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Chapter 18

Relays are a whole different ballpark entirely. They’re hectic and crazy, four teams of four swimmers, who must each swim two laps before switching off with the next teammate waiting at the block. Rory loves them, but he knows the coach will be hesitant to put him in if he doesn’t get some time in the water earlier in the day. So he has to swim the medley, no matter how much it galls him to go in after Chase.

God, he wishes that guy had never even tried out for the team.

There are four heats for each event, followed by the race itself to determine the winner. Each heat has five swimmers; only the top two advance to the final race. Coach Sweeney never runs all her best swimmers in the same heat; that way the team’s front runners aren’t facing off against each other, and the chances are higher that more of them will make it to the final. So Rory won’t race against Chase in the heats—they’ll only be in the pool at the same time if they both make it into the finals.