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Swimming around the world

Times file photo Monroe alumna Jess Weeden as a senior swims the butterfly. Weeden, who is now a freshman at Abilene Christian University, thought she was retired from swimming. She is rasing money to swim in the World Deaf Swimming Championships in Coimbra, Portugal in July.

Times file photo Monroe alumna Jess Weeden as a senior swims the butterfly. Weeden, who is now a freshman at Abilene Christian University, thought she was retired from swimming. She is rasing money to swim in the World Deaf Swimming Championships in Coimbra, Portugal in July.

ABILENE, TEXAS - Monroe alumna Jess Weeden once labeled herself retired as a swimmer. She turned down swimming scholarships to attend Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.