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MVHS Swimmers Compete At Regionals

By Kenna McMurray

Moapa Valley Progress

Local swimmers from the Moapa Valley High School swim team competed in the Regional swim competition held in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 12. Team members Jacob Allum and Porter Lamping were able to go to this meet by posting qualifying times at swim meets earlier in the year.

The Regionals competition is composed of the fastest 32 swimmers in each swim event in all of Southern Nevada. Swimmers compete on an individual basis regardless of school, program, or team size.

Junior Jacob Allum swam in the 100 yard backstroke and beat his previous best time by turning in a new personal best of 1:16:44.

Porter Lamping swam in the 200 yard freestyle. While not able to shave seconds off his previous personal best time of 2:28:61, he still did very well.

These swimmers acknowledged that they could not have made it to where they are on their own. The training and support of their coach helped them immensely.

“I really appreciate all the time and effort Coach [Erinn] Thompson devoted to our team and to giving us another great year,” said Jacob Allum.

Unlike most high school sports where members can practice locally, Moapa Valley swimmers must travel to Mesquite every day to practice. This makes membership on the team a major time commitment. While this deters many from joining swim, those members on the team are dedicated and work hard to compete for MVHS.

The Regionals competition brings an end to the 2011 swim season. But the MVHS Swim Team is losing only two seniors. So the team plans to be back bigger and better than ever next year.

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