Ozzy Ledesma breaks every Holland Christian middle school record for swimming - and diving
Swimming and diving - Holland Christian's Ozzy Ledesma does it all at an elite level.
HOLLAND - Records were made to be broken, especially at the middle-school level. But when someone breaks all of them, they are in a special group. Holland Christian middle schooler Ozzy Ledesma reached that feat this past season, breaking all of the swimming records - and diving records - something no other athlete has done in area history.
"Ozzy is an incredibly talented athlete and strong leader who always brings a ton of energy to our team every day," Holland Christian coach Mackenzie Mulder said. "He is always a role model and someone that his teammates look up to. Other than his performance, he's always encouraging others and pushing our team to be better.
He never fails to make anyone laugh and is always filled with good advice. " Some of his records broke standards set a quarter of a century ago. In diving his five-dive score of 189.
15 and eight-dive mark of 292. 85 broke records set by Alex VanderBie in 2001 (156. 40 and 237.