2020-21 Swimming Preview
Jack Jassy
The 2020-21 Girls swim team will lose some former seniors of last season’s team, but have key current juniors and seniors coming back to fill those shoes. Last year, the team went a record of 5-3 in competitions while putting up their best meet against Chief Sealth on September 20th. Additionally, they finished in the top 10 in all but one category at the state finals back in fall 2019. In the 400 free relay finals, Garfield finished 7th in state with times from Valerie Barreto, Emma Fasullo, Alana Tamura, and Averi Webb. Many who competed in State are back this year, so the team will look to improve on those results.
In a normal year, swim season would be in the fall for the girls team, so it will have been over a year since they have been in competitions. This year, competitions and practices are set to begin on February 22nd as the Puget Sound Region (includes King county) has been propelled to phase 2 of the safe recovery plan. Swimming is considered a low risk sport and although the season is still in doubt, phase 2 allows high risk sports to play which looks good for the likelihood of a swimming season. A key thing to monitor will be if the time off from practice will have any effect on the swimmers this year, especially since indoor facilities have largely remained closed.
In a normal year, swim season would be in the fall for the girls team, so it will have been over a year since they have been in competitions. This year, competitions and practices are set to begin on February 22nd as the Puget Sound Region (includes King county) has been propelled to phase 2 of the safe recovery plan. Swimming is considered a low risk sport and although the season is still in doubt, phase 2 allows high risk sports to play which looks good for the likelihood of a swimming season. A key thing to monitor will be if the time off from practice will have any effect on the swimmers this year, especially since indoor facilities have largely remained closed.