
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 22, 1993                   TAG: 9304220311
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

3 GATORS GO TO ZONE ON VA. ALL-STAR TEAM

Three members of the Roanoke Valley Swimming Inc. Gators traveled to the Eastern Zone Championships at the University of New York in Buffalo April 2-4 as part of the Virginia All-Star Swimming Team.

Gators Laura Webb, David Parker and Ashley Neighbors, all 10 years old, swam the first or second fastest times in the state in one or more strokes during the 1992-93 short course season to qualify for this meet.

In Buffalo, Webb swam fourth place in the 100-yard individual medley and 50-yard backstroke. She placed sixth in the 200-yard individual medley, 11th in the 50-yard breast stroke and 14th in the 100-yard butterfly. She was a member of the fourth-place team in the 200-yard freestyle relay and swam a record time of :31.40 in the 200-yard medley relay, in which her team took second place.

Parker placed eighth in the 100-yard backstroke and 11th in the 200-yard freestyle. His relay teams in the 400-yard and 200-yard freestyle placed second and third, respectively.

Neighbors swam a personal best of 1:21.94 in the 100-yard breast stroke to place 10th in the zone.

Webb, daughter of Dawn and Dwaine Webb, is a fifth-grader at Cloverdale Elementary School. Parker, son of Lazzelle and Joe Parker, is a fifth-grader at Cave Spring Elementary School. Neighbors, daughter of Diane and Dennis Neighbors, is a fifth-grader at Green Valley Elementary School.

by CNB