SAM ROBINSON was hoping for a special finish to his high school athletic career. ...more

December 31, 2008

Times fell and records were shattered as some of the best swimmers in the state converged on the Green Dragon pool for the annual Heartland Invitational on Saturday. ...more

October 6, 2008

Going up against some of the top swimming teams in the area, the Sebring and Avon Park boys and girls squads showed they had plenty of talent in Saturday's meet at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. ...more

September 16, 2008

It may have only been for fun, but the Sebring and Lake Placid swimming squads put on a dominating performance in Saturday's annual Blackman Invitational Relays at the Blue Streak pool. ...more

September 9, 2008

The red truck finally arrives, stops at 4541 Thunderbird Road, and backs into the parking lot of Grace Bible Church. ...more

July 29, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — Sebring showed it's a force to be reckoned with during the preliminary section of Saturday's Class 2A-Region 3 swimming meet at the Northshore Pool. Junior Megan Wolfe qualified for the finals in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25:17. Wolfe combined with Paige Giller, Leeza Freeland and Katie Bullard to break the school record in the 200 medley relay with a 2:00.46. Freeland qualified for finals in the 100 butterfly with a 1:04.56 and teamed with Bullard, Wolfe and Katie Havery to break the school record in the 200 freestyle relay with a 1:45.38. ...more

October 28, 2007

SEBRING — Like torpedoes in the water. The Sebring Blue Streaks swim team lived up to their reputation during the Class 2A-District 7 Swimming finals on Friday, sending 18 individual swimmers to the Region 3 finals. "I'm thrilled to be sending eighteen to regionals," said head girls coach Pat Caton. "It's one more than last year, so it's progress." Head boys coach Cheryl Parsons agreed, adding, "It was hard with the boys getting disqualified in a couple of relays, but they swam really hard and I'm proud." ...more

October 21, 2007

A View From Above Regarding 'Gore '08? Nobel Adds Speculation' (front page, Oct. 13): ...more

October 19, 2007

WINTER HAVEN — The Sebring High School swim and dive team competed in its last regular season meet on Tuesday against Lakeland, Lake Region, Kathleen, and Winter Haven. The Blue Streak girls first-place finish brought their season record to 41-1, while the boys first place gave them a 41-2 record for the regular season. In the 200-yard medley relay, Megan Wolfe, Paige Giller, Leeza Freeland, and Katie Bullard swam a 2:04.96 for first. The boys took both first and second as Matthew Vickers, Bryan Kirsch, Jason Parsons, and Shaanan Spiegel swam a 1:54.90, while Thomas Quigg, Brian Miller, Josh Heflin, and Rodney Havery swam a 2:01.94. ...more

October 11, 2007

LAKE PLACID – The Sebring girls swim team finished first on this weekend at the Heartland Invitational, a meet hosted by Lake Placid and featuring local teams from across the region. "The meet went great," said Green Dragon coach Cindy Rivers. "There was good competition and it was a close enough meet to keep it interesting." Sebring's girls took first with 592.5 points over Lake Placid in second with 566. Avon Park was fourth with 244 points and Hardee was a close fifth with 239.5. Lake Placid took second place among the boys with 424 points, followed by Sebring (415), Hardee (305) and Avon Park (172). Wildcat head coach Dick Daggett said the meet was good experience for all teams, especially with districts right around the corner. "It'll get their heads in the right place to move toward the postseason," he said. ...more

October 9, 2007