Senior Hannah Button Works in Off-Season Time To Continue To Improve Her Swimming

By McKenna Hudson, Editor in Chief of the North Star

Published: December 20, 2023

Senior Hannah Button smiles at her teammates after competing in a swim meet against St. Charles West. Button has been a swimmer at FHN for the past two years and is about to start her third year on the team. She is also a lifeguard at the Rec-Plex and swims for fun outside of the school environment.

Time at the Rec-Plex is well spent for girls swimmer Hannah Button. Button has been working during the summer as a lifeguard as well as utilizing her free access to the pool to help keep in shape for the upcoming swim season. Her main goal of practicing was to improve upon the styles of swim that she struggled with.

“One of the biggest struggles was a bunch of the technique stuff, like flip turns,” senior Button said. “And just all of the strokes, like I know how to do freestyle, but hitting down butterfly and breaststroke and backstroke.”

Her fall season was also spent on FAST, the Flyer Aquatic Swim Team.

“I like having a coach to push me [at FAST] because if I had to practice by myself and do my own practices and everything, I wouldn’t push myself and keep myself on those time intervals and going as fast as I can,” Button said.

Last season, Button had a personal record of 33.70 seconds in the 50m freestyle.

“I’m probably just looking to drop all my times and see our team come together more this year,” Button said.

Coach of the girls swim team Rowan Pugh is looking forward to Button’s start of the season and seeing her contribute to the team score.

“She is definitely one of our key players on our relay,” Pugh said, “Without her on that relay, we wouldn’t make any of our times that we need to.”

Pugh is also excited at the thought of Button putting in the extra effort for the upcoming season.

“Oh, I’m so excited because they were so close last year to being able to compete at state,” Pugh said. “I feel like if we have Hannah’s extra dedication and practice times that it only takes a second or two to drop and be able to also drop time and place.”

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