Following weeks of hard work and dedication, the Summit High School swim and dive program concluded the 2023-24 season at the Class 3A state swim and dive meet this past weekend at Veterans Memorial Aquatic.
The championship racing season officially got underway last weekend when Summit traveled to Grand Junction for the 2024 Southwest Girls Conference Meet at the El Pomar Natatorium at Colorado Mesa University. Feeling a bit lighter.
In the words of head Summit High School swim and dive coach Jenny Wischmeyer, the Tigers are on a roll. After placing second overall at Summit’s first meet of the season on Dec. 1., the.
Jim Tate
Photo by Jim Tate
Hanna Vos, right, receives her Library Research Award from SMSU Librarian Pam Gladis.
Special to the Independent
Ever wonder why people like shopping at thrift stores? So did SMSU junior Hanna Vos.
Vos is a Kingsley, Iowa, native and this year’s Undergraduate Research Conference Library Research Award winner. She earned a $250 award for her research project entitled “The Sociology of the Secondhand Shopper.”
She is majoring in both professional writing and communication, and sociology.
“I have been interested in secondhand shopping for a while but in sociology you seek to step beyond yourself, and understand why someone may choose something secondhand, or a used item, when a first-hand item is available at so many different price points,” she said.