On Friday, April 20th our girls swim team won against one of our biggest rivals; Wilson High School. Fernanda Garcia said, “Going into the meet it was super intense. Me being a freshman and all you hear the stories of the rival between Poly and Wilson.” Fernanda explains that she was scared but overcame her fears because her team’s goal was to do their best.
They started off the meet with an amazing fr/soph medley relay. Freshman Aaron P. started the meet off with an impressive time of 26 seconds on the first event (Medley Relay).
Anja Oca said, “I was so happy for our fr/soph team, I want all our girls to do great, but there was this one freshman, they call her ‘Aaron P.’ she really pulled ahead at the last second and was able to out touch the Wilson girl.” She explains that this was a great start and it really helped pump all the girls up and “raise the hype” of the crowd.
Poly ended up taking the lead and won 105-51. Georgia Buffington said, “I was really proud of us, our girls for having an awesome meet. We put our all into it, won by a lot, and we kept our sportsmanship, so did Wilson.” This was the first year Poly’s girls JV team has ever beat Wilson making it another memorable meet.
Moore League will be on Thursday, May 3 and our scholars and champions seemed to be ready. “I’m really excited for Moore League, I think we are going to do really great with our strong team. The good thing is we have wiggle room for the different events. Hopefully I reach my goal of winning the 100 free.”
Tides are running high as Poly Swim approaches the Moore League Championship. Yesterday the girls held their own in prelims against a “very determined Wilson team,” said Kalani Caldwell, head coach of girls swim. They are “sitting in a good spot to win Moore League,” which would make it the “first time in history that Poly has won 3 years in a row.” All-star swimmers like senior Anja Oca are hoping to break Moore League records this year. Yesterday she broke the meet record with a 100 Fly time of 56.42. For non-swimmers, that means that she swam 100 meters in well under a minute. She is hoping to cut that time by more than a second for the finals. Other swimmers, like sophomore Erin Babbit, have shown amazing improvement on the road to Moore League. In prelims she dropped a whopping 7 seconds in her 200 IM and 5 seconds in the 500 Free to place in finals for both events. Quoting Kalani, “Those are the hardest events to swim!”. Boys Swim is not doing too shabby either. Swimmers like Christopher Correa, with a 50 Free time on a mere 21.91 seconds, show that there is a lot of potential for Poly to reel in a historic Moore League victory. Last year Poly Swim was the first Moore League boys team to beat Wilson in a dual meet since 1972, but were unable to secure the Moore League victory. WIth the progress our boys team has been making over the past few years, it is a definite possibility that they will be able to defeat Wilson and end their 44 year winning streak!Isabel
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