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ON OUR RADAR
SPORTSKIDS
CLAIRE TUGGLE OF THE MONTH
HEIGHT: 5'9" BIRTH DATE: JULY 8, 2004 DEEGAN IREY, 10
BIRTHPLACE: CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA SPORT: SWIMMING San Diego, California
DIRT-TRACK RACING
■ At the National Championships 4×200 relay team, which set a meet Deegan has won
last July, Claire swam the second- record. She took home silver in the three straight season
fastest 200-meter freestyle time by 400 free, finishing in 4:10.31. championships (at three
an American female in the 13–14 age ■ At the Junior Nationals in July, different levels) at the Barona
group. Her time of 1:58.59 was just Claire won gold in three events—the Speedway. In 2018, he won the
.06 seconds behind the original 400 free and the 200- and overall title in the junior sprint
record, set in 1978. 400-meter individual medleys—and category. He also won Rookie
■ At the Junior Pan-Pacific was the runner-up in the 200 free. of the Year.
Swimming Championships in Fiji ■ Claire owns eight national
last August, Claire set a personal age-group records, setting three
best in the 200 free, winning a gold marks in the under-10 and five in the SOPHIA MIZE, 12
medal with a time of 1:58.58. She 11–12. In 2018 she had the top times Ooltewah, Tennessee
also swam the opening leg of in 10 events in her age group, and SOCCER
the gold-medal-winning was second in another. Sophia scored
25 goals, including six
hat tricks, in 11 games, to
lead the Hunter Middle
School team to a runner-up
finish in the Hamilton County
East District. She also had 11
assists and played in the
district All-Star game.
RYAN WILLIAMS, 15
Corona, California
TRACK AND FIELD
Ryan won the long jump at
the CNUSD Intermediate Track
Championships, leaping 17' 7" for
the win. He also finished second
in the 200 meters. As a volleyball
player, he led his Mavericks 14
Black to the 2018 Boys
Summer Classic title.
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