Sunday, July 28, 2013

SPORTS: Donner club members dive into open-water competition

Taking swimmers outside their natural habitat, open swimming competition necessitates a myriad of skills.

Once again, the Donner Swim Club landed representatives on the Team Indiana squad that performed at the Central Zone Open Water Championship on June 30 at Pleasant Prairie, Wis. The meet features teams from 15 states.

?When you go to a pool, the lanes are crowded,? said Jennifer Brinegar, Donner?s age group elite coach. ?In the open water, you never know what you?re going to run into. Currents, waves, you have to adjust to the changing environment.?

Six Donner swimmers took the challenge.

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