It's five o'clock on a January morning, and most of us are trying to cram in our last hours of sleep before school starts. But, the swim and dive team is submerged in water, training for the upcoming meets. Some would ask, ‘why would anyone want to get up even earlier than we have to?'

"[Coach Jamie Grimes] is really supportive and he always pushes you to achieve your best and get through the hardest practices." said junior Elizabeth Pepper.

With a record of 2-2 for the boys and 1-3 for the girls for the season, The WJ team got third place in counties. According to an article in The Washington Post by Katie Carrera, Walter Johnson prevailed over rival Churchill, three times during the season.

After Counties, they went to Metros, which is the swimming and diving competition of the state. Walter Johnson got sixth place for boys at 10th place for girls out of all the high schools in Maryland.

Every season can't go perfect; there are obviously some things that Grimes would change.

"I would make sure to tell people to eat properly before races," he said, "there were just a few things that we could fix."
The season was a short season, due to all the canceled meets, but according to Grimes, the whole season went well.

"[Sophomore] Annie Kastler broke the county record for diving," said Grimes, " Pepper broke 3 team record [girls swimming], and [senior] Greg Karel broke 3 team records as well [boys swimming.]

"Other teams aren't as spirited as us," said Grimes, "We are a close group of kids."

Overall the WJ team is one of our best teams and definitely one of the most committed teams.

"You can't really describe our team in one word," said Grimes.