Hauppauge's Justin Plaschka looks for state record in 100 free
Photo credit: Adrian Kraus | Hauppauge's Justin Plaschka swims in the preliminaries of the 200 yard butterfly. (March 1, 2013)
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WEBSTER, N.Y. -- It wasn't until the Suffolk County championships two weeks ago that Justin Plaschka committed to swim the 100-yard freestyle in this weekend's state meet.
But the Hauppauge junior made that commitment ring true Friday when he clocked 45.05 seconds -- one-tenth of a second off the state record -- to lead all qualifiers in preliminaries of the New York State Federation Swimming...
