By: Mackenzie Stewart
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As the Statesboro temperatures continue to rise, residents need somewhere to cool off from the heat. The pool at Hawthorne apartments is a great place for residents to do just that. |
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Mathilde Poulaine (L) and Chance Wills (R) spend their evening at the Hawthorne pool. Wills prepares to dive into the cool water. |
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Mathilde Poulaine, 20, and Chance Wills, 20, pose for a shot in the pool. Poulaine and Wills have been together for almost a year. |
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Mathilde Poulaine (R) splashes her boyfriend, Chance Wills (L) with water right to the face. Wills appears to be caught off guard. |
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Chance Wills (L) splashes his girlfriend, Mathilde Poulaine (R). This is Wills’ retaliation from an earlier splash from Poulaine. |
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Chance Wills (R) swims away as Mathilde Poulaine (L) watches. These two seem to be enjoying their evening swim at the pool. |
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Chance Wills, 20, swims across the pool. Wills is a senior anthropology major attending Georgia Southern University. |
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Chance Wills (R) swims across the pool as his girlfriend Mathilde Poulaine (L) follows closely behind. Wills and Poulaine came to the pool to cool off after spending the day working outside in the heat. |
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Mathilde Poulaine, 20, laughs as she sits on the shoulders of her boyfriend, Chance Wills, 20. Poulaine lives in Jacksonville but is visiting Wills for the week in Statesboro. |
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Chance Wills, 20, flips his girlfriend, Mathilde Poulaine, 20, off of his shoulders and into the pool. There seems to be no hard feelings as Wills and Poulaine laugh about it afterwards. |
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Mathilde Poulaine, 20, splashes Chance Wills, 20, in the face after he flips her off of his shoulders into the water. Wills was not prepared for the splash and quickly turns his head to avoid water in the eyes. |
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Chance Will (R) helps Mathilde Poulaine (L) out of the pool. Wills and Poulaine are preparing to jump in the pool together. |
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Chance Wills (L) and Mathilde Poulaine (R) jump hand in hand into the pool from the side. “Honestly, I was a little scared because the water was way over my head and I’m not the best swimmer,” said Poulaine. |
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Mathilde Poulaine, 20, stands tall on her boyfriend Chance Wills’ shoulders to do a trick for the camera. Poulaine appears nervous, but smiles for the camera, nonetheless. |
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Alan Strickland, 21, a neighbor of Chance Wills, 20, joins Wills and Poulaine at the pool. When Poulaine and Wills aren’t paying attention, Strickland does a cannonball into the pool, making a big splash. |
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Alan Strickland (L) and Chance Wills (R) have a relay race to see who can reach the other side of the pool first. Although Wills is slightly trailing Strickland, the determination on Wills’ face is very prevalent. |
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Mathilde Poulaine, 20, attempts to float in the water. “I’m really not a good swimmer so floating is pretty much all I can do,” said Poulaine. |
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Mathilde Poulaine, 20, holds as still as possible as a dragonfly lands on her hand. Poulaine is originally from South France, from where she credits her affinity for nature and its creatures. |
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Mathilde Poulaine, 20, shows off the dragonfly that landed on her hand to the camera. “It looks like he may have a broken wing, which would explain why he’s so still.” |
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A dragonfly sits patiently on the hand of Mathilde Poulaine, a 20-year-old South France native. Soon after the shot is taken, the dragonfly flies away. |
