With the coming basketball season for the Lady Wolves quickly approaching, the baton for MiKayla Stokes’ senior project is now ready to be passed – if enough interest among parents and students can be garnered in the weeks and months to come.
Her project, a swim club that teaches the basic strokes of swimming and diving, has about 20 members who have taken part over the past few months.
Stokes was upbeat during a meeting with parents and participants last week at Wrangell High School.
“This is about the continuation of the swim club, and it sounds like there is a lot of interest in doing that,” Stokes said. “I’m really excited about that.”
The intent of the club, according to Stokes, was to find a way to start the process moving toward forming a competitive team at the school.
“It was a way to ignite interest for people,” she added. “I’d really like to see a team, continually, in Wrangell. That was the plan.”
The meeting followed an afternoon practice meet among the participants at the City Pool – and was a success in more ways than just attendance, Stokes said.
“It was awesome because a lot of the kids showed up and say they wanted to keep doing this, and that they wanted to swim more than they had planned on. We got them in the water and saw a lot of them improve their times,” she added.
A total of 15 swimmers came out for the meet according to Stokes.
In an interview earlier this month, district superintendent Rich Rhodes said the club would have to exist for a while before it could become a competitive sport in the region.
“I know that there has to be a club in place for a period of time before the board could approve it as an official sport. We’re supportive though, and would need someone to just step up and take the lead as a club swim coach first,” Rhodes said.
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