Photo from CHS\/MSM Swim and Dive Instagram<\/p>\n
The school\u2019s swim team has been a small but competitive feature of the sports department for many years. Students here may not think about this group as often as other sports teams, but they are just as hardworking. Being a small team that practices off-campus presents its own unique challenges, but the team is evolving and adapting to face these new difficulties as they present themselves. They are moving fast to prepare as the coming season approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n The swim team consists of five<\/span> students (Parson Simmons, Ethan Mullenbach, Cole Carper, Daniel Bui, and Henry Gullic) who participate in a variety of swimming competitions. Junior swimmer Cole Carper said, \u201cWe don’t have very many people, but with the people that we do have, I think we have a lot of potential.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is the first year that the school has had designated swim practices. Prior to this year, swimmers practiced with individual clubs and were together only for competitions. \u201cThere are clubs all over Arkansas that swim against each other and they aren’t affiliated with schools, and that’s how I swam last year. But this year I can swim with Catholic,\u201d said Carper. \u201cI think that it gives the team more time to create a bond with each other and help encourage each other to do our best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The new practice situation has led the swim team to start practicing alongside the Mount Saint Mary Academy team. \u201cIt’s a lot more people sharing the same practice area. There are around 12 people on that team, so it’s just busier,\u201d said senior Parson Simmons, captain of the swim team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Practicing together has also led to a new camaraderie between the two teams that was not there before. \u201cI’m excited because it’ll be like we’re all one team, even though it’s two separate schools,\u201d said Carper. \u201cLast year we had swim meets with them, but it felt like we were two different teams.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The swim team is optimistic about the coming competitions. \u201cI am excited to start swimming because I just started swimming for competitions last year, before that I just did diving,\u201d said Simmons. \u201cOver the summer I\u2019ve learned a lot more dives and I think the team’s improved a lot over the summer too. And then seeing Mount at practice, I know they’re going to have a good season this year as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A team of only five boys competing against much bigger schools seems like a challenge, but it is a challenge the swim team is ready to face. \u201cI\u2019m just going out there to have fun and do my best,\u201d said Carper. \u201cAfter practicing together, the team has come to be some of my good friends and I\u2019m excited to swim with them this season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Photo from CHS\/MSM Swim and Dive Instagram The school\u2019s swim team has been a small but competitive feature of the sports department for many years. Students here may not think about this group as often as other sports teams, but they are just as hardworking. 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