By Meaghan O’Neal
The Laker/Lutz News Correspondent
More than 40 swimmers participated in a clinic June 10 taught by Olympic gold medalists Josh Davis and Brooke Bennett at the Land O’ Lakes Recreation Complex on Collier Parkway. Davis and Bennett caught the kids’ attention with their passion for racing.
Bennett, who was born in Plant City, captured three gold medals during her career, the first at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and another two at the 2000 games in Sydney. Davis, of San Antonio, Texas, claimed three golds of his own, all coming in 1996.
Brett Ewald, president of the Land O’ Lakes Lightning swimming club, described the inspiration for the clinic saying, “It’s really something the team likes to do. We just wanted to see if we could get a small group together so the kids could get as much one-on-one as possible.”
