{"id":2382,"date":"2019-12-11T22:10:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2019-12-11T22:11:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:11:49","slug":"girls-swimming-update-2019-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/2019\/12\/11\/girls-swimming-update-2019-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls&#8217; Swimming Update 2019-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>By&nbsp;Kyra&nbsp;Li<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by co-captains Emily Sanchez (VI), Martha Lewand (VI), Madeline Skapper (VI), and Coach Deirdre O\u2019Mara, the girls\u2019 swim team has started off strong with early morning and weight room practices. Coming off of a stunning season last year, the girls are working hard to prepare for the upcoming season. They will attend events like the Skyland Conference and Somerset County Championships, and, of course, the Prep \u201cA\u201d Championship at Lawrenceville. Last year, they were second in the Skyland Conference, the highest they\u2019ve placed in recent years. The team also won the Prep A Championship for the third year in a row. Despite the loss of several seniors, including Darlene Fung \u201819, many freshmen have joined the team this year, constituting almost half of the team. Sanchez sees this year as \u201ca new wave of the swim team.\u201d Her goals for the team this year are to have fun, work on team spirit, and help the freshmen adapt to the community. With all the new blood, the girls\u2019 swim team is aiming for a successful and fun season, as they hope to win the Prep \u201cA\u201d Championship for the fourth year in a row.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Kyra&nbsp;Li Led by co-captains Emily Sanchez (VI), Martha Lewand (VI), Madeline Skapper (VI), and Coach Deirdre O\u2019Mara, the girls\u2019 swim team has started off strong with early morning and weight room practices. Coming off of a stunning season last year, the girls are working hard to prepare for the upcoming season. They will attend events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[146,73],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","tag-sports","tag-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions\/2385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}