Sedona Swim Team navigates charted waters1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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There’s nothing like a loss to knock the luster off a shiny new season, and while every team has the goal of going undefeated, few teams realistically believe it can happen.

The Sedona Red Rock High School swim team not only believes it can happen, recent history tells them its a distinct possibility.

The Sedona boys team has gone undefeated in dual meets for the last four years, and the girls team went undefeated last year. Although the boys team graduated some of its best swimmers, and one of its best returning swimmers, Colin Hurkett, is injured, coach A. Jay Bronson still expects them to be highly competitive.

“I don’t know if we’re going to win any state championships, but the one we have a shot at for the guys is the 200 free relay,” Bronson said. “They came in second last year by a hair, and with Colin out that might be a little more difficult, but that’s what we’re going to shoot for and see if we can make it.”

Hurkett, who is one of the boys team’s co-captains along with Nick Morgan, is trying to rehabilitate a torn labrum, and Bronson said he isn’t sure when the senior will return to the team.

“He’s one that I would normally be counting on, ”Bronson said, “but with him out as of right now, I’m looking at Tristan Decker, a junior who is one of our best sprinters … and Nick Morgan.”

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For the full story, please see the Friday, Aug. 9 issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Jeff Bear

Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.

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Jeff Bear
Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.