AUBURN — Outlet Beach at Lake Auburn has been closed for swimming since 2013 due to bacteria levels in the water, but Auburn officials are pursuing a study to see if the once-popular swimming hole can be revived. The city has earmarked $100,000 toward a yearlong feasibility study that will take water and soil samples, water-flow assessments […]
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YWCA Tiger Sharks Swim Team try-outs to begin
LEWISTON — The YWCA of Central Maine has announced upcoming swim class sessions, include the YWCA Tiger Sharks Swim Team try-outs. YWCA Tiger Sharks Swim Team: for ages 6 to 18, is a member of USA swimming and Maine swimming. Members will learn the basic fundamentals of competitive strokes and being part of a team […]
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Ocean swimmer to present to Mahoosuc Land Trust
BETHEL — Mahoosuc Land Trust’s Day in the Life speaker series will continue with “A Day in the Life of an Ocean Swimmer” with Todd Siekman. As winter ends, the trust is looking toward summer and the first days of swimming season. Siekman is one of the few who will welcome summer by taking the […]
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All-region boys' swimming
All-Region team Lennon Labelle Lewiston Jr. Brendan Whitman Edward Little Jr. Elijah Escobar Lewiston So. Hayden Bavis Lewiston Jr. Dominic Daigle Lewiston So. Donovan Shaw Edward Little Jr. Noah Davis Edward Little Jr. Gage Smith St. Dom’s Fr. Isaac Madore Lewiston Jr.
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LaBelle stood out for Lewiston — again
Watch out next year, Lennon LaBelle says. “Mark my words, I’m going to do it,” he said. The Lewiston junior didn’t have the 2017-18 swimming season that he hoped, but that only sparked a fire for next year. “The turnout of the season motivated me for the summer,” LaBelle said. “I’m changing my whole diet […]
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2017-18 All-region girls' swimming
All-Region team Brooke Cloutier Lewiston Jr. Izzy Bellefleur Edward Little Fr. Emma Hefty Edward Little Fr. Leila Chirayath Edward Little Jr. Samantha Poirier Edward Little Jenna Boucher Leavitt Jr. Ashley Cronkhite Lewiston Jr. Melina Masselli Lewiston So. Abbie Howe Lewiston Jr.
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Another record-setting season for Lewiston's Cloutier
Third place is cool, but Lewiston’s Brooke Cloutier was a bit tired of it. “For the 100 breaststroke, I just wanted to get higher than third place, because my freshman and sophomore year I finished third,” she said. “So I just wanted to get higher than third.” Cloutier capped off her junior season with not […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates swimming well at Division III championships
The Bates College swimming and diving program had a successful start to the NCAA Division III championships at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. The women’s 200-yard medley relay team placed 10th Wednesday, and the men’s 200 medley relay placed 12th. The swimmers involved in those relays all earn Honorable Mention All-America status. Janika Ho (backstroke), […]
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These swimming pools cater to an exclusive pack: dogs only
An unusual aquatic center inside a suburban Maryland strip mall has five narrow pools and several swimmers of varying abilities, but only one stroke: The dog paddle. At the edge of the largest pool, a 9-year-old bear of a pooch named Bosley reluctantly inched down a tiled ramp into the 87-degree water, then languidly swam […]
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Bobcat Beat: New Gloucester's Woods 25th at Nordic nationals
New Gloucester’s Kaelyn Woods, a sophomore at Bates College, finished 25th out of 40 skiers in the women’s classical technique race at the NCAA National Collegiate Ski Championships on Thursday in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Woods completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 45.9 seconds. Her showing is Bates’ highest at the national championships in three […]