Welcome to the 2014 Swim & Dive season

The season of change

We are off and swimming to another fabulous season of PHS Women’s Swim & Dive. This season is sure to provide additional excitement along with a much higher level of competition due to the increased number of conference teams in 2014. Sturgis, Harper Creek and Marshall have entered the fray bringing our November 7 & 8 conference finals team count to 8. Also on the schedule this season are 2 invitationals, a relay meet and some very strong non-conference teams.

The 2014 season started with PHS traveling to Harper Creek for a very interesting relay meet. This would be our swimmers/divers first look at this season’s conference competition. Our girls performed well in the pool and on the board by leaving with the win and more importantly an understanding that this season would be a little different. Work needed to be done this year if PHS Swim & Dive was to enjoy the success they have grown accustom to.

Next up was a scrimmage with Kalamazoo Central and trip to South Haven. Both were good opportunities for our younger team members to get some valuable experience. Coach Dubois also utilizes these early meets to move girls around some and test them in different events. I am sure he learned some things about his team while coming away with a well deserved win at Kalamazoo. PHS also took a strong 2^nd at South Haven a few days later. They came up short only to the combined division 1 team of  Bridgeman, Stevensville, Niles and Lake Shore. Not bad in my book!