Inklings Sports

Splashing into History

Crown Point High School girls swim team wins sectionals for the third year in a row

Annabella Angarone and Alexandra Landgrave

February 19, 2025

The Crown Point High School girl’s swim team secured their third consecutive sectional championship this season. Both divers and swimmers did their best to rise to the occasion while facing the pressure of making history and maintaining their winning streak.

“When they won, I was happy for all the swimmers and divers on the team,” said Head Coach Bryon Angerman. “It was great to have a season goal come true. When you can set a team goal to win sectionals and do it three years in a row, it is awesome.”

Preparing for sectionals can be unique for each swimmer and diver on the team. This dedication takes time and commitment to build endurance for each meet which gets them a step closer to sectionals. One of the key aspects, besides the physical preparation for each meet, is each teammate’s mental health. Having the right headspace while going into each meet helps swimmers and divers perform their best, stay motivated during each event, and lead each person to enjoy their sport more.

“To prepare for sectionals, obviously a lot of practice goes into it, but for me, the best thing I can do is just kind of stay in a good headspace,” said junior Grace Stimac. “I worked a lot on just teaching myself not to get overly nervous before races, so just making myself excited to swim. I think that is the best thing I did to prepare myself.”

Kaitlin Flewelling (11) prepares for her dive.

The sectionals meet is one of the most eventful times in a swimmer and divers swim season. Each meet and event per season before is the warm-up for sectionals. The team competes in many other competitions throughout the year, but this competition has a different feeling than most.

“The sectional meet is unlike any other meet,” said senior Kaitlin Flewelling. “Dual meets are still hype, but sectionals have a lot riding on it. You kind of feel

that pressure, but it just makes it ten times better when you win.”

The CPHS girl’s swim team worked hard and competed in previous matches to pave their way to sectionals. Because of this, the girl’s team made history by winning three years in a row. The girl’s team worked hard to accomplish one of the highest achievements in a swim season.

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About the Contributors

Annabella Angarone, Managing Editor

Annabella Angarone is a sophomore at Crown Point High School. This is her second year on the staff. She is the Managing Editor of the Inklings Newspaper. When she is not writing for Inklings, she takes part in the Aviation Club, Ballroom Dancing Club, Card Club, and Show Choir. Even though Angarone still has a few years before college, since she was 7 years old she has been working on screenplays for hopefully her future career.

Makenna Carmichael, Website and Social Media Editor

Makenna Carmichael is a senior at Crown Point High School. This is Carmichael’s third year on staff. She is the Website and Social Media Editor for Excalibur Yearbook and Inklings Newspaper. Carmichael’s love for photography and writing drove her to join the yearbook and Inklings staff. Carmichael works as a STEAM teacher at the YMCA and as a gardener at Practically Magic Garden. She also does freelance senior and portrait photography. When not working or in the journalism room, Carmichael enjoys performing with the school’s color guard, doing art in the National Art Honor Society and SPLAT club, working with the theatre’s publicity crew, and being a bulldog mentor.