Even though the school swim season has ended, that doesn’t mean the swimmers have stopped swimming.

“I continue to swim year round to keep my times the same or if I’m lucky shave a couple seconds,” freshman Sophia Fetouh said. “Swimming is one of those sports that you have to keep up and practice daily to make sure you stay in shape and don’t add time to your laps.”

Sophomore Regan Faherty is also practicing every day to maintain athletic stamina.

“I still practice everyday because swimming really means a lot to me and I always want to be the best I can,” she said.

However, many swimmers have experienced injuries that are preventing them from practicing.

Fetouh is one of those. Fetouh suffers from tachycardia, which is an abnormally high heart rate when resting.

“It’s really difficult to endure long practices with tachycardia because it tires me out fast,” she said. “I’m having to stop going to practices and having to cut them short. I can tell that this is impacting my performance already even though this just started a little while ago.

Regan Faherty is also dealing with complications from dislocating her knee.

“I dislocated my knee and it took me out of swimming for a while at the very beginning and I could tell that I gained a few seconds just by being out for a few weeks,” she said. “It really sucks because it still hurts a little bit and I still have limited motion.”

By Arabella Belcher