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Top 10 in the Nation: According to the 2006-07 NISCA National Dual Meet Team Rankings, the 2006-2007 Yorktown girls team was the 9th ranked team in the country for their classification (Public Schools, 1401-1900 students). Read more at the Awards section of the NISCA site.
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National Records: The new National Records for Public High Schools in meter pools are official. The Yorktown girls set two National relay records at the State Meet. View the Records page or get the lists from NISCA.
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All-Mets:
Winter 2007 All-Mets - Yorktown well-represented in the DC Metro region (4 swimmers/divers, 2 relays)
All-Extra section (Alexandria-Arlington-Fairfax County) recognizes several swimmers and the coach.
All Examiner team - (pdf) The DC Examiner picks two athletes and a coach from Yorktown.
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Back from the beach with a trophy. Yorktown girls repeat as State Champions!
Sun Gazette reports that the Yorktown Swim-Dive Girls' Squad Lauded in Richmond
Yorktown headlines the Swimming World Magazine article on the AAA State meet
The Examiner reviews the victory as Taylor maximizes second chance
Arlington Public Schools News Release
Read how the girls title is Twice Is Nice in the Washington Post article.
The Sun-Gazette reports that Yorktown Defends State State Championship.
Meet Results from Virginia SwimmingState results listed in more detail on the States 2007 page.
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Northern Region: In another race to the finish, the girls finish second in the Region to Fairfax. The final difference was 3.5 points.
Read the article in the Post.
Read the Sun-Gazette article (with video of Thea Kromer in the IM).
Read the Arlington Connnection article.
The Sun-Gazette also reported on the diving (video of Maren Taylor and Meg Alderman).
Fairfax Sports Network (FSN) recorded the Finals. A DVD can be ordered for $35. The order form is here, or go to the FSN web site.
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Yorktown sweeps the National District meet! Both the boys and girls teams completed the National District season undefeated by winning the District meet at Providence. The girls won every event and finished with 583 points (Edison was second with 318.5 points). The boys title came down to the final leg of final relay and Yorktown won by 0.21 seconds over Stuart to take the team title by 5 points over Stuart. Congratulations to Abigail Ortmayer for setting a new District and Team Record in the 100 breaststroke. Times and points for Yorktown swimmers and divers can be found on the Results page.
Read more in the Sun-Gazette article - Patriots Swim, Dive to District Titles
Read more in the Arlington Connection - Once Again, Yorktown Girls Rule