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La Salle-Peru co-op’s Sam Nauman has ‘big goals’ for final state swimming meet · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  La Salle-Peru co-op’s Sam Nauman has big goals for final state swimming
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  meet.
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  Written by Kevin Chlum.
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  La Salle-Peru co-op senior Sam Nauman is coming to the end of
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  a decorated swimming career this weekend as she competes at the IHSA
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  state meet for the fourth time in her career.
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  This year will be a bit different, however, as Nauman won’t be
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  the lone Cavalier swimming at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont.
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  The preliminaries are Friday, with the top eight advancing to Saturday’s A
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  finals and swimmers 9-16 qualifying for Saturday’s B finals.
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  Nauman will swim the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 backstroke but
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  will also compete in the 200 medley relay along with senior teammates
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  Anna Weitl and Finley Jobst and sophomore Dawsynn Kettman.
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  The emotions have been high, Nauman said about her high school career
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  winding down. There were a lot of tears at senior night. There
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  were a couple tears at sectional. This group of girls, we’ve all
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  just formed really good connections and we all really, really love competing
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  with each other, so coming into the state meet in individual events
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  and with a relay is really exciting because I won’t be alone
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  on the pool deck. I’ll be with my best friends.
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  I’m just really excited for this weekend. I’m thankful for all the
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  coaches I’ve had who really helped set me up for this experience.
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  With teammates there with her, Nauman looks to end her career with
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  a bang.
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  Last year, Nauman became the first L-P co-op female swimmer to bring
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  home a state medal as she placed third in the 100 backstroke
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  and 10th in the 200 IM.
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  Nauman, a Henry-Senachwine senior, is seeded third in the 100 backstroke after
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  swimming a lifetime best of 54.83 seconds to win the event at
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  the Normal Community Sectional.
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  St. Charles North junior Thea Bike is seeded first at 53.4 seconds,
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  and Dundee-Crown senior Rachel Johnson is seeded second at 53.97 seconds.
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  Nauman is seeded 11th in the 200 IM with her sectional-winning time
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  of 2:05.72.
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  I’m going into state with some big goals, said Nauman, who will
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  continue her swim career at Colorado State University. I obviously want to
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  place as well as I can. Hopefully, top one, two or three,
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  and hopefully a couple more lifetime bests. And I’m hoping our relay
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  has a really good time.
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  Nauman hopes to lower her 100 backstroke time even more at state.
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  I’ll be tapered at state, so I’m really excited to perform even
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  better at state, Nauman said.
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  The Cavalier relay, with Nauman swimming backstroke, Weitl in breaststroke, Jobst taking
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  the butterfly leg and Kettman swimming the freestyle, is seeded 36th at
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  1:52.52.
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  Being there the last three years, it definitely feels like I’m a
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  lot more prepared and know what to expect, Nauman said. That takes
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  a lot of stress off my shoulders. Also, me knowing what to
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  expect can help the other girls on the relay who have not
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  been to the FMC or the state meet before, so I can
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  help them understand what we’re walking into.