MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Regional High School swim team recently won the first race at a meet at Seekonk High School. They went on to win other races, including the girls’ division defeating Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School overall by 100-50, with the boys losing to Dighton-Rehoboth by a slim eight points. They also picked up a handful of second- and third-place finishes.

Not so extraordinary, unless you consider that, just a few months ago, there wasn’t even a swim team at Old Rochester.