Although freshman Trey Sheehan started his high school diving career with no prior diving experience, he ended up being an important addition to the boys swimming and diving team.

“For my first season I thought it went pretty well,” Sheehan said. “It was really nice being able to contribute to the team.”

During the 2012 boys swimming and diving season there were no divers, which had a negative effect on the team’s overall scores during meets where the opposing team had divers.

“Last year there were at least two meets that we lost because there were no divers,” sophomore Adam Barr said.

Sheehan was the only full-time diver but he scored first or second in almost every dual meet he dove in, which boosted the number of points the team scored.

“Because Trey was diving this year, we weren’t automatically down at meets,” Barr said. “It was nice to be on an even playing field at every meet.”

Along with his success at dual meets, Sheehan placed among the top eight divers at Conference also. His highest score during the season was 177 points and with the number of points needed to qualify for State being 210, Sheehan is hopeful to make State at some point during his high school diving career.

“I want to dive all four years,” Sheehan said. “And this summer I want to see if I can get into a club diving team.”