When Dundee-Crown co-op’s Rachel Johnson looks back on her season, she thinks of the people that helped motivate and push her to be her best.

“All of my teammates and the friendships I’ve made and my coaches, they all put a lot of time and thought into me,” said Johnson, a junior at Jacobs . “I just love being around all of them. It was a really special season.”

Johnson’s special season ended earlier this month with two state medals – the first of her career – as her biggest supporters cheered her on from the FMC Natatorium in Westmont at the IHSA Girls Swimming and Diving State Championships.

After swimming personal-best times in each of her individual events during Friday’s preliminaries, Johnson placed fifth in the 200-yard individual medley and swam to third place in the 100 ba

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