The swim and dive team will head into the 2003-2004 season reeling from the loss of 22 seniors. Last year's Division I Championship boys' team lost its top four swimmers, and the dive team now hosts only one returning diver, senior captain and team-record-holder Elizabeth Finn.
New blood in the form of fast freshman boys will bolster times and provide impressive future prospects. Coach David Swaney expects the 2004-2005 boys' team to surpass last years' championship effort.
Freshman David Vuong has already recorded a 5:07 500 m freestyle time, which surpasses the record of graduated senior and all-met swimmer Ian MacKinnon. The loss of top swimmers will hurt the team most in the postseason, according to junior captain Ari Halper-Stromberg. Blair has enough solid boys to compete in regular-season dual meets, but lacks swimmers competitive in the top ranks of the county who could earn postseason points.
The dive team has been restocked with beginners, but Finn says most are natural athletes and gymnastics team veterans. "They're all learning really fast so it's really exciting," she says.
The girls, who greatly struggled last year in a challenging division, should return as a stronger force having suffered only minor graduation casualties.
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