20-Year Record Broken by Deree Athletic Club Swim Team

The longest standing record in the Pagkorasides B’ category (13 years old) in Greece was just broken by the swim team representing the Deree Athletic Club!

Over 1,100 young swimmers from 120 clubs and associations in Greece gathered in Volos for the National Junior Swimming Championship (Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα Κολύμβησης Παμπαίδων-Παγκορασίδων Α’& Β’) on July 14­-17.

Pierce student Chrysoula Mitsakou, and her teammates Olympia Kirmoutseli, Danai Kaprini, and Ioanna Georgopoulou completed the 4x100m freestyle relay in the impressive time of 4:12.46, breaking the national team’s record (4:13.34), held since June 22, 1996.