PREP SWIMMING: SMOKE ON THE WATER : FRESHMAN BULTEMA IS MUSIC TO WESTLAKE'S EARS.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer Sarah Bultema has the perfect excuse for attending concerts: It helps her as a swimmer. Few are likely to argue since the Westlake High freshman already has proved herself to be one of the Marmonte League's top swimmers. She's turned in a Southern Section-qualifying time in the 100 butterfly butterfly, any of a large group of insects found throughout most of the world; with the moths, they comprise the order Lepidoptera. There are about 12 families of butterflies. Most adult moths and butterflies feed on nectar sucked from flowers. and hasn't lost a high school race yet. The music comes in as a way of maintaining focus. Bultema spends hours each day swimming laps. Thinking of her favorite songs makes the tedious practices bearable bear·a·ble adj. That can be endured: bearable pain; a bearable schedule. bear . ``You just need to get a good song going in your head,'' said Bultema, who lists attending concerts as her favorite activity aside from swimming. The tunes of Blink 182 have been doing the trick lately. ``They always get me going,'' she said. Bultema got going quickly at Westlake. The 15-year-old is one of two Warriors
``She's a really strong asset to the team because she can do anything,'' junior Calley Prezzano said. ``Everyone's so comfortable with her because she does have the (club) experience, and even from the first day she was really easy to get along with.'' Kurt White took over as coach of the Warriors only last week and hasn't seen Bultema swim. However, he knows her reputation is ``really good.'' The Westlake girls are undefeated and looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. their third straight league title without many swimmers who compete outside of high school. With help from swimmers who do - such as Bultema - Warriors are shooting for one their best performances at the Southern Section meet. Bultema won't be competing in her favorite event, the 50 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. , in which junior teammate Tyran O'Leary is the defending league champion and a Division I finalist. Instead, Bultema is expected to focus on the 500 free and the relays. Bultema's biggest high school meet to date is Saturday. She and the Warriors compete in the prestigious Royal Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. at Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Park. Hundreds of top swimmers from Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, will be present. ``I'm getting kind of nervous about it,'' she said. Nerves weren't a factor immediately after joining a team with several older athletes. She said the Warriors welcomed her right away and she was familiar with many of her opponents as a result of her club experience. How well she has done has exceeded even her own expectations, though. ``I thought I'd do all right, but I didn't think I'd be doing this good,'' Bultema said. ``It's more than I expected.'' Bultema's mom is a former swimmer, but it was a friend who convinced her to try the sport as a 7 year old. She decided she liked the sport so much she joined a club team in Camarillo that requires her to get up by 5 a.m. at least twice a week for practices. She also swims every day after school. ``It's like my whole life,'' she said. ``I don't have time for anything else.'' Except of course, a concert every now and then. BULTEMA FILE Athlete athlete Sports medicine A person who participates in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or intramural athletic activity being conducted by an educational institution, or a professional athletic activity. See Athletic trainer, Athletic training. : Sarah Bultema Team: Westlake swimming Grade: Freshman Age: 15 Notable: Bultema is undefeated as a member of the first-place Warriors. She has qualified for the Southern Section meet in the 100 butterfly. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box PHOTO (1) Sarah Bultema of Westlake High School Westlake High School may refer to:
Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News (2) BULTEMA BOX: BULTEMA FILE (See text) |
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