The Atoms swim team is coming off a disappointing loss against Lake Braddock Secondary School. The meet against Lake Braddock took place at Lee District RECenter. Boys swim lost 245 to 63.

Girls swim lost 229 to 86. With the next meet against West Potomac on Jan. 13, Atoms swim team hopes to bounce back and come out with the win.

“The last meet was tough, but we did the best we could. Some of our swimmers stepped up when we needed them,””Coach Victoria Douglas said.

Douglas also thinks her team can improve. “

“The team needs to step up their workout and stretches to improve their swimming ability,” Douglas said.”

When bad things happen, good things will later come along.  recently, Douglas saw a lot of improvements with her team. “

“There were swimmers new to the stroke, and they completed it in the meet,” said Douglas.” “It’s good seeing new swimmers stepping up and swimming different things.”

Sophomore Alejandro Casquino, looks to bounce back and improve in the next meet.

“We need to work on our technical skills like our starts and flip turns,””Casquino said.

Casquino also plays another winter sport, he plays JV Basketball and starts at the shooting guard position.

Sophomore Magdalena Iglesias also thinks that she can improve for the next meet and do better. Magdalena is a sophomore and a swimmer for the atoms.  

Magdalena looks to improve her butterfly time and get her endurance up. But for that to happen, every second of practice is going to count.

The boys swim team still remains winless. But on the the other hand, the girls only have one win throughout the season.

Our dive team has done very well throughout the season. In all of their meets, the dive team had a lot of people place.

Swim and dive will take on Mount Vernon High School at Audrey Moore RECenter on Jan. 21.