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SWIMMING Seaside rebuilds, refills the pool with some high-powered talent By Gary Henley THE SWIMMERS Seaside Signal While Seaside will see the return of a couple of state-qualifying girls swim- mers, the Gulls will have to replace some high-powered boys, including their entire 200-yard freestyle relay team. Will Garvin, James Ken- nedy, Luke Liljenwall and Brad Rzewnicki played a big role in helping Seaside to a second-place team finish at districts last year. But the Fab Four has graduated, forcing a quick rebuilding job for head coach Shane Spell. And rebuild they did. From a total of 18 swim- mers last year, to 34 this year. While the Gulls have re- stocked the pool, they will have to wait before they can use it, as a remodeling project EO MEDIA GROUP Kendy Lin is in the senior year of a very successful high school swimming career at Seaside. has closed Sunset Pool tem- porarily. As a result, the entire team has to hop on a bus four times per week and travel to either Nehalem or the Astoria Aquatic Center for practices. In the meantime, Sea- side has “lots of young, new swimmers who have been working hard and having a great attitude about hopping on that bus each day,” Spell said. “I’m pretty confident we’ll have some big surprises before the season is over.” The first month of the season GIRLS Yaneli Aguilera, Jr. Sierra Bailey, So. Xcaret Bello, So. Cailin Bennett, Jr. Brooke Blankenhorn, Fr. Maddy Brown, Jr. Ashley Conrad, So. Jacie Gregory, So. Anna Huddleston, Jr. Vanessa Hughes, Jr. Kaisa Liljenwall, So. will be all road meets for the Gulls, “and then every Thursday in January we’ll be at home,” Spell said. “We’re looking for- ward to practicing in our home pool, once the Sunset Empire re- modeling project is complete.” Currently, the team has Kendy Lin, Jr. Kimberly Mella, Jr. Tyler Miller, So. Riley Mitchell, So. Lola Paser-Johnson, Fr. Emily Philbrook, Fr. Aviana Pierce, Fr. Bella Samuelson, So. Lisette Santiago, So. Peyton Sims, Fr. Kara Spell, So. Anastasia Tarvin, So. “more bus time than water time, but we’re appreciative of everyone who has made it possible for us to get that prac- tice time,” said Spell, referring to the Astoria Aquatic Center, and Nehalem’s North County Recreation District. go gulls www.whitesheatingandsheetmetal.com Bob White • Scott White 2964 Highway 101N, Seaside 503-738-6361 - Builder #161035 Comfort Specialist BOYS Dawson Blanchard, Sr. Isaiah Collins, Sr. Shawn Collins, Fr. Leif DeWinter, Fr. Henry Garvin, Fr. Nick Konya, Jr. Axel Martinez, Jr. Lucas Nagle, Sr. Joao Pedro Polles, Sr. Chris Quashnick, Jr. Josh Shipley, Jr. Key returners for the Gulls this season include state qual- ifier Kendy Lin in the girls’ 200-yard freestyle, while Isaiah Collins returns for the boys, after swimming the lead leg for the state qualifying 200-yard medley relay team. GO GULLS! Ter Har’s have always been proud to sponsor and support the Seaside Seagull Sports Program’s since 1951.. There is Nothing more Exciting than High School Sports!! For Both Spectators and the Kids.. OPEN DAILY SEASIDE CANNON BEACH Seaside Signal/Cannon Beach Gazette • 5