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Assistant coach Brent Thomas takes over La Salle-Peru co-op swimming program · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Assistant coach Brent Thomas takes over lasal Peru co Ops
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  swimming program. Written by Kevin Schlum, this article is being
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  read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  For the first time since the LaSalle Peru co Op
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  boys swimming program restarted in twenty fifteen, and for the
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  first time ever for the girls program, which started in
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  twenty sixteen, someone other than Rob McNally will be coaching
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  the Cavaliers next school year. That person is Brent Thomas.
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  After serving as an assistant coach for the boys' team
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  the last four years, Thomas was hired to replace McNally
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  at Wednesday's Board of Education meeting. I'm really excited for
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  the opportunity, said Thomas, who is a special education teacher
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  at LP. Anytime I have an opportunity to represent the school,
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  I'm really excited about it. Along with coaching at LP,
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  Thomas also has a background in triathlons of all distances,
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  from sprints all the way up to ironman's. Thomas said
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  working under McNally has prepared him to serve as LP's
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  head coach. Working with coach McNally for the past few years,
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  he shared quite a bit of information with me styles
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  and techniques, so I'm really looking forward to being able
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  to help the team move forward, Thomas said. During McNally's tenure,
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  twelve LP swimmers advanced to the state meet, including junior
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  Sam Nowman, who placed fourth in the one hundred yard
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  backstroke and tenth in the individual medley at the girls
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  state meet in the fall. I think we're in great shape,
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  Thomas said about the state of the program. Coach Rob
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  left us in a really, really good way. We've got
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  a wonderful girls team that has a lot of competitors
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  on it, and we've got a great boys team with
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  some seniors coming back.