The Barnegat High School swim teams finally had the chance to compete last week, getting their season underway following the NJSIAA-imposed delay and a weather postponement that pushed back the opening meet.

“It’s just a mental difference,” Ethan Sackett said of adjusting to the unusually long delay of several months, after the boys’ squad cruised past Donovan Catholic, 115-55, at St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach on Feb. 25. “We’re just trying to focus on the here and now.