Caroline Pratt – Pingree Swimmer Earns Moynihan Student Athlete of the Month Honors – Radio Interview

NORTH SHOREWhen it comes to handling the balance of athletics and academics, St. John’s Prep junior Oliver Zmetorvich and Pingree sophomore Caroline Pratt do so swimmingly.

The two North Shore swimming standouts both have high GPA’s and experienced a ton of success in the pool this winter. For their commitment to becoming top notch scholar athletes, Pratt and Zmetrovich were named the Moynihan Lumber Student-Athletes of the Month for February.

Caroline Pratt – Moynihan Student Athlete of the Month with Bill Newell

“When I saw the email I was on vacation and I was kind of shocked,” said Pratt. “I told my parents and they Pratt, Caroline - Moysaid ‘oh my gosh that’s amazing.’ This is so amazing because there were so many people considered, so I am just really happy and proud.”

The top swimmer for the Highlanders this year, Pratt took third in the 100 butterfly (1:00.27) and second in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.96) in the New England Prep School Athletic Conference Championship, bettering her own school records in both events. 

She was also on the 200 medley relay team that took fifth.

“Probably my drive to just go,” Pratt said of her biggest strength as a swimmer. “Before I get up and race, I try not to stress and I think about why I love the sport, rather than my times and what I am trying to achieve. I think about why I love swim racing, why I do this sport and why I wake up every morning when I could be sleeping.”

The Beverly resident swims club with the North Shore Sharks out of Beverly, and she began swimming when she was five five years old. When her family moved to Australia for a few years where there is a lot of swimming in gym class, Pratt discovered she wanted to take up the sport competitively.

Now, she wakes up at 4:15 a.m. every morning for two hours of practice in the pool before heading to the campus in Hamilton. After school, she has another 2-3 hours of club swim practice. After all that, she finally settles in to do her school work. She enjoys math and science but is an avid reader who dives into sports books that deal with the mental side of trying to achieve athletic success.

Despite all the work, Pratt maintains a GPA of 89.7 out of 100. 

 

 

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