Petersburg Pilot -

They may be small, but the mighty Viking Swim Club turned up big at the Alaska Swimming State Championships in Anchorage last weekend.

VSC only took six swimmers to the meet but managed to finish ninth overall as a team in the 14 and under division.

"We may not have taken quite as many swimmers but we sure did compete," Head Coach Scott Burt said.

Petersburg went up against 320 swimmers from 19 teams across the state who had to pass through stringent time requirements to attend the competition.

"I remember sitting with them on the deck before the first warm up, I'm like, 'Guys, I want you to l...