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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

First (and only) Swim Meet

The Indian Creek swim team was a motley crew of people from both sexes and all grades. On February 9, 2011 the swim team had its first and only swim meet of the season against St. Mary’s. The fledgling swim team had been practicing since November 8th for the event. Because this year is the first year Indian Creek offered swimming, the meet was unofficial and informal. It was also marked with disorganization and tardiness. The St. Mary’s swim team showed up at 3:05 and filtered in, all of them arriving on deck by around 3:15. The last event had to be canceled because the pool was only reserved until 4 PM.
Despite the setbacks, the meet was still fun and a good opportunity to showcase the improvements the swimmers had made over the season. Ed Seidewitz, the assistant coach, thought that the meet went over well, even though it was extremely disorganized. “I think the swim meet was an enjoyable opportunity for our team to compete against other kids. It succeeded at that; though it was too bad we didn't have more time so everyone would have been able to swim more. It wasn't a formal meet.”
He was glad that they at least got to compete, because, for a while, there was some uncertainty to whether there would be any meets at all. “It would have been a shame to have trained all season and not have been able to compete at all. So having a meet was definitely a good finale. Hopefully next year we will be able to have a more regular schedule of competitive meets.”
Looking to the future, he says that, despite the fact that the team is losing many talented seniors, there is still hope for the team. “I think we have some underclassmen who are quite good and others who could be very good if they want to be. And even the team members with the least experience going in improved a lot during the season. How strong the team is will depend a lot on how strong the swimmers want to make it next year. But everyone should remember that the team is still in its building phase!” Next year, the team plans to have more swim meets and may even get a new coach!

-Kathryn Seidewitz, Managing Editor
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