Dragons boys and girls sweep Red Eddies
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Lewiston’s Monica Morin reached highest peaks in the pool
For two decades it was rare to find Monica Morin outside of a swimming pool. Nowadays, getting her in one might be even more difficult. Ironically, the woman with the chemistry degree spends her time far away from chlorine, and usually can be found outside rather than near any 50-meter-long pool. “Being in a lab, […]
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2018-19 High School Swimming preview capsules
Edward Little Red Eddies Coach: Scott Morrison (17th year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A Last year’s results: Girls — Seventh at KVACs, tied for 22nd at states; Boys — Seventh at KVACs, 23rd at states. Returning athletes: Boys — Noah Davis, Donovan Shaw, Brendan Whitman, Konnor Simpson, Jack Hart; Girls — Leila Chirayath, Olivia Dubois, Abby […]
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High school swimming: Edward Little provides a home for individual swimmers
LEWISTON — Scott Morrison, the coach of the Edward Little swim team, welcomes any swimmer from a school that doesn’t have a high school team. This year, he has three swimmers from three different schools who will be partaking in the high school swim season. Jenna Boucher of Leavitt, Garrett Perron of Lisbon and Ellena […]
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Heat relief at Sabattus Pond
Lanyha Spearman, left, splashes her dog, Lily, as Na’Kaiyah Sevey, 5, shouts in delight. The cousins came to Sabattus Pond on Wednesday afternoon to cool off on what was one of the hottest days of the year. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Raylan Jewette lets go of his stepfather, Patrick Davis, and prepares to fall into Sabattus […]
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Oppressive heat and humidity trigger health warnings
LEWISTON — Though the temperatures in central Maine are not breaking records this week, they are still dangerously high. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory and an air quality alert for most of Maine for Monday into Tuesday afternoon. “With low temperatures in the 90s and high humidity, the heat index value is […]
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Swimmer Ryan Lochte suspended until July 2019 for use of IV
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Lochte posted a photo for the world to see, and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency noticed. It got him suspended — again. The longtime U.S. swimming star has been banned from competition until July 2019, which means the 12-time Olympic medalist cannot compete as planned in the national championships that […]
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Interest in aquatic safety, swim lessons high in Lewiston-Auburn
LEWISTON — In the wake of two child drownings in Lewiston and Auburn in the past two months, local interest in water safety training and swimming lessons is rising, according to officials at the YWCA of Central Maine. The YWCA, on East Avenue in Lewiston, is home to the only public indoor pool in Lewiston-Auburn […]
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SAD 17 re-examines field trip practices
NORWAY — All water-based field trips have been stopped until school officials re-examine their practices and policies. Superintendent Rick Colpitts informed the SAD 17 Board of Directors in a June 15 memo that they will review the school district’s own field trip policy, using in part, information that the Lewiston schools may learn after their own […]
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Enjoying summer weather at Tripp Lake Beach
Ethan Townson, 5, is a little hesitant to step into the cold water at Tripp Lake Beach in Poland on Thursday afternoon as his friends Dominic Brunelle, 10, and Kaylee Bickford, 11, play pass with a beach ball. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A boy enjoys the beautiful weather at Tripp Lake Beach in Poland on Thursday […]