The swim and dive team placed third overall in the 5A Districts Championship on Saturday, sending 20 swimmers to the 5A Regions meet this weekend. The Knights earned 177 points, following second-place Hays with 197 and first-place LASA with 420. To the swimmers, the meet represented more than just an opportunity for a better time but the culmination of an entire season of practice and progress in pursuit of making it to the region championship. New and veteran swimmers aspired for a spot on the podium and the satisfaction that placing in the top three brought. “I was really excited for the meet,” freshman Maya Vasquez-Stegant said. “It was my chance to swim as fast as I could and make my coach, team and myself proud.” The team knew that not everyone could go to regionals, yet rather than a deterrent, it served to solidify the support for others in the hopes of moving on as a team. Each swimmer who just missed the goal became another swimmer’s reason to push harder. “We all suffer t...