Locust Valley High School junior Nina Lemaitre swam her way into the team’s history books and the NYSPHSAA Championships with an incredible performance on Oct. 8.
Lemaitre, a five-year veteran of the varsity swimming team, qualified in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 59.84 seconds. Every stride counted as she beat the state standards by under a second. Lematire became the first Locust Valley swimmer to qualify for the tournament and the second in the Locust Valley-Carle Place joint program.
Lemaitre has had a great season across the board, qualifying for the Nassau County championships in the 200-yard individual medley, 50, 100 and 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly. The work is not yet done for Lemaitre, as she still hopes to make the state cut for backstroke before the end of the season.