Scarsdale Girls Triumph At Swim Meet

Three 9 year-old girls from Scarsdale, Megan Lee (Edgewood), Julia Gurden (Greenacres), and Joy Jiang (Fox Meadow) participated in the USA Swimming Eastern Zone Team Qualifier Swim Meet on 2/16 - 2/18 at Lehman College in the 10 & Under category. Overall, there were seven 9 year -old girls entered at the meet from the 57 teams participating, all part of Metropolitan Swimming (www.metroswimming.org).

The entry cut-off times for the Zone Qualifiers are faster than the required times for the Junior Olympics (i.e., the 100 yard butterfly JO time is 1:25.99 and the ZQ time is 1:21.99). All of the girls will also be at the Junior Olympics meet in March. They are members of the Westchester Aquatic Club (Wolverines) Swim Team, coached by Carle Fierro.