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The girls swim team practices every morning when winter season rolls around.

The bond of girls’ swim and dive

Emily Frissell, Sports Writer February 1, 2024

As winter rolls around, so does another girls’ high school swim season. The following months consist of early morning practices and long meets. According to the athletes, once swim season comes around,...

The rosters for KHS winter sports for the 22-23 season have been released.

2022-23 winter sport rosters

Anna Newland, sports editor November 21, 2022

KHS winter sports seasons have begun. Here are each sports rosters for the 2022-23 school year. To learn more, go to KHS pioneer athletics homepage for more information.

Sophie Wallace, sophomore,  glides along the surface of the water during warm-ups.

Photo gallery: Girls Swim and Dive practice Dec. 1, 2021

Marilynn Steuby, photographer December 8, 2021

Recently, winter sports have started, marking the start of KHS Girls' Swim and Dive practices and meets throughout St. Louis. On Dec. 1, the team held one of their practices. According to Jessica Briers,...

Angela Mostek, sophomore, looks to pass to an open teammate during team practice.

Photo gallery: Winter sports 2020-2021

Sophia Beckmann and Ella Davies November 20, 2020

Despite the drawbacks from COVID-19 this 2020-2021 school year, winter sports have started up and been thriving. With girls' and boys' basketball, girls' swim and wrestling going on this winter, KHS students...

Paige Howell, junior, dives off the blocks as her race begins.

State season; girls’ swim team places at state

Rachel Finan, health and wellness writer March 27, 2020

Under the water, the sounds of hands gliding hit her ear, and as she comes up for a breath she can hear people yelling. For Ella Pearl, junior, swimming isn’t just an individual sport. According to Pearl,...

The girls swim and dive team competed on Jan. 18th against various high schools around the St. Louis area such as Parkway West, Lafayette, Webster, and more.

Photo Gallery: girls’ swim and dive Jan. 18

Sophie Smith, Photographer January 22, 2020

The girls' swim and dive team competed Jan. 18 against various high schools around the St. Louis area such as Parkway West, Lafayette, Webster among others.

Aliya Swearngin, sophomore, stands before the crowd after placing 7th for the 50 freestyle with a time of 25:46.

Photo gallery: girls’ swim and dive conference

Megan Tate Van Buren, photographer February 10, 2019

Kirkwood is awarded 2nd place in conference against Marquette, Parkway Central, Lindbergh, Eureka, Lafayette and Parkway South. "I met many great people this season,"said Sandra Swat, junior....

photo by Megan Tate Van Buren

Photo gallery: girls’ swim and dive Kirkwood invite

Megan Tate Van Buren, photographer February 1, 2019

Kirkwood girls' swim and dive places second overall against Lafayette, Marquette, Parkway South, Villa Duchesne and Francis Howell in the second annual Kirkwood Invite on Friday Jan. 18. 2019. "[The...

Olivia Inion, freshman, does a reverse flip off the diving board. She has been diving on and off since the age of 5. [The hardest part about diving is] the mental barrier, its really hard to think about what youre doing, Inion said. When youve been working hard on a pretty difficult dive, the moment when you finally get it is a really good feeling.

Photo gallery: girls swim and dive vs. Marquette Dec. 11

Kelley Cochran, photographer December 18, 2018

Marquette won against Kirkwood with a score of 128-56. This is their 5th meet this season, and they have 6 more meets before heading into state. "The best part of my job is to work with all these awesome,...

Mia Chitwood, sophomore, pushes off the wall out of a flip turn.

Photo gallery: girls’ swim and dive practice 1/25

Mary Frizzell, photographer February 1, 2018

"The sport is challenging because everyday no matter what's happened we all have to try our hardest, but everyone wants each other to get their best times and we all have each other's backs," Molly Sheridan,...

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