Justine Rawding for the girls and Scott Bergstrom for the boys made waves for the Hood River Valley Swim Team March 22-23 during the Eggstravaganza 2003 swim meet in Astoria, Ore.
Rawding, 15, recorded two personal records, two firsts, two seconds and one third swimming mostly in the girls 15-and-over division.
One of her wins came in the open 50-yard freestyle, during which she clocked a personal-best time of 28.33 seconds -- .8 seconds better than her previous PR.
Rawding also placed first in the 100 breast stroke, though her time (1:18.24) was nearly four seconds off her personal record.
The Husum swimmer's second PR came during a second-place effort in the 200 individual medley. She shaved 1.28 seconds off her time to finish in 2:32.40.
In the 100 backstroke, Rawding hit the wall in 1:14.97 (1.61 off her PR). She took third in the 100 butterfly, swimming 6.45 seconds behind her PR to finish in 1:13.67.
Bergstrom, 8, tallied two PRs, two firsts and two seconds competing in the boys 8-and-under class.
His first PR came during a victorious swim in the 50 breast stroke. His time of 1:03.87 was 9.32 seconds faster than he'd swum the event before.
The White Salmon swimmer posted his second PR in the 50 free. His time of 42.70 was 6.94 seconds under his previous best effort, and good for second place.
Bergstrom also looked good in winning the 200 free (3:29.27) and placing second in the 100 IM (1:53.66).
The most-improved swimmers of the meet for HRVST were Sarah Brending and Matthew Bergstrom, both of White Salmon.
Brending, 11, bettered her times in five of six girls 11-12 division events; a sixth PR eluded her in the 50 backstroke (28th, 49.47) by just .94 seconds.
Her best finish of the weekend was eighth in the 200 IM (3:36.33, -0.39).50 fly (18th, 48.05, -4.59), the 100 IM (22nd, 1:36.80, -0.26), the 50 breast (9th, 47.60, -0.84) and the 50 free (12th, 36.32, -0.90).
Brending's other PRs came in the
Mariah Rawding, 7, registered four PRs and placed in the top seven in each of her six girls 8-and-under events.
She won the 50 fly (48.31, -6.44) and the 200 IM (4:01.11), and placed second in the 100 IM (1:51.84, -8.66) and the 25 breast (25.78, -2.98).
Her other PR came in the 25 backstroke (24.24, -5.20), in which she finished seventh. She was third in the 50 free (59.79, +10.23).
Corrie Brending, 7, swam to PRs in both of her girls 8-and-under events: the 25 backstroke (12th, 29.39, -2.35) and the 25 free (7th, 25.12, -0.93).
Bergstrom, 6, also noted four PRs swimming in the boys 8-and-under division.
His top showings came in the 25 fly (28.00, -9.96) and the 25 free (21.48, -1.65). He placed second in both events.
He added a ninth in the 25 backstroke (29.56, -3.08) and fifth in the 25 breast (34.97, -7.04).
Brothers Arin and Adam Wooster from the Northwestern Lake area also took major strokes forward.
Arin Wooster, 9, put up PRs in the boys 9-10 50 backstroke (4th, 45.31, -6.53), the 9-10 free (8th, 43.09, -5.38) and the open 50 backstroke (4th, 46.33, -5.51).
In the 200 free, he took fifth in 3:27.10.
Adam Wooster, 11, noted PRs in the open 50 free (19th, 38.81, -2.50), open 50 backstroke (6th, 49.59, -5.61) and the 11-12 50 free (6th, 39.12, -2.19).
His time of 59.64 was good for seventh in the 11-12 50 butterfly.
Jacob Rawding, 7, of Husum had one personal record swimming in the boys 8-and-under class. It came in the 25 free, in which he finished sixth in 24.61 (-0.14).
He also placed seventh in the 25 breast (40.53) and 12th in the 25 back (38.37).
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