Despite being a relatively small club, the newly founded girls’ ultimate team works on building the foundation of its program through its success in the season and state competition, according to coach Seija Stranton.

Stranton, one of three coaches, said she sees great potential in the club’s development in the coming years.

“We are a very young team, which in the eyes of some might seem bad, but the girls are very driven,” Stranton said. “They have a lot of time to develop, come together as a team and have a lot of success.”

Following the administrative approval of establishing the club, sophomore Sophie Kedrowski said she noticed increasing interest in the club from students.

“Ultimate has really come a long way, and because of that we have a lot more involvement of more girls in ultimate,” Kedrowski said. “We have also gotten more support from the school and because of that we are now an actual, approved club, which is exciting.”

According to Stranton, she sees the team as a possible contender against the best teams in the state because most schools don’t have a girls’ ultimate team yet.

Kedrowski said the team started its development through different activities and events outside of school, such as camps and clinics at different facilities

“It has been really cool, super fun and practices have been great getting better as a team. We had a clinic at the U of M that all the girls went and got to bond at, and we will start to practice daily at different locations,” Kedrowski said.

The team will practice on the field next to the track after school on Wednesday and Thursday.

According to Kedrowski, girls can still join the team, and for more information on how to do so, email [email protected].