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Thirty years on, LGBTQ Utahns are still finding a lane with Salt Lake’s QUAC swimming team.
Making a Splash
SUGAR HOUSE—The air is heavy with anticipation, as well as the smell of chlorine, around the 8-lane lap pool at Fairmont Aquatic Center (1044 Sugarmont Dr). Lifeguards are posted, large whirring fans cut into the balmy air, music is playing on the sound system and, little by little, incoming adult swimmers of varying ages congregate around benches along the eastern deck of the pool.
Friendly hugs and handshakes ensue while coaches Megan Kawaguchi and Pedro Huebner prepare white boards with specific agendas for particular lanes.
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