Three FAST swimmers compete in Coronado

Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

Three members of the Fallbrook Associated Swim Team competed in the Dec. 3-5 Winter Age Group meet at the Brian Bent Memorial Aquatic Complex in Coronado.

Nine-year-old Grayson Legg was in the boys 10-and-under division. Twelve-year-old Ellajean Martinez was in the 11-12 girls division while 12-year-old Lukas Loehrmann swam in the 11-12 boys class.

Legg swam in five events. He placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 3:16.77, fifth in the 100-yard freestyle after completing his laps in 1:31.69, seventh in the 50-yard butterfly which took him 59.50 seconds, 11th in the 50-yard freestyle race he completed in 39.87 seconds, and 11th in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 50.51 seconds.

This is Legg’s first year swimming. “He’s still learning the game and figuring out how to do the races,” said FAST director of coaching Sean Redmond.

Martinez had the sixth-place time of 2:35.10 in the 200-yard freestyle. “She’s still learning how to swim that race because it’s not an easy race to do,” Redmond said.

“I think the 200 free is probably the hardest race there is in swimming,” Redmond said. “If you go out too fast you pay for it. If you don’t go out fast early you’re going to have a hard time trying to catch back up.”

Martinez also placed 11th in the 100-yard breaststroke which took her 1:40.75 and 13th in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 32.30 seconds.

In his second career meet, Loehrmann placed 14th in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 36.00 seconds and 19th in the 50-yard butterfly which he swam in 55.14 seconds.