| Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:15 AM CDT |
Good Sports
Oct. 15
Drake, Yourd honored by Illinois Swimming
Bloomington-Normal YMCA Waves team member Monica Drake, 16, has been honored as the 2007 athlete of the year by Illinois Swimming. WAVES coach Charles Yourd has been named the Illinois 2007 Senior Coach of the Year. This is the third year in a row these awards have gone to Drake and Yourd.
Yourd also recently received a 2007 Excellence in Coaching national award from the American Swimming Coaches Association for performances by WAVES team members.
Swimmers named Scholastic all-Americans
Katie Childs, Monica Drake, Lauren Eytalis, Caitlin Hamilton and Lissa Tommerdahl have been named Scholastic all-Americans for 2006-07. They swim out of the YMCA.
USAS Scholastic all America team uses a scoring system based on a combination of high level competitive achievement and grade point average. Drake had the fourth-highest score in the country among females.
Get area high school sports scores and statistics at Varsity Sports.
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