By Social Media Editor-In-Chief Zack Sulkis and Sports Editor Cesar Mendez

The Jonathan Law girls swim team hit the finish line of its 2023 season.

The team ended the regular season with a winning record and closed out the postseason at Class M Finals.

“I feel the season went great, I saw a lot of potential in all of the new swimmers as well as the ones who’ve already been here,” junior Sana Joshi said. “I really enjoyed watching the team grow as much as it did. I feel some of us have a great chance to deep run during this postseason.” 

The team was successful in many competitive SCC matchups. The highlight of the year was a Senior Night win over Foran.

“Senior Night against Foran was a great way to send off our seniors,” junior Natalia Gagliardi said. “It was the closest meet of the season, and we ended up winning by two points. It was one of the best nights but it was a challenge for everyone on the team, every point counted.”

The team has accomplished a lot individually as well with multiple members making a deep run at SCCs. Sarah McCann, Ella Franzman, Gianna and Natalia Gagliardi took 4th place in SCC Finals for the 200 freestyle relay and Natalia Gagliardi took 3rd place in the 50 freestyle, earning herself All-SCC Honors.  

“The past two seasons I’ve always qualified at SCC’s so to qualify before I’ve been tapered is something I’m definitely proud of,” Franzman said. “An accomplishment that me and some of my teammates made this season was at SCC Finals. Our 200 free relay which included Sarah, Gianna and Natalia and myself, we placed 4th which was a huge accomplishment and we were all super excited about that.”

That very same 200 freestyle relay, consisting of McCann, Franzman, and both Gagliardis had a shot of making State Opens but unfortunately fell short placing 27th in the state.

“Being a part of the 200 free relay this season was truly amazing,” McCann said. “The fact that we made it as far as we did was truly amazing and I’m so incredibly proud of everyone.”

Senior captains Gianna Gagliardi and Christina Ayala are very proud of how their seasons went individually. Gianna Gagliardi qualified for states in four different events, and Ayala was back to being a dominant force for the team after having to sit out all of last season due to an injury. 

“My biggest accomplishment this season would have to be qualifying for states in four events: the 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM, and the 500 free,” Gianna Gagliardi said. “I had chosen to compete in the 200 and 500 yard freestyle events in our postseason because I felt that those were my stronger events.”

The team is very confident for their future as they have lots of talented underclassmen.

“I’m so excited to see how they do in the years to come,” Ayala said. “I hope to come to a few meets and cheer the girls on. I think we are in a really good spot for next season’s success.”