This year’s 2025 Ridgeview High School swim team is a dynamic wave of talent, where every stroke counts and each race is an opportunity to make a splash that echo’s through the entire season. Our Wolf Packs swim team has worked long, intense, hard hours to ensure their best performance in the pool. For this reason the swim team has excelled to be incredibly strong swimmers.
Varsity swimmer Sadie Irish has been swimming since she was six years old but then quit at eight years old to explore other sports. She began swimming again due to her parents encouraging her to return to the sport of swimming. Irish’s most favored aspect of the sport is, “Definitely the people; they make it so fun and exciting. They uplift everyone and are always there for me and everyone else.” Her passion for the sport is fueled by the incredible friendship and support, making every moment on and off the field feel special and memorable. This sport takes a significant amount of perseverance and discipline, which can be a very challenging barrier for some. Irish has learned that perseverance as well as discipline has taught her the value of how.” it is a daily habit I need to practice. Even when I don’t want to show up to practice because I’m sore or lazy, it has taught me that I can’t give up.” The swim team has shown her that success comes from consistency and hard work and that even on the toughest days, showing up and giving her best effort makes all the difference.
Kylie Torres began swimming competitively in seventh grade and is now on the varsity swim team. Torres has a fondness for how the sport allows her to enjoy, “Just being able to hang out with my team and being around them makes my mood better.” For Torres, it’s not just about the game itself but the way it brings people together and creates memories. Throughout Torres’s swimming journey, it has taught her a lot of crucial lessons that allow her to spread this wisdom to new swimmers. One of these lessons has taught her to not “give up, like thinking you messed up something, because even during my first race, I messed up pretty bad, but you could learn from it and get better.”. Torres was able to apply this when she competed against Liberty being one of the toughest schools she feels Ridgeview has swam against, due to how their swimmers are, “insanely fast”. Torres now understands that mistakes are part of the process, and it’s through perseverance and reflection that she continues to grow both as an athlete and as a person.
Swim coach Colby Webb had grown a passion for the sport when he started swimming in high school and through college. The strength a swimmer acquires is very essential for a swim athlete to obtain when in the pool competing. Webb finds the most crucial technique for a swimmer to have is, “Endurance, both muscular endurance and cardio endurance that is required for competing.” After Webb finds that the most crucial technique for a swimmer to have is endurance, both muscular and cardio, he explains that without this foundation, a swimmer will struggle to maintain consistent speed and technique throughout the race. Although endurance is a very vital quality for swimmers to have in the pool, what’s most important is, “If they care to get better, they will get better; anyone can learn how to swim. You just have to care about improving. You have to want to get better, and if you have the want, then I can show you how.” Which is overall needed when swimmers come across challenges within their performances in the pool.
From this, the 2025 Ridgeview High School swim team is a testament to the power of perseverance, teamwork, and dedication. Each swimmer, from Irish to Torres, exemplifies the importance of consistency and the lessons learned through both successes and setbacks. Under the guidance of Coach Webb, the team continues to grow, proving that with the right mindset and support, anyone can push through challenges and achieve their best in the pool.
