Excellence is not an act, but a habit. This team continues the Hobart Diving tradition of hard work, perseverance and exceptional sportsmanship

 

Boys Varsity Diving Team 2016-2017

Eric Zyzanski and Jacob Torres

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girls' Diving Team

 

Brandy West, Brittany Owens and Mackenzie MacRoberts 

 

 

 

Our young girls' diving team stepped it up this year. All 3 girls qualified for the sectional final! That may be the first time in school history. The girls pushed past fear all season and learned some very difficult dives. Looking forward to what this team can bring in 2017-2018!

 

Recap:

 

MVP:

Jacob Torres- Junior

- Conference Champion

-NCC 1st team

-Mishawaka Invite 4th place

- Sectional finalist (5th place)

 

Eric Zyzanski- Junior

- Hobart Invite Champion

- Mishawaka Invite 5th place

-Conference 4th place

- Sectional Finalist (6th place)

-Pride Hustle Desire Award

-Most Improved Award

-Mental Attitude Award

 

Brandy West- Sophomore

- Highest girls 6 and 11 dive season score (girls' MVP)

- Sectional Finalist

 

Mackenzie MacRoberts- Sophomore

-Hobart Invite Champion

- Sectional Finalist

 

Brittany Owens- Freshman 

- Sectional Finalist 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recap:

Eli-

MVP, Pride Hustle Desire, Most Improved and Mental Attitude Awards

Team Captain

Undefeated in Conference

Undefeated at Away Duals

7th at Mishawaka Invite

Conference Champion

Sectional Champion (over 20 divers)

Regional Finalist (5th)

State Finalist (15th)

All- American Qualifier

6 Dive 2nd all time 295.5

* 1st Brickie Diver to qualify for state through the regional 

 

Eric-

 Mishawaka Invite Finalist

Conference Finalist (9th place)

Sectionals- 17th

 

Jacob-

Mishawaka Invite Finalist

Conference Finalist (10th)

Sectional Finalist (9th)

 

Rachel-

Conference Finalist (5th)

Sectional Finalist (11th) 

 

2014-2015 Season

Hobart Diving is on top once again! 

School and Pool Record Holder Miguel Marcano

 

2014-2015 Boys Diving Team Eli Mercado, Eduardo Ponce, Miguel Marcano

2014-2015 Girls Diving Team: Rachel Garcia, Alyssa Weldon 

 

2014-2015 Season Recap MVP: Miguel

Pride Hustle Desire: Miguel

Mental Attitude: Eli

Most Improved: Miguel, Eli, Eduardo, Rachel, and Alyssa

Miguel: Set School and Pool Record for 6 dives (score 340.45) Regional Finalist (9th) Sectional Champion Conference Runner-Up Academic All conference Conference 2nd team

Eli: Sectional Finalist (6th place), 6th at conference

Eduardo: Conference finalist

Rachel: Sectional Finalist (12th place), 10th at conference

Alyssa: Sectional Finalist (16th place), 6th at conference 

 

 

Captain: Miguel

Awards: MVP: Miguel  

Pride Hustle Desire: Miguel  

Most Improved: Miguel, Carly  

Mental Attitude: Ramon, Carly

 

This season our team consisted of all juniors! We had one girl diver and 2 male divers.

 

Carly   6th at conference   9th at sectionals as a first year diver!

Ramon   7th at conference in his first year!

Miguel   Hobart Invitational champion   

KV invitational runner-up   

Purdue- Raider Invitational place-winner (7th place)   

3rd at conference   

3rd at sectionals (increased his sectional score 103 pts from last season) qualifying for the regional competition   

First diver in Hobart's history to represent the Brickies at the IHSAA Diving Regional   

All NCC Honorable Mention

 

 

 

About Coach: Katie Rinas

Diving Background:4-Year varsity letter winner in HS diving (Hobart); Captain; Sectional finalist 3 years; DAC finalist and LAC place-winner; 2nd highest score for 6 dives in Hobart history; Academic All-American; Media/recruitment assistant and volunteer assistant at Indiana University (Diving)

 

Other Info on me:I graduated from Hobart High School with high distinction, a member of the Hall of Scholars (4.28 GPA), Wolffgang, Student Council, Psychology Club, German Club (was German exchange student twice), created own HS singing group (Night and Day), 4 year varsity starter in soccer (captain, Multiple Academic All- State Awards, LAC honorable mention, Mental Attitude Award, Pride Hustle Desire Award), and ran cross country. I graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington in 2008 with Highest Distinction. I currently teach 6th Grade at Hobart Middle School. ** I am not a concise person! get used to it :) 

 

Want to be a diver? Let's be honest, you need at least some kind of athletic ability to start diving in high school, but if you do, you CAN do it. I know and met Olympic divers that didn't start until they were 15 and one that didn't begin until college (and he won the Olympics!). Being on the diving team is something special. It is a memory from high school that I will never forget and I hope you won't either. It's a small team and we support each other in many ways during the season. We travel together on our little mini bus and have great times. We are part of the swim team, but you do quickly find out that we are very different. Diving is unique. You will love it.

 

New to diving? Previous diver, cheerleader, gymnast or athlete?  Most Hobart divers have never done any diving before, so it's ok. You do need to have athletic ability to compete in diving. It is just not safe otherwise. You can be assured that I will be coaching you using skill progression. I will emphasize diving safety and teach you how to execute dives properly. Good skill progression is essential.  Gymnasts and cheerleaders that come to diving come with an advantage of flexibility and knowing how to flip and maybe even how to twist! Why diving?  Diving is a great combination of skills that are needed for everyday life! Obviously, you get the benefit of becoming stronger and more fit. You will also be able to impress people at pool parties :)  But, most important, you learn: goal setting, backward planning, how to deal with disappointment, how to confront fear/nerves, ways to celebrate your success and how to handle delayed gratification. Other skills you will develop include: great math skills, creating routines and procedures, motivation techniques and having fun while staying focused.

 

What are the practices like?  I am working on creating a lot of dryland drills and workouts that we will add to our practice. We will practice everyday at the HMS pool from 3-4:30/5 (depends on the day). Divers will also attend morning workouts with the swimmers. We will follow a similar routine each day, but different skills will be our focus. The more we learn the routine and practice the dives, the better you will be in competition. We do try to have a lot of fun and I try to focus practice based on the goals of each diver. Come ready with goals. My current divers will tell you that I will annoy you until you give me goals and if you don't I make them for you and you might not like them! Divers can swim as well,but be willing to stay at practice until 5:30 so you can get some swim practice in. 

 

 

Here is a beginning idea of what the first practices will be like. (Veteran divers will have a different will progression). We will take it slow, but we have a lot to learn before the first meet. It is essential to attend EVERY practice so we can become extra awesome!

Week 1 Basics of diving, how diving is scored, elements of a dive, approach, hurdle, forward jump, forward dives (tuck, pike, 1 ss (tuck, pike), 1 1/2ss(tuck, pike) Back dives (tuck, pike, 1 ss*, 1 1/2 ss*), proper entry

Week 2 Approach, hurdle,forward dives, back dives, Inward dive (tuck only), reverse dive (tuck, pike, 1 ss)

Week 3 Approach, Hurdle, forward dives, back dives, inward dives (tuck, pike, 1 ss*, 1 1/2 ss*) reverse (tuck, pike, 1 ss), twist (forward dive with 1/2 twist, back 1 ss 1/2 twist) First meet-girls Must have 6 dive requirement! There are many many dive options. This year, I will focus on certain dives. However, if a diver shows interest in learning a different dives from the options available, I will teach them that dive if the diver shows readiness.

 

Other dives we will work on this year include: Forward 2 ss and, 2 1/2 Tuck and Pike, 3 1/2 tuck Back 1 1/2 ss and 2 ss Tuck and Pike, 2 1/2  Inward 1 1/2 ssTuck and Pike, 2ss, 2 1/2 Reverse 1 1/2 ss, 2 ss Twisting: back 1 1/2 with 1/2 twist, forward 1 1/2 with 1 full twist ( there are many many twisting dive options) * These dives are more difficult and will be taught only if divers have necessary skills. We will get these dives this year! Skill progression: We will do our best to learn all dives in a tuck position first. This technique will help us learn the proper way to kick out so we can add higher DD dives later on! 

 

What do I HAVE to be able to do? Dual meets require 6 dives, one from each diving category and one optional dive. The categories include: forward, backward, inward, reverse and twist. Conference, invites and sectionals require an 11 dive list. You must have 1 basic dive from each category as well as 1 optional dive from each category and then an additional optional dive of your choice.  I will teach you! Just come committed and ready to practice and work hard each day!