Swimmers head upstream in new surroundings
Rippling the landscape
Lucas Ulmer leaves a trail of water droplets in his wake while swimming the 100-meter backstroke for Camas Thursday, at David Douglas High School in Portland, Ore. Ulmer earned second place in the backstroke and the butterfly events. Dan Trujillo
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Camas High School boys swimmers are not afraid of their new surroundings in the 4A Greater St. Helens League. All it takes is a backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly or freestyle to make ripples across the landscape.
Seniors Jake Yraceburu, Nick Panebianco, Trent Harimoto, Seth Albert, Alec Geenty, Jeffery Lee and Ian Walker designed a swimming tradition in Camas. Although the Papermakers are in the largest classification in Washington, their goals continue to grow. They want to win the league and district titles, and become a top five team at the state championship meet.
"I love racing at districts and state, and seeing all those hardworking mornings and afternoons paying off," Harimoto said. "Don't hold back in your races. That little extra effort of pain will be gone in a minute, but the results and the memories you get will last a lifetime."
