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Whether it’s swim season or not, odds are you’ll find Talia Bates, Caitlin Brooks, and Katie Cronin together. The three have swimming to thank for their friendship. Both Talia and Katie have been swimming together for nearly a decade. It wasn’t until Katie took a year off from Gator Swim …

The beginning Nestled up in the Smoky Mountains, sitting in the eastern part of Tennessee is the city of Sevierville. It’s a small city, one that just over 16,000 residents call home, and one best known for being the hometown of country singer Dolly Parton. It’s also the hometown of …