Bantams Train In Pompano Beach, Florida

 The Bantams returned from winter break on January 1st ready to ring the New Year in with some intense training in sunny Pompano Beach, FL. The team arrived in Florida the morning of the third to brisk 40 degree temperatures. After the first day of cold and windy outdoor training temperatures rose into the mid 70's and continued to rise into the high 70's with sunny skies all week long.

For the week the Bantams were in Florida they swam, did beach workouts, swam some more, and hung out on the beach in between. While in Florida the team did some of their best training of the entire season in their twice daily long course meters workouts. The Bantams competed against Tufts in a beach Olympics competition in which the Bantams were strong in several events, notably the soft sand sprints.

The team returned to Hartford on January 9th and were back to racing on the 12th. In their first meet back both the men and women beat Vassar. The women’s team made it two straight wins against Wheaton College on the 14th, while the men just narrowly fell, and both teams came out strong against Connecticut College with some personal bests and lots of in season bests. Way to go Bantams!