The Kent Reporter athletes of the week for the week of Oct. 18 are from Kentridge; Cody Nguyen (Jr.) golf, Reyna Zimmerman (Sr.) swim and dive.<\/p>\n
What do you value in your sport or about your team? <\/strong><\/p>\n Zimmerman: <\/strong>What I value most about our team is that everyone is always there for each other. My team has some of my closest friends, and it makes the sport much more enjoyable. <\/p>\n Nguyen: <\/strong>I value my teammates the most because they are the ones that make me play to the top of my game and are the ones most enjoyable to play with.<\/p>\n What have you learned from your sport that you can take with you throughout your life\/future? <\/strong><\/p>\n Zimmerman: <\/strong>Swimming has taught me how to deal with anxiety. Sometimes, I get super in my head before my races, but swimming has taught me how to calm myself down. <\/p>\n Nguyen:<\/strong>I have learned that not everything can be given to you and you must always strive for your best by putting in the work.<\/p>\n What do you do when you aren’t motivated and what helps you stay motivated? <\/strong><\/p>\n Zimmerman: <\/strong>When I am not motivated, I think about my goals and what times I want to get. <\/p>\n Nguyen:<\/strong>I would talk with my teammates and ask them to motivate me when I am struggling.<\/p>\n Do you have a favorite pre-game meal? <\/strong><\/p>\n Zimmerman: <\/strong>My pre-game meal is usually a fruit cup and a Gatorade. <\/p>\n Nguyen:<\/strong>My pre-game meal is most likely a protein bar or candy bar.<\/p>\n What advice would you give to a teammate that is struggling? <\/strong><\/p>\n Zimmerman: <\/strong>If one of my teammates were struggling, I would tell them to stop thinking about all the bad things that could happen and focus on the good. Swimming is such an anxiety-inducing sport, and it is so easy to focus on the negatives, so it is super important to try to keep a positive mindset. <\/p>\n Nguyen:<\/strong>I would tell a teammate to keep pushing and to not worry about the past and focus towards the future.<\/p>\n From the sidelines: <\/strong><\/p>\n Zimmerman: <\/strong>Reyna has been an integral part of our team over her last 4 years. She has been a wonderful captain and teammate. This season Reyna has swam several personal bests contributing to the success of the team.<\/p>\n Nguyen: <\/strong>Cody Nguyen has been a leader and great role model for younger golfers on the Kentridge golf team. He lead the Chargers to Co-League Champs this season with a 9-1 record. Last week Cody was the medalist in both matches vs KM Cody has been KRs most consistent golfer all year. He has won the medalist award for low round in 7 of Kentridge’s 10 matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cody Nguyen and Reyna Zimmerman take this weeks awards for the Chargers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":538,"featured_media":71057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-71056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71056"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=71056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}