A number of the Boulder City/Henderson Heatwave Swim Team swimmers recently returned from competing in the 2007 Southern California Swimming Summer Junior Olympic Championships in Fullerton, Calif. The championships were hosted by the FAST Swim Team and were held at the Janet Evans Swim Complex on Aug. 1-5.

"The kids competed extremely well at the Junior Olympics," head coach Mike Polk said. "We've gotten to the point where we've turned the corner as a team. Even when we travel to California, our swimmers are expecting to do well. In the past, the fear factor would affect us when we competed against the big California teams. Now the kids just step up to the starting blocks and race, and we have some amazing swimmers. This was arguably our best year ever."