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John Mordach (center) in the team huddle before the start of the meet.
Warren Skalski / Chicago Tribune
John Mordach (center) in the team huddle before the start of the meet.
Chicago Tribune
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John Mordach, a University of Illinois-Chicago swimmer from Naperville, at a meet between UIC and Valparaiso University. Mordach went from learning he had brain cancer in high school to captain of the UIC swim team.