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Wildcats gunning for state

For the 23 Temple representatives at the Class 5A Region IV swimming and diving meet, the focus has turned to "me" instead of "we." And it's not something they or their coach deny. "When you get to regionals, if you don't have a chance to win (as a team), you go there with one goal in mind, and that's to qualify someone at the state meet," said Temple coach Terry Jones, whose program has sent swimmers to the state meet the past 11 seasons. "You're competing as a team, but there's a lot more individuality involved as far as trying to get kids into the finals." The regionals, which are being held at the Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas at Austin, begin with the preliminaries at 4 p.m. today. The finals begin at 4 p.m. Saturday. The top eight swimmers from the preliminaries advance to the finals, but it gets a little tricky after that. Finals winners get an automatic spot at state, but the second through fourth spots go into a pick-up system with runners-up from the other seven regions across the state. Among those, the eight remaining fastest times take the remaining at-large spots. by Greg Rajan
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