By Bob Putnam, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, November 5, 2011
ST. PETERSBURG — After sweeping the team titles at the district meet last week, Osceola’s depth thinned out at Saturday’s Class 2A, Region 3 meet at the North Shore Pool, so much that the Warriors focused on individual titles and state berths rather than overall championships.
The Osceola girls were the runnersup with 366.5 points, nearly 100 behind defending champion Academy of the Holy Names. Osceola’s boys were sixth with 145.5 points.
“It was going to be tough to win, especially among the boys because we lost so many strong swimmers from last year,” Warriors coach Karen Smalley said. “But I thought we still swam well and had some great times.”
The top finisher in each swimming event at each region meet, as well as the next-best overall times among the four region meets for a …
