Nov 12, 2012 3:20 PM
In a sport like swimming, the difference between success and failure is often measured by hundreths of a second. East Hampton junior Marina Preiss knows all about it, especially because her signature events—the 50 and 100-meter freestyle races—are the shortest ones contested in the pool, making the margin for error beyond slim. Going into the Section XI (Suffolk County) state qualifier meet at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood on Saturday, Preiss knew she had only one more chance to meet the state qualifying standard times in those events to earn a spot in the state meet. It was a season-long goal, but one that had eluded her throughout the year, as she came up narrowly short on many occasions despite proving she was one of the top sprinters in... more
