THE DALLES — Holten Lawrence, age 8, brought home not one, or two, but six medals from the Arena Oregon 10 & Under State Championships, held Feb. 22-23, 2025 in Springfield, Oregon.
25 yd freestyle - 1st, time: 15.26, 1.52 second improvement (from a week prior)
While the area experienced a torrential rain outside that weekend, Lawrence was heating up the water inside with the maximum allowed six events — each swim was a personal best time and a top-five finish. Competing in the 8 & Under category with 101 other competitors, Lawrence finished no worse than fourth in every event (see related table).
“Holten has been steadily improving all winter and I knew he was sitting on a big meet, and he just seems to love to compete and will rise up to the occasion. He has worked hard all winter and he earned it,” said head coach Ann Goodman.
The Dalles Swim Team, minus the high school aged swimmers, practices two or three days a week at The Dalles Athletic Club from November to March. I have to limit the number of swimmers to 30 as we have only three lanes over two sessions — that is about five swimmers per lane each practice. All of the winter swimmers are returning from the summer and most compete in one meet a month over the winter. In the summer we have the “fishie program” and more space so the team expands to about 80-85 swimmers and will include the high school age swimmers too.
Goodman started coaching in the winter in 2018. After she retired, she was able to coach in the summer and served as the head coach since 2022.
“We appreciate the opportunity The Dalles Athletic Club gives us to continue to train and develop young swimmers over the winter. All the winter swimmers have made great improvements in technique and conditioning,” Goodman added.
The winter season finale meet is this weekend, March 8-9, in McMinnville. Summer season starts late May with assessments for new swimmers sometime in the first week in June. The annual Ted Walker Invitational is scheduled for June 20-22, 2025, at the North Wasco Aquatic Center.
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