Just to give you an idea of the skill level, that's Maya (in the pink cap) racing 200 meter freestyle in the 11-12 year old girls age group. Especially after the pool closure, the performance is amazing, a real tribute the dedication and consistency of the coaching.
The Killer Whale Swim team posing at the Sunday afternoon awards celebration.
From The Methow Valley News:
“It’s very exciting,” co-head coach Katie Leuthauser during a practice session. Leuthauser, a science teacher at Liberty Bell High School, has lost count of the number of years she has been coaching the summer swim team, but thinks it’s somewhere around eight or nine years. This is the second time she has found herself, along with longtime coach Bo Thrasher and assistant coach Chuck Phillips, rebuilding after a shutdown, dating back to the COVID pandemic summer of 2020. Last year’s closure had to do with infrastructure failure that prevented operation of the community’s only public swimming pool."
It was an easy drive back to Seattle yesterday. I left early and the perfect driving weather certainly helped, but after 5 years, maybe I'm getting used to those long hours in the car. My 2,000+ eclectic playlist set on random passes the time when there's no passenger to drive crazy! Who could tolerate jumping between Mahler adagios, Coltrane and Joni Mitchell? Etc.
Well, summer is winding down and August busy for everyone, packed with last minute vacation trips and other events. So I'll be home now for the next few weeks.
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