Girls’ team chemistry provides strong foundation for swim season

Head coaches: Christian Bonner and Kristen Thomson

Key Matchups: Los Gatos

Key athletes: Seniors Stefanie Ting, Jane Oberhauser and Anna Zhou, junior Jeanette Khowong and sophomores Lei Otsuka, Annika Donez, Ashley Feng and Madeline Stuart.

Key Losses: None

League: De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL)

Prognosis:

Over the first two weeks of the season, the team worked on cardiovascular fitness, and plan to transition to more speed-oriented skills as the season progresses. Thomson said that the overall unity of the swim team has left the girls at a strong starting point.

“I love the fact that the girls have become a closer-knit group as a whole,” Thomson said. “Saratoga’s swim team is more like a family than four different groups — we really are a girls and boys team.”