Images from the 3rd annual Buhr Park Sharks Lou Gehrig's disease swimathon
Buhr Park Shark swimmers participate in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
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Buhr Park Shark swimmers participate in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_01_fullsize.JPG
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A Buhr Park Shark swims under a banner hung over the pool as she participates in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_02_fullsize.JPG
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Bob Schoeni chats with a supporter as they sit poolside while the Buhr Park Shark swimmers participate in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_03_fullsize.JPG
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Buhr Park Shark swim mom Theresa Woodside sounds a bell as a swimmer reaches a new goal while swimming laps to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_04_fullsize.JPG
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Buhr Park Shark swimmers participate in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. The event lasted four hours starting at 7:30 a.m. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_05_fullsize.JPG
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Francis Roderique, 9, is lifted triumphantly out of the pool as he goofs around with a teammate as the Buhr Park Shark swimmers participate in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_06_fullsize.JPG
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Buhr Park Shark swimmers participate in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_07_fullsize.JPG
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A Buhr Park Shark swimmer participates in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_08_fullsize.JPG
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A Buhr Park Shark swimmer adjusts his goggles during a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_09_fullsize.JPG
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A judge keeps track of laps from the deck as the Buhr Park Shark swimmers participate in a swimathon to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_10_fullsize.JPG
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Buhr Park Shark Toby Peters, 7, reaches out of the pool to hug his mom Amina as he takes a break from swimming laps to raise funds for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and Bob Schoeni at the Buhr Park Pool on Wednesday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_11_fullsize.JPG
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Six-year-old Harold Crowner rests on the side of the pool as he takes a break from swimming laps with the Buhr Park Sharks. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_12_fullsize.JPG
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Buhr Park Sharks Michael Shahine, 9, and Francis Roderique, 9, do the chicken dance in the pool as they goof around between laps. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Swimmers/cache/071013_NEWS_Swimathon_MRM_13_fullsize.JPG
Buhr Park Sharks swimmers, ages 6-16, hit the pool Wednesday morning for more than just competition.
The swimmers racked up hundreds of laps all in the name of ALS during the 3rd annual Lou Gehrig's disease fundraiser. While the final donation results have yet to be tabulated, the organization is hoping to reach between $3,500 and $5,000.
The nonprofit Ann Arbor Active Against ALS supported the kids with music, dancing, food and custom Buhr Park Sharks fundraising items, according to a news release.
Staff photographer Melanie Maxwell captured these images.
Comments
A2GreenRunner
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 : 5:49 p.m.
Thank you for the great photos - the effort of these kids brings tears to our eyes! For anyone wishing to donate to support the effort (the fundraising "credit" will be shared across the swimmers so they can all reach their individual goals), please visit the link to Ann Arbor Active Against ALS in the article (a2a3.org) - online donations are easy, and are tax-deductible for those who can use the 501(c)3 donation deduction. This may actually be the FOURTH year... First time was in 2010? Anyone else interested in setting up a swimathon for ALS, please contact A2A3! Thanks to all of the kids and donors for the support and for helping to raise awareness of Lou Gehrig's Disease. - A2A3 **** An forgotten fact: Lou Gehrig ended his streak and playing career in Detroit and never played again. From Wikipedia: Gehrig played in 2130 straight games and went hitless in his last. On May 2, the next game after a day off, Gehrig approached McCarthy before the game in Detroit against the Tigers and said, "I'm benching myself, Joe," telling the Yankees' skipper that he was doing so "for the good of the team." Manager Joe McCarthy acquiesced, putting Ellsworth "Babe" Dahlgren in at first base, and also said that whenever Gehrig wanted to play again, the position was his. Gehrig himself took the lineup card out to the shocked umpires before the game, ending the fourteen-year streak. Before the game began, the Briggs Stadium announcer told the fans, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time Lou Gehrig's name will not appear on the Yankee lineup in 2,130 consecutive games." The Detroit Tigers' fans gave Gehrig a standing ovation while he sat on the bench with tears in his eyes. A wire service photograph of Gehrig reclining against the dugout steps with a stoic expression appeared the next day in the nation's newspapers. Gehrig stayed with the Yankees as team captain for the rest of the season, but never played in a major league game aga
A2GreenRunner
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 : 5:42 p.m.
Thank you for the great photos - the effort of these kids brings tears to our eyes! For anyone wishing to donate to support the effort (the fundraising "credit" will be shared across the swimmers so they can all reach their individual goals), please visit the link to Ann Arbor Active Against ALS in the article (a2a3.org) - online donations are easy, and are tax-deductible for those who can use the 501(c)3 donation deduction. This may actually be the FOURTH year... I believe the first time was in 2010. Anyone else interested in setting up a swimathon for ALS, please contact A2A3! Thanks to all of the kids and donors for the support and for helping to raise awareness of Lou Gehrig's Disease. - A2A3 **** An forgotten fact: Lou Gehrig ended his streak and playing career in Detroit and never played again. From Wikipedia: Gehrig played in 2130 straight games and went hitless in his last. On May 2, the next game after a day off, Gehrig approached McCarthy before the game in Detroit against the Tigers and said, "I'm benching myself, Joe," telling the Yankees' skipper that he was doing so "for the good of the team." Manager Joe McCarthy acquiesced, putting Ellsworth "Babe" Dahlgren in at first base, and also said that whenever Gehrig wanted to play again, the position was his. Gehrig himself took the lineup card out to the shocked umpires before the game, ending the fourteen-year streak. Before the game began, the Briggs Stadium announcer told the fans, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time Lou Gehrig's name will not appear on the Yankee lineup in 2,130 consecutive games." The Detroit Tigers' fans gave Gehrig a standing ovation while he sat on the bench with tears in his eyes. A wire service photograph of Gehrig reclining against the dugout steps with a stoic expression appeared the next day in the nation's newspapers. Gehrig stayed with the Yankees as team captain for the rest of the season, but never played in a ma
A2GreenRunner
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 : 5:50 p.m.
Sorry for double post - the system says the message is short enough but clips the very end. (FYI!) He never played in a major league game again...