“See? That was painless,” chuckles head swimming coach Rick Simpson.
One of his most talented young swimmers, Darby Goodwin, smiles timidly after finishing up an interview in his office.
Hidden behind her shy demeanor, however, is a tenacious athlete breaking school records and commanding attention as a freshman.
Goodwin, a native of Jupiter, Fla., got her start in swimming by following in the footsteps of her older sister.
“I wanted to do everything she did,” admits Goodwin.
When her older sister joined the recreational swim team after encouragement from their mother, a former swimmer at LaSalle, Darby could not help but do the same.