Watch the video of the race. This is from Coach Mark's last season with the team, 2018.
The Story Continues to the next year.
In the following year, the 2018-19 season, the first season without Coach Mark Rauterkus as the boys coach, none of the swimmers at Obama even qualified for the WPIAL Championships. Zero. No show for Obama. No relays. No individual swimmers. Nothing.
Every year that the team was coach by Mark Rauterkus, the Obama boys varsity swimmers, and before that, the Schenley Spartans, represented Pittsburgh Public Schools at the WPIAL Championshps as well as the PIAA Championships. There were swimmers from the city, from Obama, that sent to STATES every season.
After the coaching departure of Coach Mark Rauterkus -- Pittsburgh Public Schools got to save some money on hotel expenses as none were going to Lewisburg, PA, for the PIAA Meet.