Norman's passion for swimming leads to success
Last updated 10/9/2014 at 4:17pm
At the Sept. 13 Ephrata swimming jamboree, Cheney High School sophomore Makenzie Norman was checking in with her coach Jennifer Hochwalt moments before she was going to swim the 100-yard backstroke race. Hochwalt pointed to a time on her paper and said to Norman, "you see that? I want you to beat that."
Norman finished the race in 1 minute and 5.52 seconds, breaking a 15-year-old Cheney record.
"I could hear my team screaming," Norman said. "I think they were more excited for me than I was."
After the race, Norman ran to her dad.
"I told him 'it was for him,'" she said.
Norman is in her...
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