By Cyntia Santos – Staff Reporter

The Law boys swim team is ready to get underway with its 2015-16 season.

With two coaches, 20 swimmers, and 12 meets coming up, they’re ready to build tradition with every stroke – after a bit of practice. The swimmers practice Monday through Friday at Foran and have a bus provided to get them there. Their practices consist of a warm-up, sets that vary each day, and a cool down.

“The practices are challenging at times but overall they’re fun,” sophomore swimmer Jack Pincus-Coyle said.

Head Coach Miss Kizavul is very excited to be coaching her second season of boys swim and is looking forward to seeing progress with the team.

“I hope to get another win this year, maybe even two,” said Kizavul. “And I’d like to see more records being broken.”

Leading the team this year as co-captains are seniors Ian Hugo and Colby Brennan. Brennan was a team captain last year as well.

“I’m expecting for everyone’s times to improve and for us to win a couple of meets since last year we won one and tied one,” Hugo said.

The team is very eager for their upcoming meets. Their first meet this season is on December 21 at Foran against Daniel Hand.

The other teams the swimmers are competing against are Hamden, Haddam-Killingworth, Sheehan, Foran, Lyman Hall, Joel Barlow, North Haven, Bunnell/Stratford, Shelton, Kennedy, and West Haven.

This year’s team also features two girl swimmers, Molly Mercaldo and Irmina Chrzastek, who said they are both happy to be there.

The team’s managers are also ready for the start of the winter season.

“I expect all the boys to try their hardest like they do every season and get some of their best times,” junior manager Abigail Williamson said.

The team has nine managers that time lanes and writes in the books to keep the score.

“Managing boy’s swim is always so much fun, going to the meets with the team and timing for all of them is exciting when you get to let [the swimmer] know if they’ve broken their best times,” junior manager Isabela Roldan said. “Managing gives you the opportunity to interact with all kinds of people and all the swimmers are so welcoming that it feels like more of a family than a team.”

The team has recently raised money by selling soy candles. The money collected will go towards the end-of-the-season banquet.