With the pandemic, many aspects of daily life at KO have changed. But, heading into the wintertime, when sports are moved indoors, students are wondering what will happen to their winter sport. With no current pool to swim in for the upcoming season, the Middle School swim team is anxious to hear what the plan will be.
Swimmers, like eighth-grader Meghan Jo and seventh-grader Jane Morris, by now have gotten used to the upside-down schedule, with classes jumbled about, lunches at different times, and sports now being at the end of the day. But they are time and time again asking the question, what will happen to the swim team?
There is plenty of variety in the KO MS swim team. Some swimmers have been swimming their whole lives. “I’ve been swimming competitively since I was five, so eight years now,” said Meghan. Other swimmers just started swimming competitively in middle school. “I started swim team last year and have been taking lessons since I was really little,” said Jane. There was also an opportunity for some middle schoolers to swim with the KO varsity team. “It was more like what we do at USA practice,” Meghan said.
The average practice in the middle school is no longer than 1,500 yards. Middle school swim coach Mr. Clayton Miles said, “My favorite part of coaching the middle school is watching everyone grow and improve.”
The swimmers from last year will remember how Mr. Miles brought candy to encourage swimmers to try harder, and how middle school coaches Mr. Miles and Ms. Meghan Farrell made sure that nobody was left out of the loop.
The swim team hopes to find a place to swim soon, but until then, they’re just fish out of water.
