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A swimming pool is where Griffin Barlow finds solace in a big world.
Swimming for Mountain View High School also brings joy and confidence to the junior born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism.
In the pool, Barlow focuses on the task ahead and not on a past filled with pain.
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