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Pictured is LAC swimmer Carley Straight who is one who is expected to make a strong showing at state.
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The Lakeside Aquatics Club is hoping for a strong showing at the upcoming Texas Age Group Swimming Long Course State Championships.
The event – which begins on Thursday and runs through Sunday – will be held at Texas A&M University and is strictly for swimmers ages 14 and under. The LAC, one of the fastest growing swim clubs in the state, expects to send more swimmers to this meet than nearly any other team in Texas.
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LAC swimmer Alex Sellers posted record times at the 2009 Speedo Championship Series Sectional Championships held at the University of Houston.
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The Lakeside Aquatics Club faced a tougher road at last weekend’s sectional championships.
The 2009 Speedo Championship Series Sectional Championships – held at the University of Houston – was regarded as one of the fastest sectional championships in the U.S. and featured some of the top swimmers from USA swim clubs in Texas and Louisiana. LAC sent 21 swimmers to this year’s event, 16 more than the year before.
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Alex Sellers, 14, performs the backstroke.
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The Lakeside Aquatics Club will compete in what is being dubbed as its most important meet of the season at the Bill Nixon Memorial Long Course A Invitational on June 26.
The event – which is slated to run through the 28th – will be at the Keller ISD Natatorium and will feature some of the fastest and more up and coming swimmers in the state. Competitors are hoping to meet time standards for the upcoming state and national level meets, including among others, the state championship meet (TAGS).
