Although the season is just at the halfway point junior Sophia Lundry has already made memories with her teammates.

“I love the teammates, friends, and relationships made on the team. I want to be a role model for the freshmen like the upperclassmen were for me,” Lundry said.

Sophomore Reese Anderson loves how the sport has brought people together and the impact it has had on her.

“Relationships built around the sport have been amazing. Swimming is my time to relax and focus on myself,” Anderson said.

Varsity girls swim coach Stephanie Seidel has enjoyed swimming since a young age, and is glad she is able to share her passion with her swimmers.

“Although swimming is an individual sport, the girls have come together and are a great support system for each other,” Coach Seidel said. “We had some team-organized team bonding events already this season as well as ones the girls have organized on their own,”

Coach Seidel plans the practice similarly and sees it as a time for the team to focus on their weaknesses and prepare for upcoming meets. They work on various struggles that they need to improve. Senior Alyssa Weisenberg is used to this routine and understands how it helps the team.

“A lot of yards, mostly longer sets for distance,” Weisenberg said. “We also do a warmup and sprinting which is beneficial with high school meets because there’s not a lot of breaks, so we need to be good about racing with very little amount of rest to maintain endurance with long distance sets.”

While the swimmers are working hard during practices and meets, there are goals Weisenberg hopes to achieve to end her high school career.

“I would like to be an alternate at state-top 18 in the 500 freestyle, drop time in the 100 butterfly, and mainly just improve overall,” Weisenberg said.

Girls swim go to Columbia, Missouri for a tournament Jan. 19 and 20. Their next home game is Jan. 22 against Mehlville.