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The Eastside Catholic swim team has a new head coach. Rick Wertman, who received the 2007 Washington State High School Swim Coaches Hall of Fame award, recently took over the Crusader swim and dive team.

Wertman is a Western Washington University graduate and has coached since 1975 at various high schools, including Bellevue, Enumclaw and Mount Rainier high school. During his 16 seasons (1989-2005) with Mount Rainier, Wertman led the boys swim team to three consecutive state championships and six overall state titles, the release said.