Lindsay McMahon, head coach of the Machias Valley Swim Club and assistant director of the Murdock Fitness Center in Machias stands with UMM professor Tessa Mellas and Washington Academy student Zain Fitzsimmons in the not-quite-warm waters of Whiting’s Indian Lake. The Machias Valley Swim Club offers year-round swim instruction and competitive swim training at the Murdock Fitness Center during the fall and winter, and in any given Washington County lake or ocean in the summer. 

Photo courtesy Bobbi-Jo Bordeau.