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National Team
History
Since the early 1970’s,
Lakeland Hills has been represented at the YMCA National
level. Each year the team averages 20 swimmers that qualify
to represent LHY at the Short Course YMCA National Swimming
Championships. Over 1500 swimmers from over 200 teams
across the country come together to to compete for four days and
nights. The meet has evolved over the years, but what
hasn’t changed is the uniqueness of this meet. No other
meet in the world is quite like YMCA Nationals and you must
experience the meet to really appreciate what it has to
offer.
Over the years, Lakeland Hills
has been proud to see swimmers achieve the ultimate in
YMCA National competition in becoming a National
Champion. The following swimmers have achieved individual
titles in their events:
| LHY Swimmer
| Year
| Event
| Time
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| Jon Buschke
| 1983
| 100 Fly
| 50.92
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| Diana Vogel
| 1986
| 100 Breast
| 1:06.13
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| Brian Elko
| 1996
| 100 Back
| 50.17
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| Brian Elko
| 1996
| 200 Back
| 1:49.26
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| Michael Gross
| 1997
| 100 Back
| 51.73
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| Gary Grant
| 2002
| 100 Fly
| 48.73
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| Gary Grant
| 2003
| 50 Free
| *20.34
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| Gary Grant
| 2003
| 100 Free
| 45.17
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| Jesse Cohen
| 2007
| 400 IM
| 3:56.69
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*YMCA National Record
Lakeland is proud of not
only the individual champions, but the relay champions as
well.
| Event
| Swimmers
| Year
| Time
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| 1994
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| Boys 200 Medley Relay
| Brian Elko, Danny Russell, Chuck Bard, Drew Baker
| 1996
| 1:33.53
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| Boys 400 Medley Relay
| Brian Elko, Danny Russell, Chuck Bard, Drew Baker
| 1996
| 3:25.00
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| Boys 200 Medley Relay
| AJ Walker, Michael Cordes, Gary Grant, Adam Papendick
| 2003
| 1:34.08
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| Boys 400 Medley Relay
| AJ Walker, Michael Cordes, Gary Grant, Adam Papendick
| 2003
| 3:25.51
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| Boys 200 Free Relay
| Matt Elko, Michael Cordes, Adam Papendick, Gary Grant
| 2003
| 1:24.50
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| Girls 200 Medley Relay
| Katie O’Gorman, Brie Von Rosendahl, CJ Pisano,
Alisha Carrazza
| 2005
| 1:46.56
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The team has also achieved
milestones with the Boys Team placing 2nd in 1995, 3rd in 1996, and
2nd in 2005. The largest team to represent LHY was 28 in
2009.
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