Gettysburg athletic director Casey Thurston didn’t have the prospect of adding a diving program on her radar.
On a night when a number of athletes came in feeling less than 100 percent, the Gettysburg swim team was no match for South Western.
The start to the 2021-22 high school swim season has been a bit topsy turvy for Amanda Turner’s Gettysburg squads.
A bevvy of Times area swimmers were named to the 2021 YAIAA coaches’ all-stat team.
Gettysburg junior Hannah Brainard’s junior swimming season has already been what many would considered an unqualified success.
Following a fourth-place finish a year ago in the 200 freestyle at the District 3 Class 2A championship meet, Gettysburg’s Hannah Brainard believed she could aim even higher.
When she spoke prior to the start of the 2021 YAIAA swim season, Gettysburg head coach Amanda Turner wasn’t even sure whether her swimmers would get the chance to compete amid rising COVID-19 concerns.
The Gettysburg High School swim team is just over two weeks away from its season-opening meet against Spring Grove on Dec. 22.
With the PIAA announcing on Wednesday that it plans to proceed as scheduled with the winter sports season, athletic directors from across the area are preparing to deal with a unique set of challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
