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Show Pleasant Grove swimmers qualify for state tourney have spent more time together," Kevin noted. She has spent many hours on her own while I have been working with the swimmers," Kevin added that he had never seen a more relaxed diver when the pressure is on. Mary seemed to always dive better at the big meets when everyone is watching as compared to her practice sessions, he concluded. Adam Rupper, Kelly Kortman, and Andy Weight, all juniors, will be representing the boys' team at the Championships. Adam will swim the 50 freestyle on Friday, Kelly will swim the 200 individual medley on Friday and the 100 freestyle on Saturday, and Andy will swim the 100 breastroke on Saturday. These three are the first three boys to quality for the State Championships in Pleasant Grove's history. All three hold the school records in their individual events. Ninth Grader Michelle Palmer did a fine job of introducing herself into the Utah High School Swimming Swim-ming scene by taking the Region 8 Breastroke Title. She surprised a lot of other swimmers and coaches by winning the breastroke. She won the race by over a second. She swam a 1:18:17. She also took a third in the 50 freestyle, she swam a 27.24. She did all this after fighting an illness all week which has kept her out of the pool. Michelle already owns the 100 breastroke record for the school, which is a 1 : 17.19, but she also plans on taking the 50 freestyle record away from Tracie Mills who swam a 26.60 last year. She will be swimming at the State Championship Friday and Saturday at the BYU pool. Mary Hill, another ninth grader, also surprised many people. With only three months experience Mary dove her way into second place at the Region Diving Championships. Coach Kevin Dickerson said that Mary has been a very coachable athlete. Since Pleasant Grove only has one coach for all of the boys and girls swimming and diving program, Mary hasn't been receiving all of the attention and coaching she deserves, he said. "I feel that she could have easily taken the Region Title if we could |