Swim and dive looks to go to war with the Gaithersburg Trojans in their third meet of the season tomorrow, December 17. The team is coming off of a competitive meet against the Clarksburg Coyotes, and look to get a win for the girls this time.

Swim and Dive fought hard last Saturday, December 10, and were able to pick up a win on the boys side, but not the girls. This was only the team’s second meet of the season, so they look to continuously improve throughout the year. Going into the meet, senior Sawyer Conklin said that the team looked to “do better, [and] win. [We need to] swim harder and dive better.”

Junior Muhammad Ba added, “Coach gave us a plan, and we executed.”

Throughout the season, Ba plans to “fix the way I enter the water.” Ba and all of his teammates have goals and areas they look to improve upon throughout the course of the season.

The team started off their season with a bang, competing hard in a tough match-up on December 3 against Einstein High School, with the meet ending in a tie. Despite the fact that the meet did not end in a win for the Mill, they all performed well, and had a very successful meet. “I think it was good, we had a lot of divers… we all did pretty well,” Conklin added.

“I like how we’re coming together as a team, we definitely have a strong bond,” sophomore Matthew Hase said. “If there was one thing to improve on, it would be everybody having confidence in their swims.”

The team looks to continuously improve and compete with every team they go up against. No matter the talent, the team has confidence in their abilities. Going into this weekend’s meet, senior Jerome Nauglen said, “[Gaithersburg’s] team is pretty good… they have more club swimmers, but I think we can pull it off.”

Look for this team to be competitive for the rest of the season, and to be in the hunt for the division championship. “We’re excited for the competition ahead,” Nauglen added.