Four Scary Swimmers from the Heart of Darkness

"All Area Boys Swimmers of the Year: Jefferson Forest 200 Medley Relay," an article in the News and Advance from April 2018.  Of course, nowhere does the article state where this 200 medley relay is, or who this Jefferson Forest is.  But I had some clues.

A medley is a combination of swimming styles (breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, and freestyle), and a relay is a race performed by four swimmers. 

There were four muscular but oddly disturbing swimmers depicted.

1. Sutton, who is scowling at the camera as if he plans to attack at any moment,  lives in Roanoake, Virginia.










He looks nicer in this photo, taken at the  Lynchburg YMCA, an hour's drive away. 

Lynchburg, the Heart of Darkness, the site of the homophobic Liberty University and Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church, the scariest place in the world for gay people. Why would he go there to work out?













A nasty sneer on the face of the ab-worthy Connor. I couldn't find out anything about him. .

























Brian looks like a high school bully sitting in judgment.  He graduated from high school in 2018, and is attending Roanoke College, an hour's drive from the Heart of Darkness.




















Matthew, the scariest of the lot in spite of his superlative pecs, is from Forest, VA.

A suburb of Lynchburg!























He is also a member of the Lynchburg YMCA Swim Team.  Gulp.

























Apparently Jefferson Forest is a high school in Forest, Virginia.


















 Swimming and wrestling are popular sports.  You can take AP English, History, and Physics. 

And there's a Gay-Straight Alliance.

The only problem is, it's a stone's throw from the Heart of Darkness

See also: Cruising in the Scariest Place on Earth