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Lauri Siering
Laura Gail Siering (born February 23, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer who competed briefly for the University of Southern California, and represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, winning a silver medal swimming the breaststroke leg in the 4x100-meter medley relay. After graduating Modesto's Fred C. Beyer High School, she later graduated Stanislaus College, and in the 1990's worked as a schoolteacher and Assistant principal in greater Modesto.
Siering was born February 23, 1957, to Jack and Lois Siering in Pomona, California, the older of four siblings. Lauri began swimming at age nine with the Recreation Program at Temple City in greater Pomona, though by 1967, the family moved to Modesto, California. By age 12, she resumed swim training and competition and beginning in the summer of 1971 swam with the Modesto Raquet Club Aquatic program where she competed and was trained by Coach Bob Casci. Enrolling when the school first opened in 1972, Siering graduated Modesto's Fred C. Beyer High School in June of 1975. While coaching the Modesto Raquet Club Aquatics program, Bob Casci also coached swimming at Beyer High School, where Siering trained and competed with the boys' team. In 1976, Modesto Raquet Club Coach Casci moved to the Jersey Wahoos where he led six of the Wahoo swimmers to the National Championships, and then after a year served as founder and President of Berkeley's Coast Line Casuals.
Siering's younger twin sisters were also active in swimming, though her younger brother was not. Her father Jack, an anesthesiologist, helped support Lauri's travel budget to a number of domestic meets, and her mother Lois drove Laurie and her younger sisters to many regional meets, though her community also helped fund some of the costs of Lauri's competition and travel.
Distinguishing herself at 17 as a future Olympic contender at the April 1974, AAU Short Course Nationals in Dallas, Texas, she placed sixth in a field of the nation's top 100 swimmers in the 200-yard breaststroke with an AAU Pacific Association record time of 2:24.04, and placed seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.61.
Representing Modesto Raquet Club Aquatics on April 3, 1976, at the 1976 AAU Swimming Championships in Modesto, California, Siering swam a somewhat disappointing fourth in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:42.69. Siering suffered from asthma and hay fever during her competitive swimming years, and sometimes after long workouts had trouble catching her breath. In Olympic competition, she had the challenge of adapting to a different medication for her asthma, as her usual medication had been banned by the U.S. Olympic committee. Siering's pre-Olympic training increased from 45 minutes three days a week to 3.5-5 hours a day, six days a week, and included weight training.
In October, 1975, shortly after high school graduation, and at a high point in international competition and training, Siering won a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the seventh Pan American Games in Mexico with a time of 2:42.35, and another gold in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:15.17.
After graduating Beyer High School in June, 1975, Siering planned to train for a year with her Coach Bob Casci at the Modesto Swim and Raquet Club. Training for the 1976 Olympics for a few months prior to the trip to Montreal with the U.S. team at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, Lauri swam a 1:04.7 for the 100-meter breaststroke, only two-tenths of a second slower than the standing U.S. record of 1:04.56 in the event. In preparation for the Olympics, Siering was trained by U.S. Olympic Women's Head Coach Jack Nelson.
At the June, 1976 U.S. Olympic trials in Long Beach, California, Siering swam a 1:14.46 for the 100-meter breaststroke finals, winning the event and qualifying for a place on the U.S. Women's Olympic team. She also won the finals of the 200-meter breaststroke event trial finals finishing with a time of 2:38.75. In both events, Marcia Morey of Mission Viejo placed second.
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Laura Gail Siering (born February 23, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer who competed briefly for the University of Southern California, and represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, winning a silver medal swimming the breaststroke leg in the 4x100-meter medley relay. After graduating Modesto's Fred C. Beyer High School, she later graduated Stanislaus College, and in the 1990's worked as a schoolteacher and Assistant principal in greater Modesto.
Siering was born February 23, 1957, to Jack and Lois Siering in Pomona, California, the older of four siblings. Lauri began swimming at age nine with the Recreation Program at Temple City in greater Pomona, though by 1967, the family moved to Modesto, California. By age 12, she resumed swim training and competition and beginning in the summer of 1971 swam with the Modesto Raquet Club Aquatic program where she competed and was trained by Coach Bob Casci. Enrolling when the school first opened in 1972, Siering graduated Modesto's Fred C. Beyer High School in June of 1975. While coaching the Modesto Raquet Club Aquatics program, Bob Casci also coached swimming at Beyer High School, where Siering trained and competed with the boys' team. In 1976, Modesto Raquet Club Coach Casci moved to the Jersey Wahoos where he led six of the Wahoo swimmers to the National Championships, and then after a year served as founder and President of Berkeley's Coast Line Casuals.
Siering's younger twin sisters were also active in swimming, though her younger brother was not. Her father Jack, an anesthesiologist, helped support Lauri's travel budget to a number of domestic meets, and her mother Lois drove Laurie and her younger sisters to many regional meets, though her community also helped fund some of the costs of Lauri's competition and travel.
Distinguishing herself at 17 as a future Olympic contender at the April 1974, AAU Short Course Nationals in Dallas, Texas, she placed sixth in a field of the nation's top 100 swimmers in the 200-yard breaststroke with an AAU Pacific Association record time of 2:24.04, and placed seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.61.
Representing Modesto Raquet Club Aquatics on April 3, 1976, at the 1976 AAU Swimming Championships in Modesto, California, Siering swam a somewhat disappointing fourth in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:42.69. Siering suffered from asthma and hay fever during her competitive swimming years, and sometimes after long workouts had trouble catching her breath. In Olympic competition, she had the challenge of adapting to a different medication for her asthma, as her usual medication had been banned by the U.S. Olympic committee. Siering's pre-Olympic training increased from 45 minutes three days a week to 3.5-5 hours a day, six days a week, and included weight training.
In October, 1975, shortly after high school graduation, and at a high point in international competition and training, Siering won a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the seventh Pan American Games in Mexico with a time of 2:42.35, and another gold in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:15.17.
After graduating Beyer High School in June, 1975, Siering planned to train for a year with her Coach Bob Casci at the Modesto Swim and Raquet Club. Training for the 1976 Olympics for a few months prior to the trip to Montreal with the U.S. team at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, Lauri swam a 1:04.7 for the 100-meter breaststroke, only two-tenths of a second slower than the standing U.S. record of 1:04.56 in the event. In preparation for the Olympics, Siering was trained by U.S. Olympic Women's Head Coach Jack Nelson.
At the June, 1976 U.S. Olympic trials in Long Beach, California, Siering swam a 1:14.46 for the 100-meter breaststroke finals, winning the event and qualifying for a place on the U.S. Women's Olympic team. She also won the finals of the 200-meter breaststroke event trial finals finishing with a time of 2:38.75. In both events, Marcia Morey of Mission Viejo placed second.