After a string of difficult meets, FHN girls swimming has once again ended the season in success. The girls had a record of 5-10, which was very similar to the records of past years.

“Right now our biggest challenge is that we are such a young team we really don’t have the experience,” Assistant coach Beth Phillips said. “I think over the next two years we will be really good.”

The team won many important meets this year, such as the St. Charles meet, where they won by one point, but also endured set backs like the Fort Zumwalt meet where the team did not swim the best they could. However, that didn’t stop them from working their hardest the entire season.

“[The biggest achievement] I think was just coming together as a team,” sophomore Amanda Cornett said. “I think that is more important than winning.”

Now that many of the girls on the team have a year of experience under their belts, some have even began setting new goals for next year.

“I hope to get state times in my events next year,” sophomore Kayln Jones said.

The coaches and athletes alike are also hoping for an even more successful year next season, even though according to Phillips, success is not always about winning.

“I think they learned that being successful doesn’t always mean winning the meet or competitions,” Phillips said. “Sometimes success comes in other ways such as personal success.”