Swim Across Texas July Challenge
The Anderson Mill Limited District Aquatics department challenged its staff of 63 lifeguards and coaches to keep fit to maintain excellence in performance of their lifesaving skills. The challenge was to “Swim Across Texas” in the month of July. The 801 mile route was theoretically along IH 10 from El Paso to Orange, Texas – it is the equivalent of 51,576 lengths of the El Salido Pool. Each day the lifeguards would do their laps before or after their shifts or during breaks, and report their number of laps to Pool Manager Melinda White. Melinda would track the mileage on a large map of Texas to show the progress. The goal was 801 miles and they achieved 818 miles.

Not all participants are in picture.

Lifeguards: Megan Baschnagel; Yuliya Belorusova; William Berry; Lauren Bonner; Emily Brown; Josiah Brown; Maggie Chan; Michelle Chan; Jacob M Chavez; Judy Chu; Reid Claassen; Ivan Cruickshank; Ian Davenport; Nick Davila; Jimmy Deal; Max Freytag; Mary Gibson; Mitchell Gibson; Katie Gleason; Kaitlyn Gooch; Jesse Gu; Joann Gu; Nate Hendrix; William Li; Alexandra Loynes; Danielle Martellotto; Wilhelm Kang; Anastasia Kourotchkine; George Kurochkin; Joelle Marchiani; Lauren Massey; Kevin McCarthy; Jason Oh; Brison Pearson; Bri Teal; Ashley Read; Olga Schroeder; Kat Searcy; Rachel Searcy; Siddhant Shetty; Lauren Shimer; Jon Staggs; Travis Stanford; and, Justin Stegall.
Coaches: James Allen; Brian Bolton; Cole Cragin; Jeanette Girard; Kerrington Hill; Matthew Hoyland; Derek Ju; Sue Kaiser; Jennifer Lawless; Audrey Negley; Eugene Oh; Steve Tran, and, Madison Wenzler.
Camp Counselors: Alicia Davila and Chandler Holloway.
Aquatic Director: Jamee Stewart
Help from former Anderson Mill lifeguards in Houston: Jennifer Kaiser and Charles Sheehan