Swimming is both an individual and team sport that requires the use of one´s arms and legs to move the body through water.

The Renton High School has a swim team. They are led by their head coach, Diane Pavelin, and assistant coach, Luke Wigren.

The swim team’s record this year is 4-8-1. 4 wins, 8 loses, and 1 tie.

They have their practices at Hazen High School because RHS does not have a pool. They have home meets and frequently have to go to their opponent´s home.

The swim team has rules about practices and games. Here are some of those rules:

-Do not breathe during events unless you really need to breathe

-Always listen to the coach

-ALWAYS inform the coach if you are missing practice

-Keep your grades up in class in order to continue to swim

-Athletes that miss a week of practice or that do not attend 10 practices before the first meet will not swim until the 10 practices are met.

The scoring in swim is a little bit complicated.

To track scores, they go by things called “events” and “heats”. The scoring is based on who wins the heats and how many swimmers there are in total. Meaning that whoever has more girls and swims multiple events has the potential to get more points.

Events are the type of strokes that people are doing.

The swim team splits their meets into heats.

The heats are the amount of swimmers in each lane.

In other words, swim teams have heats so that the swimmers can do their strokes depending on how many swimmers there are per lane.

Most swim meets last anywhere from 2-4 hours. The meets are divided by the order of swim events at a meet.

Swim is a sport of focus and technique. Technique is so important in the sport of swimming because water magnifies the physical forces that act on swimmers in air. It also hinges on how quickly an athlete can efficiently move through the water. Working on technique can improve an athlete’s overall swimming, efficiency, speed, and confidence in the water.