SPLASHING INTO THE SEASON

by Lauren London; photos by Haley Dillard

Swim and Dive can be a very time consuming but enjoyable sport for the girls swim team at North.

“Swim is more physically active than diving and tougher on your body because you're jumping in the water and during that race you're just swimming as fast as you can,” freshman Emery Paterson said.

Being part of any sport comes with its own difficulties including the intensity and frequency of the practices.

“Our swim team practices after school from 3:30 to 6 pm everyday,” senior Bailey O’Brien said.

Even though swimming can be demanding and competitive, the team members also make sure to have fun and interact with each other.

“My favorite memory of swim might be the mornings because sometimes we don't really do anything, we just get into a bunch of shinanigins where we jump off the rock wall and we just have fun with our friends,” Paterson said.

Though swim and dive are similar events they have different aspects of preparation.

“Dive is more mental. You block everything out and have to know what to do when you’re on the diving board,” freshman Emery Paterson said.

Sometimes preparing for a meet is just as important as the actual event.

“The day before a meet we go over the dives we’re going to do. Doing last minute perfections and preparations,” junior Lucy Edholm said.

Swim and dive are two different sports but their meets are held at the same place around the same time.

“For dual meets, when swim takes a break, that’s when dive competitions are held.

Usually, dive is a separate thing,” senior Bailey O’Brien said.