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All-school swimming championship slated
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Posted on Oct 22 1999
The 7th All Schools Swimming Championships will be held on Nov. 13, 1999 at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Since the inception of the competition in 1993, the Saipan Community School has won the Perpetual Trophy in both the elementary and junior high school divisions every year. However, the high school division title has been passed around, beginning with GCA in 1993, then NMA and MHS. The MBA won the title for the first time in 19998. GCA and NMA have won titles twice each.
In 1998 there were nine elementary, four junior high and three high schools that competed in this event.
On two occasions, disabled swimmers have completed, and they are encouraged them to participate. Although most of the winners in each division were members of the Saipan Swim Club, numerous points were picked up by swimmers not involved in the SSC program.
All present swimmers on the Saipan Swim Club will not be competing for the Saipan Swim Club but for their respective schools. The SSC parents will be conducting the meet for PSS as part of their annual interscholastic program.
The most active school swimming programs have been at San Vicente, W.S. Reyes and Oleai Elementary Schools, and GCA in the early years.
Many swimmers will be out to defend their double titles they won last year: Jennabree Tollestrup, Jill Pierce, Tammy Winkfield, Seung Gin Lee, Xenavee Pangelinan, Tracy Feger, Dean Palacios and Justin Pierce. Single event winners were Bobbie Cruz, Melissa Coleman, Renee Leon Guerrero and Wan Hyok Yoon.
A Practice Meet will be held on Oct. 3O, l999 at 9:00 a.m. at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool.
Saipan Swim Club team members are now seeking pledges for their Swimathon on Dec. 4, 1999 at Kan Pacific.
