The boy swimmers are striving to swim to success this season. 

“My ultimate goal for this season as a freshman would first beat my personal records, especially in the 100 and 50 freestyle, but I also hope to break some school records, like the relays,” freshman Griffin Kroll said.

As the new freshmen come in, graduates have left. 

“The team will be different with the seniors that are gone because they made the season more fun and enjoyable. A lot of ideas and small traditions we do as a team were brought up last year by the seniors, but the freshmen will help the team a lot. They have been swimming for a long time and are really good. We have a chance of breaking the relay records because of them. We lost quite a few seniors, and we have people coming in, so our numbers won’t be smaller and they will be able to fill in the shoes of the seniors,” senior Arya Gokhale said. 

The loss of the seniors last year impacted the team, but it will impact them even more next year.

“The team will definitely be losing some of the faster kids when this season ends. The seniors are on all the A relays. We got a senior guy to dive this year just for fun, but next year we will lose a point from it. It has always been hard for us to find divers,” sophomore David Brenton said. 

When it comes to sports, it is about hard work and not always talent. 

“I have been super excited to swim, but I have not been able to get in the water for a lot of preseason, so I have a lot of making up to do. This year, a lot of our talent has been working hard, so we are ready for the season to start. We had a lot of great seniors last year that we, unfortunately, do not have this year, but we have a lot of incoming freshmen with a lot of talent. I am super excited to be able to compete with all the new talented people who have joined us,” senior Ethan Rose said.

Sectionals is an exciting and nerve-wracking time for athletes. 

“The meet I prepare the most is Sectionals. It is our final one for the season, and we prepare for two weeks for that meet,” Gokhale said. 

Rose also looks forward to Sectionals, but he hopes to go farther. 

“When it comes to preparing for meets, we definitely look forward to Sectionals the most. It is always the biggest meet of the year, and for most people, it is the last meet, so we do multiple weeks for taper swimming to prepare. My goal for this season is to get a relay to State. It is always a big deal when we get a fast time, and I believe that we can get a fast enough time to go to State,” Rose said. 

Sophomore EJ Jackson is excited for a fun and competitive season with his friends.

“We have some big plans for the freshman class coming. Most have been swimming for five or more years now, so the team will be very fast. A big one to look out for is the relay this year,” Jackson said.

Watch the boy swimmers prove their hard work at their meet against Plainfield at home at 5:30 p.m next Friday.