Five from FAST compete in Junior Olympics

Five members of the Fallbrook Associated Swim Team (FAST) competed in the Junior Olympics meet held Feb. 24-26 at Poway Community Pool.

Kaimana Maestas and Doug Pearce competed in the boys 12-and-under division, Ava Dowden and Amelia Vorndam participated in girls 10-and-under races, and Rios Campbell faced boys 10-and-under competition.

"They did great," said FAST coaching director Sean Redmond. "As an overall team, we probably had the youngest team because we were all 12-and-unders.

"What was exciting was all five of them had at least one event where they finished in the top 16, so they got s...