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Senior swimmer Payton Bokowy, pictured with coach Mike Brosnahan, represented Sandpoint recently at the 2017 USA Swimming Futures Meet in Santa Clara, California, setting a couple of personal bests and qualifying for the prestigious Junior Nationals in the process. Against some of the top youth swimmers in the nation, Bokowy was 20th in the 50 free, 41st in the 100 free and 45th in the 100 back, setting personal bests in the 50 free (23.96) and 100 back (1:07.69). Her time in the 50 free was low enough to earn a coveted spot in the Winter Junior Nationals, held in Iowa in Dec…