LA CUEVA COMMUNITY REMEMBERS FORMER SWIM COACH
Monday afternoon, La Cueva High School dedicated a memorial bench in honor of former swim coach Vince Sanchez. Â A group of about 50 people gathered to remember the man who’s life ended too soon at the age of 41. Â The bench reads “In Loving Memory of Coach Vince Sanchez”. Â Sanchez was a former La Cueva swimmer himself and spent 16 years as the school’s head coach.
“It’s a day of coming together and sharing with others,” said Vince’s father Rafael Sanchez. Â “It amazes me as to the impact he had on the swimming community.”
“His legacy will continue,” said his sister Terri Watson. Â “He had a positive impact on a lot of swimmers.”
“I wish everyone would get to meet Vince,” said swimmer Natalie Jones. Â “He was that kind of person that only comes around only once in a while. Â I’ll never replace him, but I will always remember him.”
“His legacy lives on in all of the swimmers he coached. Once a Bear, always a Bear!,” principal Dana Lee posted on social media.
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