Tuesday, December 4, 2018

La Paz Swim meet

La Paz Community School organized together with ConnectOcean the first interschoolar swim meet from La Paz on December 1st. The three local private schools, La Paz, Costa Rica International Academy (CRIA) and Educarte participated in the event.

ConnectOcean was involved in three different parts. Leo and Sio helped and supported the staff from La Paz to organize the whole event. They spent days preparing for this race. They worked out the race schedule, did all of the administrative work and found volunteers for timekeeping and organization.






Ernst with his Nipper Lifeguards joined the event, keeping everyone safe. This was the second real task for the Nippers in three weeks.







And we, the interns Anna and Matthias,  together with Sarah were timekeepers together with three other volunteers.


The whole crew from ConnectOcean together with the Nipper Lifeguards worked for this event. It was a special event for us as an Acuatic Academy and swim school, as our students raced, lifeguarded, and worked hard. We were so proud of all of our swimmers! They did such a great job!


It was a great event and the kids had a lot of fun. The goal of the swim meet was not to find out which school had the fastest swimmer, but to make sure kids could have fun, compete against new swimmers, and grow together as a community. Hopefully it inspired more kids to start swimming and worked as a helping hand in expanding the sport within the local area.




ConnectOcean will continue to support events like these in the future. Swimming is not only a very important life skill, but also a very important step in increasing the understanding and engagement in taking care of our oceans. The chance of a person connecting with the ocean increases exponentially with the ability to swim and we look forward to seeing the sport grow more.

The first swim meet at La Paz was a big success, the team from La Paz and Sio and Leo can be proud of what they created. The whole community got behind this event. Hopefully many other races lie this will follow.


Thank you to all the volunteers and all the staff who made this event possible! We truly appreciate your support!


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