If you step onto the pool deck at Pasadena High School, you're walking into Jennie Jacobsen-Huse's office and down memory lane.
She also swam at her alma mater, and in 1970, wanted to trade the back and forth for something a little more dynamic: water polo.
CIF recognized girl's water polo in 1998, and it became an Olympic sport in 2000. The NCAA did so in 2001."It makes me almost a little emotional honestly," said Kara-Leigh Huse, who has always had her role model by her side."Not only did she pave the way in water polo for us, and for me, but she's also my mom."
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