Lion swimmers advance to regionals.

tnabi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:36:43 +0000

By Cody Zivley

The Leander Lion swim team competed at UT’s Jamail Swim Center last Friday Jan. 29 and Saturday Jan. 30 emerging from the tournament with high spirits and a place in the regionals.

Claire Toomey won her third district diving competition for the third year in a row and April Cunningham qualified fourth in the one-hundred breaststroke. The girls two-hundred medley (Lindsey Ulin, April Cunningham, Juliet Jagoe and Nicole Longtin)and freestyle relays qualified (Taylor Counts, Giselle Owen, Lindsey Ulin and April Cunninham), as well as the four-hundred relays (Juliet Jagoe, Nicole Longtin, Giselle Owen andTaylor Counts).

Others individual qualifiers include, Juliet Jagoe, Nicole Longtin, Taylor Counts, Giselle Owen, and Lindsey Ulin who will be participating in the regional competition in “The Woodlands” Friday, Feb. 12 and Saturday, Feb. 13.

Toomey takes first at district

tnabi — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:26:43 +0000

Leander swimmers competed at district competition on Jan. 30-31, 2009 at the University of Texas Aquatic Center. The swimmers fought hard with hopes of reaching regionals. One bright star of the swim program is Claire Toomey, junior, who took a first place in diving and advances to regionals in Conroe on Feb. 13 and 14.

Toomey has been diving for four years and is currently nationally ranked 22^nd. The amount of time she spend practicing is intense. Practice includes two to three hours daily and as many as five to six times a week. As a young child, Toomey dreamed as most little girls of being a gymnast. She attributes much of her success in diving to those early gymnastic classes.

(right) Claire Toomey, junior, executes a back dive pike at near perfection.

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Lion swimmers advance to regionals.

Toomey takes first at district