Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2013, Page 105

Description:	Max Irwin, senior andwinner of Herman F.Keller Mental AttitudeAwardNikean: How long have you been swimming.Max Irwin: Seven years.Nikean: What is your favorite part about beingon the team?Irwin: Definitely the camaraderie. We all spend somuch time with each other. Its like a family, so all ofthe guys on the team are like my brothers.Nikean: What is it like being a senior captain ofNorths team?Irwin: Its pretty wild because I remember when I wasa freshman and I came in and looked up to theseniors. I was like Wow, theyre so old and they knoweverything! and Ah man Im never gonna be asenior and now Im a senior and its mind blowing.So I hope I can help all of the people on the teamand be a good leader.Nikean: What advice would you give toswimmers at North?Irwin: Stick to it and if you really enjoy it, give it yourall and never, never, never give up.Nikean: What lessons have you learned fromyour years of swimming?Irwin: There are definitely two of them: Hard workcan get you anywhere you want to go and leading byaction is sometimes more effective than leading byPhoto by Gracie PembertonSenior Max Irwin hugs his coach of four years afterreceiving his award, swimming for Dave has made memore mature as a swimmer and a person, Irwin said.Junior John Langwatches his teammatesracing, [the team] islike a second family tome, all of my friendsare there and its alwaysa great season, Langsaid.
Source:	http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-bloomnorth/id/7532
Collection:	Bloomington High School North

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