So far this season, the boys swim team has yet to lose to a conference opponent. This has helped them prepare for the upcoming post season, and they hope for an even better finish in state than last year.

“We are doing quite well, we are extremely competitive internally,” Head Coach Scott Walker said. “Whoever we swim against does not matter, because the kids have to compete against themselves and their teammates, which helps keep everyone honest in their training and in their competing.”

With the help of Spencer Walker ‘18, who broke a school record before ever swimming in high school, and returning state finalist Weston Credit ‘16, the boys tied Hinsdale Central on Dec. 19, a team that has a chance to rank in the top three for state. This year’s team looks more talented than any in recent past, Lucas O’Bryan ‘15 said.

“When we swam against [HC], we knew were the clear underdog, but we also knew we possessed immense depth,” O’Bryan said. “The whole meet we owned second and third in almost every event, with a few incredible wins sprinkled throughout. After that meet, being able to make a team of Hinsdale’s caliber nervous, I knew we had something special.”

The team is going to continue its training and stay healthy, which will allow the swimmers to continue to set themselves up to perform well in the end, Walker said.

“With how well the team has done thus far, I’m beyond confident that we will perform above and beyond expectations in the post season,” O’Bryan said. “We’ve consistently swam well at championship meets, a huge testament to Coach Walker and the rest of our coaching staff. It’s such an exciting time and personally I can’t wait to see it all unfold.”

Tonight and tomorrow the team will swim at home for the Lyons Township invitational at the SC pool. The post season will start Feb. 6.