Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006, The OG, sports

Sophomores Michelle Mehnert and Andrea Park, who competed in the YMCA Short Course Swimming and Diving National Championships last week, aren't the only Uni swimmers who've enjoyed success recently.

Subfreshman Lisa Boyce competed in championship swim meets almost every weekend in March, winning all four of her events at Y District, getting two firsts and two seconds at Y State, and making finals in all six of her events at Junior Olympics, medaling in four of them (third, fourth, fifth, and sixth).

Here are the results for Boyce, Menhert, and Park in this year's Y District and State meets.

2006 Illini District Championship Meet (Y District), held in Normal, March 4-5:

Lisa Boyce (girls 11-12)
1st, 50-yard butterfly, 29.32 seconds
1st, 200 individual medley, 2 minutes, 23.13 seconds
1st, 200 free relay, 1:50.38
1st, 200 medley relay, 2:01.35

Michelle Mehnert (girls 15-21)
3rd, 200 freestyle, 2:00.27
3rd, 500 freestyle, 5:23.99
2nd, 100 butterfly, 1:02.33 (tied with Park)

Andrea Park (girls 15-21)
2nd, 100 breaststroke, 1:10.98
2nd, 100 butterfly, 1:02.33 (tied with Mehnert)
1st, 200 individual medley, 2:15.30
1st, 200 medley relay, 1:55.36

Girls Illinois/Missouri 2006 YMCA Area Championship Meet (Y State), held in Kenosha, Wis., March 12:

Lisa Boyce (girls 11-12)
2nd, 50 butterfly, 28.29
1st, 200 individual medley, 2:17.49
2nd, 200 freestyle relay, 1:47.37
1st, 200 medley relay, 2:02.41

Michelle Mehnert (girls 15-21)
9th, 200 freestyle, 2:00.78
8th, 500 freestyle, 5:22.39
18th, 100 butterfly, 1:03.91

Andrea Park (girls 15-21)
12th, 100 breaststroke, 1:10.41
12th, 100 butterfly, 1:02.43
3rd, 200 individual medley, 2:15.98
4th, 200 medley relay, 1:53.87

Here are the results for Boyce in the Illinois Junior Olympics competition.

2006 Illinois Short Course Age Group Championships (formerly Junior Olympics), hosted by the Lake Forest Swim Club, March 17-19:

Lisa Boyce (women 11-12)
10th, 100 breaststroke, 1:12.61 (Session 3, Event 1)
5th, 100 individual medley, 1:04.68 (Session 3, Event 13)
6th, 200 individual medley, 2:19.54 (Session 6, Event 33)
10th, 50 breaststroke, 34.28 (Session 6, Event 41)
4th, 500 freestyle, 5:29.02 (Session 9, Event 67)
3rd, 50 butterfly, 27.81 (Session 9, Event 79)

— Gargoyle staff

[Note: The Gargoyle thanks Kazuko Suzuki for providing the information used in this article.]