The chilly temperatures outdoors have been an afterthought on Saturday as households and mates gathered to assist their highschool swimmers within the 2026 Yakima Valley Boys Swimming Championship meet at Lions Pool.
“This sport mainly brings everybody collectively, they usually all assist one another,” stated native trainer, John Whitney. “They’re all working for one another and rooting one another on, they usually need one of the best for one another.”
Whitney emphasised the significance of psychological well being and says that swimming generally is a nice escape for a lot of younger athletes.
“The opposite factor that we’ve, it’s actually essential in our society proper now, is psychological well being, and I can’t inform you how a lot it means to only drop beneath the floor and go for a swim,” Whitney stated.
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