The senior captain of Duxbury High School's boys swim team has his name atop the school's record board after overcoming a life-threatening health condition.
Duxbury High swimming coach Doug Backlund remembers kids in Perda's youth swim class jumping off the diving board, playing around after sessions. Perda, meanwhile, was stacking laps. "I was like ...
With water rippling under the board, and not a murmur ... who finished last year’s District 2 Class 3A Swimming Championships with a score of 334.20 in the diving portion of the event.