Swim club event raises more than $1,500
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Brian O'Connor/ Wrangell Sentinel
Robyn Booker, a member of the Wrangell swim club, comes up for air during Saturday's Swim-a-thon. The event raised more than $1,500 to fund operating costs for the club, in its second year of operation.
Sentinel writer
Youthful swimmers were hard at it in the lanes of the public pool Saturday.
More than a casual weekend dip, the swimmers were in the pool to raise money as part of the Wrangell Swim Club' Swim-a-thon. The event drew 18 total swimmers to do continuous laps for three hours (with some breaks to grab parent-provided snacks). The swimmers had circulated around town and collected pledges on either a per-lap or lump-sum basis said Ally Adams, the club' coach.
"Some of them had 50 cents a lap, some a dollar a lap,"she said. "One member' goal was to get 200 laps."
"The money helps sp...
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