It had been 14 years since the Bradley-Bourbonnais , Kankakee and Bishop McNamara girls swim and dive teams all took the pool together.

But at Tuesday’s All-City meet, the Kays and host Boilermakers welcomed the Fightin’ Irish back to the water, filling the hole that had been left open since Bishop McNamara cut its swim program prior to the 2012 season.

Bradley-Bourbonnais maintained its grip on the All-City title with first-place finishes in 11 of 12 events, with Kankakee winning the other. It was the Boilermakers’ third meet of the year while Kankakee and Bishop McNamara were competing for the first time this season.

The upstart Irish have three swimmers for year one in juniors Farrah Schurman and Payton Fritz and freshman Bailey Stewart.

Schurman originally quit swimming aroun

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