sophomore Nate Preston said his goal for the team this year is to “become one unit,” and he hopes “we all function as a team.”

Nate Preston started to wrestle 10 years ago and continues to wrestle today because he loves the sport and is looking forward to just flat out wrestling this year. Sophomore Calvin Carroll said he hopes that they “build as a team throughout the year.”

Carroll’s personal goal this year is to place in state after 11 years of falling short.

Carroll said he continues to wrestle because “it has my heart.”

Sophomore Colton Martello won the state championship for his weight class last year and went as far as Iowa for nationals as a freshman, and he plans to win state for the 120 weight class again this year.

Martello’s goal for the team as a whole is to develop into a coherent team.

He’s been wrestling for 13 years and started wrestling as a way to burn off energy when he was a kid and has continued to wrestle because “the hard work is fun.” 20 rustlernews.com December 19, 2019

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What do you eat? How wrestlers keep a nutritious diet Tips from the coach by Raef Hamlin, staff writer by Raef Hamlin, staff writer “Number one, dropping weight doesn’t make you a better wrestler. You should focus on getting better first before dropping weight. Number two, you just need to focus on good nutrition and good habits, just like you should in any sport you play. Aaron Jensen Last year the Rustlers had a good swim season, according to Coach Ed McNamee.

“Last year was pretty amazing [...] the CMR guys probably had one of the best Saturdays we’ve ever had. The last day of state we came through and went from [starting] day at fifth place and finishing at second,” McNamee said. When a new year comes, things begin to change within a team, but the team is not any less remarkable.

“The 16 years I’ve been a coach, this is by far the most coachable group I’ve ever had [...] This season [is] picking up right where we left off last year,” McNamee said, adding that he is passionate about his team and extremely proud of their accomplishments and potential. The CMR swim team is divided by male and female. Standing out in the male swim competitions are senior Ben Huotari, who is ranked No. 1 in the 50 and 100 freestyle, and junior Jaxon Gronning said he should be in the top five in the 500 freestyle. Nick Houston, Luke Jaraczeski, Adonai Gray, Kyle Carroll, and Mason Spiller have also had an amazing season.

Leading the CMR swim teams for the females are junior Raegan Osentowski, who scored last year in the 500 freestyle. Senior Jessica Byrne finished fifth in the 100 freestyle last year. Sophomore Paige Lepard and freshmen Taylor Kolsch, Ava Chauncey and Onika Gray have greatly contributed to the recent successes of the team. All of the athletes on the CMR swim team prepare for meets and competitions with cardiobased workouts to get in shape and to build their stamina. Also included in their practice routines are vigorous training such as sprints and kicking with water resistance.

So far, the CMR swim team has been to Kalispell for a meet that took place on Dec. 7. The CMR males finished in third place behind Sentinel and Great Falls High. The Lady Rustlers won their first meet.

“It was a big deal. Missoula Sentinel and Missoula Hellgate were both there, with Hellgate being the defending State Champion, so being able to go up there and win that meet was a good job for the girls,” McNamee stated. Overall, McNamee is proud and excited to see how the rest of this season will go with the swim team.

The team competes Dec. 20 at Great Falls High School. Onika Gray is one of the freshmen that coach Ed McNamee believes has stood out so far; she participates in the 200 IM and is an IMer. “I’ve been swimming all my life,” Gray said. “I swim because my parents mostly made me swim, and my mom has been swimming for a long time in Jamaica,” Gray explained. She participated in swim club during third grade when she came to Great Falls, not joining the swim team in middle school, and joining and enjoying the swim team CMR offers. “ It's way more fun in high school [...] I think high school swimming is more intense,” Gray said. This season she hopes to earn points for the team and get a new, faster time.

Brevyn Goosen started swimming at a young age , but didn’t start competitive swimming until about sixth or seventh grade, and continuing on through his high school years. “I swim because it’s a good workout, a good challenge. You really challenge yourself every time you get in the water,” he said. His specialized stroke is breaststroke, and a little bit of backstroke. Goosen enjoys hanging out with friends and kicking during practice because he gets to talk with others. “I hope to get better on my breastroke, maybe try backstroke a little bit.” The CMR and GFHS combined swim team practices before their meet on Dec. 14 in Havre. Photos by Amya Terry.

CMR wrestlers plan to work together Struggle to win. The CMR JV wrestling team goes to Great Falls High to compete in the yearly JV mixer. On Dec. 12, the JV team competed against multiple schools, including Cascade and Great Falls High. “I like to eat fruits and salads to drop wieght. I make sure I’m not starving myself.”

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Bloody battle. In a disappointing loss, JV wrestler Logan Sloan looks forward to the Holiday Classic. Sloan was pinned in the second round. by Amya Terry, staff writer CMR swim team dives into the new season