swimming

For many students at Carson High, Monica Weaver serves as a counselor who is dedicated to helping students navigate the challenges that could alter one’s four years of high school. But in the spring, Weaver also stands poolside, coaching the Senators swim team.

Pati Hughes-Fudge, a 70-year-old horse trainer from Gardnerville received a liver transplant in 2015; but rather than slowly ease into life after the transplant, she competed in the Transplant Games of America just six months after her transplant surgery.

As validated by the International Ice Swimming Association, Carson City area native Lisa Yamamoto completed a 1.61-mile swim in 37.1F water to claim the longest “Ice Swim” in the United States, the 8th longest in the word, and the 2nd longest for a female.