Lapping it up: Columbia Falls woman logs 50 miles in city pool
Carolynn Moritz swims in the Columbia Falls city pool. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News)
Carolynn Moritz in the Columbia Falls city pool. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News)
Carolynn Moritz swims in the Columbia Falls city pool. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News)
Carolynn Moritz at the Columbia Falls city pool. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News)
By the time you read this story Carolynn Moritz will have swum 50 miles in the Pinewood Park this summer. Catching up with her at the Columbia Falls city pool, she figured she would likely wrap up the effort this week.
Moritz is 78, but has the energy of someone half her age, maybe quite a bit more. Ask the teenage lifeguards watching her if they would consider swimming 50 miles in a summer and the answer is a unanimous “no.”
But Moritz is a staple at the pool come lunchtime, when other long-distance swimmers gather at the facility to do lap swims. Moritz has been swimming since age 6. Her father was in the Air Force.
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