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White Plains Student Qualifies For Olympic Trials

She is a student at Highlands middle School.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — An eight-grade White Plains student could be on her way to the Olympics. Alexa Reyna, who is a student at Highlands Middle School, qualified earlier this month to compete at Team USA's Olympic Trials.

Reyna competed for the Westchester Aquatics Club and swam a time of 16.48.25 in the 1,500 meter race to qualify, the Journal News reported.

The USA Swimming Olympic Trials will take place in Omaha, Nebraska, in June.

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