Kirstie Sanew (Union Mine High) has been swimming since the age of 9 when she joined the Dolphins. She swam for them for 4 years when the coach suggested trying AquaSol. She fell in love with Coach Terry and the program. Swimming has always kept Kirstie balanced in her life. Swimming has been "my entire universe for ten years now". It has meant everything to her and helped make her into the person she is today. She has learned how to work hard for the things she wants and that perseverance really does pay off. Swimming has given her one of the greatest gifts she could ever ask for and that is friendship: swim team was her family. Swimming has enriched her life. Kirstie will be attending Sac State - applying for the Honors Program. She has a 3.97 GPA. She is interested in studying Child Development.
|  Kirstie Sanew - Union Mine
| Riley Heryet (Union Mine High) discovered swimming at age 10 when Kirstie talked her into trying PGA, and then Dolphins. It was love at first stroke, until a shoulder injury in her sophomore year. After a year long struggle with that, she never quite rekindled her former passion for the sport, but she is a different person because of the time she has spent in the pool, and around the people connected with swimming. There is something about kids who swim - they are just special - and overall it has been a wonderful experience. Riley has a 4.25 GPA and is something like 6th in her class. She is going to UC San Diego next year, and will be majoring in International Studies. She is not fast enough to make the team there, but will probably always find some way to stay in the pool for fitness purposes.
|  Riley Heryet
| | Coleman Goode (Union Mine High) started swimming when he was 6. He followed his sister Abby into the sport. He started on the Sierra Sharks. At the end of his first year swimming, he received the Top Shark award for his age group. He also swam during the fall season with the Marlins. When his sister met Terry Jones at AquaSol (the new local USA swim team), they decided to move up into a more competitive league. He was 11 years old. For high school, he made finals in sections and scored points. During his freshman year, he was part of the frosh-soph section championship team. After high school, Coleman is going to VC, Ventura Jr. College Pirates. During the summer, he will be life-guarding at the UMHS pool and will keep in shape by swimming once in awhile. His GPA is a 3.0. And he was just selected as the Prom King at Union Mine. |  Coleman Goode - Union Mine
| | Andrew Chavez (El Dorado High) was inspired by the Beijing Olympics and began swimming and playing water polo his junior year. He found a passion for being in water that he didn't know he had. He loves being in shape...for him swimming is more of a lifestyle than just another sport. Andrew will be attending American River College. He will play water polo and swim for them. He is also going to pursue a Personal Trainer Certificate along with an AA in Kinesiology. |  Andrew Chavez - El Dorado High
| Grant Thompson (Union Mine High) started swimming with the Dolphins when he was 7. He came home from school and told his mom to sign him up, that he was going to be on a swim team. Grant was fiercely determined, and soon knew lots of kids and how to dive and, yes, all the strokes. He really hated to stop swimming after the summer, so he started doing PGA with Gerri and Terry, and then when he was 12 he started going year-round with Terry. He says his favorite thing about swimming is being in the water - he's all about the water! Grant really has enjoyed his time at UM, and his favorite subject has been math, especially AP Calculus. He is going to go to the University of California, Santa Cruz, and he will major in Bioengineering. Santa Cruz is not only in the redwoods, but it's right by the ocean, and Grant is looking forward to some ocean kayaking. |  Grant Thompson |
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