Back in his homeland of Ukraine, Yaroslav Soria had some swimming experience, but nothing quite like he has experienced during the last two seasons with the Southern Regional boys swim team.
“Practices were about 45 minutes and there was a lot less structure to it,” said Soria, who on Jan. 25 won the 100-yard freestyle and helped both the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays snag first-place points to help the Rams rout Brick Memorial, 134-32. “I didn’t have a big team like this one.
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