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By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

For several Pennsylvania swimming teams, tragedy does not have the final word\u2014camaraderie does. Both within teams and across team lines, swimmers, parents, and coaches alike are extending helping hands to one another in times of hardship.<\/p>\n

Swimming Big: SUNY\u2019s Alex Moser Memorial Invitational<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In Sunbury, Pennsylvania, the memory of Alex Moser<\/strong> lives on, and his joyful way of life continues to impact his swimming community.<\/p>\n

Jerry Foley<\/strong>, Moser\u2019s coach at Sunbury YMCA (SUNY) and the current head coach at Susquehanna University, says he\u2019ll never forget the phone call he received from Moser’s father during in the wee hours of the morning on a Saturday in January of 2010. The message was hard-hitting: the17-year-old had passed away that night in a car crash. Foley was in shock. Moser had been at practice the very night of the crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was just driving to get soda that night,\u201d reflects Jeannie Zappe<\/strong>, former SUNY assistant coach. Driving to get a soda with a couple of friends was in keeping with the way the teen lived his life: wholeheartedly. Moser was outgoing and enjoyed participating in extreme sports, including skiing and skateboarding. As a sprinter, he had been all in for the sport of swimming, medaling at States as a freshman and representing Milton High School as an independent swimmer.<\/p>\n

The team immediately had decisions to make about how they would grieve and move forward from the tragedy of Moser\u2019s death. On Sunday, SUNY had a club meet to attend, and Moser had been entered in the 200 medley relay. For the race, Moser\u2019s relay swam alone<\/a>, and his butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay was left empty. During the time it would have taken for Moser to swim the fly, the crowd cheered wildly in memory of his life. That was what Moser would have wanted, everyone agreed. He would have wanted them to live and swim by the mantra that reflected his own life: \u201cGo big or go home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moser\u2019s parents became instrumental in re-shaping Alex\u2019s death into a turning point for the lives of others. That process began at Moser\u2019s funeral, when his parents passed out his swimming ribbons in a basket for people to take home with them, in memory of the big, fearless life Moser had lived. \u201cMy son still has his,\u201d Zappe says. \u201cWe tried our best to celebrate his life and the big life he had lived, although way too short.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Moser\u2019s death, his parents and Foley have coordinated an annual memorial swim meet at Susquehanna University, around the weekend that he passed away. The meet is a continual celebration of Moser\u2019s joyful life, complete with pool deck decorations and attire in Moser\u2019s favorite color\u2014hot pink. The meet continues to welcome about 250-300 participants from around the state, and it raises funds for college scholarships for one male and one female swimmer for SUNY.<\/p>\n

For Foley and for SUNY, \u201cThere are always Alex moments,\u201d Foley says. And yet, despite the ever-present reality of grief, Moser\u2019s legacy lives on, over seven years after his death.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Embracing the Journey of Life with Lymphoma: Nikolette Nolte<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Kutztown Dolphins Swim Team Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, for the Kutztown Dolphins and the Boyertown Navy Seals, supporting team member Niki Nolte<\/strong>, who was diagnosed in April with Primary Mediastinal Large Mass B Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, has become a part of their team DNA. While Nolte, a rising senior in high school, bravely negotiates the harsh realities of cancer in the midst of her high school experience, Nolte feels that the sport\u2014both as a literal physical undertaking and as a greater community of people–has given her the strength to battle her cancer.<\/p>\n

Despite acknowledging the difficulties of experiencing cancer treatment while attempting to undergo the recruiting process, Nolte says that swimming has encouraged her to face cancer with the \u201cmental toughness\u201d her sport requires. Boyertown teammate Holly Hagar<\/strong> can’t stop talking about Nolte’s extraordinary toughness. She calls Nolte “one of those gifted swimmers who has dreams as well as the drive to achieve those dreams.”<\/p>\n

Nolte has had a goal in mind throughout her treatment: being back in the water this fall, doing what she loves. With the help of her family and friends, she believes that goal will be possible. She notes that having to stop swimming for a bit this year has made her appreciate her training that much more. \u201cFrom here on out,\u201d she says, \u201cEvery practice, every race, every dryland session will be something I’ll appreciate and cherish for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

Nolte\u2019s club team and summer team have both responded to her diagnosis and treatment with support, a response which Hagar credits to the many kind gestures Nolte herself has made throughout her career. Of her fellow swimmers\u2019 encouragement, Nolte says \u201cI would not be able to get through this without them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kutztown Dolphins, Nolte\u2019s summer team, shows their support for her daily by wearing the logo of the green Lymphoma ribbon on their racing caps. The Boyertown YMCA Navy Seals, Nolte\u2019s winter club team, made shirts that display one of Nolte\u2019s fighting mantras: \u201cDon\u2019t focus on the destination but embrace the journey along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, outside of her own team, Nolte says the swimming community at large has made her feel supported. Her competitors, aware of her situation, have reached out with cards and gifts. Jolyn Swimwear, with the help of Nolte\u2019s friend, Madeleine Songer<\/strong>, made Nolte a custom top with the Lymphoma ribbon on it. \u201cIt has truly been amazing to feel the love the swimming community has given me,\u201d she gushes. \u201cI don\u2019t think any other sport experiences something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Splashing and Dashing for Cancer: Annville-Cleona Otters\u2019 All-25s Invitational<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Kathy Wingert<\/p><\/div>\n

A couple of hours away, the Annville-Cleona Otters host a summer, all-25s invitational in view of another cancer-related cause, that of families on their team who have been affected by various cancers. The event, which is in its second year, was initially conceptualized as a way of fundraising for the Peachey family, who had been a part of the club for over a decade and who lost their father to terminal colon cancer in June of 2016. Now in its second year, the event has expanded to support several other Otter families who are currently facing cancer.<\/p>\n

The meet is open to any willing participants, including current members of the Otters\u2019 swim league, as well as retired competitive swimmers of all ages. As a result, the meet encompasses an extensive age range, from toddlers who can only swim a length with the aid of a noodle, to team parents and grandparents swimming a lap of butterfly for the first time in decades. This year, the meet program was also expanded to include a 100 freestyle relay event for families.<\/p>\n

All entries are solely by donation, and the meet concludes with an additional fundraiser\u2014the \u201cdash\u201d component of the event. Participants purchase white event t-shirts, don their goggles, and run through a cloud of colored powder in celebration of a day of swimming and solidarity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always wanted to have this kind of event,\u201d says Otters head coach, Jim Gardner<\/strong>, who felt that the team needed to wait for an important cause to pull off an all-25s fundraiser. Gardner\u2019s desire was to create an event for the local swimming community that would remind swimmers young and old of the joy that the sport can bring to life\u2014without, as he puts it, \u201cany of the other junk that can come with the sport,\u201d like pressure to succeed, status within a team, and burn-out.<\/p>\n

Gardner says hosting the meet for the first time last July was the team\u2019s natural response to the tragedy of Kent Peachey<\/strong>‘s passing. Now, the team has developed the slogan \u201cOtters Strong\u201d as a continued response to all of the recent battles with cancer that families have experienced. The team sports pink caps with the slogan, and the team uses the phrase as part of their promotion for their meet, in view of the way that strength amid tragedy is communal, not just individual.<\/p>\n

Whether swimming Otters Strong, embracing the journey, or going big, the greater Pennsylvania swimming community is not without hope. In the face of tragedy, it continually responds with remembrance, with solidarity, and with community.<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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