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By Dax Lowery, Swimming World\u00a0Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

Spider-Man speeds along the side of the pool as the crowd begins to cheer.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got this!\u201d someone yells.<\/p>\n

Steven Aguirre<\/strong>, aka Spider-Man, stops and squats into position. Soon after his theme song begins, he bounces up and appears to shoot invisible webbing before jumping into the water.<\/p>\n

Spider-Man, Spider-Man \/ Does whatever a spider can<\/em><\/p>\n

As Steven performs his solo synchronized swimming routine, shooting more webbing in time to the music and propelling his legs into the air, it\u2019s hard to believe what he\u2019s gone through to get to this point.<\/p>\n

The 9-year-old was born with myelomeningocele, the most serious and common form of spina bifida. According to his mother, Andrea, it\u2019s rare for children with this condition to even walk. He\u2019s had surgery to connect his appendix to his stomach due to complications from his birth defect, and he has little strength in his thighs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor him to be able to compete in this sport means the world to me because it was so hard to find the sport that fit him,\u201d she says. \u201cI remember taking him to swimming lessons \u2013 he would feel so sad that he was constantly trying to hide his disability or was made fun of for the way he walked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrea kept searching for the right sport for Steven, and one day noticed a flier for Bay Area Synchro, a synchronized swimming team that includes athletes with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s where the adventure began,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Wherever there’s a hang up\u00a0\/ You’ll find the Spider-Man<\/em><\/p>\n

Synchro For Everyone<\/h3>\n

Some days, Tina Boales<\/strong> feels a little overwhelmed. The retired San Jose police officer is regularly answering emails and making calls; painstakingly filling out forms; giving interviews; preparing for camps, for practice, for an uncertain future.<\/p>\n

In addition to coaching her Bay Area Synchro swimmers, she\u2019s also the president of the Synchronized Swimming for Athletes with Disabilities (Synchro-AWD) advocacy organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad I\u2019m retired because if I wasn\u2019t\u00a0 \u2026,\u201d she says before going silent. Tina and her husband have financed 80 percent of the team\u2019s equipment, pool time and travel. She\u2019s exhausted her entire retirement savings. She was going to buy a motor home at one point, but \u201cthe motor home is less important than seeing athletes from all over the world competing in synchronized swimming at the Paralympic Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Athletes like Steven are who drive her to promote the sport as a way for disabled athletes to be active and compete. In a way, she\u2019s been doing that ever since her daughter took up synchro when she was 9.<\/p>\n

Raquel Boales<\/strong>, now 16, was born with Erbs Palsey, a condition that severely limited her mobility and flexibility as a child. Raquel\u2019s left arm was not functional, but after water therapy and a major operation when she was 6, Raquel was able to eventually find success in the water. She\u2019s won multiple medals at several prestigious events through the years, including the Canadian National Championships and the State Games of America.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter is paralyzed on her left side, she has limited mobility with her left arm, and she\u2019s got cognitive issues that she takes medication for,\u201d Tina says. \u201cBut she produces a really good routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Synchro in the Paralympics<\/h3>\n

One of Tina\u2019s main goals with Synchro-AWD \u00a0is to get the sport in the Paralympic Games. To do that, more swimmers and more countries would have to be compete in synchro. She\u2019s been told the process to add the sport takes six to eight years.<\/p>\n

Her organization\u2019s efforts have led to nonprofits like hers to promote synchro for athletes with disabilities globally. \u201cWe\u2019ve inspired Spain to put on camps and we have inspired Taiwan to develop teams, some with 20 athletes,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Last year, Tina made a presentation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at a pre-Paralympic sports conference. Synchro officials from Brazil, Mexico, Canada and Japan also discussed the benefits of adding the sport. Afterward, Inspara Brazil, an advocacy organization similar to Synchro-AWD, put on an exhibition during a break between the Rio Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was excellent,\u201d Tina says of the conference. \u201cIt went so well that six people from the Paralympic Committee came to our exhibition to observe it. They felt that this is a sport that needs to be recognized as a Paralympic sport, based on what they saw. So they\u2019re encouraging me to give them updates on the grassroots movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tina says there are now 14 countries who have athletes with disabilities competing in synchro, up from three just two years ago. And she expects 10 to 12 more countries with synchro teams to add disabled athletes in the coming year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTina has done a wonderful job at developing synchro for athletes with disabilities,\u201d says USA Synchro CEO Myriam Glez<\/strong>. \u201cI would love for synchro to be part of the Paralympics. Synchro helps young girls and boys develop their confidence, be creative and express themselves with their bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a low moment last year, Tina was ready to quit. She was at a fundraiser and decided to ask a Hall of Fame coach if she thought that synchronized swimming would be added to the Paralympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe honestly believes that on the 40th<\/sup> anniversary of synchronized swimming in the Olympics, we will see the birth of synchronized swimming in the Paralympics,\u201d Tina says with a lift in her voice. \u201cA woman like her, with great vision, gave me the energy to stick with this. She renewed my efforts. I have to keep things in perspective: This is all for the athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bay Area \u2018Startup\u2019<\/h3>\n

Tina\u2019s daughter, Raquel, started Bay Area Synchro last year. Everything\u2019s experimental, in part because of the limitations of most of the athletes. The team\u2019s off-season is during the winter because that\u2019s when some of the athletes have surgeries, and she and her mom hold monthly camps because longer commitments to the team are difficult for the swimmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to test the waters,\u201d Tina says. \u201cThis first year was like a test, like a startup company. But with our goals, the way we\u2019ve structured ourselves, we will be successful. I have no doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Tina and Raquel coach the small team of seven swimmers, six with intellectual and physical disabilities. They also train nondisabled athletes, especially during their summer camps. Tina says her coaches have developed a special training guide, called the SUN (Synchro for Unique Needs) Program, to help facilitate training for their athletes with disabilities. The program has been successful in getting three athletes to compete in a short amount of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just had a swimmer with a developmental disability join our team on April 1, and she competed at the April 23 Intermediate Championships in Novato, Calif., and placed fourth,\u201d Tina says. \u201cThat was phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says their main goal is to have at least 10 athletes to compete in most of the events \u2013 solo, duet, trio and an \u2018inclusive\u2019 combo team. For now, her swimmers work out in the pool only on Saturdays, with land drills and other choreography on week days. Bay Area Synchro\u2019s staff of eight volunteer coaches also train the athletes on speaking, presentation, inclusiveness and how to work with other people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not just teaching them synchronized swimming \u2013 we\u2019re teaching them about life and how to survive in the world,\u201d Tina says. \u201cThey get all of that. By the time they are eligible for college, they will be ready just like their nondisabled peers. And most will stay in this sport for life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spider-Man\u2019s comeback<\/h3>\n

Steven Aguirre got his start in synchro last March, only to be forced to take several months off for surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really hard on Steven, especially since it was summertime and all he wanted to do was swim,\u201d says his mom, Andrea. \u201cI remember calling Tina and asking her if we could come to class at least to watch because he was so committed that he felt he was missing out on so much. Tina was incredibly supportive and always made Steven feel included. They would do deck work for as long as he could handle the pain. He couldn\u2019t get in the water for quite a while, but that did not keep him from practicing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, Steven, feeling confident, was ready for his first meet. Before it began he told his mom: \u201cI am going to try and win the gold medal, but I think I would be OK if I only won a bronze medal because I can do things other children can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steven\u2019s Spider-Man routine did earn him the bronze in the novice division.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis meet taught him that he can accomplish anything in life,\u201d Andrea says. \u201cI thank Tina for this amazing organization that my son is a part of, and I really think she can change the lives of so many kids like him.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the Synchro AWD organization and its team, Bay Area Synchro, please visit www.synchroswimawd.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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