By Maya Kostov

This year’s high school and middle school swim teams have had a great start to the new season. The high school team has had multiple meets so far and has done exceptionally well. The middle school team has had one meet and the team is already improving. All the swimmers have improved their times and are working on improving them even more. They all push themselves to be the best they can possibly be.

Head coach Jennifer Stephens says that “swimming is a unique sport because you receive from it what you are willing to invest. During each practice, swimmers make deposits. Then, on meet days, everyone makes a withdrawal for the race.” She, along with many other devoted swimmers, believe that Tempe Prep is capable of becoming a state champion.

Noah Frazier, an 8th grader and a co-captain of the middle school swim team, says, “I see our middle school team doing very well. The swimmers are working very hard at practice and Coach Jenn says that champions are made at practice so we’ll see how we go from there.”

To motivate these swimmers, the coaches had them write down a couple goals for the season so they can see what hard work can accomplish. Swimmers like David Hudson and Jeffrey Snoddy are being recruited by colleges for their swimming abilities. The swimmers are now starting to train for the new swimming division (Dlll) state championship.

Nothing worth having comes easy, and these swimmers are definitely trying their hardest.