Michael Brinegar
Brinegar to compete in World Championships
Columbus native and Indiana University junior Michael Brinegar will compete in the FINA World Swimming Championships and Aquatics Festival in the coming week in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Brinegar will swim the Open Water 4×1,500 Mixed Relay at 3 a.m. EST on Wednesday and the Open Water Men’s 10K at 11 p.m. EST, also on Wednesday. Those events will be livestreamed at FINA.org or FINA YouTube Channel.
Brinegar also will compete in the Men’s 1,500 Freestyle Heats at 12:30 a.m. EST Monday, and if he makes it, the 1,500 final at 9 a.m. Dec. 21. Both of those will be shown on NBCSports.
Callout meeting set for East boys track
New Columbus East boys track coach Jerone Wood is holding a callout meeting for all boys who plan to participate in track in the spring at 3:45 p.m. Thursday in The Chamber room.
Winter sports athletes planning to compete in track need to contact Wood to let him know they plan to be part of the track program. Those unable to attend should contact Wood at [email protected].
Kids can get photos with Santa at game
The Columbus East cheer team is holding a fundraiser at Friday’s home boys basketball game against Columbus North.
The cheerleaders will have someone dressed as Santa Claus, and parents can take pictures of their kids with Santa with their own cameras or phones. There is no charge to take the photos, but donations will be accepted to help pay for costs of the cheer team’s trip to nationals in February at Disney World.
