Cyclone girls place first in Rocky Ford meet

The Salida Cyclones brought a lot of energy to their swim meet in Rocky Ford June 29-30, with the girls’ team taking first and the boys’ team, which was smaller, taking fifth. Nine girls’ teams and eight boys’ teams competed at the meet. Coach Ember Hill said, “The energy of the team was better than any (meet) I’ve coached at so far.” These were teams the Cyclones were used to racing against, Hill said, since most of them were in their league. “It was really good to get experience with...