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Photos: Levittown Swimming Association Tri-Pool Meets

The LSA held the tri-pool meets on Monday and Tuesday at the East Village Green Pool.

The Levittown Swimming Association (LSA) held it's 2011 tri-pool at the Village East Green Pool on Monday and Tuesday.  All eight teams within the association participated, and first and second place swimmers will participate in the tri-sectional on Saturday.

On Monday, the teams that participated were Carman, West, Slate, Acorn and Bluegrass.  The teams that participated on Tuesday were Azalea, Jerusalem and Wolcott.  

Swimmers participated in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, medley relay and freestyle relay trials.  The age range from the swimmers participating was 7-17, and the trials were over distances of 25, 50 and 100 yards.

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LSA President Ed Taylor and Vice President Peter Ray attended both meets.  "We're proud of all the swimmers," said Taylor. "It's a great way for kids to not only get started swimming at a young age, but start competing as well."

The LSA has been active since 1955, and currently has over 450 swimmers.

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Results for the tri-pool will be posted at http://levittownswimming.com.

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