West Newsmagazine 2-7-18
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Parkway South’s Kirsten Votava<br />
returns, swims well for Patriots<br />
By WARREN MAYES<br />
Kirsten Votava swam as a freshman for<br />
the Parkway South Patriots. Then, she took<br />
two years off from swimming on the team.<br />
But she didn’t want to graduate and let<br />
her last chance to swim as a Patriot go<br />
down the drain.<br />
Votava, who was partially homeschooled<br />
during her sophomore and junior<br />
years, said she “returned to Parkway South<br />
because I knew I would regret not swimming<br />
high school my senior year.”<br />
“I did not swim high school my sophomore<br />
and junior year because I was<br />
part-time at Parkway South and parttime<br />
home-schooled,” Votava explained.<br />
“Homeschooling helped me by giving me<br />
a flexible schedule, [but] I was unable to<br />
swim because I was not taking enough<br />
credit hours at Parkway.<br />
“I missed high school swimming mainly<br />
because of my awesome teammates and<br />
my coach, Sara Gerth. They are what made<br />
practices so enjoyable.”<br />
So, Votava came back to swim for the<br />
Patriots.<br />
“High school swimming is so important<br />
because it teaches you to swim for more<br />
than just yourself,” Votava said. “It teaches<br />
you how to be a good teammate, good<br />
example and a good encourager.”<br />
Gerth said it was tough to lose Votava<br />
for two years, “but I also wanted her to do<br />
what was best for her.” Coach and swimmer<br />
stayed in contact, and when the time<br />
was right, Gerth helped Votava return.<br />
“I work in counseling and so would see<br />
her coming in to talk to her counselor about<br />
her schedule,” Gerth said. “It was there<br />
Votava<br />
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that she told me she was officially enrolled<br />
in enough classes to be able to compete in<br />
high school.<br />
“I was obviously very excited about this<br />
... because she is fast, but also because<br />
she has a ton of integrity and would bring<br />
[those traits] to our team culture.”<br />
When she was a freshman on the team,<br />
Gerth realized Votava was going to be a<br />
good swimmer.<br />
“She swam great for us her freshman<br />
year, placing ninth in the 50 free and sixth<br />
in the 100 free at state,” Gerth said. “She<br />
was always a key player on our relays.”<br />
Votava remembers that time with fondness.<br />
“My freshman year marks the point<br />
of falling in love with the sport of swimming,”<br />
Votava said. “High school swimming<br />
taught me how fun it was to work<br />
your butt off in practice and then, see the<br />
results in meets. The amazing friendships<br />
See VOTAVA, page 26<br />
Three Rockwood citizens have filed their candidacy for three positions on<br />
the Rockwood Board of Education as part of the upcoming April election.<br />
Because the number of candidates filing is equal to the number of open<br />
positions, Rockwood will not hold a School Board election on April 3,<br />
20<strong>18</strong>, as pursuant in Missouri Statute 115.124.<br />
The two Board candidates, in order of filing, for the three-year terms are<br />
Ms. Tamara Jo Rhomberg and Ms. Jaime Bayes. One Rockwood citizen,<br />
Mr. Matt Doell, filed for the remaining one-year<br />
term that was left vacant when Board Director<br />
Mr. Herman Kriegshauser passed away while<br />
still in office.<br />
The three candidates will be sworn into office<br />
at the School Board’s reorganization meeting<br />
on Thursday, April 5, 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
February 7, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
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