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Swimmers, divers flip over aquatics center talks

Closest place for local divers to practice is nearly one hour away, in Oregon

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Camas diver Jacqueline Purwins says diving "kind of feels like flying." She practices her dives at the Tualatin Hills Aquatics Center in Beaverton, Ore., the closest practice facility to Camas with water deep enough to dive. (Contributed by Morgan Kielty)

If you’ve ever had a flying dream, you can understand why state champion Camas High gymnast Jacqueline Purwins loves competitive diving.

“The feeling starts when you hit that diving board. Then, you have so much time in the air to flip, it really feels like you are flying,” Purwins says. “It’s more of a feeling of flying than I ever got in gymnastics.”

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