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SYNC. All of the swimmers dive in sync into the water.
Last Friday, the Sparks competed at their conference swim meet against Central; Como; the HumWow co-op, which consists of Humboldt, Washington and Open World Learning Community; and SPCPA.
This meet was a PR bonanza as many swimmers broke their previous personal best times. Adele Gjerde stood out, achieving first place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:05:30.
The Sparks placed second out of the four teams with many of the team moving on to compete in sections.
Sections are this Thursday, November 10th at Richfield Middle School at 12 p.m.
