With the Iowa state swim meet done and over with, it is time to recap the season and the meet itself.
The girls’ swim season had a lot going for it this year. The pool got renovated and they had a large group of incoming freshmen to help breathe some new life into the program. There were some hiccups for sure including a few members needing to quarantine and the North Scott shut down early in the season. However, these setbacks did not slow them down.
The meet as a whole had some fast times and multiple close races. Girls across the state threw down some best times and managed to push through the added challenges COVID has brought to high school sports.
This year instead of having spectators at the meet there was a Livestream set up so that people could still watch the meet. At first, some people were upset that they could not come and watch the meet in person, but the idea seemed to become more popular as it became clear that people that would not normally be able to attend could now watch.
PV sophomore and swimmer Sarah Kowing claimed that the team pushed through the difficult season, “I think we were all just doing our best, with COVID we obviously were not in an ideal situation.” Kowing also believed that the set up of the state meet worked well and kept teams properly distanced to follow safety guidelines.
PV junior Taylor Buhr, another member of the team, also had great things to say about the season and the team’s performance at state, “Taking all things into consideration I think we all did an amazing job all year. At state, we all did very well too, nearly everyone dropped time in their events and our relays had great performances.”
Buhr also commented on how well the meet was run, “The setup of state was done very well. The main goal was to give the qualifying swimmers the opportunity to swim and even though there were no spectators, everyone got to swim and anyone could watch the Livestream.”
Despite the odds, the team managed to have a great year at state with good performances all around. Many of the swimmers were happy to be able to have a season and to be able to actually swim at their state meet. Whether or not the same can be said about the winter and spring seasons is yet to be seen.
