The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory

Olympic sports stories often make for great drama, and this one is no exception. In one field on the island of Maui, poverty-stricken parents work a sugar plantation while their children train in a nearby irrigation ditch to become Olympic athletes. With no proper pool, equipment, nutrition, and a teacher who could barely swim as their coach, the swim club managed to outrace champion athletes, breaking records and making headlines along the way.