For swimmers, dedication is key

A majority of high school students spend their summers working seasonal jobs, hanging out with friends or enjoying their carefree days under the sun.

For a few hardworking swimmers, the summer months make for another competitive season in the pool.

Swimmers Avery Otto, an incoming senior, and Sydni Sanders, an incoming sophomore, said they spend much of the year training and competing in the pool. The two are members of the Green River High School Girls Swimming and Diving Team, which practices and competes from August to November. They also compete in USA Swimming, which has a winter seaso...