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Breyann Collins (Select 15's)
contributed the following report.
The 15's did the Polar Plunge
on Saturday, Feb 21. I think everyone was excited to go but also
a little scared. We all met around 2:15 and Elle and Amy met
Winnie the Pooh and some of his friends that were plunging. We
all got changed into our tie-dyed or our Polar Plunge t-shirts.
Then we got in line. The smart ones Rachel and Elle, brought
shoes and sandals. But all of the rest didn't. So when
we were waiting in line on the snow, our feet were cold, very cold.
I looked around and all of us were freezing and holding each other,
and then I look at coach and he's smiling and jumping up and down.
We finally got very close to the line and a guy said that we had to
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Then he said that we could
go. We started walking toward the hole. We had to go
through this slush first, which was FREEZING. By then, I was
holding on to Katelin's hand pretty hard. I thought it took
forever to get around to where we had to jump but when we all got
there we held hands. They counted down for us and we said, "HIIIII
--YA!" and jumped in. We all swam as fast as we could to get to
the steps to get out. Rachel's mom said that we were in the
water for 10 seconds. It sure seemed like longer. I am
sure everyone wanted to get out of there fast but unfortunately for
Elle she had to swim back and get her sandal that was still in the
water. I fell on the first step trying to get out.
Afterward when we got out, we all tried running to the hot tub.
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I don't even know how to
explain how I felt. It kind'a felt like my whole body was numb.
When we got to the hot tub everyone was pushing each other in.
All of us couldn't believe how cold the lake actually was.
Kelsie and Katelin couldn't feel their feet at all. After our
time was up in the hot tub, we all went into the dressing rooms and
changed into some dry clothes. Rachel and I couldn't raise our
arms at all. After everyone got dressed, we all decided to go
and eat at Rocky's. I think we all had fun plunging and I don't
know, maybe I will do it again.
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