Girls swim and dive hopes to make name for themselves following the preceding team
December 2, 2020
In a match against Eureka in January 2020, junior Lindsey Lohr competes in a swim meet against Eureka High School. Girls swimming and diving is the only low frequency contact winter sport, and players are required to wear their mask unless they are swimming in the pool.
Last season, the girls swim and dive team finished 8th in the Missouri Class 2 State Championships.
Junior Dylan Moulton is a swimmer on the team and looks back fondly on the meet, and believes the event to encourage the team to get back to the State competition once again. She has high hopes for the end of the season and is excited to bond with the team even more this year.
“Last season was amazing. Almost the entire state team had their best times and we all got so much closer as a team. We also placed pretty high at State overall,” Moulton said. “I think this season is going to be really good. With COVID it’s going to be a bit different but everyone is working very hard and the coaches are working hard to keep up with training while keeping everyone safe.
This year, they hope to achieve more, with incoming freshman Ellie Kipper, Olivia Clerico joining the team along with returning cross country State Champion sophomore Grace Tyson both expected to be anchors for the team. For the upperclassman, their goal is to help them achieve as much as they can and feel comfortable.
“We have a lot of new incoming freshmen that are going to be on the team. Even a few freshmen who have a chance of making it to State this year,” Moulton said. “I’m really looking forward to becoming close as a team with the new freshmen. As an upperclassman, I want to help them and make the team as close as possible.”
Team bonding is going to be a bit different because there are no more conferences for the team or giant meets where many teams gather and the team is there for hours. Instead, it’s mainly going to be school against school until the State competition.
“It sucks that we won’t be able to have [the meets],” Moulton said. “Motivation is hard right now but we are all just looking forward to the things that we’ll be able to have next year.
The team also is returning with two senior leaders Rachel Brown and Zoe Bishop expected to lead the way for the young Lancer team. For Brown, she looks fondly at the memories that she had as an underclassman and hopes to continue on the traditions for the team while still having a great season herself.
“Last season was great. We had a great team dynamic and I had my best season with a lot of personal records,” Brown said. “We won’t have all the away meets or team bonding events like in year’s past this season, but we are finding ways to adapt our activities to still make them fun.”
The girls kick off the season at home against Wentzville Liberty High School on Dec. 2 at 4:15 p.m. The team is scheduled for another 11 dates of competition before State.
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