Michael Behrens

I was fascinated by this book as a kid because it was written by a teenager (that's what the Avon-Flare competition was about.) This could be way off, but as I remember it, the main character was a competitive teen swimmer who had problems with his divorced dad, and he got involved with a beautiful but troubled girl. And I thought it was very sophisticated. I'd like to read it again as a middle-aged person.