From Thailand to the Natatorium

Here's a nice feature from the Sheboygan Press on Sheboygan North swimmer Suki Suwanparin, an exchange student from Thailand:

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20091110/SHE020507/911100434/1089/SHE0205/Prep-profile--Suki-Suwanparin--Sheboygan-North

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20091110/SHE020507/911100430/1089/SHE0205

Suwanparin, according to the Press, waited two weeks into the swim season to decide whether she should join the team because she had sat out from swimming for a year. Now she finds herself swimming four events at the D1 state meet this Saturday. She finished second to teammate Parker Wolf in the 50 free at the Cedarburg sectional, and ended up tied for the 21st overall seed in the 50 free for the state meet. She also swam leadoff on the team's 200 free relay, and anchored the medley and 400 free relays -- all of which qualified for state.

One more note -- she's never seen snow. And someone -- presumably including some of her Sheboygan North teammates -- has talked her into participating in the community's annual Polar Bear plunge into Lake Michigan on New Year's Day.