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Illinois State Swim Meet

Friday, November 16, 2012

Brottman, Powell Advance to State Swim Finals

Deerfield High School swimmers will compete for medals at Evanston Saturday.

Barbara Brottman and Ruby Powell advanced through the preliminary round of the Illinois High School Association State Swim Meet today for Deerfield High School to advance to the finals at 1 p.m. Saturday in Evanston. Brottman is guaranteed two medals and Powell one. Brottman will swim for seventh place in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle events. In today’s preliminary round, she was ninth among all participants in the 500 in 5:01.08 and 12th in the 200 with a 1:52.6 clocking. Earlier: Warrior Swimmers Prime for State Meet Powell swam to a 57.29 performance in the 100 backstroke to reach the finals and an opportunity for a seventh place medal. Her time was 12th best. In the 100 freestyle she recorded a time of 53:62 in the preliminaries and …

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Warrior Swimmers Prime for State Meet

Deerfield High School’s Brottman, Stitcher and Powell seek medals at State Meet.

They have been there before and they have a plan to do better. Deerfield High School swimmers Barbara Brottman and Ruby Powell stood on the medal platform a year ago at the State Meet in one event each. This year they want to ascend twice with a brighter medal. Earlier: Warrior Water Trio Knows Hard Work Diver Christine Stitcher competed in the preliminary rounds a year ago but on Saturday had to sit and watch teammate Erin Purdy win the state title. This year she wants a medal of her own. All three have a solid strategy to fulfill their dreams at this year’s State Finals Friday and Saturday in Evanston. For Stitcher the strategy will be building a strong point total in her eight Friday dives—the two-day scoring is cumulative—to put her in…

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