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Sophomores
Sempek-Zupan
"It was kind of like a bonding thing for the swim team. It was pretty
cool. We all just hung out and cut our hair."
-Senior Kenny Ochsner
Why did you shave your
heads? T.J. Dougherty: "For
the heck of it." Derek Ahl: "I
guess we shaved our heads just
to show that we have a lot of
spirit and we stick together."
Kenny Ochsner: "We needed a
haircut." Who’s idea?
Ochsner: "Tradition." Who
started it?
Ahl: "In the state a lot of swim
mers do it, it cuts a lot of time off.
Instead of wearing a cap some
guys like to shave their heads, it
gets rid of the resistance. A lot of
people do it. It gets us pretty
well riled up. Ochsner: "It was
kind of like a bonding thing for
the swim team. It was pretty
cool. We all just hung out and
cut our hair." E.J.Zbylut: "It's a
psychological thing; it gives us
an attitude." How much time
does it cut off? Zbylut:
"Knocked a second off my time."
Jeff Tierney: "Knocked 15 sec
onds off my time." Matt
Johnson: "I still stink." How
did your parents react?
n preparation for Metro Tierney: "Well, I
Iswimming, Senior Jake didn't go home
Woodard gets his head that night. My
shaved by teammates parents were
Seniors Derek Ahl and pretty upset about
Kenny Ochsner. it."
Zbylut: "My mom
was shocked. I told her that it
//W e (the swimmers) are grows back so there was nothing
just more fashion to worry about." Ochsner: "It
oriented this year," Senior wasn't bad because we were go
Kenny Ochsner says about ing to get tattoos. We decided
his new haircut. Swim we would just cut our hair be
mers hoped to cut seconds cause it would grow back." Who
from their time by this was first? Ahl: "P.J. Ochsner:
head shaving event.
We all cut our hair so I don't
think that was the issue." Ahl:
"He looked pretty goofy, but we
did it anyway. Ochsner: We
are more fashion oriented this
year." Ahl: If you're going to do
this, do it during a warm season
. . . They say that 60 percent of
your body heat goes out through
your head so it you don't have
any hair it goes out quicker."
