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Prep sports first glances: Renton swim and dive

August 25th, 2009 at Tue, 25th, 2009 at 11:33 am by Adam McFadden

*Full-blown season previews will be coming in the next few weeks, but here are some first impressions and thoughts on some area fall teams. If you’re wondering about the order, it’s simply based on which coaches I have been able to reach.

With two returning league swimmers, one of them also a returning district swimmer and some promising youth, is this year the turning point for Renton swimming?
The team went 1-5 and finished sixth in the Seamount last season with just 10 girls on the team. Coach Diane Pavelin said there is hope and that the team is starting to become “cool” again.
Taylor Mattheisen and Cindy Bautista swam at the league meet last yaer, and Mattheisen made the district meet in the 100 breast. Renton’s 200 freestyle relay also qualified for districts.
Pavelin seemed hopeful about freshman swimmer Eloisa Bautista’s chances at state this season. If Bautista did make state, it would be a first for Renton in 13 years.

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