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Tack still on the attack

Posted in Swim, tagged , , , , on February 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Ethan Tack (left) closed his college swimming career with four titles in his final meet. (Photo courtesy Thomas Tack)

Straight out of Coupeville, and still the fastest guy in the pool.

Ethan Tack, who first started swimming at Oak Harbor’s John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool, was once a student in Deb Sherman’s class at Coupeville Elementary.

Now, he’s a veteran of the US Olympic Team trials who just wrapped his competitive swim career at the Naval Academy.

Tack went out with a bang, winning Patriot League Championship titles in four events en route to being tabbed as the swimmer of the meet.

He tapped the wall first in the 200 IM (1:44.58), 400 IM (3:48.60), and 200 fly (1:43.89), while also swimming a leg on the fastest 800 free relay team (6:23.01).

Tack finished his college career having scored the most meet points of any graduating senior at Navy.

The Midshipmen finished the league championships with 874 points, easily winning the team battle over runners-up Army (740.5) and Bucknell (559.5).

One of five brothers in the Tack family — oldest son Spencer was an All-League First-Team soccer player at Coupeville High School — Ethan has been pursuing a degree in computer engineering.

He commissions May 27, then reports to Navy flight school June 3.

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A second Rose blossoms!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The many looks of Tai Rose.

The many looks of Tai Rose.

Her attitude is impeccable.

First-year Wolf soccer player Tai Rose is ready to go wherever her coaches ask her to play. Point and she’s ready to charge into action.

“I play defense,” said the CHS freshman. “Not sure which side yet, either one is fine.”

She’s following in the (quick) footsteps of big sis May Rose, a sophomore who streaks up the field on the attack.

“May has really inspired me and helped with the game,” Tai Rose said. “If I need extra help or I don’t get something, she’s the first person I ask, and she’s really nice about it, too!”

Rose, who also doubles as the Freshman class president, decided to pick up the sport when she entered high school.

The standard set down by May and other older Wolf players inspired her.

“I’ve always wanted to play soccer, but never had the time to play much, but freshman year, I thought why not give it a shot?,” Rose said. “I enjoy all of my fellow players that are seniors because I look at them and set a goal to be just as good as them or better.

“Especially my senior mentor, Marisa Etzell, she’s helped me get a lot better from when I started!”

Away from the pitch, Rose enjoys fishing and horseback riding, Disney movies (“I love to watch them so much! It’s fun!”) and her math and fitness classes.

She hopes to become a mathematician and attend the Naval Academy in Annapolis.

When she’s with her Wolf teammates, in practice or at game time, she is keen on fine-tuning her skills.

“My strengths, I think, are mostly defending, taking the ball away from people,” Rose said. “Areas I need to work on are shooting long distance with lots of air, and I need to practice my PK’s.

“My main goal is to be a very successful defender and work super hard to get better at playing soccer!”

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