Twelve-time medalist, swimmer Ryan Lochte instructs almost 100 swimmers at SHS.
Four-time Olympian Ryan Lochte watches high school swimmers train during a clinic at the Spartan Natatorium at Superior High School on Sunday, Jan. 12.
SUPERIOR — The second-most-decorated American male swimmer in Olympic history made at a stop in Superior on a snowy Sunday, Jan. 12.
Ryan Lochte and his father, Steven Lochte, were invited by coaches from the Superior YMCA Whalers swim club to work with swimmers at Superior High School. Almost 100 swimmers from the Twin Ports, the Iron Range and the Twin Cities received the opportunity to learn from the Olympian and his coach.
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Younger swimmers began the day and 50 high school swimmers spent the afternoon with the Lochtes drilling on special techniques.
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, left, shares a laugh with Stefan Pagnucci, former head coach of the Superior YMCA Whalers swim team, during a clinic at the pool at Superior High School on Sunday, Jan. 12.
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Ryan Lochte won 12 Olympic medals — six of which were gold — in his four Olympic games. He brought his gold medal from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and let swimmers take photos with it.
The gold medal that Olympian Ryan Lochte won for the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was available for swimmers to get a photograph with.
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Ryan was overheard talking about the massive amount of snow outside — or at least it seemed like a lot of snow to the Floridian.
Olympian Ryan Lochte, left, chats with Superior Spartan head swim coach Bill Punyko.
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Steve Lochte, swim coach and father of Olympian Ryan Lochte, instructs swimmers at SHS.
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Ryan Lochte instructs swimmers on their next drill.
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Twelve-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte gives pointers to swimmers.
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Olympic champion Ryan Lochte, right, talks with high school swimmers as he stands next to Superior YMCA Whalers former head swim coach Stefan Pagnucci, center.
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Olympian Ryan Lochte, right, shows the emphasis of a drill to swimmers as his dad and coach, Steve Lochte, watches.
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Swimmers from Superior, Proctor, Esko, Duluth, Hibbing, Hermantown and the Twin Cities listen to Ryan Lochte.
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An energy drink rests on top of a Ryan Lochte swim cap on the bench in the Spartan Natatorium during Sunday's clinic.
Jed Carlson joined the Superior Telegram in February 2001 as a photographer. He grew up in Willmar, Minnesota. He graduated from Ridgewater Community College in Willmar, then from Minnesota State Moorhead with a major in mass communications with an emphasis in photojournalism.
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