Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2019

THESUMEN’S SWIMMINGANDDIVINGTEAM made history in February with their first Southern CollegiateAthleticConference (SCAC)Championship win in program history. Led by Head Coach Jon Duncan, the team celebrated their victory after a season in which they had shifted their long-term goals from winning the championship to making progress through grueling practices, improving individual and team performances in events, and having fun. Duncan also credits the team’s more senior members, such as Peter Robinson ’19, for mentoring and guiding their younger cohorts. “Collectively as a team, everyone cared about one another; everyone supported one another,” Duncan says. “The culturewas different than previous years. Everyonewas having fun; everyone wanted to be better; everyone wanted to be there. When you have that, that’s what makes a team special.” Pirates Celebrate First SCAC Swimming andDiving Championship THIS MARCH, the Sarofim School of Fine Arts’ Theatre Department presented Heathers: The Musical , Laurence O’Keefe andKevinMurphy’soff-Broadwayadaptation of the 1988 cult-classic film scripted by DanielWaters. The story centers onVeronica Sawyer (played byChristinaGibson ’19), who joins a manipulative high-school clique and embarks on a dark and dangerous romance with J. D. (played by ClaytonBrooks ’20), the enigmatic new kid in town. The Williamson County Sun rated the production five out of five red poppies, with reviewer Peter Dossing declaring that the performance deserved “an A+ for its choreography, its talented young singers, and great stage blocking.” Heathers: TheMusical 11 SOUTHWESTERN