For most high school sports, the high school season can seem secondary to club sports contest, where the top athletes compete against each other and recruited by colleges.
In some cases, club athletes know their competition from those games and meets better than their high school teammates. This is particularly true in the tightly-knit world of elite club swimming for high school-aged kids.
Willow Canyon senior Ryley Clark is one of the top girls swimmers in the state, a recent NCAA Division I college commit. Yet she makes a point of connecting with all teammates, even the ones new to competitive swimming.
