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ALL SMILES: Satori Young and Grace Simanton swam 2 miles. - Submitted photo

On top of raising money for the club, the swimmers showcased their teamwork.

Cody Dubray and Shelby Baker swam extra lengths in the pool to help encourage other swimmers to finish.

“We constantly discuss the importance of teamwork and being good teammates within our club,” head coach Susie Evans said. “These kids are all so incredible. You really had to be here to feel the excitement and see the pride in their faces, as well as their parents, when they completed more then they could have imagined. It isn’t only kids that supported one another, but we had a wonderful turnout of parents and grandparents that took on various tasks from tracking the lap counts for swimmers, to serving up drinks and snacks.”

Money raised through the fundraiser goes toward covering club costs and new equipment.

Satori Young and Grace Simanton are members of the dolphin group. They had the challenge of doing 132 lengths or 2 miles.

Cook excels

Matt Cook represented the La Grande Swim Club in the Northwest Section Age Group Championship Swimming Meet March 14-16 in Federal Way, Wash.

Cook placed fifth in the 50- yd freestyle (23.79); sixth in the 100 freestyle (52.13); fifth in the 200 freestyle (1:55.34) and seventh in the 100 backstroke (1:00.56).