On a late November evening, when most metro Atlanta students are inside their bedrooms napping or completing homework, the swimmers of Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Kids are nestled into a spacious swimming pool at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church completing lap after lap.
As one of the team’s coaches, Brandon Little, a former Florida A&M University team swimmer, offers quick corrections to form and demands for faster kicks. Team parent Gwendolyn Franklin excitedly looks on at the progress being made.
In a youth-based sports world dominated by football and basketball, Franklin notes that the year-round swim program, which she and her daughter Trinity have been members of for nine years, is a welcomed breath of fresh air.
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