Meridian Source - June 29, 2023

Raider Sharks circle the pool

earlier this month.

The accomplishment could be yearbook material for swimmers Josee Peters, Ty Fleming, Carter Macnab and Drew Segberg.

They did it with the help of educational assistants Sandra Palik, Wanda Nolter and Jennifer Malone under the direction of learning assistance teacher, Rick Lucas at Holy Rosary.

our students.”

The Raider Sharks were born last fall when Lucas and Palik started swimming with two teens, basically at the same time, as the pool kicked off an open-lap challenge to swim to Vermilion.

ward to doing more swimming because it is fun. The best thing is to

not stop swimming and keep going.”

The Bioclean Aquatic Centre turned into a shark tank for a feisty group of Holy Rosary High School students who learned new life skills by swimming laps.

The Raider Sharks team of four students, who need special assistance in the water, swam a zillion kilometres in just a few short weeks and celebrated the feat with medals and a day of bowling

“As of June 8, we surpassed our individual goals of swimming to Blackfoot (9 kilometres) and our cumulative team goal of swimming to Marwayne was met by the four team members,” said Lucas.

“If we count the laps and minutes the adults swam, then we’ve almost doubled our goal. We are extremely proud of the efforts of

According to Lucas, when he discovered how determined his female shark, Peters, was to log laps, she jumped at his suggestion to create a school team with the thumbs up from school officials and families.

She also named the team, designed the logo and set some personal goals in the pool.

“My goal was to swim to Marwayne,” she said, with mission accomplished.

“Swimming makes me so happy. I look for-

Supplied Photo

Four special needs students at Holy Rosary High School and four adult helpers created a splash at the Bioclean Aquatic Centre this term as members of the Raider Sharks that collectively swam all the way to Marwayne. From left, Drew Segberg, Carter Macnab, Sandra Palik, Ty Fleming, Jennifer Malone, Wanda Nolter, Rick Lucas and Josee Peters.

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