SOUTHERN SECTION SWIMMING: PARMENTER WINS, MISSES QUANCE'S MARK.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer It may not have been the record-setting performance she was hoping for, but L.A. Baptist High School sophomore Jennifer Parmenter was satisfied Friday at the Southern Section Division I swim finals in Long Beach. Parmenter, one of the top young swimmers in the world, was attempting to break Kristine Quance's national high school record in the 200 IM. She broke her own Southern Section record with a mark of 2:00.4 to win the final, but fell short of Quance's 1:59.53 record set in 1993 while swimming for Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. . Quance competes now at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and was a member of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Olympic team in 1996. Considering she was untapered and didn't shave for this meet, Parmenter was happy with her race in the 200 IM. She also was first in the 500 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. with a time of 4:50.25. ``I feel fine,'' she said. ``There was no pressure at all. I took a shot at the national record and I missed it by less than a second.'' After competing for the United States national team at the World Championships in Sweden last month, Parmenter came into the Southern Section finals without rest. She's training for the U.S. Nationals in July. Amanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California) is an American Olympic swimmer and model. Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 games at the age of 14. , an Irvine High School sophomore who won gold and silver medals in the 1996 Olympics, won the 100 freestyle in 51.86 and also won the 100 breaststroke. In the boys' 50 freestyle, Agoura's Noah Cirincione took second (21.68) and Thousand Oaks' Eric Shafer was fourth (21.78). Thousand Oaks' Aron Gyuris took fifth in the 100 butterfly while Royal's Ingrid Salazar was seventh in the 200 freestyle. Jamie McIntyre Jamie McIntyre is the Senior Pentagon correspondent for CNN. He has held this position since 1992. He received a Bachelor degree in journalism from the University of Florida, and in 2002 he was honored as a distinguished alumni.[1] of Royal was sixth in the 100 backstroke. Parmenter, who turned 16 in May, has two years to capture the national record. The question now is whether she'll do it for L.A. Baptist, which doesn't have a swim team, or at another school. She recently applied to attend Granada Hills High School next year under open enrollment. Parmenter is amused a·muse tr.v. a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es 1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion. 2. that people take interest in her high school plans but did not say what school she'd be attending. ``To me it's no big deal. Kids change schools all the time,'' Parmenter said. ``I might not be at L.A. Baptist, but it's not definite that I won't be there.'' Parmenter was thrilled with her performance at the World Championships, considering it was the first time she swam swam v. Past tense of swim. swam Verb the past tense of swim swam swim as a member of the United States national team. She placed fifth in the 400 IM, seventh in the 400 freestyle and 10th in the 200 IM. More important, she got the opportunity to swim in front of 10,000 fans in an intense setting. ``It was a lot like the Olympics,'' said Parmenter, who hopes to be in the 2000 Olympics. ``The crowd was real loud and they were rooting for Sweden. It was really exciting.'' |
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