Trinity seniors Mary West, Sara Griffis, Kristen Zinser, and Leigh-Anne Ladymon are back on campus today after spending a long weekend in St. Croix, where they each competed yesterday in one of two spectacular open water races held annually to in order to fundraise for The Nature Conservancy’s program to protect the coral reefs of the Virgin Islands.
The TU women traveled to St. Croix with assistant coach Leta Gatton. The day before the races, our travel party enjoyed a snorkeling venture at Buck Island’s National Coral Reef Underwater Park – a truly unique experience that they’ll all remember as one of the highlights to their Trinity swimming experience.
Mary and Sara competed in the Coral Reef 5-mile Open Water Race. Mary was the first swimmer out of the ocean at the Buccaneer Hotel’s Mermaid Beach, but lost a short dash to the finish line to Meredith Jones of Pennsylvania. Mary recorded a time of 2:15.11. Sara finished 9th overall with a time of 2:28.28. In the Coral Reef 2-Mile Open Water Race, Kristen Zinser finished 2nd overall with a time of 58:17 and Leigh-Anne Ladymon placed 4th overall with a time of 1:03.02.
-Coach Ryan
Images:
#1 Celebrating some great TU finishes with Misty Hyman. From l to r: Kristen Zinser, Sara Griffis, Misty Hyman, Leigh-Anne Ladymon, Leta Gatton, and Mary West
#2 Just before snorkeling off Buck Island.
#3 Buck Island, the only underwater national park in the US. Definitely a must see.
#4 Sara Griffis and Mary West, representing TU in the 5 mile race.
For more information on the race visit: www.swimrace.com
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