Scorpions swim team wins with superior conditioning1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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The three most important factors for swimming success are condition, condition, condition.

The well-conditioned Sedona Red Rock Scorpions swim team won its quadrangular meet on Thursday, Sept. 26 by beating Gilbert Christian 194-126, Northland Prep 170-143 and Fredonia 230-17 just days after completing its annual 24-hour relay, and also competing in a dual meet in Flagstaff.

Sedona swimmers won eight of the 16 individual events and four of the six relays, and several Scorpions also achieved personal records in the meet, held at the Sedona Community Pool.

Individual winners included Colin Hurkett in the boys 200-yard freestyle, Laura Clark in the girls 200-yard individual medley, Shayla Dearment in the girls 50-yard freestyle, Cedar Gardner in the boys 50-yard freestyle, Benny Guadarrama in the boys 100-yard butterfly, Haley Holverson in the girls 100-yard freestyle, Emily Aitken in the girls 100-yard backstroke and Sophia Licher in the girls 100-yard breaststroke.

Relay team winners for the Scorpions included the girls 200-yard medley relay [Aitken, Licher, Clark, Holverson], the girls 200-yard freestyle relay [Licher, Dearment, Sarah Grover, Aitken], the boys 200-yard freestyle relay [Gardner, Jakob Carter, Guadarrama, Nick Morgan] and the girls 400-yard freestyle relay [Holverson, Dearment, Aitken, Clark].

For the full story, please see the Wednesday, Oct. 2, issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

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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.

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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.