The underclassmen are taking over the Varsity girls Swim team this year, seeing as there are no seniors on the team, and two of the youngest swimmers are stepping up as the leaders of the team.

“They’re those kinds of kids that you don’t have to explain things to,” Head coach William Crow said, “They know what their roles are, and they are just good kids.”

Sophomore Alexis Christo and freshman Megan Hampson have been on North’s Varsity team since entering high school. They both swim competitively on club Swim teams in addition to being on North’s team, and both have been working together to lead the team this season.

“It feels good to know that I’m up there, and that I’m fast,” Christo said, “It’s cool since I’m younger.”

The girls on the swim team mainly swim to improve their own times, while improving North’s team as a whole, so naturally there is some competition between each of the swimmers. However, the swimmers leave the competition at practices, and mainly focus on beating members of other teams according to Christo.

As for Hampson and Christo, they don’t necessarily feel the competition between each other because it is so early in the season and there haven’t been very many meets yet.

“I haven’t compared myself to [Christo] yet,” Hampson said, “But I’ll probably end up thinking about trying to beat her times.”

Friendly competition or not, Hampton and Christo will be looked on to lead the team the rest of the season. And with the GAC tournament coming up in less than a month in February, they will have to step up and prove that their times and not their grade, will be what the rest of the team takes notice of.

“I’m sure it’s frustrating to have someone younger be ahead of them,” Christo said. “If I was in their position, I would see it as incentive to work harder.”

Elizabeth Diggs