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Nationally ranked swimmers

By Angie Frederickson, Staff writer | August 29, 2015

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Estefania Lopez-Salas and Ainsley Dodson

Estefania Lopez-Salas and Ainsley Dodson (from left) competed in the Long Course Texas Age Group Championships in Austin. Swimmers who qualified to participate from across the state, ranging in age from 9 to 14, gathered for a weekend competition that is the equivalent of a state championship in Texas. Both girls began swimming for the Briar Club summer swim team and then started swimming year-round, as members of Houston Country Club League, a USA Swimming league. Ainsley, a seventh grader at St. John’s School, qualified for the finals in four events and finished fifth in the 50-meter breaststroke for the 11-12 age group. Estefania, a fifth grader at River Oaks Baptist School, qualified for two event finals and finished first in both the 50-meter breaststroke and 100-meter breaststroke. Ainsley and Estefania are both nationally ranked in breaststroke.

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