by Tom Lee ’14

As junior Kelly Flamand touched the wall and finished off the 400-yard freestyle relay for the girls, one could not watch without noticing the sizable difference in the finishing time between Sherwood’s relay and Poolesville’s A relay at a dual meet on January 19. Looking back at the results, Sherwood finished about five seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. This here defines the girls’ season as of yet. The Lady Warriors have won four of their five meets with at least 40 points separating them from their opponents.

“So far the season has been going well for us. We did lose one meet against B-CC but that was so close that either team could have ended up on top,” said Flamand.

The girls have proved this year that they are top title contenders and have a voracious appetite for winning. Senior Anna Kolanowski has won every single one of her events and the girls’ team as a whole has not lost a single relay throughout the entire season.

When the girls lost on December 8 against B-CC, just an 11-point margin separated the two teams. The girls won every relay in that meet but B-CC made up for the points in the individual events. “I think we have done well because our relays always bring in so many of our points but when you go up against a team like B-CC with more depth than we do, it’s difficult to deal with that,” said senior Kaitlyn Sheapp, who was part of one of the winning relays.

After winning their last dual meet against Blair on January 26, the girls are looking to fine-tune any problems before heading into the championship meets. In these championship meets, like Divisionals which is on February 2 and Metros which is on February 9, all teams will face off and Sherwood will have an opportunity to avenge and make amends with B-CC, the only school to have defeated them this season.

“Everything has gone well except for that loss against B-CC. We’re looking to beat them at Divisionals and Metros. We’re ready for more and we’re hungry for more,” said senior Megan Conrad, who has committed to swim at Villanova.